I thought a panel would with a commodore logo would be cool, but i never actually thought of adding it myself, i didnt think there would be enough room.
If a tribute mb-6582 was ever built for Bob Yannes, it be cool to get one made up with his signature.
Ok, after a ridiculous session at the german customs (buerocracy to the max), I started soldering the base board. After that session, my back and head was hurting like shit, my hands were shaking and I was high on solder fumes :). Was a lot of fun and is far from finished yet. I broke the capacitor C2 while inserting it and the SID output sections are still missing :-(.
Thanks for the great and complete kit and documentation Wilba and Smash, and of course for the concept, TK!
The MBSID base works, just a few days after the parts package arrived from SmashTV…
Had a great time building it, now letz move on to the CS :-)…
By the way, Rutger´s Patch Librarian rocks (for those still CSless like me, it is great to get a preview of what will be possible with the control surface).
Aaah, and the 8580 sounds yummy, btw. Never thought the low pass filter would sound so nice… Very cool!
My only problem during build was a datasheet error for the LCD - they printed the wrong polarity for the backlight - but it was cheap at 9USD from China though, you cannot ask for a correct datasheet, i guess :).
Ah, and ups, gotta insert that C2, but it runs without it, too :).
Bye,
Peter
PS: The V-Synth it is sitting on is just for providing MIDI input and holding the LCD, ofc :).
EDIT 2.PS: WHOAH! Incredible, what the Midibox SID squeezes out of a single SID. Great, great work and big kudos to you, TK! (Just played around with the lead engine, outstanding!)
Here is a very quick (spent half an hour) soundcheck, no control surface yet, which allows sound tweaking, but some very convincing sounds out of a single SID.
Just some random key bashing - am very tired because of nights of soldering and could not keep the tempo, also the notes very improvised, so forgive the childish melody ;-). But the arpeggiator rocks
Part B is a test of the 303ish “acid” step sequencer, which is truly excellent, can´t wait until the CS is ready…
I should warn you, the connector you use at J15 (i.e. the LCD connector) is most likely not going to have enough clearance with the control surface PCB when it’s all assembled in the case. This is why I recommend an IDC connector/ribbon cable, and not inserting the “stress relief” part of the connector. Just a heads-up so you can plan another trip to the store
Sorry to necro-raise this thread, but i got two things on my mind, and i cannot sleep…
a) Smithy, that hot gurrrl voice, was that you? :-))) Unfortunately not, i guess
b) I posted two historic MB6582-baseboard-hi-res screenshots (10 mpix, beware) for krisschneider, who wants to build one and whom i promised some. Will be heading to holidays soon and can´t deliver in the next weeks
The first pic is without the SID output sections and without all SIL/DIL headers.
The second one is complete except C2 in the power section and the 1kOhm resistors for the CS.
