Start to Finish

[Theta_Frost]

Okay I just need to know start to finish how to get the sid firmware on a mac to the midibox sid.  Do you just get a USB to MIDI converter and go through with Sysex?  Sorry I'm not to programming inclined :-[

[Narwhal]

How did you build the midibox sid?

[Narwhal]

You will need a midi interface of some type.  A USB one will do.

Then you connect the midi interface to the SID with 2 midi cables (IN and OUT).

Then you use MIOS Studio to send the program (.hex) file to the synth.

Specific details of the process are on the uCapps website... The button to get there is at the top bar of this screen.

[m00dawg]

Just be aware that not all USB<->MIDI interfaces are alike. I use an M-Audio MidiSport 1x1 with my MidiBox and, though it works just fine, it doesn't seem to handle uploading the .HEX files as seamlessly as my M-Audio 2496 (which has MIDI on board). Macs handle MIDI brilliantly so you may not run into the same problems I did, but just a heads up. If you're into surface mount soldering, you can build your own interface as well :) That project is also on the ucapps.de site.