A Midibox SID preview

Jay Vaughan EMAIL HIDDEN
Thu Aug 7 22:44:12 CEST 2008


> It's a cut 'n' shut C64 Breadbox upholstered in red leather (all those
> red cows hate me) with brass plates.
> All sockets are Neutrik, the power switch is reclaimed from a 1970's  
> hifi.
> A non-detent (took them out) rotary encoder (might turn a flat knob  
> from
> hardwood/brass) and tactile switches.
> Blue EL backlight 2x20 LCD tweaked quite dim and a reversible socket  
> for
> bi-colour Red or Green power LED.
> All midi and audio wiring is shielded, the PSU is built around the  
> orig
> C64 Power supply, uses high quality caps ( and has separate reg for  
> SID,
> Core Module and EL HV circuit, otherwise noise bleeds into the audio
> outs. The audio jacks are shunted to ground on cable removal of course
> and all that..
> And slightly tweaked midibox OS goes without saying!
> Donkey Kong?!

dude, /not/ enough **(knobs)*)*) ..


>
> Here's an audio clip of two old favs from this exact box played  
> through
> MIDI with ASID and the MBHP_SIDPlayer:
>
> http://www.sphinx.f2s.com/SID/SID.mp3
>
> Nice and clear, no FX, mono.
>


yes, it sounds great.

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Jay Vaughan







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