buhler Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 I've got a software version that basically let's you play notes and push values into the registers manually - I'll post that here as soon as I gert back home next weekend.are you home yet??? just joking! i'm in the middle of a move so i won't be able to work on my box for another week or two. just out of curiosity, can this "POKEY app" support two POKEY modules from one core? i've built two modules so far but was planning on just building one core and connecting them the same way you would connect the two SID modules... would that work? thanks nILS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nILS Posted May 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 Just got home yesterday ;-) To simplify things, please contact me via skype or ICQ. Dual-pokey support is on the wishlist and planned for, it's not in any way working yet though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buhler Posted May 14, 2008 Report Share Posted May 14, 2008 Just got home yesterday ;-) To simplify things, please contact me via skype or ICQ. Dual-pokey support is on the wishlist and planned for, it's not in any way working yet though.no prob. i'll need to setup an ICQ or skype account but i won't be able to focus on this for another week or so... i'm really excited. i've been messing with RMT to get my fix until i can get my POKEY modules working. ;D in ICQ, do i just click the "flower" under your name to get your account? thanks a lot nILS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peake Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 Seeing on mikesarcade.com that Pokey is the sound chip on my old favorite, Tempest, I bought a pair of sealed BallBlazer carts through eBay for about $15.00, still a touch less overall than ordering from Mike's, etc. Well...they're soldered in! Not too surprising as they were after durability... My good advice is to just order from Mike's or similar and get them loose, NOS...I can't wait to add that classic "MONG" tone to my rig ;D"Somebody get this duck away from me!" -Strongbad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugfight Posted May 23, 2008 Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 tempest rocks, still play regularly on my mame cab.c'mon "full-blown newb" let's see something before you catch the triple guru curse...*whack* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nILS Posted May 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2008 Hang in there, people :-) This is taking me forever, I know, it's just that like most of you guys I don't have an infinty amount of time or money... Be patient, offer help, we'll get there ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buhler Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 @ nILS. i'm going to be contacting you through ICQ soon. i just got internet in my new place and i just need to get a hold of a core and PIC etc... i'm going to try and help you as much as i can! ;D talk to you soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheater Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 I'm not sure how exactly sound is output from the POKEY, but....if it goes to a DAC, then you can buffer that, and read it asynchronously from a DAC, to change the pitch. no more problems with exact pitch.then, a single pokey chip can be used as a four-voice chip.if it gets output directly, maybe you can reclock the POKEY to change the pitch of the output? good idea?if the pokey can be reclocked, you can couple it with a simple uC which would run at the same frequency as the pokey (especially when it's being reclocked. then you could have a sram buffer for the control info that gets written to by the 'outside' logic, and have the pokey-glue-uC reading from that sram and sending to the pokey itself.then, the single pokey chip can be used as a 2/3/4 osc voice. as i understand pokey chips aren't too difficult to find - so this option is cooler imo :) 4 pokey oscillators are something!hell, you could do ringmod, or maybe even simple FM between them? :)Cheers,D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seppoman Posted May 28, 2008 Report Share Posted May 28, 2008 if it goes to a DACDo you see any IC on the schematics in this thread that even remotely looks like it could be a DAC? :DS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theta_Frost Posted June 15, 2008 Report Share Posted June 15, 2008 Hey this is pretty cool! Let me know how I can help, I can help anyway except programming. But I can try to improve PCB's etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stryd_one Posted June 16, 2008 Report Share Posted June 16, 2008 But I can try to improve PCB's etc.nILS seems to have the PCB thing down now :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buhler Posted June 20, 2008 Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 edit: Latest schem is attached so you actually know what to build :-)Shit! i didn't even notice the new schematics until just now! is the amplifier circuit from the audio out pin the only thing changed from v.0.3 schematics??? i hope so! well... i've got some de-soldering to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nILS Posted June 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2008 That's pretty much the only change, other than that I just moved stuff around to clean up the schem a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theta_Frost Posted September 11, 2008 Report Share Posted September 11, 2008 Uppitydate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nILS Posted September 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2008 Yes. Boards are being made, my pokey has most likely gone over the Jordan and I need to get a new one (anyone wanna donate one?) some minor testing routines have been implemented. Everything is moving along... Slowly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheater Posted September 12, 2008 Report Share Posted September 12, 2008 Good to hear it's going! Keep it up Nils!Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewMartens Posted September 12, 2008 Report Share Posted September 12, 2008 Yes. Boards are being made, my pokey has most likely gone over the Jordan and I need to get a new one (anyone wanna donate one?) some minor testing routines have been implemented. Everything is moving along... Slowly. I think I might have a spare (ie, I have two total) in the batch I ordered a few years back. Let me take a look for it. Whereabouts would I be shipping to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theta_Frost Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 Hmmm I had an idea. So since the POKEY can accept pots and keyboard, would it be possible to build in a keyboard, and pots for parameter tweaking. Then this would also solve my midi keyboard issue too! :P I'm very uneducated so I don't know if it would work. Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buhler Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 Hmmm I had an idea. So since the POKEY can accept pots and keyboard, would it be possible to build in a keyboard, and pots for parameter tweaking. Then this would also solve my midi keyboard issue too! :P I'm very uneducated so I don't know if it would work. Thoughts?the problem with that is this:POKEY register table16 pokey registers - $D200–$D20FRegister Write Read Name Description Name Description$D200 AUDF1 channel 1 frequency POT0 potentiometer 0$D201 AUDC1 channel 1 generator POT1 potentiometer 1$D202 AUDF2 channel 2 frequency POT2 potentiometer 2$D203 AUDC2 channel 2 generator POT3 potentiometer 3$D204 AUDF3 channel 3 frequency POT4 potentiometer 4$D205 AUDC3 channel 3 generator POT5 potentiometer 5$D206 AUDF4 channel 4 frequency POT6 potentiometer 6$D207 AUDC4 channel 4 generator POT7 potentiometer 7$D208 AUDCTL control over audio channels POTSTAT read of all 8 potentiometers port lines$D209 STIMER timer start KBCODE last pressed key code$D20A SKRES serial port status reset RANDOM random number generator value$D20B POTGO start port scanning sequence $D20C $D20D SEROUT serial port output register SERIN serial port input register$D20E IRQEN IRQ interrupts activation IRQSTAT IRQ interrupts status$D20F SKCTL control over serial port SKSTAT serial port statusthe same bit registers used for audio are also used for the potentiometers... i.e. can't use both at the same time but possibly one after the other.... either way, there would have to be a processor that translated all this, including the keyboard (qwerty not musical) key presses, running along side the micro controller already in place with the MIOS app for the handling of the POKEY. basically, if you want to go the route you are speaking of, you might as well get and atari 8 bit computer and a tracker... sorry to be a downer. :'([edit] for poor chart alignment. ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theta_Frost Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 well you didn't burst my bubble but I think if you wanted to take an extra amount of time for not much you could do the audio and key/pot with multiple pokeys, and with the one after the other you could tweak a parameter and then set it, and with the qwerty I saw somewhere a guy took the circuit board and fitted musical keys but it still probably is a whole lotta work for a whole lotta nothing! ::)oh and a quick unrelated question, has somebody made a midibox 64 keyboard? I think it would be fun to incorporate those into a lot of midibox synths!and NILS did you say the only way to edit parameters on this thing is with switches (for the shift registers)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nILS Posted September 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 well you didn't burst my bubbleIn that case I will: No pots.oh and a quick unrelated question, has somebody made a midibox 64 keyboard?Yes, that has been done, and no it doesn't belong in this thread at all.and NILS did you say the only way to edit parameters on this thing is with switches (for the shift registers)?Yeah, you'll have to punch all the binary numbers into the chip in real-time with push-switches ::)read: No.edit: Since I don't really feel like shutting down other people's ideas completely: If you really have your heart set on using the Pot-inputs of the pokey, you're more than welcome to implement it in hardware and software. I personally don't see the point as pots and buttons are handled by DINs/AINs so nicely that hacking that into the pokey - which *will* lead to a *lot* of extra work - is extremely pointless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theta_Frost Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 well I wasn't really going to do it, just throwing ideas out there and seeing if it was possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theta_Frost Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 Hey Nils could you post a parts list for the POKEY board? ::) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buhler Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 Hey Nils could you post a parts list for the POKEY board? ::)right under your nosea small amplifier circuit has been added since that parts list but if you look at the recent schematics you'll be able to find the missing parts. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skrasms Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 Hello everyone. I came across this thread while reading about SID programming and thought I might be able to contribute. I've been developing a voltage-controlled synth module that uses the POKEY. Audio demos are on my website at www.skrasoft.comThe four channels are divided into one 8-bit, one 16-bit, and one audio input. The goal was the widest range of sounds possible. It is almost complete, I am just making design changes to tame noise on CV inputs. I realize my design doesn't fit into the midibox format, but we're both doing musical control of a POKEY. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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