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Hi, Everyone I've taken on learning to play the (electric) guitar today , I have never actually held a string instruments in my hands until today (so far, so good !). Any suggestions on a good learning approach: websites, instuction books or videos, etc... ? Any advice to a guitar newb like me would be greatly appreciated :)

Hi. Sorry I didn't notice that people actually replied ! I see you live in germany, ill go to the post office to see about the cost of shipping. in the meanwhile you can e-mail me at ianbehar//||at||\\wanadoo.fr, this is a french email but i actually live in the US. Ignore the //||\\, this is my spam email address, once you email me ill reply with my regular address, I'd rather not post my good email address out in the open :) (nothing against anyone here though, just the automated "agents" searching the internet :))

You should make sure you pass the MIDI troubleshoot : http://www.ucapps.de/mios_bootstrap.html What you want, is to solve one problem at a time. It sounds like you have a MIDI Problem (maybe you also have a SID Problem and an maybe even LCD problem) If your LCD isn't working, you should test the between the pads of the LCD and the Pins of the PIC (personally I find it easier to do with the PIC removed from the socket.), in other words, not the underside of the PCB, as the solder can easily flow to the pad and not touch the lead (or pin) of a component, or the other way around.

Thanks For the advice :) I didn't take the speed of the drill into acount. I switched to a bigger drill that I borrowed from someone, and I also used bigger better clamps to attach the workpiece to my "workbench" (aka the kitchen table, lol) and sucess !!! Nice clean drill holes without the need for pilot holes. Actually on a second attempt I discovered the my drill was powerful enough and that good clamping is a must for bigger holes, in fact even smaller holes turn out better on a well clamped piece. This is what I have learned : Drilling Plexiglass without a drill press 1. Use a center punch to mark the location and to avoid having the drill bit slide on the worksurface and ruin the material. (A must for drilling PCB's as well BTW) 2. Adequately clamp your workpiece to the workbench. In my case, my workbench is the kitchen table, I clamped the Plexiglass to a piece of scrap wood so I don't make a hole in my table (and upset your roomate, significant other, or mother !!). Then I clamp the scrap wood tightly to the table. 3. Drill, using a fairly high speed (I pressed the trigger about 1/2 to 3/4 of the way on my drill). You can make a pilot hole as well, but I found it un-necessary. unless you need to make a lot of bigger holes,you may want to consider it. I have found that drilling many holes can become monotenous (??spell check), after a while you make become either overconfident and/or sloppy. A bigger drill bit has a better chance of slidding off the center mark and ruining your workpiece. PS: The scrapwood I'm using is aromatic cedar. When cut or drilled it produces a nice soothing smell which will make you driling experience more enjoyable !!

Hi, I have been trying to drill through plexiglass with a 9/32 ( thats about 8mm ) multipurpose drill bit. But it binds when I try to drill and gets stuck, cracking the plexi in the process. I also tried drilling a pilot hole first but I still get the same problem. Are there speical plexiglass drill bits ? I couldn't find any at regular hardware stores Do I need a Uniblitz bit ? Because they are quite expensive if they won't work Or should I do incrementing size pilot holes ? which is basically the same as using a uniblitz Any other suggestions ? Thanks

I just learned that it is very easy, If you take the time to solder your modules correctly and beeing careful when you make interconnection wires. In other words take your time :)

OK, ok Shame on me. ::) I traced it down to an electrical problem. After hours of methodical testing i found that pin 28 of the pic was't properly connected to the Shift register, so I narrowed down the problem to a bad solder joint on the J10 (duh) connector. I still can't get sound from the Audio out pin, but I'm pretty sure all I need is to do is replace the transistor. I feel dumb, because I used to work as a construction electrician and I ran into these sorts of problems all the time Anyways, thanks for all the help, Sorry for owning my own thread. PS: Any idea why I get sound when I connect the SID's POTX (or POTY)and CLK ??

OK, I don't know what else to check. I have searched all over the forum for answers and tried everything i could: I have tried all the SID chips I have and then checked them in the C64 and they are all functional. I have checked and re-checked all the connections and can't find any shorts or anything. I did the interconnection test and all the values are high no matter what. I replaced the shift registers. I rebuilt the SID module on a breadboard I Tried the Audio output of the SID chip directly I removed the Oscillator and and used the PWM output instead. The only problems I see are the interconnection test where are the values are always high. And the all the sysex messages that come up at bootup (Is this supposed to happen ?????)

WOW, got the display problem fixed, never thought the (Factory installed )header on the LCD wouldn't have been soldered properly. But The Sid Still doesn't make any sound (I bet its some stupid problem that I overlooked) Any suggestions ? Is the core supposed to send a bunch of SYSEX messages when it boots up when the SID app is installed ? EDIT: I tried the interconnect app, all the values are high no matter what i do. I also tried connecting the sid ouput directly from the chip and all I can get is a click and short buzzing sound when i change patches. No other Midi inout will work. Ill try new shift registers if I can get my hands on some.

