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Hi everybody, I finally got my midibox sid working. At the moment with one SID, one core, 8 banksticks and an lcd. Wow !! It sounds fantastic !! I heard it was possible to use the midibox sid as a sidplayer, to play those old great C-64 tunes. I have downloaded sidplay2/w (the windows version). I want to configure it to use the midibox sid instead of the soundcard of my pc. I configured the correct midi port, but I can't choose anything else than the soundcard. Everything else is greyed out. Do I have to enable someting in the midibox sid (MIOS 1.8, sid app 1.7a)? Or do I have to do something in sidplay 2/w Like I said, everyhing is greyed out in sidplay 2/w. Rene

I finally got it al working. Thanks for all the help. :D

I don't know what LVP mode means. Can you explain? I used the JDM module and IC prog for burning the bootstrap loader. It gave some problems, but eventualy I was able to burn the PICS with it. What mode does the JDM module use? I bought the PICS at Mike's elektronika seite. I believe he already burned the bootstrap on it, but I did it again, because I had to change the ID's. I order the pics together with most other components and PCB's for the midibox SID, so I supose Mike knows where the PICS are for. I can't imagine he used LVP mode for them.

Just a few more questions Moebius, I tried mios studio today and got it running. I can load the mios hex file and change the ID. There is also a setting for the bankstick number. Why? Is that relevant here? MIOS is stored in the PIC and not on a bankstick, so what's the purpose of the banstick option? My first core (ID 0) contains MIOS and the sid application. Do I also have to upload the sid application to core 1, 2 and 3 or do I upload just MIOS to those cores?

Hi everybody, Totday i finally managed, after some problems, to get my first core and sid working. My first core is device ID 0. I want a 4 sid synth so I want to connect 3 extra cores and 3 extra sids. I already loaded the bootstrap on the 3 cores and they have device ID 1, 2 and 3. I'd like to now what I must do next. I know how to upload MIOS and the sid app to the first core (already done with ID 0), but how do I upload to the 3 remaining cores? How do I select the core I want to upload to and how do I change the MIOS device ID for that core? I guess in the MIOS hex file I must change the ID, but where and how do I do that? Must I send mios for the other cores withing to seconds after turning on the sid or was this only the case for the first core? Any help would be greatly appreciated, Rene

Today I removed the wires and connected all of them again. No result. After that I erased the PIC and loaded the bootstrap again. I installed MIOS and.... SOUND !! I guess the PIC was somehow damaged and erasing it and programming the bootstrap again fixed the problem. The lcd is not connected yet, but at least I got my sound back.

I removed the lcd, but stil no sound. I'm afraid I blew a component, because I can't explain why it's not working like before. Tomorrow I still have 3 cores and 3 sid's left so I wil try it with another set soon and deal with the broken core/sid later.

