[New module idea?]

Well as I'm starting to gather all the stuff to build my Midibox Sid. And as I'm a chipsound junkie, I was wondering whether one of the genius designers here had thought about doing an YM2149 module as well? (tweaked the right (or wrong) way it can also produce very interesting sounds).

Cheers.

[Looking for advice and/or help]

I was thinking of writing a stickie for the top of the forum when I've finished - a sort of "newbies start here" to highlight anything that tripped me up along the way.  "The Idiot's Guide" if you will.  Or "MidiBox SID for Dummies".  ;-)

As great as I think this site is, one or two things are kind of pre-supposed that everyone will understand them.  And, clearly, that isn't the case...

That's a very good idea :-)

[Looking for advice and/or help]

The thing is that I dont have a clue of what kits to get..

I know my needs and I hoped there would be some kind of near ready to kick kit like the x0x0x 303 clone. MB project is wonderful as completely modular but much less accessible to people like me who don't have the equipment and culture to build it.  Even reading the Faqs is hard for me as I don't understand many parts.

The kits I've seen are sold without Pic and there are 3 types of Pic available after so which one do I have to take.. Are there kits for the control surfaces... etc...

What I need is a 1/2 rack  midi unit with 2 sids and simple LCD display and one audio output per sid.

Cheers

[Looking for advice and/or help]

Hi,

I'm new to this Forum, and a complete crap at soldering.. so I'd like to know if a charitable soul would help me in building a Midibox Sid with 2 chips, or if there were people doing pre-build gear.

Cheers in advance