FloydianNM Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 hello there new community that I had no idea existed and am now happy to be a part of, I am an engineering graduate student and absolutely love analog music! Shocked I use a moog prodigy and a juno 60 when performing live and would luv to add a midibox to the collection. The things I've seen people do with the SID chips is absolutely amazing. Just today I picked up an old C64 off craigslists (86' model I believe) which I found houses the SID 6581 R3 chip. I realize that its advised to start with the minimal component option but feel I am capable of building a V2 given the right tools (i.e. a pdf instruction manual). With that being said I went ahead and ordered a SID and Core kit from Smash to get started. It is my understanding that this setup as expandable. I didn't however order the PIC chip. It seems like the core module chips are specific to any given setup. I guess my question is, once i get the SID and Core modules together, where the hell do I go from there?We deserve to know, Cheesy check my two friends mitch and greg,...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YicT7wZtbXghaha,..those silly gamers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sineSurfer Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 welcome FloydianNM!it really is your choice where to go from there, as you will find pointed all over the forum you need to do some reading first to get your feet wet, here on the forum, on the wiki, and on your particular case here:http://www.ucapps.de/midibox_sid_walkthrough.htmland there is no pdf building manual available per se as this depends on the components you select to add to your project.short rundown for you:get the correct pic for your needensemble all the modulesload MIOS appload specific apptest all, if everything is fine:select a Control Surface or plan you own versionbuild the CSdo some more tests and maybe add/debug codebuild or buy an enclosure for everythinghave fun making some noise/music ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloydianNM Posted January 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 Is there a significant difference in sound quality b/w the original 6581 chip and the reissues such as the 6581 R3? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sineSurfer Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 According to the older midiboxers around here, the 6581 is the noisier chip, not sure if something changes from one rev to another, then there is the 8580 with less noise and the 6582, same specs s the 8580.I have 2 6581, both of them noisy but easy to control with an external noise gate/compressor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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