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  1. Help...Ive Screwed up my Midibox Seq V4

    in MIDIbox SEQ

    Posted · Edited by Rio

    5 hours ago, phillwilson said:

    it may also be worth adding that my SD card contains all the following files... these are currently not accessible from within the midibox itself, but i cen eject the micro sd card. put it in my reader on the laptop and ge the following files.

    Screenshot (13).png

    You should backup these files as long as they can be read on the PC.

  4. Help...Ive Screwed up my Midibox Seq V4

    in MIDIbox SEQ

    Posted · Edited by Rio

    On 3/6/2022 at 2:52 AM, phillwilson said:

    What I WANTED to do  was update my firmware within MIOS Studio ( I had done this before so I thougth I knew what i was doing...however, it not looks like I have uploaded the latest BOOTLOADER rather than the firmware update that I THOUGHT i was doing... now my whole MIDIBOX seems ot be stuck on a screen that reads Bootloader is up-to-date! ;-)  and LCD#2.1 READY.

    This is a standard message when the bootloader/mios32 is on. It is good that it is running. After that, you can safely upload the MBSEQ, but for the right core! - which is not quite clear here yet (probably STM32 core).. but MIOS Studio should already give you the info back with the USB midi connection.

     

    more infos here:

    http://www.ucapps.de/mios32_bootstrap_newbies.html

    and here:

    http://www.ucapps.de/index.html?page=mios32_bootstrap_newbies.html

    Mios Studio 2:

    http://www.ucapps.de/index.html?page=mios32_bootstrap_newbies.html

  7. LPCXpresso ide

    in MIDIbox NG

    Posted · Edited by Rio

    On 8/11/2021 at 9:52 AM, Number 6 said:

    Hi Guys,

    It's been a while, I've had health issues, spent time in hospital and so on, but I'm back, just trying the same thing again, I did manage to find a short cable but not thick, same result, also tried to lower the speed, same result.

    Could someone provide a link to buy a cable that works for you on amazon?

    Otherwise, could I ship my unit to someone who could try to flash it for me(I'm in France BTW)?

    Thx!!!

    Hi,

    there might be something wrong with your board. I tried it several times with my different 1769 board revisions - a,b, d - all with success. 
    So you can check your board for bad solder points and/or the debugger/link interconnection.. maybe you missed something.

  8. Replacement for PIC18F4685 on sammichSID

    in MIDIbox SID

    Posted · Edited by Rio

    On 1/12/2022 at 6:47 PM, ###OCT### said:

    I have recently revisited my old sammichSID, the PIC is caput.

     

    how can it break? as long as you haven't trotted up, it should still work.. probably the mios firmware/app on that device is corrupted, isn't it? as long as the bootloader is still there, which is in a protected area, you can fix it. And yes, you can not take a PIC18f4620 - different features, different storage area.

  9. Possible mods for Seq4/4+ accessibility?

    in MIDIbox SEQ

    Posted · Edited by Rio

    Hi,

    you could create a simple program, also with a PIC core board with the help of a bare skeleton available here on ucapps. the k2 speakjet project is a good example for a serial communication (max232), but for your needs IIC would be more comfortable (as long as it is supported by your speakboard). you may get faster results with an Arduino board too.

    With all this knowledge you can surely also hack the SEQ for your needs, but that takes quite a lot of time to understand everything that is already there.
     

    you could still allow a control via midi on your own board too.

    greetings

  15. SID "Clones" List/Sources/Experiences

    in MIDIbox SID

    Posted · Edited by Rio

     

    On 4/23/2021 at 6:19 PM, dwestbury said:

    To the best of my knowledge, the only relevant analog aspect of the SID is its filter.

    BTW: Is the armsid filter section purely emulated or analog? and are the filters just as sensitive as the original (regarding electrical damage)?

  18. SID "Clones" List/Sources/Experiences

    in MIDIbox SID

    Posted · Edited by Rio

    On 4/22/2021 at 2:38 AM, Noise-Generator said:

    Right, it's just my personal opinion, everybody can do what he wants to and DSP SIDs do have their advantages but it turns the MBox SID just into an VA and if you would redesign the Box to a DSP Synth with much more Power you could just emulate the SIDs inside.

    I think the term VA is not quite right, but yes it is no longer a real SID and an emulation is running. Nobody hears the difference in productions anymore. I think this is more about the aspect of using these 'retro' chips (including me) than just the pure sound.

    .. and of course, adequate respect should be paid to all developers who deal with the chips and their emulations.

  19. SID "Clones" List/Sources/Experiences

    in MIDIbox SID

    Posted · Edited by Rio

    I have the armsids for two main reasons: I see them as quite passable replacements in case all my SIDs break down, and with regard to the 6581, the armsid might be a better choice as I can never find suitable filter pairs with the originals can. The 8580s, on the other hand, are quite stable.

  22. New user with some questions

    in MIDIbox SID

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    Awesome; the board has only space for 2; so I guess I can either use the 2 as stereo pair, or as 2 different mono devices (which should give me a total of 6 oscillators and 6 notes, if I understand this correctly; since each SID has 3 oscillators that can be played together or individually).

    I'm not sure now whether your plan matches what has already been implemented with the MBSID. There are 4 sound engines, take a look here:

    • Lead Engine
    • Bassline Engine
    • Drum Engine
    • Multi Engine

    http://www.ucapps.de/midibox_sid_manual.html

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  23. New user with some questions

    in MIDIbox SID

    Posted

    Yes very good! I just wanted to make sure that the wrong thing is not accidentally uploaded, although the "MIOS Studio" already warns or maybe blocks this. Your bootloader is fine on your PIC just MIOS and the app needs to be uploaded in order. You can't screw up a lot there either. Otherwise just upload the two things again. Have fun and don't hesitate to ask :D

  24. New user with some questions

    in MIDIbox SID

    Posted · Edited by Rio

    Oh my fault ... I meant MIOS. You only upload the newer MIOS version with the bootloader (which is already burned on the microchip). You don’t upload the bootloader itself!! (that's for a burner and not for midi transmission). 

    Sorry, my confusion in the binary term - I just recognized it now. I hope you read it before trying, but however, MIOS Studio should warn you about this (range detection).

    from the readme.txt of mios1.9h take case A): 

    A) you've already installed MIOS8 V1.9g, and want to update to MIOS8 V1.9h

Thats the common case, you have to upload one of these files 
via MIDI as described on the http://www.ucapps.de/mios_bootstrap.html page
depending on the PIC derivative you are using.

...

PIC18F4685:
   -> pic18f4685\midi\mios8_v1_9h_pic18f4685.hex

    upload the mios1.9h hex and then you can upload the MBSIDv2 app again. 

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