EvanOxide

Really? I was always able to find some sort of FM chip online somewhere, but I thought you had to get a C64 and rip out its SID to get a hold of one. If I did control an FM through a 64E, would there be any sort of complications that could arise from that? And what about latency.

oOoOo I see, very interesting. Could i just make the midibox 64 then and just skip making a conventional control surface for the FM then? Thanks, that helped alot.

Hi Im somewhat new here, although Ive been hovering over this midobox resource for months now. Ive decided that having a midi synthesyzer would be nice, and due to the lack of SID chips avalable, I think Id rather use the Yamaha alternative and make a Midibox FM. The only problem is, Im a noob. Id like to ask for help to get started, but first I have a few questions. First off, Im wondering why there is such a lack of knobs on the FM photos Ive seen so far. The program for it has a whole bunch of tweakable features, and Im wondering if for some reason the knobs were just not put there because the builders just cose not to add them. Im the kind of person who likes to have all tweakable features right infront of me, so Im hoping that a midibox FM can have much more knobs. Id like to do less of my knob turning on the computer, and more on the box itself. Unless I really dont know what Im talking about and more knobs is just a silly idea, and in that case you can set me straight. Im also wondering if you can put more than one yamaha chip inside of the FM, like how you can have four SIDs inside of one box. Is this possible? Is this reasonable? I seriously want to have a synth where the majority of tweakable features are presented to you on the interface itself, so if this isnt remotley possible with the FM and Ill end up spending more time on the computer than on the synth itself, then this project isn'f for me. But, Im very optomistic, and would love to get started as soon as possible. Thx, Evan.