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Great! :) Best Regards, Thorsten.

USER_DIN_NotifyToggle can be found in main.asm To the other problem: here is the explanation: http://www.midibox.org/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=troubleshooting;action=display;num=1094414018;start=1#1 Best Regards, Thorsten.

Hi, I also don't like those synths with a deep hierarchical menu structure, where you have to click-click-click through thousands of menues. But for MBFM (and MBSID) it's a different situation: there is only a small number of menus (well sorted), and it provides a lot of special function buttons (for MBFM e.g. 4 instrument select/OP select + 24 menu view buttons + one sortcut button + 8 softbuttons) for quick access to all parameters. Best Regards, Thorsten.

Hallo, ich kenne leider keine Buecher, die einen direkten Einstieg ermoeglichen. Es gibt Buecher ueber die PIC Programmierung (siehe MIDIbox Wiki), doch die alleine werden nicht weiterhelfen, und im Endeffekt sind vielleicht 10% des Inhalts wirklich fuer Dich relevant. Ich wuerde folgendes empfehlen: versuche es erstmal mit C (siehe Infos zum C Wrapper im MIOS Programming Board), so kannst Du erstmal mit den Hooks fuer Display/MIDI-Ausgabe und Button/Encoder/Poti-Eingabe herumspielen. Dies sollte es Dir ermoeglichen, die Zusammenhaenge zwischen dem Betriebssystem und der Applikation "spielend" zu erlernen. Wenn C irgendwann einmal langweilig werden sollte, koenntest Du Dir unter http://www.piclist.com die Assembler Tutorials anschauen. Gruss, Thorsten.

Nobody can tell me that Twin-X's offer doesn't sound attractive! :-) I'm just starting to upload a test version of the forum to his server. Once it is accessible for everybody, I will shutdown the current site and transfer everything to the new location, so that it is possible to test it for one week or so. If everything runs smooth, midibox.org will switch completely to Twin-X's server Best Regards, Thorsten.

ready for sending your ears into sound heaven :) Best Regards, Thorsten.

Hi, you could assign these buttons to the appr. special functions (a list can be found here: http://www.ucapps.de/midibox/midibox64_sfb_table.txt) But this has to be done in each bank. Ok, or you could call the MB64_SFB_Handler_02 function from MIOS_DIN_NotifyToggle, but this requires some additional code. I cannot provide working code for this solution before this weekend, so maybe it's better when you are using the already existing possibilities. Best Regards, Thorsten.

Hi, it doesn't work because the SysEx configuration in mb64e_dump will overwrite this setting. Normaly the merger mode is changed from the menu, or via SysEx (either use mk_syx or the MB64E editor GUI) Best Regards, Thorsten.

Hi, 1) I remember that the PSU of my old C128 didn't start when the power consumption was too low. So, it will propably not work with the core module 2) you could do this, but it's better to use different device IDs and the same MIDI channel. SIDs assigned to the same channel will load the same patch, they will receive the same parameter changes, but the sounds will be slightly different (-> FAT STEREO SOUND) due to "analog" live inside the SID (and the virtual stuff inside the mighty MIDIbox SID sound engine) This is the only way how it makes sense. If you would like to hear EXACTLY the same, you could also double the volume of a single SID ;-) The control surface allows you to select multiple SIDs at once and to do the changes at the same time. When I want to have some nice stereo Fx, I normaly select the same pach for all SIDs first, thereafter I'm doing slight variations (e.g. LFO rates, portamento rate, finetune, EG parameters) on each SID seperately, then I ensure that the MIDI channel is the same for all SIDs and start grooving :) 3) there are so many board revisions... just check what you have 4) it depends, I own some 6581 from different years, and each one has it's own filter characteristic. I've some 8580 from a single batch and which all sound similar. My personal favourite is the 8580 5) already answered 6) check the "Step B" page, yes you can select multiple SIDs at once and do your patch/parameter changes at the same time. This is especially for stereo effects. Pan: this requires the AOUT module (very expensive!!!) and an external VCA. It's normaly easier to do the panning effects with an external Fx or a VST Best Regards, Thorsten.

Hi Stefano, 36 EUR are far too much for the community (I don't want to affort this), and ADSL is not practicable. I already own an ADSL "flatrate", ok, I've 100 kb/s download rate, but only 16 kb/s upload rate. Now image that ca. 100 people or more around the world are accessing my PC at the same time... do you see the problem? ;-) We need a professional solution... Best Regards, Thorsten.

Hi, MIOS is only the operating system, which application do you mean exactly? Best Regards, Thorsten.

I'm very happy that you found the reason, I was about to include some debug code into the source code :) Best Regards, Thorsten.

Hi oszilla, yes, the 7805 can get very hot if it is powered with a too high voltage (the difference between the input voltge and 5V is transfered into heat). It is ok so long the backlight of your LCD doesn't start to flicker (unstable 5V voltage). If this happens, then you can either use a seperate power supply for the core module (with a much lower output voltage) or just the C64 PSU (which is the best solution) Changing value on the display via MIDI: the changes will only be visible in edit mode (press the edit button). You could test a program change event to the core, this should always change the patch The only explanation I have for the random values is, that you either forgot to stuff R9 or R2 of the core module. R2 is required to prevent "random patches" if no BankStick is connected to the core. It's also required for the BankStick itself (open-drain output) R9 is required to prevent random toggles on the DIN input Please check this first (especially reg. bad solderings) it could explain everything. Two useful applications: - with the MIDImon you can check if MIDI data is received correctly - with MIDIO128 you can check each button/rotary encoder Best Regards, Thorsten.

