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It's been a while since I've been back here but I thought some of you might find this interesting. Peff (a big user in the Reason community) has detailed how to control an analog synth via CV by way of Reason (and a MOTU Audio interface). Check it out. http://www.peff.com/journal/2009/06/12/reason-cvgate-to-analog-synths/ http://www.peff.com/journal/2009/06/17/moogerfooger-synth-via-reason-40/ http://www.peff.com/journal/2009/07/20/reason-cv-to-roland-din-sync/ http://www.youtube.com/user/PeffTV

Certainly I would check out any demos that are available first. Most DAW's probably have a demo of some sort. Personally I use Live and really like the workflow because of it's gearing towards loop based sequencing and ability to work with DJing. My recommendation would be to steer away from freebie DAW's. This is only because they may not exist next week or they may not be very feature rich. Also, support and user base may be limited. With an established app, the developers are constantly working to improve it and may be more invested in doing so than a free app. I also liked Cubase SX when I played with it 4-5 years ago on a PC. Logic, when I used it nearly 6 years ago, was a bit uncomfortable for me but that may have changed since. That was only because of how the track routing was setup. Hope that helps some. Look forward to other input. Good luck in your search! :)

Bad Frickin-Ass! Way to go Smash! I recall there being a post a while back that the CS kits will be a while off. Is that still the case or could they be coming along with the Base kits? Thanks again for the hard work on this!

I also received mine this week. Thanks so much for arranging this order!

Thanks TK, I have not connected my bank stick yet so that would be a good reason to get going on this. Derek

Hi All, Just got my dual SID v1 up and running a few weeks ago. Naturally, this is one master, one slave. I only have an LCD going for my interface thus far. In addition, I had modified the SID code so the SID's are always linked. I am playing with some of the patches using JSynthLib to edit. I am using the standard 6581 presets. I am having a bit of trouble sending patches to my slave though. I can edit the patch for the master but the patch on the slave doesn't change. I can control both SID's with my keyboard controller (Note On/Off only) but the CC's only affect the master. Perhaps I am misunderstanding how the master/slave setup should work. I was trying to "emulate" a left and right channel with my setup by having the same patch on both M/S and have them both be controlled simultaneously. Perhaps I am using JSynthLib incorrectly? Any ideas? Please pwn me if I am being silly. Thanks! Derek

Another hint: http://www.midibox.org/dokuwiki/wilba_mb_6582_pcbthread ;) There's plenty out there to read up about. In fact it is encouraged to read through as much as possible (hence the readme). Please indulge in this information as it should answer this and many other questions. :)

Well I'll continue with the original intent of the thread and add my request to the queue: 1 Baseboard kit (w/PIC's) + 1 Control Surface kit. I am deeply grateful for the hard work and dedication put forth by TK, Smash, Wilba and all the others in the community. Thank you all for the innovations!

Thanks t_xen, I also wanted to thank you for a previous post of yours that was the final piece of advise I needed to get some sound out of my chip! It was about the interconnections between the SID and CORE for Smash's boards. The labeling threw me off but your thread (and especially the replies) totally rocked! :):):)

I just got my single SID to work earlier this week after way too long since I began this project. Naturally, I was thrilled :) On to my question... I built the optimized PSU with the intent that I would build the 4x SID setup. I think it is a bit sloppy looking with the daisy-chained 5volt power going to each of the SID and CORE modules (see the optimized psu pdf). I was considering redoing my PSU board but instead of daisy-chaining the 5v line to the J2 on each board, I wanted to use a star configuration (I think this is the correct term) to output a single line to each from the psu with the idea that they would be connected along a ribbon cable until they reach their intended PCB. It seems like this would work except with the SID module, the last board is supposed to end with a 2200uF Cap. If I used this approach, would I have to connect every SID module to the 2200uF Cap since they wouldn't be chained? Just trying to minimize the cable clutter in my future case. Thanks for any advise.

I know this is an old topic, but it was the silver bullet to finally getting some tones from my SID! Needed to give some appreciation! Thanks to all who have helped in forums as well as a huge props to TK! Now onto the 4x SID I intended to do 2 years ago... ;D

Success! After cleaning up some questionable solder points and re-burning the MIOS, the LCD has displayed READY. Thanks so much for your help.

Hi! Thanks for the replies. We I got MIOS uploaded just fine today. However I am not getting the READY screen when I power up. All I get is the single line of blocks on the LCD. I have it wired properly (AFAIK). Link to the datasheet: http://www.shopeio.com/inventory/pdf/AMC2002C.pdf Any other thoughts? I'll retry the LCD tests over the weekend, probably Sunday and return with any results. Thanks again for the noobie assistance.