Unfortunately I can't measure the current right now, but the voltage for the lcd and the core is 5.22 Volts. I logged the midi-ox messages when I turn the midibox sid on. It looks like the sid application is starting up. ' I hear a small pop when I turn it on, so I guess the audio output is working. Can a wrongly attached lcd be responsible for not hearing anything? I can't imagine that, but maybe I'm wrong. This is my log, hopefully you can tell if mios and the sid application is starting. My device ID is 0: ===> MIDI-OX Version: 7.0.0.365 ===> Log Opened: Wed 14-Sep-2005 10:26:08 ===> TIMESTAMP IN PORT STATUS DATA1 DATA2 CHAN NOTE EVENT        0001B7F8 10  1   F0 Buffer:   8 Bytes  System Exclusive   SYSX: F0 00 00 7E 40 00 01 F7 0001BF62 10  1   C0  00  --  1 --- PC: Acc. Grand Piano 0001BF63 10  1   C0  00  --  1 --- PC: Acc. Grand Piano 0001BF64 10  1   C0  00  --  1 --- PC: Acc. Grand Piano 0001C675 10  1   F0 Buffer:  11 Bytes  System Exclusive   SYSX: F0 00 00 7E 46 01 0D 00 00 00 F7 0001C67D 10  1   F0 Buffer:  11 Bytes  System Exclusive   SYSX: F0 00 00 7E 46 01 0D 01 00 00 F7 0001C685 10  1   F0 Buffer:  11 Bytes  System Exclusive   SYSX: F0 00 00 7E 46 01 0D 02 00 00 F7 0001C68D 10  1   F0 Buffer:  266 Bytes  System Exclusive   SYSX: F0 00 00 7E 46 01 02 00 41 52 50 53 45 51 20 54 77 6F SYSX: 20 42 20 20 20 20 7F 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 01 05 7F SYSX: 02 01 00 00 40 3D 02 00 04 2A 00 00 00 00 7F 00 00 01 SYSX: 00 00 34 3E 02 04 02 40 00 00 00 00 7F 00 00 00 00 00 SYSX: 56 31 02 00 41 41 00 00 00 00 7F 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 SYSX: 7F 00 00 7F 00 00 7F 5D 09 0A 0B 00 00 00 07 26 4D 07 SYSX: 27 4C 01 30 7F 01 40 00 01 50 7F 01 60 00 69 06 1D 0E SYSX: 00 00 60 60 20 40 00 00 00 00 71 7C 7C 00 71 01 00 00 SYSX: 71 00 7C 3C 71 00 00 00 71 7C 7C 00 71 01 00 00 71 00 SYSX: 7C 3C 71 00 00 00 71 00 7C 00 71 00 00 00 71 7D 7C 00 SYSX: 71 01 00 00 71 7E 7C 00 71 01 00 00 71 00 7C 00 71 00 SYSX: 00 00 71 7C 7C 00 71 01 00 00 71 01 7C 00 71 01 00 00 SYSX: 71 00 7C 00 71 00 00 00 71 00 7C 00 71 00 00 00 71 7E SYSX: 7C 00 71 01 00 00 71 00 7C 00 71 00 00 00 71 7D 7C 00 SYSX: 71 01 00 00 71 00 7C 00 71 00 00 20 4A F7 0001C6E2 10  1   F0 Buffer:  11 Bytes  System Exclusive   SYSX: F0 00 00 7E 46 02 0D 00 00 00 F7 0001C6EA 10  1   F0 Buffer:  11 Bytes  System Exclusive   SYSX: F0 00 00 7E 46 02 0D 01 00 00 F7 0001C6F2 10  1   F0 Buffer:  11 Bytes  System Exclusive   SYSX: F0 00 00 7E 46 02 0D 02 00 00 F7 0001C6FB 10  1   F0 Buffer:  266 Bytes  System Exclusive   SYSX: F0 00 00 7E 46 02 02 00 41 52 50 53 45 51 20 54 77 6F SYSX: 20 42 20 20 20 20 7F 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 01 05 7F SYSX: 02 01 00 00 40 3D 02 00 04 2A 00 00 00 00 7F 00 00 01 SYSX: 00 00 34 3E 02 04 02 40 00 00 00 00 7F 00 00 00 00 00 SYSX: 56 31 02 00 41 41 00 00 00 00 7F 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 SYSX: 7F 00 00 7F 00 00 7F 5D 09 0A 0B 00 00 00 07 26 4D 07 SYSX: 27 4C 01 30 7F 01 40 00 01 50 7F 01 60 00 69 06 1D 0E SYSX: 00 00 60 60 20 40 00 00 00 00 71 7C 7C 00 71 01 00 00 SYSX: 71 00 7C 3C 71 00 00 00 71 7C 7C 00 71 01 00 00 71 00 SYSX: 7C 3C 71 00 00 00 71 00 7C 00 71 00 00 00 71 7D 7C 00 SYSX: 71 01 00 00 71 7E 7C 00 71 01 00 00 71 00 7C 00 71 00 SYSX: 00 00 71 7C 7C 00 71 01 00 00 71 01 7C 00 71 01 00 00 SYSX: 71 00 7C 00 71 00 00 00 71 00 7C 00 71 00 00 00 71 7E SYSX: 7C 00 71 01 00 00 71 00 7C 00 71 00 00 00 71 7D 7C 00 SYSX: 71 01 00 00 71 00 7C 00 71 00 00 20 4A F7 0001C750 10  1   F0 Buffer:  11 Bytes  System Exclusive   SYSX: F0 00 00 7E 46 03 0D 00 00 00 F7 0001C758 10  1   F0 Buffer:  11 Bytes  System Exclusive   SYSX: F0 00 00 7E 46 03 0D 01 00 00 F7 0001C760 10  1   F0 Buffer:  11 Bytes  System Exclusive   SYSX: F0 00 00 7E 46 03 0D 02 00 00 F7 0001C768 10  1   F0 Buffer:  266 Bytes  System Exclusive   SYSX: F0 00 00 7E 46 03 02 00 41 52 50 53 45 51 20 54 77 6F SYSX: 20 42 20 20 20 20 7F 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 01 05 7F SYSX: 02 01 00 00 40 3D 02 00 04 2A 00 00 00 00 7F 00 00 01 SYSX: 00 00 34 3E 02 04 02 40 00 00 00 00 7F 00 00 00 00 00 SYSX: 56 31 02 00 41 41 00 00 00 00 7F 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 SYSX: 7F 00 00 7F 00 00 7F 5D 09 0A 0B 00 00 00 07 26 4D 07 SYSX: 27 4C 01 30 7F 01 40 00 01 50 7F 01 60 00 69 06 1D 0E SYSX: 00 00 60 60 20 40 00 00 00 00 71 7C 7C 00 71 01 00 00 SYSX: 71 00 7C 3C 71 00 00 00 71 7C 7C 00 71 01 00 00 71 00 SYSX: 7C 3C 71 00 00 00 71 00 7C 00 71 00 00 00 71 7D 7C 00 SYSX: 71 01 00 00 71 7E 7C 00 71 01 00 00 71 00 7C 00 71 00 SYSX: 00 00 71 7C 7C 00 71 01 00 00 71 01 7C 00 71 01 00 00 SYSX: 71 00 7C 00 71 00 00 00 71 00 7C 00 71 00 00 00 71 7E SYSX: 7C 00 71 01 00 00 71 00 7C 00 71 00 00 00 71 7D 7C 00 SYSX: 71 01 00 00 71 00 7C 00 71 00 00 20 4A F7 <=== MIDI-OX Log Closed: Wed 14-Sep-2005 10:27:16 <===

