[A full-blown newb on the way to a POKEY synth]

Haha funny pic.

I've built the interface end all.. But no sound. Does it need a preamp ?

Also I used a 3.579545 MHz crystal and devided it with a 74F74N. It could not get any other. Is this a problem ?

Does any of the chips 74HC574, 74F74N or pokey have some pins that need to be tied to ground which is not indicated on the schematic ? Like unused CMOS gates ?

Thanks alot !

[A full-blown newb on the way to a POKEY synth]

Thanks for the help ! I installed a trial of LoopBe30, and the prog. works.. Now onto building the interface  :)

I'll probably have some more q's..

[A full-blown newb on the way to a POKEY synth]

So I must have a USB MIDI interface? Or is one of those gameports good enough ?

It is not possible to make sounds with it without MIDI ?

[A full-blown newb on the way to a POKEY synth]

Thank you very much ! I will try it out.

EDIT: Damn it just gives me error report like this: "pokey.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close.  We are sorry for the inconvenience."

Do I need to run this on an old laptop ? I'm using XP at the moment.

[A full-blown newb on the way to a POKEY synth]

Ok I thought you made the pokey wiki.. http://www.midibox.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=midibox_pokey

If you scroll down you will see there's a windows version..

I've searched alot for the skrasm module.. I've seen the blog, and I've also checked out some forum threads, but there's not really any info..

[A full-blown newb on the way to a POKEY synth]

Sry for opening what seems to be a dead thread.

Where can I find the windows version of the LPT -> Pokey software ?? Did I miss the DL link or what ? I don't have the means to build the Midibox Pokey at the moment so a little playing around with the LPT -> Pokey in the mean time would be nice..

Thanks alot..

Also does anyone know if skrasm's CV pokey module is realeased somewhere ?

I have two pokey's two YM2149F and two AY-3-8912  :P

[MBSID v2 - Noob Building]

Thanks for the replys..

Erm, no. There's neither AIN* nor AOUT "modules" on that PCB. You don't need those anyways so it's all good.

Actually I do.. I want this guy to play with modular synths and other funky doo-dads..  :D Well then I guess I can't use the wilba case design then.. Judging from the size I'm going to have a hard time fitting the extra modules in there.. Then I'll go for the C64 case I think.. Looks pretty damn sweet aswell..

Is the AIN and AOUT modules supported by the MB-6582 Baseboard ? Is there connectors on there, for this purpose or am I going to have to "mod" it... ?

Theres permanently 8 "banksticks" wired on the board yes ? This is what the LPT port is for right ?

[MBSID v2 - Noob Building]

Hello.. First post. Been lurking for some time, deciding if I have the money to build MBSID v2.. I don't, but I'm going for it anyway  :)

So I want to use wilbas design (WHO DOSEN'T !!!)

I'm buying the MB-6582 Baseboard Parts Kit + PIC's from SmashTV..

I need AIn, AOut, DIn, DOut and MIDI offcause.. Is all this on the board ?

What about those rotary encoders.. Why should I get them without a switch.. Why should I get them with a switch ? What is the difference when using the MBSID ?

Do I need anything else ?

Thank you !