Oh and I am still working on the version previous to v2. I took a hiatus from the project for a while (~1 year). :P

Are you saying that v1.9 (latest available MIOS) is not supported for the PIC18F452? If so, is there a place where old versions of MIOS are kept where I can get the latest version that supports the PIC18F452? I understand that the PIC18F452 is not supported anymore though but I would like to get something working before I go out and buy more PIC's, ya know. Thanks!!! :)

Hi, I am currently working on getting the MIOS setup on my CORE and am having some trouble. I am using one of SmashTV's boards. I got it a couple years ago. The PIC is 18F452. Here was my procedure. Upload the upgrade .hex. Worked fine. Display on the LCD was just the single line of blocks. Could not get the READY text to show. Upload the LCD Test application. Worked fine. Tested ok. Still could not get the READY text to show or any of the LCD Test Application readouts. Thinking that perhaps it was the MIOS somehow, I tried to upload the MIOS without previous version .hex Got errors: Starting upload of update_without_installed_mios.hex Hex file contains code in MIOS range, forcing reboot! Received error code 01: Less bytes than expected have been received This was an expected error - please ignore! Received Upload Request Sending block 00000000-000000FF Received error code 05: Write access failed (invalid address range) - used by 1st level bsl Sending block 00000400-000004FF Received Checksum: 46 - OK Sending block 00000500-000005FF Received Checksum: 0F - OK Sending block 00000600-000006FF Received Checksum: 48 - OK Sending block 00000700-000007FF Received Checksum: 53 - OK Sending block 00000800-000008FF Received Checksum: 08 - OK Sending block 00000900-000009FF Received Checksum: 59 - OK Sending block 00000A00-00000AFF Received Checksum: 60 - OK Sending block 00000B00-00000BFF Received Checksum: 7B - OK Sending block 00000C00-00000CFF Received Checksum: 7B - OK Sending block 00000D00-00000DFF Received Checksum: 50 - OK Sending block 00000E00-00000EFF Received Checksum: 47 - OK Sending block 00000F00-00000FFF Received Checksum: 2C - OK Sending block 00001000-000010FF Received Checksum: 4E - OK Sending block 00001100-000011FF Received Checksum: 28 - OK Sending block 00001200-000012FF Received Checksum: 17 - OK Sending block 00001300-000013FF Received Checksum: 1B - OK Sending block 00001400-000014FF Received Checksum: 0B - OK Sending block 00001500-000015FF Received Checksum: 78 - OK Sending block 00001600-000016FF Received Checksum: 48 - OK Sending block 00001700-000017FF Received Checksum: 06 - OK Sending block 00001800-000018FF Received Checksum: 77 - OK Sending block 00001900-000019FF Received Checksum: 79 - OK Sending block 00001A00-00001AFF Received Checksum: 64 - OK Sending block 00001B00-00001BFF Received Checksum: 72 - OK Sending block 00001C00-00001CFF Received Checksum: 60 - OK Sending block 00001D00-00001DFF Received Checksum: 40 - OK Sending block 00001E00-00001EFF Received Checksum: 74 - OK Sending block 00001F00-00001FFF Received Checksum: 3C - OK Sending block 00002000-000020FF Received Checksum: 4F - OK Sending block 00002100-000021FF Received Checksum: 5F - OK Sending block 00002200-000022FF Received Checksum: 28 - OK Sending block 00002300-000023FF Received Checksum: 7E - OK Sending block 00002400-000024FF Received Checksum: 68 - OK Sending block 00002500-000025FF Received Checksum: 4A - OK Sending block 00002600-000026FF Received Checksum: 3E - OK Sending block 00002700-000027FF Received Checksum: 62 - OK Sending block 00002800-000028FF Received Checksum: 59 - OK Sending block 00002900-000029FF Received Checksum: 0B - OK Sending block 00002A00-00002AFF Received Checksum: 59 - OK Sending block 00002B00-00002BFF Received Checksum: 3E - OK Sending block 00002C00-00002CFF Received Checksum: 23 - OK Sending block 00002D00-00002DFF Received Checksum: 17 - OK Sending block 00002E00-00002EFF Received Checksum: 33 - OK Sending block 00002F00-00002FFF Received Checksum: 7E - OK Sending block 00003000-000030FF Received Checksum: 70 - OK Sending block 00003100-000031FF Received Checksum: 60 - OK Sending block 00003200-000032FF Received Checksum: 40 - OK Sending block 00003300-000033FF Received Checksum: 29 - OK Sending block 00003400-000034FF Received Checksum: 17 - OK Sending block 00003500-000035FF Received Checksum: 7E - OK Sending block 00003600-000036FF Received Checksum: 0C - OK Sending block 00004000-000040FF Received Checksum: 79 - OK Sending block 00004100-000041FF Received Checksum: 15 - OK Sending block 00004200-000042FF Received Checksum: 56 - OK Sending block 00004300-000043FF Received Checksum: 3F - OK Upload process complete Not sure about this error but it seems significant. Also, cannot figure out the LCD. The LCD seems like it is in fine shape as it gets power and the measurements are ok. My first priority is getting the latest MIOS installed correctly. Any ideas? Thanks.

