Ian_Hurlock

Nice Ian

For those that don't already have or are interested. There is a nice free VSt synth at www.greenoak.com/crystal Very cool mixer section too with some nice presets and banks of presets for download. Ian

So is there any way to take advantage of the SID Station patches available as sysex downloads on the Elektron site ? Just a thought Ian

Hello all Been trying the audio input on my SID. Just what is it supposed to acheive ? ??? I can get the volume to work and I think the cutoff and res but not much else. Any tips Cheers Ian

Hi Dave Ever seen " The Waterboy "............."you can do iiiiit !" :o :o Best idea is to buy a chunk of vero board and go to it. You don't need the program to do your layout for you. It really just needs a little application. I have built a couple of cores on veroboard ( though I have none I can scan for you now ) they all work fine. There are very few components on the core anyway. If you stuff the pic socket on the board and start from there it's not a problem. All you need is about a 4mm drill bit that you can twist in your fingers to make the breaks in the tracks. Just remember to put the parts on the board first and work it all out then go ahead and solder ! It's real good fun trying to get the parts into the smallest area possible ;D ;) Tip = you can make jumpers underneath the chip sockets b4 you solder them ;D Ian

Ok............what about this ranking based on midi box adventures ::) Newbe = 8 Button box no LCD ??? Junior = 8 Button box / 8 faders / LCD :P Full = 8 MF / 32 Buttons / 32 Pots / LCD ;) God = 16 MF / 2 Cores / 242 Pots / 256 Buttons / Graphic 200 X 200 LCD / 800 + Leds / Midi - Com + Merger / Bankstick and internal power supply / and a very swish box to stuff it all in. :o :o :o :o

Very nice panel Is that a reversed out image on transparency glued on ? Ian

Hi there Bug Have a look in tips and tricks. Mickey Sadler posted a link just the other day to an explaination of getting graphics onto things. I made a drawing of my graphics in Adobe Illustrator and gave them to a place which used a computer controlled cutter to cut the letters etc as a decal and then I stuck them on. I don't know where you are but in NZ sign writers use this method and there are also shops which supply the same service. Ian

Dan You made a nice job of that. Nice and tidy.I Like the leds. Glad you got it sorted..........inspired me to get to the bottom of my SID stuff. Plugged the SID into a new core and it worked. Then spent some time going over every connection looking for shorts. I found one. PIC pin 9 + 10 were shorted. This happened after inserting the plug for the LCD. The distance between the pin header and the next copper strip is so small that when I plugged the lcd in I think the pin moved and contacted the strip...#$#%#^#&* :o :o Now I have 2 cores that work ;D I think I fried my LCD for sure :'( :'( :'( Thanks for your help TK Ian

I had more success with the earlier firmware. I tried my lcd with LO's mf core and it would not work there either. So I think i may have fried the LCD driver. I am using the 1mhz from the core pic. I have stuffed different SIDS into the thing with the same result It seems like something gives out after a while. The first time it happened I replaced the Transistor on the core and the SID and it worked for a while then nothing. I have reused the PIC on other projects with no trouble. I am not using the 8580 And I do not have the same problems with voltage as Dan. It seems as if something gets tripped then nothing. I have replaced all the parts including the pic. Don't be too worried though, I am waiting to build the thing fully as a synth + control surface with the 18F. Thanks Ian ;)

If it makes you feel better, I had the same problems with my core + SID. I ended up with only a bunch of black lines on my LCD and nil from my SID. I have no suggestions beside that I had the fault once and changed the audio transistor on the SID. Then it worked for a bit. Then it stopped again. Actually it seemed to go pearshaped after I added the lcd ??? Not that that makes real sense ??? Still the lcd was wrong even when I stuffed new parts also. In the end I gave it up for a bad joke :'( :-/ ??? One day I will try again Ian

Just thought............Get the 64 board out of the old box. Cut around the outside of the SID socket leaving a perimeter of about 100mm. Then get the cut out piece with the chip on it and flex the board, you know, twist it from corner to corner. This should flex the socket and make the first loosening you need to get the chip out comfortably with a screwdriver. Good luck Ian

Mmmm................hers's the oil on trannies ( not the dress up ones ) Ok transformers usually are a bit underated. Around the 10% mark. So really you are goin to get about 13.5V AC out of your transformer b4 you do any correction. This goes into your bridge rectifier. Bridge rectifiers have four diodes in them. The average voltage drop accross a diode is 0.6v. 4 x 0.6 = 2.4 So now you have lost a couple of volts. You can see where this is going eh ;) BTW The cooling thing made of aluminium is a heatsink ;D I crank 15 volts into my 1805's and I think you'll find they are rated to around 25volts. Check the specs on the web. Could be wrong, I was once, says my wife :o ;D ;) Ian

Hi All you need to do is go get a small transformer say 500MA. On one side of the transformer ( primary side ) put your 230 / 110 ac volts. Secondary side is the output ac. This goes to your onboard power supply regulator as found on all the projects Ian

Don't you hate the way when you tab the cursor goes out the window to the post option >:( anyhoo I use a portable drill for my boards. But I leave the drill on the table and push the board against it ;) ;) That way you don't have the whole weight above the drill bit Later Ian

If you want a real good solution for a drill bit that you won't break then get on down to your dentist. They have some very nice boring / drilling bits and they are real tough . Best keep your mouth shut while you're there though :-X :-X :-X BTW

Bring it on :o :o :o :o :o My motorfaders are burning a hole in the box !! The MBLC will support 16 motor faders with extra core ? Great stuff young man ;D ;D Ian

Sometimes I lay awake at nite dreaming of P + G faders But I got 16 Panasonics !!!!!!! ::) Lo's ones went good

I,ll keep an eye out :o Ian

Hey Very old school ;) I wanted to check out your earlier songs but your link was out of it. Do you have a new place to check out those tracks. :) Thanks Ian

Ok The four legs are right. Two of them have a squiggly line over them. Put the AC in here. The other two have a + and - . This is the voltage output from the diodes which live inside the rectifier. Have a look at any of the power supply circuits and you will see what I mean. The wallwart will be fine. Ian

BTW I chucked a burn into an 877 and that worked too ::) Ian

Ok ....cool Bit late now for mackwrecks one I've changed the leds but I'll use it for mine anyway he he he ;) Thanks anyway TK I need to change the source to suit sending bank change instead of program values ??? Hint hint Thanks Ian

Yep, as long as it goes thru the rectifier first. That thing is a 1amp transformer. You could get away with half that. Ian

What do you mean by "4 poles" Ian