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So I found this: http://www.diystompboxes.com/wiki/index.php?title=AllAboutEnclosures Which has tons of good tips/links on making cases. Geared towards effect stomp boxes but applicable nonetheless. A drill press seems like an essential tool. The unibit seems pretty sweet too. I'm gearing up to make something like: http://www.kontrol-dj.com/html_eng/index.html without the big jog dials. I was wondering, if I go with a metal enclosure, how could I make the grooves for the faders?

I live in the US...Washington DC to be precise :) Thanks for the reply...I've played with FPE before but I'm more interested in building a case myself. I have a few other projects that will eventually need their own cases and I figure with xmas coming up this is a good time to ask for any tools I might not have. I'm going to search digikey/mouser/etc for cases and see if they have anything. I was wondering if anyone knew part numbers for things like cases or also materials such as what perfboard to use to mount the buttons in. It seems like it will take a lot of board and there are so many options I'm not sure what everyone else uses. Thanks!

My sid is finished and done, except the case its in (an old clear baseball card case) is totally ghetto. I'd like to make a really nice case like a lot of the ones on the sid site. Does anyone have/know of any resources that explain how to make decent cases. Tips/tutorials things of that nature. I need to know what tools are required/preferred, where to get case supplies, common ideas for things to use as cases, etc. Right now my sid only has an lcd (I have a custom reaktor patch I use to edit sounds) but I would love to add the control surface and I'd like it to look good in the end heh. Any ideas/help would be appriciated! I'll be going through forum posts looking for tips in the meantime. Thanks! J.

Is there some place I can find the v2 optimized psu pdf? It had some notes that are missing from the current v2 information page (like what is the purpose of the purple connection between teh core and sid?). Thanks!

What is the sound out voltage supposed to be when no notes are being played? I am working on a sid and all voltages are correct and the interconnection test passes. However I can't seem to get sound out...I just get +5v from the sound out and sound in pin (which seems like it may be a problem). Also, is the PWM connection required or just recommended? I'm still running off the 1mhz crystal thats on the sid board...could this be my problem?

I've done a forum search on this issue and have tried shorting the audio in pins, no effect. I'm also fairly sure my connection to ground is good (is there a way to test this for sure?) Here are the symptoms: When connected to headphones I can barely hear the hum, but it is there. When I connect my sid to my little crate guitar amp I get the hum but in this scenario it renders the sid pretty much unplayable. When I have just the audio out signal (not ground) connected to the tip of the 1/4" audio connector the hum amplitude scales with the amp volume (volume 0 = no hum). When I connect ground to the upper portion of the 1/4" connector the hum is constant and does not change when I turn the volume up or down. When both audio and ground are connected to the audio jack the hum is present in the same way as the above ground-only example. Im guessing this is an issue with ground but I'm not sure how to go about testing the connection. Any ideas?

I've never used reaktor before but version 5 looks like a pretty cool app. I downloaded the demo, I'll play with it tonight. I tried to search for "superpoly" and reaktor but couldn't find any information. WHat is superpoly and what does this plugin allow you to do in reaktor? Maybe just point me in the dierction of some docs I need to read, any help would be appriciated. My email is gotascii at gmail dot com, I'd be glad to test the plugin.

does anyone here use Abelton Live? The vst loads fine for me but it does not seem to send MIDI out? This is related to Live I'm guessing because the VST works great for me in Audiomulch and many other people are having success with Cubase.

For some reason I kept reading the note about the SC pin (mbhp_sid_c64_psu.pdf) as "Only use this is you have a pic16f" Just goes to show that the "read the directions" skill I learned in 2nd grade still applies. The good news is after I connected that EVERYTHING WORKS! Hearing sound from my sid for the first time was awsome! ty for all the help here on the forums :D

im assuming pins 23 and 29 on the pic should send some voltage when i send mod wheel events to the pic correct? Testing the voltage directly from these two pins shows 0v no matter what i send to the pic. The voltage on pin 24 does respond to mod wheel #14. can anyone make sense of what my problem is?

