Comments on: MB-6582 – DIY C64 based Midi synth

By: Wilba

Wilba — Thu, 24 May 2007 18:19:26 +0000

There's no point posting questions here, if you want answers, head over to the MIDIbox forum, read what I've written or post your own questions.

http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php?topic=9175
http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php?topic=9238

By: pragma

pragma — Thu, 24 May 2007 17:21:11 +0000

Awesome project – really pushes the envelope of DIY.

* 4 Stereo SID modules (8x SID chips)

Wow. Now I know that the SID isn’t exactly an endagered species, but you can’t just run down to radio shack to pick these up. How did he manage to find eight of them ? Anyone have any tips on how to recover chips like this?

By: strider_mt2k

strider_mt2k — Thu, 24 May 2007 16:51:23 +0000

(hacking with the stars)

That is so well executed and clean that we could all get a tan by basking in it's glowy radiance.

TEN!!

By: akmixdown

akmixdown — Thu, 24 May 2007 16:19:45 +0000

Where do you get the “infamous Waldorf knob” ? Google just is NOT helping me on this one…

By: Wilba

Wilba — Thu, 24 May 2007 15:41:50 +0000

Thanks for the compliments! It is an honour to find my little box appear on Hack a Day!

Unfortunately, I cannot turn this into a kit, but I will be making the PCBs (and front panel design) available for sale to MIDIbox enthusiasts who can build it themselves. If you're interested, join the MIDIbox community and follow this thread:

http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php?topic=9238

By: Pedro

Pedro — Thu, 24 May 2007 15:10:02 +0000

I love the elegance of the case/front arrangement!

By: MRE

MRE — Thu, 24 May 2007 14:31:51 +0000

Parts of the midbox platform are available as kits. for instance, the core module, the digitial input module, the digital out module, the analog input module, and the sid boards are all available as kits. You design and build your own face. Using multiple sid chips, the midibox sid has sounds that you cant find on any other sid based synth.

By: Rogier

Rogier — Thu, 24 May 2007 10:50:03 +0000

Damn! That is some fine handywork. I would love to know how it sounds…

By: Jay Vaughan

Jay Vaughan — Thu, 24 May 2007 07:42:31 +0000

Very nice! I think this is a great example of synths getting cheaper and cheaper to build oneself, and not costing an arm and a leg .. hope this has an impact elsewhere in the synth world!

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 24 May 2007 06:54:36 +0000

Very cool, and clean. I recognize the case as the same one used for the x0xb0x http://www.ladyada.net/make/x0xb0x/, but I like this style better.

I'd totally buy a kit for this if he were to offer one...