guest left? ooooooooh shit! i still got a not working x0xb0x and it can't be much, but i haven't looked at it for a year. seems i'm too lazy. i always thought, oh well, no problem, guest will be able to tell what's wrong after 1st or second post.
A commercial SID synth that look damn familiar (seen on MESSE)
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Posted 04 September 2012 - 22:54
To be fair, MMM on the x0xb0x forums IS a Mode Machines employee and does provide support for everyone. In fact, he's probably the most qualified person to do so since Guest left so they (or he is) making an effort to rectify some of the animosity there.
That sid box is hideous though, curious whats inside and who did it. Wish them the best finding good SID chip sources..
They bought some old C64's on ebay, took the SID out and sold the boards without SID's, long time ago ....
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Posted 05 September 2012 - 16:53
guest left? ooooooooh shit! i still got a not working x0xb0x and it can't be much, but i haven't looked at it for a year. seems i'm too lazy. i always thought, oh well, no problem, guest will be able to tell what's wrong after 1st or second post.
He decided to focus on his Open Music Lab stuff. Plenty of knowledgeable ppl still there..
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Posted 25 September 2012 - 08:35
Hello,
I designed this and it ain't a midibox. I have already made a couple of those in the past ( both were midibox SID of the week, search "alkex sid") and wanted to build something different.
This was initially a self-challenge to build a sid synth with more of a groove-box approach, focused around composing beats and patterns.
All the instrument patches are crafted in software.
Here's a video of the wavetable editor:
This machine is AVR based and coded from the ground up, datasheet in hand as a fun challenge.
I have a boatload of respect for TK and have always played by the midibox rules but I'm now grateful to have met Michael from Mode Machines in spite of the history with midi-box (which I was well aware of).
He, his team and other developers I've had the pleasure to meet via him are great creative people that I am proud to associate with.
Now you know
I love both my midibox sids and the groovebox, they each serve different purposes and live happily in harmony in the studio.
Best wishes from the dark side!
I designed this and it ain't a midibox. I have already made a couple of those in the past ( both were midibox SID of the week, search "alkex sid") and wanted to build something different.
This was initially a self-challenge to build a sid synth with more of a groove-box approach, focused around composing beats and patterns.
All the instrument patches are crafted in software.
Here's a video of the wavetable editor:
This machine is AVR based and coded from the ground up, datasheet in hand as a fun challenge.
I have a boatload of respect for TK and have always played by the midibox rules but I'm now grateful to have met Michael from Mode Machines in spite of the history with midi-box (which I was well aware of).
He, his team and other developers I've had the pleasure to meet via him are great creative people that I am proud to associate with.
Now you know
I love both my midibox sids and the groovebox, they each serve different purposes and live happily in harmony in the studio.
Best wishes from the dark side!
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Posted 26 September 2012 - 20:01
Heya alkex, noone said you stole the source or anything, no worries. It's just that Michael is a XXXXXX XXXXX of XXXXX that XXXXX XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXX XXXXXX XXXXX. At least that's my impression from the few hours I spent on the phone with him. 
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Posted 26 September 2012 - 20:18
Haha, may the force be with us
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Posted 06 October 2012 - 21:29
It cant be long till ModeMachines will bring a MidiBox Sid "MK II" on the market then.. just sayin' ... 
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Posted 07 October 2012 - 10:14
Let's not start a holy war, please. Thanks.
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Posted 07 October 2012 - 20:01
here is a new teaser that was posted on matrixsynth:
I would really love to have a little peek inside the case.
i dont like modemachines, all those threads on adafruit i have seen in the past years.. but still in respect to the designer (if he has not stolen anything), i gotta say i kinda like the design and the sounds in the video.
other than that i would personally never buy anything from modemachines, but this are just my 2 cents.
but i guess, looking at the ASID64 (which is a MB-6582 from the first sight), i dont think that they came up with something themselves for their Mode Machines SID.
Looking at the design it seems that they ripped the adafruit version of the x0xb0x sequencer and connected a SID module (and a fancy iPAD Mode which every real c64 lover would die for) to it.
the owner of mode machines also said in a video on youtube that the first 300 units come with a genuine sid chip (i wonder where those rare parts come from)
and the other units will be using an replica which is just as "good"
lets all just respect each other and dont make profit on others ideas
I would really love to have a little peek inside the case.
i dont like modemachines, all those threads on adafruit i have seen in the past years.. but still in respect to the designer (if he has not stolen anything), i gotta say i kinda like the design and the sounds in the video.
other than that i would personally never buy anything from modemachines, but this are just my 2 cents.
but i guess, looking at the ASID64 (which is a MB-6582 from the first sight), i dont think that they came up with something themselves for their Mode Machines SID.
Looking at the design it seems that they ripped the adafruit version of the x0xb0x sequencer and connected a SID module (and a fancy iPAD Mode which every real c64 lover would die for) to it.
the owner of mode machines also said in a video on youtube that the first 300 units come with a genuine sid chip (i wonder where those rare parts come from)
and the other units will be using an replica which is just as "good"
lets all just respect each other and dont make profit on others ideas
Edited by RyuX, 07 October 2012 - 20:16.
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Posted 12 October 2012 - 15:38
the owner of mode machines also said in a video on youtube that the first 300 units come with a genuine sid chip (i wonder where those rare parts come from)
and the other units will be using an replica which is just as "good"
The 300 SID's are most probably ripped from used 64's. Somebody posted a picture of their ebay auction where they offered ripped C64 boards, without SID's. But anyway, I would love to see the coding, of course all programmed from scratch
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