Pretty much summed up in the topic. Any ideas why only my CS pin would pass the sid interconnect test?

amazing :D I like the internal PSU, what exactly did you use for that?

Ok cool, ty for the help :D I do not have an LCD connected, only the sid module connected to the core. I am using http://www.ucapps.de/mbhp/mbhp_sid_c64_psu.pdf AC1 is outputting ~11V AC The 5V output is almost exactly 5V DC

ok after the disapointment and confusion subsided and I found even more documentation by combing through the forums here is what I'm thinking/wondering. I think the PIC is OK and not burnt, it does send messages via midi out, just an "FC stop" over and over. I think what happened is some part of the bootloader was overwritten? Is this possible? It seems to me a few other people have managed to do this. I'm hoping reloading the bootloader will solve this issue. Ive ordered a JDM kit and a new pre-burnt PIC from smash (just in case). Armed with much more knowledge of how everything works my plan is: Retest PSU outputs for proper voltage. Start with the core only, no sid connected, no pic. Connect to PSU and check all voltages and ground connections listed here http://www.ucapps.de/howto_debug_midi.html If those are all ok and the regulator isnt burning up then power down, stuff the pic, connect midi, start up midi-ox, power back up. At this point I should see the "request for upload" string every few seconds. I can then load up mios right after one of these messages comes up and I should get the confirmation strings back. the pic will reboot after this and I will only see the upload string sent one time. Now I can upload the sid app: http://www.ucapps.de/mios/midibox_sid_v1_7a.zip My question here is where is teh documentation that describes uploading applications, as opposed to mios? Also once that is uploaded the verification it uploaded correctly is a bunch of new output when I reboot the PIC correct? (Im guessing this is all lcd output) Next I can power down, remove the PIC, and connect the sid module without the actual sid IC. Test voltages and make sure the regulator isnt getting hot. Then I can power down, plug in the PIC, power back up and retest voltages/regulator. At this point I would install http://www.ucapps.de/mios/mbsid_interconnection_test_b.zip and test the connections (the sid IC does not need to be in to test this correct?) Then I can power down, plug in the SID, power back up, and test everything. If I make it this far I should be operational. Final question: How hot can the regulator get before I should worry about a short somewhere? When I originally hooked it up it would approach untouchable in about 1min at which point I unplugged it hehe.

Well I'm not sure where to begin or what aspects would be most useful but here goes: I built a core and sid module out of smash's kits. I also got a preburned pic. All the voltages were looking good. I stuffed all the ICs and connected via midi. Everything as far as the core was concerned was working. I got the request for upload string and was able to upload mios. Shortly after this I noticed the regulator on the core was getting very hot. I determined that connecting the via j2 was causing it to heat up. I disconnected the sid module completley. Everything at this point was still fine. The regulator was not getting hot, I was getting the initial request for upload all voltages were ok. I uploaded the sid software with no problem. I then began trying to troubleshoot why connecting the sid caused 7805 to get so hot. I rechecked and rewried the connections from the sid to j2 and rewried two suspicious connections on my psu. Before I connected everything back up I checked the voltages comming from the psu, all good. Took out the ICs, connected the psu and tested the voltages on the core and sid, all were good. turned off the power, stuffed the ICS, booted back up same problem with the regulator getting hot. So I disconnected the sid from teh core again and this time the regulator stayed hot. Pretty much all downhill from there. Im not sure what happened but after sucessive reboots and attempts to relaod mios, my pic now only sends the message "[FC] Stop" over and over every second. Im guessing this means I screwed the pic up. My question is could a fried pic be causing my regulator to stay hot? I was sure it was overheating because of the sid connection but now it over heats whenever I have the pic stuffed. All the voltages still look ok, so Im not sure *how* my pic got fried...any ideas?