MB-6582 Parts Kit

[holdenw1]

So I'm starting my MIDIbox SID and I bought the CORE Kit, SID Kit, and the MB-6582 Parts Kit.  I'm putting together the CORE and SID but I just realized I have no idea why I bought the MB-6582 parts kit.

What does it do?........lol....:(

[rosch]

hi! the 6582 parts kit (incl pcb) is basically 4 core modules, 8 sid modules, dins & douts and bank sticks all on one big PCB.

more info about the MB6582 you can find here

and forum search on MB6582 brings a lot of info too!

[nebula]

MIDIbox SID is a project you'll find detailed at ucapps.de, and all over the place in this forum.  The simplest MIDIbox SID consists of a CORE module and 1 or 2 SID modules.  The Core contains the PIC microcontroller and the necessary MIDI i/o hardware, while the SID module holds a SID chip (duh) and the required components for it to connect to a Core.

In that sense, the MIDIbox SID is a MIDI-controlled SID synthesizer that can be programmed using system exclusive MIDI messages from your computer.

The next thing you'd probably want to add would be a bankstick (another module, really just some memory chips) and an LCD display (so you can see what's going on inside the thing).

The next thing you might want to add would be a DIN module (Digital IN), to which you would connect some buttons and a rotary encoder.  This, along with the display, is called the Minimal Control Surface, or "Step A".  9 buttons and a rotary encoder is all you need to control your MIDIbox SID.

If you want to get adventurous you can add more DINs (for more buttons and encoders) and DOUTs (so you can connect LEDs).  The firmware is already there to assemble a complete control surface including 14 more knobs, and a whole lot of buttons and LEDs.  This allows you to build a complete professional control panel.

You can gang up to 4 Cores to control up to 8 SIDs (as stereo pairs).  The LCD, DINs, DOUTs, and bankstick need only connect to the first Core, and the other 3 Cores become "slaves".  This way you can use one control surface to control all those SIDs.

That, my friend, is MIDIbox SID.  Design whatever configuration of this fantastic synth that strikes your fancy.

A few years ago, a respected hot shot from down under created a big circuit board that houses 4 Cores, 8 SIDs, 8 memory chips, and all the DINs and DOUTs you need for a control surface.  He also created an accompanying board to mount all the encoders, buttons and LEDs you would need for a control surface.  Conveniently, these board mount inside a single Pactec enclosure, to create a slick 8-SID synth in a nice, tight package.  That is the MB-6582.

People from the MIDIbox community looked at the MB-6582 and generally found it to be very desirable.  It is by far the shortest route to a very usable, complete MIDIbox SID.

MB-6582: http://www.midibox.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=wilba_mb_6582&s[]=mb&s[]=6582

See many variants of the MIDIbox SID project, including MB-6582, in the archives of the "MIDIbox Of The Week" section:  http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php/board,15.0.html