Flemming

I can only speak about Synthedit, but i can assure you that it's no good for making a VST-controller the size of what is needed to control MB-SID - there are so many limitations and annoying MIDI specs it abides to. It could be done surely, but it will need some serious workarounds to work properly (to mention one, the lame ancient MIDI-spec that makes CC33-63 work as finecontrol of CC1-32 is a real pita!) Fruity has a lovely alternative to 'MIDI out' which is called 'Dashboard' and works just like 'studioware' or thatsitcalled in Cakewalk / 'Device panel' in Cubase. 'Dashboard' allows you to design a custom controlpanel with knobs, buttons, dropdowns and the likes - only drawback is that it is only useable inside Fruity whereas a VST would be host-independent!! I'm a Synthedit and Fruity user myself, so either way i'm really interested to see what you come up with :) i would even participate if you're up for a joint venture!

Yeah, we will be able to help you build it yourself! I'm pretty sure that you will not find anyone here who will build for you... you see, we're busy building and learning for ourselves ;) To build yourself does not make it cheaper - often it will be even more expensive, so maybe you should just google for a box that suits your needs. Remember that gigging wears equipment severely, so with time your box will break and you will have to repair it anyways, so it's better to buy some behringer crap-box because you'll have some kind of warranty, or you can easily buy a new one without busting your budget! If you really want a sexy custom controller, then you will have to learn how to build it yourself :) this also means that you'll be able to repair it if it eventually breaks...... plus the girls will be twice as impressed, instead of telling them 'some dude built it for me' ;)

I want to sell a lovely white unsoldered GM5x5x5 PCB + GM5 chip, and almost all other parts needed to solder the complete board (almost a kit ;)) The PCB is 8 euros The GM5 chip is 4,5 euros The rest of the parts will amount to a few euros, and shipping will probably also be around a couple of euros The parts missing are - 5 sockets for the 74HC14s (only sockets, the ICs are included) The eeprom 11 LEDs .. if you're interested then catch me via PM and we'll figure out the full cost + shipping

Interesting :) are you going by the methods outlined by TK here, or do you have further tips and ideas on how to go about it? I also found another interesting thread by TK here, but it seems that the links are dead? Both for the mp3 and the zipped random patches :(

Actually - it states that 2 SIDs and 2 SwinSIDs can be controlled from 1 core ;) From the SwinSID review in the MB-SID manual, by TK: "Note that thanks to the interface compatibility, it is possible to control two MBHP_SID modules, and one Stereo-SwinSID module from the same MBHP_CORE in parallel!" http://www.ucapps.de/midibox_sid_manual_swinsid.html

I'm very happy that you're running without reboots now, man! Enjoy your MB-SID ;)

[me=Flemming]blushes[/me] nILS, you dirty boy you.... :) It's true though, i'm also in love with the SwinSID, mostly because of its FM, it's sexy drumsounds, it's lovely resonating filter and it's internal reverb. But as i have no real life reference yet, i am also going by the various soundclips and scattered info i found. A dedicated Swin-SID module PCB would be so sexy!! *winkAtnILS*

Hi Ben What i learned is that even if we're talking a single-core setup, you have to respect the MB-CAN stuff!!! Have a look at this schem http://www.ucapps.de/midibox_sid/mbsid_v2_communication.pdf if you look at core1 you see an extra diode (1N4148) between D2 and D3 on J15 - you will also see a 1K resistor between D3 on J15 and Vd on J2 After i soldered the resistor and the diode (i just stuck them on the backside of the PCB) i had no more grief.... ever! These are only needed for MB-SID, and it is used to link cores together to achieve the lovely 8-SID setup, nevertheless even if you have only 1 core, the diode/resistor needs to be fitted anyway!! Note that other users i talked with have had their MB-SID running just fine even if they did not fit the parts for CAN - I have no idea what makes the difference! If you already fitted these parts then just ignore the above and cross your fingers that someone else has a solution that will get you running ;)

@ROYALSCAM Yeah, i love ReBirth too! being an over 10 years old piece of software i really like it, and it was pioneering in the art of computer realtime synthesis. TK's 303 control extension is in fact aimed at the MB-SID when it's working in 'Bassline'-mode http://www.ucapps.de/midibox_sid_manual_b.html The 'Bassline' of the MB-SID mimics the nature of the original bassline concept using the lovely SID-chip :) Also, the MB-SID is fully MIDI capable - in contrast to the original TB-303 which was invented before MIDI was around, and therefore sports the much earlier concept of CV (control voltage) In the video you see and hear tons of 'modern day' composers using their 303 along 'modern' MIDI equipment, and this is possible due to a number of modifications that were 'invented' along the way which in turn made the TB-303 MIDI compatible using 'Roland DIN sync' to clock the box from an external MIDI sequencer. A quick search for VST plugins at sites like http://www.kvraudio.com/ will reveal thousands of 303 replicas that you can use in your favorite computer sequencer with all the glory and ease of modern music composing - Still i myself has the heaviest love towards ReBirth, and for instant bassline-fun nothing beats that little baby :) combined with a MIDIcontroller such as MB64 or similar you're in for many days of tweaking-and-turning fun!! In the same way you could also use the MB64 to control further parameters of your MB-SID kinda like what the 'TK 303-extension' would do in the first place. PS. you probably already figured this out, but anyways; in the video they say that the two available waveforms of the TB-303 is Saw and Sine... but it is in fact Saw and Square