Hi, maybe you've already noticed that some content of midibox.org is sometimes not accessible due to "capacitance problems". Today I got a message from my provider that these fails are caused by a disproportionate usage of midibox.org - in short: too many people are accessing the site at the same time. If I'm not able to lower the traffic in the next days, the account will be (temporary) closed to reduce the hit rate. I must say that this doesn't astonish me, since the price for this webpage is very low: 5 EUR per month for 500 MB and "unlimited" traffic. This cannot work over the long term. So, I feel that it's time to change the provider! In the meantime a lot of new offers should be available which guarantee a better server performance for affortable prices. Therefore I'm asking for your suggestions - I don't rely on offers from germany, especially since most accesses are from outside europe. Constraints: at least 500 MB webspace, CGI/PHP/SQL, traffic/month > 20GB (!) (can be higher once the server runs faster) Best Regards, Thorsten.

Hallo, Jitterprobleme kommen (wenn sie existieren) von der 5V Versorgung. Dominik: 1) nein, das Netzteil liefert u.a. 5V und 12V, das V- steht fuer Gleichstrom 2) einer zusaetzliche Sicherung macht bei einem DIY Projekt immer Sinn, auch LEDs sind sehr hilfreich (damit Du auf einen Blick siehst, ob die Sicherung evtl. durchgebrannt ist, wenn nichts funktioniert) 3) Du koenntest den Jittertest aufladen und den Jitter ausmessen. Wenn er < 3 betraegt, dann ist alles ok. Gruss, Thorsten.

But an additional bankstick is not required when you are using a 24LC512 -- do you see the problem? There are too much options ;-) Should I really write down all the configuration variations? This would lead to a page which so much informations that nobody knows anymore, which one is relevant for himself. And the result would be the same: people asking in the forum for their personal configuration. The effect (and effort) would be the same. Best Regards, Thorsten.

Hi, you don't need a special account, just press the edit button Best Regards, Thorsten.

Hi, I never stated that a MB64 could bring any advantage for controlling the MBFM, and I must say that it's not clear to me why this rumor exist. In the meantime I think that the user interface is maybe so unusual, so advanced, that people cannot imagine how ergonomic the usage is without trying it out (note: more than 500 parameters are controllable --- there is no parameter which cannot be modified from the inbuilt user interface) Or do I miss something? Which advantage do you expect from additional knobs? Best Regards, Thorsten.

Another reason could be that an "empty" bank is selected for the slave SID - in this case you will hear the default patch. Does the master send a SysEx dump when you change the patch for SID2? Best Regards, Thorsten.

Hallo, ich habe lange Zeit von Schaltnetzteilen abgeraten, da die Leute hauptsaechlich PC Netzteile ausprobiert hatten, und nur schlechte Erfahrungen gemacht haben. Doch dann kam ich auf die Idee, bei Pollin ein Billig-Netzteil zu bestellen, und war selbst ueberrascht, wie stabil und rauschfrei die Spannungen sind (kein Jitter an den Fadern). Doch das richtige Netzteil zu erwischen ist Glueckssache. Wenn Pollin gerade eins fuer <5 EUR hat, dann KAUFEN und AUSPROBIEREN. Es ist die einfachste und guenstigste Loesung. "Schaltnetzteil DSA-0283A" sieht bspw. ganz brauchbar aus, es kostet 3.95 EUR (+Versand, deshalb ist man gezwungen, nach anderen brauchbaren Sachen zu stoebern, damit es sich auch lohnt. Das ist der Pollin-Trick) EDIT: es hat sich herausgestellt, dass dieses Netzteil *NICHT* brauchbar ist! Gruss, Thorsten.

Thats strange. Maybe the MIDI channel of your slave is out-of-sync to the control surface. How does it react when you change the MIDI channel of the slave from the CFG menu? Best Regards, Thorsten.

Hi oszilla, first please check if you took the changes for MIOS V1.7 into account: http://www.ucapps.de/mios_v1_7_hardware_mods.html if these connections are already according to the new wiring, then you could check your SID module with the mbsid_interconnection_test_b.zip application (test instructions can be found in main.asm) The random value changes could come from a bad junction at your CORE/DINX4 module, I don't think that it is the SID Best Regards, Thorsten.

Hi Rambinator, did you change the LC_EMULATION_ID to 0x14 in main.asm? Otherwise the application behaves like Logic Control, but you want Mackie Control Best Regards, Thorsten.

Hi Julian, in this page: http://www.ucapps.de/midibox_seq_options.html it is clearly stated "Multiple BankSticks for more than 128 patterns and 16 songs are not supported yet, but planned." Best Regards, Thorsten.

Hi js, how do you change the patch? (there are several ways: from the main page, from the CFG menu, via patch change, via SysEx...) Best Regards, Thorsten.