This Is the mess i get when the core Boots up ( note :this only happens with the Sid application) TIMESTAMP IN PORT STATUS DATA1 DATA2 CHAN NOTE EVENT 000014EE 9 -- F0 Buffer: 8 Bytes System Exclusive SYSX: F0 00 00 7E 40 00 01 F7 00001DF0 9 -- C0 00 -- 1 --- PC: Acc. Grand Piano 00001DF1 9 -- C0 00 -- 1 --- PC: Acc. Grand Piano 00001DF2 9 -- C0 00 -- 1 --- PC: Acc. Grand Piano 0000269A 9 -- F0 Buffer: 11 Bytes System Exclusive SYSX: F0 00 00 7E 46 01 0D 00 00 00 F7 000026A2 9 -- F0 Buffer: 11 Bytes System Exclusive SYSX: F0 00 00 7E 46 01 0D 01 00 00 F7 000026AA 9 -- F0 Buffer: 11 Bytes System Exclusive SYSX: F0 00 00 7E 46 01 0D 02 00 00 F7 000026B2 9 -- F0 Buffer: 266 Bytes System Exclusive SYSX: F0 00 00 7E 46 01 02 00 49 6E 74 65 72 6E 61 6C 20 50 SYSX: 61 74 63 68 20 20 7F 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 40 00 SYSX: 00 00 40 40 40 40 02 00 04 40 00 00 00 00 7F 00 00 00 SYSX: 00 00 40 42 02 00 04 40 00 00 00 00 7F 00 00 00 00 00 SYSX: 40 3E 02 00 04 40 00 00 00 00 7F 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 SYSX: 7F 00 00 7F 00 00 7F 00 20 10 2E 00 00 00 07 10 7F 07 SYSX: 20 00 01 03 7F 01 40 00 01 50 7F 01 60 00 7F 40 40 40 SYSX: 40 00 60 60 20 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 SYSX: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 SYSX: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 SYSX: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 SYSX: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 SYSX: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 SYSX: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 SYSX: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 38 F7 00002707 9 -- F0 Buffer: 11 Bytes System Exclusive SYSX: F0 00 00 7E 46 02 0D 00 00 00 F7 00002710 9 -- F0 Buffer: 11 Bytes System Exclusive SYSX: F0 00 00 7E 46 02 0D 01 00 00 F7 00002718 9 -- F0 Buffer: 11 Bytes System Exclusive SYSX: F0 00 00 7E 46 02 0D 02 00 00 F7 00002720 9 -- F0 Buffer: 266 Bytes System Exclusive SYSX: F0 00 00 7E 46 02 02 00 49 6E 74 65 72 6E 61 6C 20 50 SYSX: 61 74 63 68 20 20 7F 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 40 00 SYSX: 00 00 40 40 40 40 02 00 04 40 00 00 00 00 7F 00 00 00 SYSX: 00 00 40 42 02 00 04 40 00 00 00 00 7F 00 00 00 00 00 SYSX: 40 3E 02 00 04 40 00 00 00 00 7F 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 SYSX: 7F 00 00 7F 00 00 7F 00 20 10 2E 00 00 00 07 10 7F 07 SYSX: 20 00 01 03 7F 01 40 00 01 50 7F 01 60 00 7F 40 40 40 SYSX: 40 00 60 60 20 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 SYSX: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 SYSX: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 SYSX: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 SYSX: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 SYSX: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 SYSX: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 SYSX: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 38 F7 00002775 9 -- F0 Buffer: 11 Bytes System Exclusive SYSX: F0 00 00 7E 46 03 0D 00 00 00 F7 0000277D 9 -- F0 Buffer: 11 Bytes System Exclusive SYSX: F0 00 00 7E 46 03 0D 01 00 00 F7 00002785 9 -- F0 Buffer: 11 Bytes System Exclusive SYSX: F0 00 00 7E 46 03 0D 02 00 00 F7 0000278D 9 -- F0 Buffer: 266 Bytes System Exclusive SYSX: F0 00 00 7E 46 03 02 00 49 6E 74 65 72 6E 61 6C 20 50 SYSX: 61 74 63 68 20 20 7F 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 40 00 SYSX: 00 00 40 40 40 40 02 00 04 40 00 00 00 00 7F 00 00 00 SYSX: 00 00 40 42 02 00 04 40 00 00 00 00 7F 00 00 00 00 00 SYSX: 40 3E 02 00 04 40 00 00 00 00 7F 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 SYSX: 7F 00 00 7F 00 00 7F 00 20 10 2E 00 00 00 07 10 7F 07 SYSX: 20 00 01 03 7F 01 40 00 01 50 7F 01 60 00 7F 40 40 40 SYSX: 40 00 60 60 20 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 SYSX: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 SYSX: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 SYSX: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 SYSX: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 SYSX: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 SYSX: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 SYSX: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 38 F7 0000553C 9 -- C0 00 -- 1 --- PC: Acc. Grand Piano 0000553F 9 -- 80 00 00 1 C -1 Note Off 00005541 9 -- F8 -- -- -- --- Timing Clock 00005547 9 -- FE -- -- -- --- Active Sensing 0000554E 9 -- FE -- -- -- --- Active Sensing 00005555 9 -- FC -- -- -- --- Stop 0000625C 9 -- C0 00 -- 1 --- PC: Acc. Grand Piano 0000625D 9 -- C0 00 -- 1 --- PC: Acc. Grand Piano 0000625D 9 -- C0 00 -- 1 --- PC: Acc. Grand Piano

