vout Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 Hi, heres my new SID - it's a stereo version using smashTV boards (these are excellent quality) and 8580R5 SIDs. The box is a cheap aluminium project box from Maplins that I had lying around, the display is a cheap 4x20 blue with white character backlit from ebay (£5!) and the panel is laminated laser printed paper. I had zero problems putting it all together (apart from drilling a hole in the wrong place - oops!) and frankly, I am amazed at the sound of this thing - I think it is up there with some of the best analogue synths in terms of raw oscillator and sync sounds, even the filter has a lovely phasey quality to it. I chose the display because it was cheap, so I was very pleased to see native support for 4x20 LCDs in the latest upgrade. All in all, this is one of the most satisfying things I have ever built. Kudos to Thorsten, SmashTV and the whole midibox community.Cheers, vout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasha Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 Hi Vout and welcome aboard. Congratulations on your build. Your sid looks very clean and tasteful. I like you used Greek letters. Are you from Greece?Edit: if you make some better quality pictures, please post it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stryd_one Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 Moved this to MBOTW, even if the photo does look like you made it in the year I was born :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m00dawg Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 Haha isn't that the point? That photo rocks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK. Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 Great work!Blogged :)Btw.: for the 4x20 LCD you could activate a special configuration in your setup_8580.asm file, so that all 4 lines are used: ;; number of LCD lines (supported: 2 for 2x* LCDs and 4 for 4x* LCDs)#define DEFAULT_LCD_LINES 4 ;; LCD line -> cursor offsets#define DEFAULT_LCD_LINE_Y0 0x40#define DEFAULT_LCD_LINE_Y1 0x14#define DEFAULT_LCD_LINE_Y2 0x00#define DEFAULT_LCD_LINE_Y3 0x54 ;; 1: LCD cursor will be set to current parameter position (clashes with bar graph which is enabled with DEFAULT_LCD_LINES >= 4) ;; 0: disable this feature#define DEFAULT_LCD_PRINT_CURSOR 0[/code](requires the latest RC23 release)Best Regards, Thorsten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmosuave Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 Good work... Was it hard to install the headphone amp output and do you have a link to the schematic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stryd_one Posted July 21, 2008 Report Share Posted July 21, 2008 head-fi is a good spot for high quality headphone amp schems... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boops Posted July 22, 2008 Report Share Posted July 22, 2008 DEEP PURPLE is my favorite colour after AC/DC sure(i am becomed professional guitarist since 30 years(1978)cause a guy called Angus Young genious one....very original sid,yes!!!as i try to finish mine...with my "famous "wall psu...your tips are welcome...good work Stryd! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vout Posted July 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2008 Hi, Thanks for the comments everyone. I should have said that was my first post, but I've been lurking here so long I actually didn't realise it was! So, hello to all :) Anyway, apologies for the picture quality, but my camera is very cheap and nasty! I will try and post some better ones in a few days (I'm actually on holiday right now, just found an internet cafe) About the headphone output - I found that the SIDs output is enough to drive my Technics headphones directly, so it is just wired across the audio outs, it works quite well, but could do with a bit more volume (looking at the circuit, there is a transistor on the SID audio output - I wonder if it is possible to increase the output gain here so I could add a volume control?). The greek lettering was by accident (I'm not Greek) - I was just trying different fonts out and found a greek one on my system - thought it looked good and a little different. The panel is actually black but the lamination was a bit uneven and it has a mottled grainy look to it - I am going to add an audio feedback control and switched filter capacitors so I will redo it anyway, probably with matt surface laminating film, should give a better look. Anyway, thanks for making it Midibox of the week!Cheers, vout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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