Ultra Basic MIDIBox SID CS

[toneburst]

Just testing the water here, but how difficult would it be to create a MBSID with the following very basic controls?

• 16x 1 LCD displaying patch name and number

• inc/dec or encoder to change patches

I'm thinking of making a very simple SID synth as a gift for a friend (who incidentally has a cat named Syd, so I'd probably call it the 'SydSID Synth' or something similar).

Alex

[TK.]

Hi Alex,

1x16 LCDs are not much cheaper than 2x16 LCDs, and the patch name has 16 characters - so I would consider a 2x16 LCD. You will see the MIDI channel as well, which is a useful information.

The "datawheel" modifies the patch by default within the main screen, so that no software changes are required

Best Regards, Thorsten.

[toneburst]

Thanks for getting back to me TK!

I only thought of the 16 x1 LCD idea because I came across an old pager while doing a bit of tidying-up.

16x2 would be a better bet though, you're right.

If I just added inc/dec buttons, rather than an encoder (using a DIN1X presumably) would I still not have to change any MIOS code for basic patch-change functionality?

Cheers,

Alex

http://www.toneburst.net

[TK.]

For Inc/Dec buttons you need to set the "CS_MENU_USE_INCDEC_BUTTONS" switch to 1

For a 1x16 LED you need to change the display layout under cs_menu.inc, "CS_MENU_Handler_Init_MainPage" and "CS_MENU_Handler_MainPage" (sorry that the code is located at two different places, but this was to save performance)

Best Regards, Thorsten.