paisleyartmachine

Hi there, and thanks for welcoming me to the board. I am happy to be here. Yes I will make sure that I do-it-myself as much as possible. I really appreciate the whole concept of this community. Building your own instruments to make your own music with. How romantic and artistic! And on that note I have got the PSU unit issue figured out. With a little browsing I stumbled across this awesome note about connecting a CORE and a MIDIBOX LC together, and lo and behold it takes a +5V and +12V/-12V PSU to do it! So I have the part number and everything #FSA55P31 Fantastic! One issue is now solved(ish). Of course I know when I actually get the PSU I am going to be scratching my head about how to hook the things together, BUT THATS OKAY! At least I will know I have the tools necissary to complete my mission. [i know this is another really newbie question BUT, I am guessing from what I just read from DavidBanner is that I install the midibox FM program through midi after I get my machine all assembled. Is there a program that I use to do this? Jsynthlib maybe has a way of transmitting the code through my midi interface? I have done some looking around and this isn't obvious. Any help would be greatly appreciated.] <--- Actually I just got this figured out. MIOS Studio is the tool that you use to do this. I have it all bookmarked and downloaded for refrence so this is really just quite fantastic. I think I may very well have all of the info that I need to get my first FM synth built!!! Okay thanks guys, More soon. -p<A>m

Hello everyone. I am an electronic music lover, and particularly a lover of FM synthesis. I love the flexibility that it gives you, I feel personally that you can do a fantastic amount more than you can with traditional subtractive synthesis. My only gripe with it was that the only way you could get FM synthesis was digitally... or you could shell out for the Cyndustries ZeroOscillator which is $1000 a pop. Imagine my delight when I stumbled across this website in a determined frenzy to find analog FM synthesis. To the genius(es) who took the time and care to design this masterpiece instrument, THANK YOU SO SO VERY MUCH. I love my FM synths so much that I want to have a couple to do pads and bass and drums with all at the same time. So I am going to go ahead and order all of the parts for 2 complete functioning MBFM synths. Before I do this I wanted to make sure that I was in total understanding of everything that I need to do. So I just wanted to ask a couple of questions about the areas that I am a little hazy. 1st, when I order the core kits and I get the pic pre-programmed am I supposed to get a PIC18F452 or do I need to get a newer pic? Also are the MIOS 1.9 AND the Midibox FM program installed onto the same chip, or are these programs installed to seperate places? If so where, and also when new software updates become available what will I need to do to upgrade my synths? 2nd, Where do I go to find the soldering instructions for both of the boards? I found the PDF's with the routing instructions, But I haven't really found anything that was really clear as far as where to solder what. Am I just supposed to use the MHBP_OPL3.GIf as my soldering guide? Or is there a more detailed guide that is a little eaiser to read? 3rd, Is there any place that I can go to find a +12V/-12V power supply to order? I don't really feel that I have a very firm grasp on power supplies and would be hesitant to build my own. I guess those are my biggest questions at the moment. I am sure I will have more after I get these ones answered. Best, -p<A>m