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Yup in the instance of the Alesis Photon x25 - I have Phonton Midiin and Photonx25 as options in the first pane (I select Photon Midiin) then in the second pane I only have the option to select Photonx25. In the instance of the Xone 1D both devices are just called xone midi or some such. At no point have I managed to get MIOS studio to detect a loopback with a single cable in/out. Again this is both in Windows and Linux... BIG FAT EDIT Hit midi in and midi out on Photonx25 with a hammer (read - give the cables a really good shove) and suddenly loopback working.... must have not been inserted properly. Still no working loopback on the Allen and Heath Xone 1D (even after the shove treatment...) setup_sammich....hex now uploaded and lovely blinky LEDs dancing away. Is there a default set of patches to upload after inserting my banksticks? Can't play with my SIDs yet as I'm still testing with a nasty 12v switching PSU whilst I wait for my linear regulated to arrive.

It's 4.21am here and I've just finished many hours of making Sammich. Voltage tests all good and now trying to upload the sid hex via mios studio. I have tried 2 separate midi interfaces (Alesis Photon x25 Controller Keyboard / Allen Heath Xone 1D DJ Controller) I get an upload request on the midi in side in MIOS studio when I power up the Sammich. Sammich displays ready. I'm not able to get any expected response in the midi out side. Having had a look at the troubleshooting guide - I don't seem able to get midi loopback working on either midi interface by running a single cable in and out. Terminal strings do send. Can anyone suggest anything - does it look like I have 2 midi interfaces that aren't going to play nice with MIOS or is there something else I've overlooked? I've tried both interfaces on Windows 7 x64 and on Ubuntu (latest version) - same results. Gonna go wash the flux off myself rinse solder fumes out my eyes and sleep now...

I haz sammich :) arrived today - thanks Jason. Need to go but some bits and pieces for my build then I'll get on it.

http://uk.farnell.com/jsp/displayProduct.jsp?sku=1176265&CMP=e-2072-00001000&gross_price=true order code - 1176265 try that.

I thought I'd bump and old thread on the subject rather than start a new one. Then I realised the old topic is not quite in the right place so I'm linking it here; content copied below. [content] I've got my Sammich order in so I'm looking for PSU options in the UK as well. First @ orange_hand - did you go with that 500ma Maplin PSU and if so how did it work out? @ Wilba and anyone else that can help. 1. Is 500ma really enough or is it much better to try and find a 1000ma PSU (I'll be using stock LEDs and LCD) 2. Can someone comment on these PSU a) http://www.buythis.co.uk/pdf/5965.pdf (http://www.buythis.c...set=48&Orderby=) I can't tell if that is linear or not. b) http://www.buythis.co.uk/pdf/4927.pdf (http://www.buythis.c...fset=0&Orderby=) This one definitely is linear but at 500ma c) http://www.buythis.c...&offset=&mid=73 this is switchmode but regulated and the guy at the end of the phone says it should be a very clean supply... anyway - take a look and see what you think. EDIT boom and we have a winner; http://uk.farnell.co...ross_price=true can someone verify this is indeed 12v 1a regulated linear.

Bumping this thread rather than starting another to add some questions of my own. I've got my Sammich order in so I'm looking for PSU options in the UK as well. First @ orange_hand - did you go with that 500ma Maplin PSU and if so how did it work out? @ Wilba and anyone else that can help. 1. Is 500ma really enough or is it much better to try and find a 1000ma PSU (I'll be using stock LEDs and LCD) 2. Can someone comment on these PSU a) http://www.buythis.co.uk/pdf/5965.pdf (http://www.buythis.co.uk/open_product.asp?pid=5965&catid=173&offset=48&Orderby=) I can't tell if that is linear or not. b) http://www.buythis.co.uk/pdf/4927.pdf (http://www.buythis.co.uk/open_product.asp?pid=4927&catid=173&offset=0&Orderby=) This one definitely is linear but at 500ma c) http://www.buythis.co.uk/open_product.asp?pid=4928&catid=173&offset=&mid=73 this is switchmode but regulated and the guy at the end of the phone says it should be a very clean supply... anyway - take a look and see what you think. EDIT boom and we have a winner; http://uk.farnell.com/jsp/displayProduct.jsp?sku=1176265&CMP=e-2072-00001000&gross_price=true order code - 1176265 can someone verify this is indeed 12v 1a regulated linear.

He sent out order confirmations on the 16th January and invoiced me on Jan 31st. I'm all paid up and waiting with a pair of 8580R5s and a pair of 6581s to play with.

ah this is good news :sorcerer: I've been occupying myself by repairing dead C64s and have a nice stock of SIDs for this project and a future mb-6582. consider my pre-order interest still current and I look forward to paying you some monnies :flowers:

I just thought I'd post this here as I see a lot of people asking how they can test their SIDs. You'll need to hook up your old C64 to the telly and remember to turn the telly volume up (mine was muted for some reason which lead to me retyping the next bit several times before realising *faceplam*) 100 poke53280,0: poke53281,0 110 poke53265,11 120 v(0)=54272:v(1)=54279:v(2)=54286 130 poke54296,15:fori=0to2 140 pokev(i)+3,8:pokev(i)+1,0 150 pokev(i)+5,8:pokev(i)+6,198:next 160 fora=16to128step16:fori=0to2 170 if a>64 then pokev(i)+3,0 180 pokev(i)+4,a+1 190 forf=0to254step2:pokev(i)+1,f:nextf 200 pokev(i)+4,a:forw=0to200:nextw 210 pokev(i)+4,8:pokev(i)+1,0 220 nexti,a:a=1 230 fori=0to2:pokev(i)+1,255 240 poke54296,(a*16)+15:poke54295,2^i 250 pokev(i)+4,129 260 forf=0to255:poke54294,f:nextf 270 pokev(i)+4,136:nexti 280 a=a*2:if a<8 then goto 230 290 poke53265,27 300 poke53280,254:poke53281,246 310 poke54295,0 type run and press enter and as long as you made no errors you get a set of test tones that lasts about 50 secs. you can then type save"sidbench" and press return to save it to cassette...! If you can find one. This isn't my work and full credit goes to this chap-> http://ploguechipsounds.blogspot.com/2010/05/one-page-basic-sid-benchmark.html had a very emjoyable afternoon feeling very retro digging out a c60 like it's nineteen eighty eight. I also have 2 tested and fully functioning 8580R5s waiting for the final batch of sammiches. (first 2 pulls as well) Hope this helps someone. I'm off to play Dizzy :)

Thanks TK, all the answers I was after - I'll go ahead with my v2 Core8 based synth for now. Just didn't want to go to the trouble of building a Core8 if the new Core32 was just around the corner but as it is slated year end - that sounds like a nice xmas project.

Just wondering if there are any more details on the update. I'm just about to start my v2 project but if there is a significant update on the cards I may hold off. Will v3 still be based on modular boards or is it going to have a more unified approach like Sammich and MB-6582. I tried searching but unfortunately "MBSID" & "v3" are not valid search terms.

Very helpful thank you. Where are your boards from? Is there a cheaper European source rather than Smash?

Ok, I'm going to build a little stereo SID box for kicks. I've got several old C64s kicking around that I'm going to tear chips out of. I'm looking at using Smash's Core 8 and 2 of his SID boards for my build. So other than these 3 kits what else will I need? Which PID should I get? If I want an LCD and minimal control surface - what will that require. Thanks for helping. I'll try and run a complete build log when I get started to help other clueless people like me.