MIDIbox of the Week (Wilba's MIDIbox SID V2, aka. MB-6582)

[LX]

:o This is unbelievable!!! congratulation

You are the best board designer!!!

respect Wilba

LX

[MRE]

In case you haven't noticed the forum slow down today.. Wilba's MBsid got Hackaday'd!!!  Congrats!!

http://www.hackaday.com/2007/05/23/mb-6582-diy-c64-based-midi-synth/

And.. JESUS that thing is gorgous.  Now if only we could get someone to make clone SID chips!

How many more C64's have ta die?!

[Wilba]

hahaha! So that's why I've had heaps of PMs lately!

[Sasha]

I really like how it looks black & white. :) Always wanted to make some monochromatic box, but display is critical part.

[Tone]

:: AMAZING! ::

Looks so good.. And definetaly sounds too.

I wish, I could achieve same quality. Very good job!

Now I must find Main Knob for my :: OLD CHERRY :: It´s original silver knob has missing :(

TONE

^{Synth Freak From Finland}

[woozy]

Hey Wilba, very nicely done indeed.

How did you attach the CS PCB to the CS? I can see the screws on the PCB side but I don't see any screws poking through the CS  :P.

So what did you screw them into?

[SLP]

Hey Wilba, very nicely done indeed.

How did you attach the CS PCB to the CS? I can see the screws on the PCB side but I don't see any screws poking through the CS  :P.

So what did you screw them into?

If you read his blog, you can see how he glued the screws to the back side of the frontpanel.

[Wilba]

They are actually 10mm threaded spacers, glued to the back of the frontpanel with JB-Weld, PCB is held to those with screws. There are also flathead (countersunk) screws glued to the back of the frontpanel at the corners, which hold the panel to the PT-10 case.

[woozy]

OK, found the blog (and read it too). This JB-weld looks like interesting stuff.

Personally I was toying with the idea of having something threaded welded to the back of the front panel but I have some serious doubts whether that'd actually work (you'd have to use the same metals, it mustn't show on the front side, I don't know jack about welding, ...). This seems like a much easier solution.

[ultra]

wilba,

do you mind if i ask where you got the knobs?  do they fit on a standard d-shaft alps encoder and have no indicator mark?  very nice midibox.  congrats!

drew

[Wilba]

http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php?topic=8190.msg56754#msg56754

A lot of people will want these knobs to make a "clone" of my MB-6582, so I'll be making a bulk order soon, currently I'm getting a quote to make a new batch of them!

[NorthernLightX]

I have some of those lying around, but it never hurts to have some extra  ;D

So, sign me up for the group-buy.

[TK.]

ALBS is located in germany - it could make sense that somebody in Europe is doing the group order for ALBS knobs to save shipping costs and tax fees.

...how about a new "group order" board? ;-)

Best Regards, Thorsten.

[Jaicen]

I'd be seriously impressed if Albs re-manufactured those knobs for us!

If the do, are they going to be clear or coloured 'windows'?