Yes I did burn the bootstraploader (divece ID 0) first. It seems to work, because in midi-ox I see the F0 00 00 7E 40 upload request.

Hi everybody, Today I tried to get life into my midibox sid. I build the optimized psu, bankstick, a core and a sid module. I hooked it all up and tried to load mios. I think it went fine, but I'm not sure, After that I loaded the main.sysx file. When I played a midi file on my pc and connected the midi out to the midi in of the midibox, I heard the tune playing. So it seemed to work. At least I heard sound from my sid !! Wow, I was so happy. I tried to upload some patches to my bankstick, but that didn't work. Only the last patch was stored on all memory locations. So I ended up with 128 times the same patch. Only the first bank was seen, the other banks (I have eight) did not show up. What's wrong here? I decided to deal with the bankstick later and was happy at least I got sound. I decided to hook up an lcd screen so I could see what I was doing. When I turned on the midibox sid, My lcd screen showed one line with all black blocks. So 20 black characters on line 1 and and nothing on line two. It does not go away, it stays there until I swith of the power. Is this the black line I should see for two seconds? If so, something is wrong because it doesn't go away. Also my sid suddenly does not make any sound anymore, but it does seem to react to midi signals (I can see that in the midi-ox monitor). Right now I'm out of options. I don;t know what happened. Why don't I hear sound anymore, why shows my lcd 20 black characters and why is my sound gone. Any help would be very much appreciated. Rene

Hi, I recently build a midibox sid step B. I'd like to make step C and already order my control panel at schaefer. I'd like to build the same midibox sid as on the picture on the ucapps site. The only problem is I can't find those blak/red knobs. I'd looked at several sites but didn't find them. Can someonte please tell me where I can buy those buttons? Thanks in advance. Rene