sammichSID only one SID recognized

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Hi there,

I recently bought a used sammichSID equipped with two 8580 SIDs, MIOS 1.9g, running MIDIbox SID V2.044. The problem I’m facing is that only one SID seems to be recognized. So within the ensemble-menu I can only choose SID 1. Also I get only audio-output by one SID.

So I have the following questions:

  • does the Midibox software perfom any check to determine if the SID may be broken and “disables” it in the frontend-selection?

  • is there any way to perform a check or debug this issue?

  • if the SID is broken: would I be able to recognize it in the menue if I would swap both SIDs against each other to check if one is broken? So that  the ensemble-screen would say *2** instead of 1***?

  • software issue?

  • am I completely missing something, like that the behaviour of the sammichSID differs from the “normal” MIDIbox SID?

Any help or hint would be appreciated :slight_smile:

Thanks,

Chris

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Do you hear sound from both the left and right output? If so, you definitely have 2 SIDs. Per the docs, the SIDs are grouped into stereo pairs. So the sammichSID, while it does support 2 SIDs, maps them to left and right. So it only has 1 SID group but 2 actualy SIDs. You can use the multi-engine to control the SIDs independently, however. And you can also use the stereo for some really neat effects (like setting an LFO on each of the SID’s PWMs at a slightly different rate).

Have a look at ucapps.de for all the MidiBox usage documentation on how to use the multi-engine if you really want to have the SIDs work independently.

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Hey, thanks for your answer and clarification.

It turned out that it was the perfect combination of misunderstanding/misinterpreting the manual (which I actually read) an a broken stereo cable -.-

So everything is working fine now, thank you!

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