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  1. i am just hard headed and want to do it all myself, as a challenge i suppose... i will be building the sid first, and will be making just the core and sid first, adding controls and lcds as my busy schedule and money allow, so while grouping onto one pcb may be better, it's not really such an option now.(though i suppose i could make the big pcb and just fill it in as needed....) also i don't have a panel design yet or know what parts i will be using for controls and lcd...

    thanks for the tips.. and i may decide to order the premade ones anyway, for this first project and try making my own later...

  2. ok, i'm getting an order ready, and i want to order copper clad boards to make my pcb's....

    what size should i get? will all the modules fit on a 4x6 inch board? or should i order larger boards and cut them down to size needed? how hard is this stuff to cut?( i have a tile cutting saw, could i use that?) iam going to be building a mbsid with four sids, and a jdm. i also want to build more stuff so i was thinking to order extra now at a quantity discount.any advice apreciated. also to make the boards i just need ferric chloride to etch? i will be using the toner transfer method.

  3. i am interested in th3e aout as well...i have a sequential pro-1 i could use it for, and was also wanting to add it to my sid so i can use an extra lowpass filter in it(thinking of cem or ssm).

    only problem is i don't have a midibox yet, i am currently funding the sid project, then i'd like a midibox....so it might be a while b4 i could test it.....could i install it in my sid and control the pro one from there??? i should have a functional sid in a few weeks, providing no delays in sourcing parts...i have two sids now and all the pic's i need (enough for 2 4 sid's and a couple boxes!thanks to free samples!). only problem would be out of stock parts and shipping delays...should be able to order the rest of what i need for a basic setup friday! i can't wait...

    if i can run the aout from the sid , let me know so i can order parts for it too! then i will test it out!!

  4. hello. i've got this lcd i scavenged(from a broken peavy dpm 3 keyboard. actually i have all the circuits, yhough the case got tossed long ago.)it is a sharp lm402. it has a chip that says hd4780a00 so it is compatinle right? it seems to be el backlit, hence my question...what will the inverter look like? so that i may find it and scavenge it also, as i understand theese are expensive parts. is it on the board with the lcd? i don't think it is as it has a pretty hefty supply cable going to it.

    or should i not bother.. this will probably be a temporary lcd anyway, as i really want one of those negative red ones...

    any thoiughts appreciated.

    Caine

  5. i just wouldn't want to buy an app wich is essentialy dead on pc.

    i know it is capapble enough already though it may be an option. if i buy logic 5 for pc, and later get a mac, can i upgrade to the latest mac version? i would assume so?getting a mac would be qa while off....and i already am familiar with pro tools.

    and i would want it more for audio recording than midi.

    any hope of a midi box hui for pc users in the future?i guess this has to do with needing the source code for the hui protocol or something of that nature?

    also where can i find info on the midibox lc? i don't seem to see it on the site anywhere???

    thank you for your reply steven!

  6. i would e interested as well. having trouble finding cheap on ebay....well, it's the shipping that sucks, and they usually include heavy drives and printers, onmly worsening the shipping.

    got a pristine one with a monitor at a flea market for 15 bucks,

    so i'll keep searching like that. but i'd pay 16 bucks to get a tested sid.

  7. ok, i see the lc emu is very popular here. but i don't have a mac so logic is out....(unless protools supports this controller, i havent used it in a couple of years...) but i am thinking of getting protoolsthe mbox version is the same soft as the digi 002 version, so is there a way to build a digi oo2 controller clone(minus the audio)this would be a little in the future for me but i was wondering if there were any reasons it couldn't be done, like because it is firewire based or something else weird about it....if the lc is supported by pt then it really is a null point.

    Thanks

  8. yes, having them seperate could be good, i was mainly going for an integrated package for simplicity... i could put them in the same case, with seperate ins and out's, and maybe a switch to connect them with no cables???

    alsoare there enogh channels on the seq to control a four sid synth?

    i ordered samples from microchip.should arrive this week, it's really cool that they ship them out free(and fed ex at that).

    i also ordered somepic 16f's beacause i can use thoese for the sid slaves right? but they did not have pic 16f877"s they had pic16f877a's. Can i use those? what is the difference?

    glad to be a part of the mbhp family! and can't wait to start on theese things, though it may be a month before i can gather up the components, tools and spare time to get started.

    in the meantime i will be keeping an eye on this forum and asking questions as i come up with them.

  9. hello, first post here, i am interested in making the sid module, and i got a chip already, a 6581r4ar.

    i have soldered before(cables and basic repairs to loose jacks and such), and made some simple things in high school, a little circuit that made some led's flash, and a tesla coil from a tv flyback transformer, but nothing this complex.i want to do it all myself from the promming to the circuit boards, so i guess i need the jdm programmer first? then the core and sid modules?

    eventually i would like to build a 4 sid unit with a sequencer, and maybe add a curtis or SEM filter to it. this may need some extra circuits as those ar cv devices, but i believ this could be acomplished with the analog out module?

    also, i read that you can get samples from microchip and other companies, how do i get them?? do i have to be a company or student?

    that should do for now, thanks and i look forward to building many of theese things!

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