Slorrin

I can't find the pinout for the rotary encoder i got from avishowtech... i checked bourns website... but which pin is which?

If you ever accept feature requests, splitting the oscillators multitimbrally would be cool, like an old synth, where C3 - B3 is saxaphone, and c4 - b4 is trumpet, or something like that.. I don't know if that's possible..

S.M you are a GENIUS! thanks for listening to my feedback! I wish all software developers were so responsive to users.

Since you can't use each osc on the sid individually, can you use each sid unit individually if you use the step B? are they on different midi channels?

AAAAAAAAAHh, i see.. so for now, my sid will be a wicked mono instrument i think, with three wicked osc in unison :)

I used the VST, but found that when i did, it SEVERELY detuned all the oscillators.. not mild detuning for effect, total and utter detuning. Also, ther eseemed to be no way i could find to chose which oscillator a note played on.. so if i made osc3 a good bass patch, and osc 2 a good lead, i could not draw a bass line and then a lead line and expect the right osc to play it.. most annoying..

Oh, also, the volume drops considerably, though, in the VST, the volume knob has not changed nor the Suystain value on the envelope. Aside from these crippling problems, the VST is actually quite amazing and very intuitive, and wonderful.. if i can figure out why it's dropping the volume value and the pitch value to minimum.. i'll be set. Also, the settings in one instance of Sidcontrol override the settings in another instance.. so how do I use sid control to compose for 3 different oscillators? As it stands, it seems to play OSC 1, then the next note, nomatter where it is, will be OSC 2, then th enext note will be OSC3.. so i can't really compose anything, with it cycling through the oscillators.. is there any way to fix a note to an oscillator? i guess they're all on the same midi channel.... or can they be split to multiple midi channels? 1 for each oscillator? NOTE: I have tried it in FLstudio 6.0 and it's the same problem. if i change the patch from say 3 triangle to 3 pulse, the volume, and pitch, change. All the channels change in pitch, not equally though. If i set it to polyphony, the if i have 3 notes on 3 octaves of C, then they will be out of tune after changing pitch. What am I missing here? I keep reading the thread, scouring it for any clues as to why i can't seem to get it to work right..

ahh, it seems that if i turn the transpose knob ALL the way up, the sounds are audibly normal again. for some reason when changing patches, it transposes ALLL the sounds to the absolute lowest octave... why would THAT be? also, I guess the best way to draw different notes for different oscillators is to use 3 vst instances of sid control, and enable only 1 OSC in each instance?

I am using Sonar 6.0 PE, and when i use sid control, at first it works, but if I start to change the settings, either the sound stops, or i get a low rumbling garbled sound. Turning the sid module off and then on again clears it up... but why would that be happening?

Hi! i got the sid module working, my PSU circuit is stable, i started playing some sid notes after i got it all trouble shot, and I LOVE THIS THING!!! it's INCREDIBLE!! there is NO BACKGROUND HISS!! it's so much better than using a c64, just blows my mind.. however, i can only get sounds out of one channel.. how do i play all 3 channels? remember, i have not yet build control surface A yet.. I will do that over the next couple of days

I finished the PSU circuit, and soldered the LCD to a cinch connected ribbon cable.. turned it all on, and connected to mios studio.. and uploaded the latest MIOS.. waited.. and on my LCD i get "Mios 1.9d © T Klose" then "Bootstrap Loader Updated" then i opload Sid 1.7.. and wait, and then "Channel 1 ---1 " etc.. OOH MAN! tomorrow i will build the sid module, then finally, ultimately, connect them!!! i want to hear the first stupid sounds from my totally unmodified main patch! then i have to build control surface A... DIN module awaits.. then.. who knows!! step B probably.. this is all exciting

It's specifically for core board 2 pin header for PSU.. so yeah... maybe i can just cut one out from the board of one of my C64s.. doesn't the LED have this sort of attachment? it's got 3 pins, but the wire's already in it.. i can cut the led off i guess..

I don't know... I need to connect 2 wires from my PSU circuit to to the pin headers on the core board.. will what you've linked me to do that? I don't know about these parts..

The kit for the core module has 2 pin pin headers, and 1 pin pin headers.. but... i have not been able to find anything that would just have 2 pins to put two wire ribbon cables into.. the smallest size i can find is 4x2... anyone know where i can get 2x1 IDC cinch connecotrs?

It was the bridge rectifier that was shot on mine.. i replaced it and the circuit works.. but now i only have one fully tested and reliable PSU.. my other ones will need to go through a load test now to amke sure there's no ripple in the 5VDC...

Turns out i had a blown bridge rectifier... it was taking the 9vac and then blowing up my PSUs.. i lost 3 PSUs troubleshooting this damn thing... :(

it's a good thing i have about 15 c64 PSUs... i deslodered and then resoldered it in another part of my strip board... lo and behold, i get a steady 9VDC out of the regulator, and a steady 5VDC out of the other part of the circuit.. now to power up the core board..

I built the optimized circuit, i have checked and rechecked it for short circuits, over and over, with my multimeter on low resistance check... there are no shorts, my circuit is the same as that in the schematic.. now, i have 2 psus that both make 5VDC perfectly, but the 9VAC is no longer functioning.. i get no power out of the first and last pins... any idea what might have caused that? it's frustrating to lose a powre sypply, but two is really a pissoff.

another dumb question... how do I know how to wire my LCD to the core module? I looked at the "how to attach LCD" thing, and it redirected me to the wiki, but then i couldnt' find it's equivalent on the wiki.. i'm total newb

i'm an idiot, i found them.

I'm so stupid, nevermind.. the pdf files right there are for the schematics.. i'm retarrrrded!! ignore me forever!

I can't find a walkthrough, schematics, or a parts list for Control Surface A in the wiki or the ucapps.de page. I have looked everywhere, everything links to the 'control surface A" page, which just shows how to nagivate the menu. There are no schematics. On the sid walkthrough page it mentions you only need a 74HC165 and some resistors.. but it gives you no indication of how to arrange them, or where to connect them.. that's what i'm looking for. Anyone able to help? With a basic schematic?

Maybe i'm stupid, but there's no step a walkthrough where you linked him. It shows that you CAN make a step a surface, and if you go to the step A page, all it shows you is how to navigate the menu... not where to attach buttons to the sid module, or any schematics... I think what he wants, and what I want, are schematic diagrams. I can't figure out how to take my pile of buttons and an LCD screen, and make that control the sid...

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