majjam Posted November 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 I got the chips today !!:):):):)today evening the testing begins !stay tuned and have fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walle Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 Great! ;D ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majjam Posted November 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 bad news !!!testet all chips in a a fast test.Played some sid over them Some are broken ok that happens and was calculated. (8 or 10)BUTon 60 (sixty) !! the filter seems to be broken. I played some sids on them and a voice was missing.messed around with goattracker and found out that all voices work with all different waveforms.when i switch on a low pass the voice breaks down or it just clicks :(Seems to be two different batchesmaybe i have to use other capacitors or something else i dont know. cant believe that because the samples i preorderd worked 23/of24 Maybe the signal length to the sid is to big.i used an external socket on my c64.So i have to go in deeper tests to check my environment and the sids. i hope they are not just trash and i can use them/send them to you.If you have any suggestions please let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasha Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 majjam, sorry to hear that. 60 is alot! :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaicen Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 I'd say 60 is an AWFUL LOT!Personally, I'd wonder wether you got stiffed by the chip seller. However, I might be interested in a couple of chips with working oscs and broken filters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilba Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 I'd say 60 is an AWFUL LOT!Personally, I'd wonder wether you got stiffed by the chip seller. However, I might be interested in a couple of chips with working oscs and broken filters.I don't think so... I've had similar bad luck with salvaged 6581... I've never got one with a working filter, and many had dead oscillators too. I've got about 8 (10? 12?) 6581s of varying degrees of broken. As soon as you started to use the filter, it would pop, make noise, go silent, etc... generally stop working until you reset it (power it off completely, I think). I remember some broken 8580s were like that too... if MB-SID started on a patch that didn't use the filter, it was OK, but as soon as you switched to a patch that used the filter, it just stopped working, or make strange noises, and changing patch didn't do anything... it's a one-way street, turn on the filter and it just curls up and dies.Any "respectable" chip seller will refund or replace chips you test as D.O.A., hopefully yours will.BTW, really sorry to hear about your bad luck, majjam... I was really hoping you'd get a good bunch with few broken ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kartoshka Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 If the all broken ones came from same batch i assume it's the batch and it can be replaced... by self-respectable seller. Are the test samples were from the same batch as those which is broken? :-\ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majjam Posted November 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 I'm sending 4 to test with midibox sid.my tests are not precise enough.I think a replacement is possible by my reseller.They are very friendly and are fast in answering my questions.We will see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majjam Posted November 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 news!! the chipseller offered my an exchange of the defektive chips. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b-funk Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 hey, that´s GOOD news!!! ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kartoshka Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 ask him to test chips before he ships them to you :-\ ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majjam Posted November 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 that won't work. they are just seller ! ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faton Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 Cool, good news :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavey Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 wow, that's some tough stuff :( good that the seller is so understanding! looking forward to the results Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganchan Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 :-\ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majjam Posted November 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 UPDATEI have to pay for the shipping in one direction. The will send mee 100 new chips for testing. I can get the chips i want and send back the rest.Sorry for the delay of all things, but i didn't want to send you rubbish chips.greetzSo hopefully everyone gets its chips before christmas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walle Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 Great! Thx for all the hard work! ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kartoshka Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 respeKKKtta! ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faton Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 year cool :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majjam Posted November 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 *UPDATE*The exchange chips will arrive me on Monday or Tuesday.Next week i`ll test the chips and hopefully I can deliver all of you with good quality chips.I soldered yesterday a mbsid and a mbcore on vectorboard for the tests. Nice thing ! :)If i don't get enough good quality chips i will send the chips out in order of your ordering dates.So please get your paypal accounts prepared. best wishes for all of us and happy synthesizing Max Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kartoshka Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 thanxx Max... you deserve a star award! ;-) :-* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganchan Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 waitin'... :'( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majjam Posted November 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 last tracking status was cologne yesterday. so tomorrow they will be here.Sorry sorry sorry for all the delay !I'll test them directly tomorrow ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nILS Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Majjam, don't rush it - you're doing a great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavey Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 thanks for the updates, I kinda got a bit worried that it might not follow through after all, but glad it's still on track!And what Nils says: no need to rush, awesome job anyways :D Can't wait to restock my c64's with their original sids (it never hurts to have a couple of machines spare for playing around :D) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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