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I actually looked at doing something like this for a while. Using pic chips and bluetooth is a great combination. Here are some links that would be helpful on this. http://zuff.info/Bluetooth.html this one is designed for basicstamp.. but could probably be used for pic chips http://www.parallax.com/detail.asp?product_id=30068 and here are some blue http://www.blueradios.com/ here is a primer on how to use them.. http://www.sparkfun.com/tutorial/BlueTooth/bluetooth_primer.htm and a place to buy them http://www.sparkfun.com/shop/index.php?shop=1&cart=358488&cat=62& When I have more time, I plan on getting one of these and trying to make it work with midi. I just have no time right now.

Yeap its real. http://www.starrlabs.com/ There are many wacky expensive midi controllers out there. Thats why projects like the midibox are so cool. Check out this overpriced controller. http://www.zendrum.com/ Christopher

Check this out, this guy on ebay is selling 28 "Vintage SID Chips". (The auction will probably be closed by the time most people check it out). http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3443567391&category=31492 Christopher.

Have you seen Final Scratch? It actually samples a digital record to see how fast its playing and what direction. (by digital i mean digital data cut into vinyl, so if you played the record on a stereo it would sound like garbage.) Here is a review: http://news.harmony-central.com/Newp/2002/Final-Scratch-Ships.html The response time on it is amazing. I'm not into dj'ing but this is a cool toy. Christopher.

I read somewhere that the sid chip itself has thing where its always outputing a quite sound in the background? I got used to mine doing this. Its a feature if you will. Or is what your hearing like a stuck midi note on? Christopher.

Liked the idea so much I made one. :) Had a C64 keyboard leftover from my MBHP_SID project. I wrote it for a PIC16F628 (or you can use a 16F84, but the 16F628's are only $2.50 USD), also needed a demultiplexer ( DM74LS138 ) so you can have a 8 by 8 matrix. This Makes the whole thing very cheap to make. Here's the matrix that the C64 keyboard uses http://www.howell1964.freeserve.co.uk/logic/burched/b5_c64_kbd.htm I don't know MIOS well enough yet, but I'm sure you could do the 8 by 8 matrix on the core module. You wouldn't even need a multiplexer (unless you wanted to save pins) Right now I just have the keys mapped to midi notes and patch changes, but I'm thinking of making it more complex. I can post more details later if people are interested. Christopher.

I've been converting the part list for the USB Module from Reichelt to Digikey part numbers for the US. (the link from SmashTV's goes nowhere) For the most part its easy to figure out.. But my main question is on the USB Type B connector. Â I'm not sure if the pins are lined up to fit on the PCB. Here's a picture of the one digikey has. http://rocky.digikey.com/WebLib/Mill-Max/Photos/16.jpg It looks close, but I just wanted to be sure. Has anyone built the USB module in the US? Christopher.

What about something like this? http://corporate.auctionworks.com/store/itemDetail.asp?sid=200311141735560000000008854382&sfid=1218&id=68171 And here's the tech docs for it: http://www.oldwashington.com/PDFDOCS/acs1076.pdf Christopher.

This could totaly be done, It would take some software written for the gameboy to monitor messages comming in through recieve port on the cartridge slot. You might as well make the gameboy in a synth that can recieve midi. Christopher.