I just reprogrammed another PIC (Bootstap, MIOS, APP) , and I get the same results, so I know thats not the problem. I have checked all the connction they are nice, shiny, with no blobs, I re-checked the electrical connections, all are OK. Also I noticed that when the core boots up it send a big mess of SYSEX commands, and some program change events. But when I send F0 00 00 7E 40 00 0F F7 the core replies, as it should. So i tried the looback test with out the pic again and it worked OK. What I don't understand is the problems started even thought nothing had changed in my setup from previous succesfull attempts. And even if the LCD didn't work I don't get why the SID shouldn't. Also any idea why checking the SID's Pin 24(POTX) and Pin 6(CLK) with a multimeter produces a sound ?? The only thing that comes to my mind is that the 7805 is getting very Hot and i could have damaged it (even though im getting 5v in all the correct places, I guess it could provide a less stable 5v if it was damaged by heat ???) Thanks

I tried, that but i get the same result. The stange thing is that is was working fine before, I had upleaded several apps, including the sid app (I didn't have the Module ready at that time), and they all worked fine. When i plug evryhing in i can hear a click in the speakers which indicated that the output is connected correctly. The 7805 on the core gets very hot, and so does the SID chip, but besides that I can't Figure out what else to check. Earlier Now

Hi, Yesterday i completed getting a SID Module together. Well, when I Uploaded the SID App, evrything went wrong. First the LCD Stayed stuck on the Copywrite message, no matter what I did. So I erased The Pic and reinstalled the bootstrap, MIOS and The SID APP, and now all I get Is Random Letters on the LCD. I tried loading diffrent apps and i still get the same results. I checked all the 5v and ground connections, rechecked the LCD cable and evrything is OK . I ran through the complete MIDI Troubleshoot and evrything passed. So I Checked The SID, i accendently checked with the multimeter the voltage between Pin 24 and pin 6 and I get a Sine wave sound in my speakers !!! I also get the same result when I check Pin 25 and 6 . But when I try sending MIDI Note On messages I get no sound. Can anyone think of anything else to check ?? Thanks

Hello All! Way back in 2003 I had 3 PCBs made that incorporate a core, 2 AIN, 2 DINs, 2 DOUTs and an LTC module (without the gameport connection) all in one. I have 2 that I never used and I want to GIVE THEM AWAY !! :o :o I got them for free, so its only fair that I give the two I have left away. I have found it a lot more convinient to work with the seperate modules, but i'm sure someone out there might want one. There are a few problems with them thought: 1. I forgot to connect the ground to the LCD connector. 2. Some of the components are very close together. 3. Resistor pins have to be bent flush with the body of the resistor in order to fit.. 4. I incorporated a useless feature where each module has to be connected together via jumpers. 5. I put my name on them, Sorry TK, they were just for peronal use so i didn't feel the necessity to add copyright info on them. 6. The board gives no indication about any of the component values, and the names of each component doesn't correspond to the any of the scematics on the website. 7. I lost the eagle files so you are on your own to figure out which component goes where (another reason why i don't want these anymore) Aside from these problems, the PCBs do work, as i have had one in the past that was functioning. Also i will not provide any tech support, sorry. I would really like to give each one to two diffrent people. This will be first come first serve and you will have to pay for shipping ( probably around 5 or 6 dollars or so, depending on where you live) via paypal only, please. Recap: Giving away 2 All-in-one Pcb's I don't provide support YOU pay for shipping via Paypal only. ( I live in the USA BTW) First come first serve Please condider this carefully before you scream I WANT ONE, as you will have to do some reverse engineering in order to make the PCB work. Sorry for the disclamer style of this post, but I just want to be clear. First replies that express interest will be the ones who can get one. here is a pic

Just for esthetic reasons Hehe, i'll go ahead and do it that way. It's just that i feel more confortable making changes in software. No big deal really, was just curious. Thanks for the reply, ill post some pics of my progress :))