Well, I think I just needed to sleep on it. I disconnected the SID module and tweaked my routing in the MIOS Studio and am receiving requests from the PIC. Please don't discredit me for publicly complaining/desperately seeking help. I am still a newbie! Wow I feel relieved.

Hi All, I am so close to getting some sound from my SID but am having issues. My setup: I am working on the 4 core 4 SID setup with the optimized PSU (for 4 SID). Currently I am starting with 1 core and 1 SID unit but also using the optimized psu to connect those. I have inserted all chips except the SID just in case anything goes wrong before I need to put it in. M-Audio Midisport 4x4 USB Midi Interface. I connected my LCD screen and powered it all up but the LCD was dim and showed only one line of blocks. All my voltages have tested fine on both the CORE and SID. I connected the core to the MIOSStudio to check if any data was being sent but nothing showed. FYI, I got the CORE (and preburned PIC) and SID modules from Smash TV (FWIW). I have run through much of the MIDI Troubleshooting guide but at the TEST CORE10, I get nothing back (assuming it is configured correctly). I skipped TEST CORE11 as I couldn't connect with MIOSStudio. TESTOUT1 passed but TEST OUT2 is non applicable as I am using the original C64 PSU. The PC side was not too successful either. I keep getting 0 bytes when do this. Do not know what going on here. The TEST IN1, TEST IN2 tests passed but TEST IN3, while I got the LED to light, the Sysex test did not work. I haven't got too far into the optocoupler tests yet but TEST IN6 failed as the LED stayed on when M- was grounded. I'm a bit frustrated and I'm not sure where to narrow my testing or if any of my PC tests are flawed. Perhaps having the SID not in the setup yet is part of the problem? Thanks in advance for any help! Derek

Likewise. Just added today (1/28/08) but I'd be happy to wait for a later bulk order if there will be one. Still working hard on the SID. Thanks a bunch.

Anyone had experience with any of the following PSU's and how they interact with the SID project? Estes, Phoenix or Microline (CPS-10, CPS-30 I think these are the models) Not sure much about them but there has been talk of them on lemon64.com http://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=296506&sid=66235d3eb66421af960e80d6f7c810bc Also, this fellow, eslapion, on lemon64 makes PSU's. Any experience with his or with ones from Protovision (in relation to the SID project? Thanks!

Thank you for this. Confusion subsiding. I have been testing the DC out voltages from the rectifier and I am getting 5 volts. Any ideas as to why this might be? I have checked my wirings hundreds of times already and it's seems good. Anythings helps (BTW also a super-noob) Derek

Hello, I am planning my purchases for the multi sid solution. I am looking for a clean wiring solution for the midi chaining to the slave cores. FYI, I bought the cores from SmashTV and am using the optimized PSU. Also, I am trying to avoid soldering the wires to the pins anywhere I can. The J11 needs to be daisy chained to the slaves so my question is how I might connect the incoming and outgoing wires to one pin with a female connector? Might best solution is using a 2 pin female header (as the J11 is dual row with the 2nd row not being connected to anything) with incoming and outgoing connected to it. But somehow the connector would have to act as a jumper to connect the two wires. Does a connector like this exist? Any better suggestions? I hope I am making sense. Thanks for the help. -Derek

Hi, I know it's been a while but did you find a solution? I am in a similar predicament. thx

Hey all, I am a "noob" just to get that out. I am planning on the multi-sid solution and am curious how others have approached their power supply? I am beginning the optimized solution reusing the C64 supply. I would love to see some pics or stories. What has/has not worked? Thanks for the input. -Derek

Just wondering about the progress of the next board revision. I am hoping to start a SID project but the old boards are out of stock. Any projected release dates? Thanks