wicked1

I know! I have the sids! the only reason I got the swin's was for the extra/different stuff!!

Sorry for being a little dense here, as I think you've answered my question. But to be sure, you're saying to throw all the previous info about SwinSID's out, and don't enable the extensions, there is no special firmware, and just use them as regular SID chips??

I've re-soldered a good portion of the board. (and am a pretty good solderer, to begin with).. I have not pulled IC's, though. Could be same issue w/ contact between an IC and the socket.. What bothers me most is that I really don't think it buzzed before I messed w/ it. In debugging things I managed to shock(I guess) one of the din IC's which caused a lot of strange trouble. Replacing it fixed those issues. But, that has me worried I could have 1/2 shocked another component. The buzz is much louder on the higher voltage 6581's, than the 2's. Not sure if that helps give any clues as to where to look. (12v vs 9v) Is it possible for a voltage regulator to develop an issue that could cause noise? (I don't have extra regulators at this time, to try replacing them) I suppose I'll pull IC's and keep looking for bad solders. One last strange symptom is that when the buzzing is fading, if I touch the base board around the power supply or sid audio outs, the buzz comes back to full volume, but quickly fades away again. It's not any specific spot.. I can touch the power supply caps, or really just about anything behind the sids, and the buzz comes back. I have learned over the years that these types of observations usually don't help me or anyone else track down the issue... Debugging sucks! :)

Oh no... I had a story about solving the buzzing in my sid, but it's not fixed.. I suppose everything was warmed up and the usual power cycle didn't make it start buzzing again.. So, if anyone reads this, even though it says "solved", can you help me figure out the buzzing my 6582 has developed? When I first built it, it was quiet. Then after messing w/ it w/out a case and debugging the control surface it started buzzing. All 4 pair of sids do it. 4 are 6582, 2 are 6581's, and the oters are swinsid's. After it warms up for 5 or 10 min, it stops buzzing. Voltages at the power supply, and at each sid are correct. I was thinking about replacing the regulators and large power supply caps, but the voltages are alright, and I've never heard of a capacitor needing to warm up.. (When caps have failed on me, it's been as a short circuit) Any ideas?

Good point... Local/US bank transfers are free for me. And, the extra cost at my bank (vs larger US banks) is probably paying for the bankers time at the office. I'm usually happy I'm with a small local bank, but this is one case where it's a disadvantage.

Actually, they'll take paypal if all else fails. (people here are great!) (I dont like paypal either, but they are the easiest) Interesting to know bank transfers are basically free in Europe. Also, I heard back from a friend and they can do transfers online with their bank and pay a $40.00 fee.. That's much better than my bank, but still not great.

He says he does not use paypal. Obviously that would be ideal. I've asked if he'll take western union or moneygram... Waiting to hear back.

I'm wanting to purchase something from someone here in the fleamarket, and they want a bank transfer. My bank doesn't like doing them. I have to go to the main office, wait for a banker (not just a teller, but someone to go into an office and sit down with). And, the last time I did it, they were hesitant to even do it, and kept telling me "these are usually used for much much larger transfers". Oh, and they charge a HUGE fee.. $60.00 just to do it, and then some % of the transfer amount on top of it. So, this seems excessive. Is the seller asking too much of me, or is my local bank the problem? I basically want to know how other people handle international payments, and if bank transfers are standard... even if my bank doesn't think they are. Thanks!

It's sold

Wow, that's an expensive synth.

The 6582 isn't all that menu driven.. It's got a good set of knobs on it. The mod matrix makes setting up patches easy. It's got everything you need for real time tweaking. I've got to admit I've had mine finished a month or less, but so far I'd say you can do 80% of your sound sculpting w/out getting in to the menus, and 100r% of your tweaking while playing it, w/out getting in to the menus.

That's great!