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Do you hear the ascending notes when you power up? How about when you pull out the bankstick. You should hear it descending. Justin

If you haven't already soldered them all together, you should test each core/sid pair separately. Just connect a midi cable to the midi in and plug the line out into a mixer or something and play some notes. Once you have each sid working on its own, then start connecting them up. Remember that the device ID needs to be different for each core(i.e. 00, 01, 02, 03. You can change it with the programmer, or use Tk's change id application. Then load the pre-compiled syx files into each core. They are called: setup_6581_with_cs, setup_6581_slave1, etc.. Just substitute 8580 if you have those sids. Hope this helps Justin

Hey Joe, welcome to the MidiBox community. That looks like a great find. One thing you should check is to see if the faders are Logrithmic or linear. MidiOs needs linear. Other than that I'd think you could use everything else. What kind of project are you wanting to build? Justin

If you download the JSynthLib from Thorsten's site (uCapps.de) , and double click on run.bat, you shouldn't have problems. There is no jar file. The batch file just does "java JSynthLib". The NoClassDefFoundError means that it isn't finding JSynthLib.class. It is in the same directory as the Run.bat right? You could also add "PATH=c:\whatever directory JSynthLib is in" to the top of the run.bat file. Justin

You need 3 conductor wire for the pot. +5, ground, and the middle terminal. You connect the middle terminal of the pots to J5 on the core, pins A0 - A7. Justin

From the SEQ Page: I don't know if it allows you to put 12 against 16. Justin

See: http://www.ucapps.de/mios_download.html There is an application for Logic/Mackie, and one for Protools using the MotorMix Emulation. Here is the article about MotorMix: http://www.midibox.org/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=concepts;action=display;num=1086542547 I believe Thorsten uses Logic. Justin

I have seen this error a bunch of times while working on my own editor. I believe it is a problem with jsynth. My usual solution has been to restart the computer. Sorry I can't help more. Justin

Hey, I recommend you get an LCD for troubleshooting purposes too. Here is an ebay seller that I have used before with success: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQgotopageZ1QQsassZdche168yahooQQsosortorderZ1QQsosortpropertyZ1 he has a 16x2 for $1.49 + $4.95 for shipping. This has no backlight though. The backlit one is $5.49. I bought 2 40x2 lcds awhile ago, with no problems. Justin

You can just use a 9 Pin DIN connector to connect the external AIN to your main box. Then Make a "Dummy" 9 Pin DIN plug that clamps A0-A4 of the external AIN to ground. So when you get ready to leave, you just unplug the external module and plug in the dummy plug. No switches involved. Justin

You will need a Core module for sure. There is no LCD Module, you just buy an LCD and hook it up to the core. Here is a link to a PDF file that shows you how: http://www.avishowtech.com/midibox/wiki/index.php/HowToConnectLCD?PHPSESSID=5c1f30f79441fd49b1fbcf056820ede6 For buttons and encoders, you need a DIN module. A DIN module handles 32 inputs. Buttons take one and Encoders take two. So if you wanted 8 encoders and 8 buttons, you would need 24 inputs = one core. For Potentiometers/Faders, you normally use an AIN module. An AIN handles 32 inputs, so you would only need one. There is a way to read 8 or less pots/faders without an AIN, but it requires a bit of programming. The core has SIL headers on it where you connect the other modules see: http://www.ucapps.de/mbhp_core.html the DIN/DOUT/AIN modules connect to the core module. Â You can solder them directly, or you can make cables so that it is easier to take apart and put together. You connect the Encoders, Faders, and buttons to the Din/Ain modules. You can solder those as well, or make connectors. Hope this helps. Justin ps. after rereading your last question - if you mean is the PCB labelled as to where the parts go, then yes the PCB's you buy from SmashTV or from Mike's are labelled.

On BootUp, the MidiBox Sid only plays the startup melody if you have a bankstick attached. If you insert the bankstick after it is running, you hear it ascending and also if you remove it it plays descending. Justin

Most of the LCD's i've used have the backlight pins on the opposite side of the connector. This appears to be the case for your LCD. The two solder pads on the right side of the LCD are where you connect the Backlight + and - (B+, and B- on the core). Justin

Yes, you can save different setups in banks, and then recall them using buttons. You'll need at least one Bankstick to store them. The difference between pots and encoders: When you turn a pot, it stops at either end. An encoder never stops, it just clicks for each turn(detented encoders that is). This way when you switch banks, it doesn't matter what the last setting was, it just matters which way you turn the knob. With the pot, the value might jump to the last setting. Thorsten has ways of dealing with this, but he still recomends encoders if you can get your hands on them. See smashTv's midiBox site - he now has regular encoders for $1 us apiece. Justin

Hey, I don't know, but you probablly need to switch to 1.7 and change the bridge. Maybe 2.1 was written to use the new O/S. Justin

It looks good to me. Also, you can always chage the ID later, using Thorsten's change_id application in the MIOS Download section: http://www.ucapps.de/mios_download.html Justin

I think Thorsten recommends using the MidiIO128 - this app will just send midi events in response to buttons. Justin

Thorsten - it works great, and my previous problem is now fixed. Justin p.s. What is a MidiBox FM? hmmmmm....

Hah, I tried that too, but I couldn't get it to work. Maybe I'll try again. Hey - if you don't mind, you should post your cad files too. That is a great case that could be used for a lot of different projects.

Hey marr, great job! I like the idea of the midi router built in. I have a Yamaha 8x8 midi patchbay I got for $16 on ebay - it was the best purchase ever. It saves so much trouble pluging and unpluging midi cables. One question, how did you crimp the 5 pin connectors for your din cables? The only crimper I could find for those was like $180, so I just scavenged some already crimped cables from usb connectors. Justin

Hey Thorsten, I tried the new version, but this one doesn't work at all for me! It saves the settings, but it doesn't show any recieved sysex messages, and it doesn't send anything to my core. If I close it and open the old verision, the old one works fine, but not the new version. Justin

What power supply are you using? A wall-wart or TK's C-64 schematic? I had a huge difference when I switched from using a wall-wart to using the C64PSU. Also - do you have the extra capacitor on the last SID module as in: http://www.ucapps.de/mbhp/mbhp_4xsid_c64_psu_optimized.pdf Justin

It works great for me. I tested it with a SbLive and another generic SoundBlaster type card. No problems. Justin * a couple things i've noticed: if I do a bunch of uploads it works great, but if I do one that fails for some reason, after that it no longer shows the acknowledgement. An example: plug in midi cables - send sysex - it works fine. unplug cables - send sysex - no ack - works fine plug cables back in - send sysex - no ack, but still sends sysex. after reboot, works fine again Also, it would be cool if it would save the midi in and out settings

Wow, that's a beautiful case. I wish you had some photos showing the build process. I would never have guessed that it is made of wood. Great job! Justin

Yes, Roger is right - you can use the LTC if you have a free serial port on your machine. Also, don't forget you can hook up your sid to a midi thru if you have one available. Justin