For Sale: MBSID / MB6582 format with 6 SIDs (3 types)

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After I realized I did not use my MBSID for a long time, and the wish to renew my keyboard rig for my band work,

I’ve decided I’d sell it and make someone happy who will use it.

It’s a fully built and functional unit in MB6582 format (meaning PacTec case, MB6582 mainboard,front panel etc).

It’s got six SID chips mounted inside, in pairs of 6581, 8580 and 6582 with the corresponding filter capacitors mounted.

I always wanted to use the remaining two slots for SwinSID modules to have and emulated SID in there as well,

but I never got around to that (oh, the long build queue…).

I didn’t see the need to mount a fan, so it’s completely quiet; if one needs the feedback potentiometers mounted, he can

quickly do that himself, as I mounted connectors for those (the corresponding cables can come along with the box when asked).

I’ve paid more than 500 € in parts for it, so the minimum offer should not go below 450 €.

This is not to make a profit on it, but I don’t want to lose a lot of money in it either.

I’d prefer to limit this sale to Europe, Germany would be even less painful (shipping with the Deutsche Post _is_ painful).

I don’t have any picture right now to add to this post, but I will add them later, they still need to be uploaded.

I should have pictures online tomorrow. Since the last set of photos, I had exchanged the front panel and knobs,

so I think you’d want to see how it looks like now instead of a couple years ago.

pm me if you’re interested; I’m not so much around on the forums as I used to be, but I still receive pms by mail,

so this is the quickest way to reach me.

Oh, I haven’t mentioned yet, of course the original C64 wedge PSU will come with it (for 230V/50Hz).

Okay, thanks so far, I’ll see if there’ll be messages :slight_smile:

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As promised, here come some picture of the box

Two shots of the inside (old pictures, still valid)

And now for the outside (freshly taken)

Since the display is not to be seen active in these pictures, it’s yellow on black

(that’s what it’s sold as - looks a tad bit greenish in reality, but not as green as the standard displays).

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450€ is a very good offer indeed - i guess i have paid ca 700€ for mine… 8 sids included… i hope that someone from the forum buys it, or even better, that you change your mind :wink:

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Well, I don’t think I’ll change my mind. Things I rarely use usually stay that way… sadly enough.

The 450 is the absolute minimum, I wouldn’t go below that. But on the other hand I know that that’s already a lot of money,

that I can’t really ask much more, and that I don’t want to make a profit from the sale, I’d rather take a small loss in respect to what it cost me.

The difference is made up by the fun I had with it :wink:

Sure it’s sad to let it go, I’ve spent a lot of time building this thing (and other midibox projects), so there’s a lot of me in it.

But I’d rather see someone put it to use than it to gather dust

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Hey Lucem! I second that you should change your mind :wink:

And I think it is absolutely OK to ask more for it, I also paid about 700 Euro to build mine.

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yes, ask for 550€ and post it in the “sale requests” section, and i am quite sure you will sell it within a few weeks :slight_smile:

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yeah that’s still about 1k cheaper than the original

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Seems ridiculously cheap. :smiley: I paid at least 700 for the parts and used 2 months to get the thing running. Est. value 20 000 € (lost sanity not calculated).

Building and getting sound out of the synth is worth more than 20 000€. I would never buy me a one. I bought x0xbox from this very same forum and have cold and professional relationship with it. With my MB6582 I have very passionate and intimate affair going on.

Nestle

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Thanks for the kind words :slight_smile:

No, the price tag is alright, I won’t chrage more for it than I paid in parts (700 is tempting, but it’s the damn midibox spirit).

I had managed to get some of the parts quite cheap back in the day, so this kept it (comparably) low for me in parts.

Nevertheless, I love this box, but with the kind of music I make (good old metal), the SID sound doesn’t play well with the guitars,

and it’s monophony is a real limit. So I hardly find use for it in my music, and as a consequence, I better let go of it than have it gather dust.

As much as it hurts (don’t know how many hours I spent working on the build), it’s better this way.

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hallo,

ich würde deinen mbsid gerne kaufen :smiley: . bin schon länger auf der suche nach einem fertig gebauten mbsid und würde mich freuen, wenn es klappt. bitte melde dich bei mir. beste grüsse micha.

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@traveler:

Hab deine pm erhalten und melde mich bei dir. I’ve received your pm and will answer soon.

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GREAT !!! :thumbsup:

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Sold , (unless something unexpected should happen along the way).!

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wait, there was a metal band using SIDs? can’t remember it just now, though :slight_smile:

by how I remember - they managed to match sid and guitars quite well.

not that I liked the band, just underlining the VAST possibilities of sid -chip. :puppeh:

Nestle

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wait, there was a metal band using SIDs? can’t remember it just now, though :slight_smile:

by how I remember - they managed to match sid and guitars quite well.

i don’t know that band, but i remember from some song or demo sound in the songs section where it was used for a solo, that it sounded like a guitar solo, although like a synth at the same time (not easy to explain).

it has a really dirty sound!

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Machinae Supremacy

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Machinae Supremacy

Yeah. They made a cool soundtrack for a shoot 'em up game, you can download it on their website for free: http://machinaesupremacy.com/music/jets-n-guns/

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I’m a bit puzzled that the guy who bought the box is now offering it on the sequencer.de forums…

It obviously took him only a few days to go on and decide to sell it again, despite communication

suggesting that he really was looking forward to having it.

Well, so much for me on this; I was made aware of it by another forum reader and thought I’d

say my two sentences about it.

Due to the fact that he now wants 200 € more than I took, that’s a possible licence violation

and I consider discussing that in private with TK to see about that; one can obviously never fully

prevent such things to happen, but in case I decide to sell anything midibox related, and be it spare sparts,

in the future, I guess I’ll only do that to trusted people I personally know or that have a well-known reputation.

I can only encourage everyone else considering sales to do the same.

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BAN that guy from here.

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Mhm, sorry to hear that, but I guess that guy thought it was the equivalent of quick money… we told you that it was too cheap (i know that doesn´t help now)…