See http://www.ucapps.de/midibox_sid_changelog.html
Have a nice weekend! 
…and don’t forget to publish your selfmade sequences & arpeggiator textures! 
Best Regards, Thorsten.
Yeah! Cant wait to get back to work and the SID running completely! Damn good, TK!
Hello Thorsten,
cool, i am so anxious to try that out, but i can´t find the MIOS file under Concepts->MIOS->Download.
chriss
Does this version require the full control surface, or can the MB tiny control be used like before?
Hi,
Chris: you possibly have to press the “reload” button of your webbrowser to see the updated download page (I guess that you are using the M$ Internet Explorer…)
Jeroddumas: sure, this version includes the SIDSW kernel which behaves 1:1 like the PIC16F firmware plus Step A, Step B and Step C of the control surface.
Best Regards, Thorsten.
And it goes good too ;D ;D
Some nice sequence patches too
So how to add an encoder to control the overall output without scrolling to the vol parameter.
Any ideas or just vary the input to the base of the output transistor with a pot ?
Ideas?
Ian
dat’s some fat & warm soundz TK! :o
thanks man ;D
Thanks
Ian: it’s better to add a pot behind the audio output, because the volume DAC is limited to 4 bit
Btw.: in the meantime an error in the initialization routine of the PIC18F based firmware has been reported - the SID clock output runs with 2 MHz instead of 1 MHz, therefore all notes are transposed by one octave & sometimes the patches don’t sound like intended
Note: this bug only affects MIDIbox SIDs which are stuffed with a PIC18F and which are not stuffed with a dedicated 1 MHz oscillator for the SID.
in sid_init.inc please change:
;; Initialize Clock Generator (the PWM unit is used for that)
movlw 0x04
movwf PR2
movlw 0x24
movwf T2CON
movlw 0x0f
movwf CCP1CON
movlw 0x02
movwf CCPR1L
to:
;; Initialize Clock Generator (the PWM unit is used to generate a 1MHz clock with 1:1 duty cycle)
movlw 0x09
movwf PR2
movlw 0x24
movwf T2CON
movlw 0x0f
movwf CCP1CON
movlw 0x04
movwf CCPR1L
Best Regards, Thorsten.
Thanks TK
I never really noticed the transpose but I will change it anyway.
Best
Ian
Hey TK it seems that my SID1.5 already has that change made
it looks like this:
;; Initialize Clock Generator (the PWM unit is used for that)
movlw 0x09
movwf PR2
movlw 0x24
movwf T2CON
movlw 0x0f
movwf CCP1CON
movlw 0x04
movwf CCPR1L
is this right for the 18F?
LO
Thanks again for that syx Matt
The encoder now selects pretty much 1 for 1 with the detent.
Got it in the box. Just a tricky dicks sloping panel with no labels :-/ It’s so self explanitary that I did’nt bother.
I think a nice wide jog wheel would be nice tho.
Cheers
Ian
Hi,
LO: you see the new settings since I’ve updated the v1.5 archive with the new source
Btw.: in the next days I will release v1.5b which comes with an important bugfix in the sound engine (saturation doesn’t work properly when more than 2 LFOs/envelopes are assigned to a target), and some minor bugfixes and improvements for the control unit.
In the meantime I also changed the encoder configuration of my own MIDIbox. Now the encoders are running in “DETENTED2” mode (one increment every 4 edges) and not with the quadrubled resolution anymore although I’m using non-detented encoders.
The speed mode is configured to “FAST”, factor 3
In this way I’m able to modify the values very precisely when the encoder is moved slowly. And due to the high acceleration settings, I’m still able to sweep from 0 to the max value with a single, fast turn.
Best Regards, Thorsten.
mmmmmmmm… grin ;D
V1.5b has been released
PIC16F877 version:
http://www.ucapps.de/midibox_sid/midibox_sid_v1_5b.zip
Correct saturation when more than 2 modulation sources are assigned to Pitch/PWM
PIC18F452 version:
http://www.ucapps.de/mios/midibox_sid_v1_5b_18f_stepC.zip
Same bugfix like above plus minor bugfixes for the control surface (e.g. WT editor displayed relative values in the wrong format).
Minor Improvements:
by default the OSC button now switches between the 3 oscillators and doesn’t switch between combined modes anymore (e.g. OSC 123) for a faster handling. If parameter changes should take place for more than one oscillator, just select the appr. combination in the menu.
This button behaviour can be alternated to the old solution in main.asm (set CS_MENU_OSC_BUTTON_BEHAVIOUR to 0)
Rotary Encoders: CS_MENU_ENC_SPEED_VALUE allows to define the speed setting for encoder #2-#15. Although I’m using non-detented encoders, I prefer following setup: encoders in MIOS_ENC_MODE_DETENTED2 mode (reduces the resolution), CS_MENU_ENC_SPEED_VALUE set to 3 (by moving the encoder faster, you can sweep over the whole value range)
The best setup depends on the used encoder, just try different settings.
I’ve tested the firmware by creating a new demo song - maybe the best I ever made with the MIDIbox SID 
The result will be downloadable in the next days so soon as the storage server problem has been fixed.
Best Regards, Thorsten.
T…
Just tied the new b version. Without any editing and just syx’ing the rlsd file, my encoders are not working as they did as with the default syx file from the rls proir. Now the nonswitched type only change values when u turn the pot to the right, and the switched type only work when turned to the left 
Is this a result of the new code or could i just swap the connections on the encoders - seems weird they work fine with normal 1.5 tho :???
best…
Dan
* Just changed the mode of the encoders back to normal DETENTED and they are behaving again
Oh yeah, this other prob I have is that after power-up, a few mins later the SID sparks out and jumps from param to param and flicks values all over the place the lcd goes crazy trying to keep up with it all…
Could this be a power issue?
Ha
I had the same issue with the encoders only turning to the right also!
Also switched back to normal mode
LO