[XCSSA] Tim, are you going to the meeting on Monday 18th ?

[X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio]

X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio wrote:
> I believe the R3's still use the same caps and voltage as the 6581 so  
> I can bring my MidiBox into the meeting no problem. If I can find a  
> patch that is a good all around test then I should be able to use my  
> laptop to fire it off. I think the bassline patches should do nicely  
> and, this time around, they should actually work :) Of course, if I  
> can't get that together, I I'd be happy to pick them up and bring them  
> back next meeting. Actually, on the chance I cannot make the meeting,  
> you can give them to Tweeks and he can bring them to be at work. I  
> *should* be there, but this month is so busy with other things I can't  
> keep track of what things are when anymore :)
>   
OK, I'll give the C=64 case and SID chips to Tweeks if you cannot make it...
> Are you building your own sound card? You may be able to get ideas  
> from Hard-SID, or may be able to get one of their older sound cards  
> off eBay or something if you don't want to build your own (but, then  
> again, what fun would that be? :)
>   
I have a 6502 board (Apple I clone) and I would like to map the SIDs to 
an address so I could play around with them.
I'm thinking of putting some kind of "mixer" and amplifier on the card 
as well, Maxim have some volume controls that could be useful.
The DS1807 for example, two volume controls via SPI, I just ordered a 
couple of free samples... I just love Maxim-ic.com... ;-)

> On an aside, if your main goal is to play old C64 SIDs, you could  
> still build a tiny MidiBox SID and simply load it with the SID player  
> (it emulates the SID-Station). You can then use a program on Windows  
> (I *think* there is a Linux version but am not sure) to playback SIDs.  
> The program understands the common SID format that the High Voltage  
> SID Collection uses. It works well, except digital in doesn't work (so  
> you can't hear some of the sounds).
>   
Well, if you put it that way, maybe I will build a MidiBox one day... ;-)
> Checking out those CDs would be awesome too! I don't have any of  
> myself, but I get quite a few from 'remix.kwed.org'. It's worth  
> checking out if you haven't yet.
>
>   
Awesome site, I have been listening to it all morning...

/Fredrik