What problem?

i have just played default patch no.19 which uses the arp, and MIOSstudios MIDImonitor does not receive anything! I would say 'no'

Well :) in that case: fussylizard 2 (?) strophlex 3 nsunier ~10 rosch 3 ssp 2 (maybe 4) gtxdude 2 matoz 4 lucem 6 enth 3 flemming 1 ---------------------- ~36

I wanna get in on this too :) i plan to build a MBFM, but is the 'counting' only to get an idea of how many could be ordered simultaneously? I can't seem to get from this thread exactly which 2*40 the buld is concerning?

Whats FUD?? Whats SID? ...the obvious soundtrack for this thread is http://fonix.dyndns.org:40000/soasc/MOS6581R2/MUSICIANS/J/JCH/Beatbassie_T01.sid.mp3

Wow, really nice video ..... but that beard is clearly 128bit - at least :)

Oh... :-[

Hmm, when the OP said 'pre burned PIC' i assumed that it was MIOS that was pre burned? Also considering he had the initial 'upload request'...

This should be good ... now your core wants you to upload some application, like mbsid, mb64, mb64e or similar. MIOS is not an application in itself, it's the OS so to say. What project are you going to use the core for?

I wish i could help you on this one, but i'm really not sure... My guess is that if the 7812 should power both SID, core + display AND go back to the SID-module to power the two 74HC595 also, then the 7812 would get very hot! The most common solution often used inhere is to use the PSU from a C64, because it gives both 5VDC and 9VAC - i used such a solution, where the 5VDC is running the Core (connecting the 5VDC directly to where the output of the 7805 would be), and the 9VAC+5VDC is used to power the SID with 12VDC ... to put 9VAC and 5VDC (giving 14VDC) together we use a small circuit called OPSU (optimized PSU) which you can see here http://www.ucapps.de/mbhp/mbhp_8xsid_c64_psu_optimized.pdf Here is a photo of my opsu solution - as you can see it's not that complicated, and it saves a lot of headache :)

As far as i know, the power coming from the core to SID-module is 5V to drive the two 74HC595 ICs The SID chip itself needs 9V (for 8085/6582) or 12V (for 6581) So in fact the SID-module needs power from both the core and from a separate source

Did you try their homepage? www.ableton.com

The 1.0.6 driver works perfect! It even lets me use the trick of naming the ports individually in the .inf-file :) I guess the 1.0.7 is just a nono for me.. sad, i really wanted to use the latest driver, but this will do anyway! Thanks for the tip TK!

I can't get MIOSstudio9.0 to find all 5 MIDI ports on my GM5x5x5 when i use the driver from Ploytec.com (jumper-configuration on the board is set to ploytec.com). The 'SID editor' can easily find all 5 ports, and so can all my other MIDI-related software... funny thing is that i tested with MIOSstudio8.3 which also works!! In my 'Sounds and audio devices' controlpanel in XP the 5 ports also show up with no problem. So for me this is an isolated case of MIOSstudio9.0 doesn't work, and only when i use the ploytec driver. If i plug it in not using the driver then MIOSstudio9.0 finds port 1-5 as 'USB audio device (X)'. The result is the same whether i use a USB hub or not. Does anyone else experience the same problems as i have? As 'SID editor' and MIOSStudio shares just about the same sourcecode it just puzzles me even more?!? MIOSstudio9.0 did have some correction done from v8.3: Would MIOSstudio9.0 somehow treat my 5 GM5x5x5 MIDI ports as "same device" when the ploytec.com driver is installed? Is this check done with the names of the ports? Maybe it's because the driver makes MIOSstudio detect port 1-5 as 'Ploytec USB MIDI junction II po' - Looks like the string is too short, missing 'rt (X)' for example, and that would mean that all 5 ports shares the same name, and maybe that is the reason why MIOSstudio9.0 thinks that the last 4 ports are just duplicates ? edit: in MIOSstudio8.3 i get - Ploytec USB MIDI junction II po Ploytec USB MIDI junction II po Ploytec USB MIDI junction II po Ploytec USB MIDI junction II po Ploytec USB MIDI junction II po

It might be just the fuse that is wasted - ask him if the Datasette is working! The case of 'blown fuse' is seen pretty often at mssiah/prophet64 forum http://www.prophet64-forum.com/viewtopic.php?id=1316

Hmmmm, I wonder... which sid synth is the undisputed king at the moment, then??? ;)