MIDI controlled SID, was flying faders, was [sdiy] keyboard resources

[Magnus Danielson]

From: "John L Marshall" <john.l.marshall at gte.net>
Subject: Re: MIDI controlled SID, was flying faders, was [sdiy] keyboard resources
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 11:58:31 -0700

> The "Commodore 64 Programmer's Reference Guide" has 25 pages dedicated to
> the 6581SID.
> 
> I am unclear as to why people are building dedicated single board computers
> to control the SID. A single board computer already exists with plenty of
> RAM, ROM and I/O. The processor is a popular but mature 8 bit type and it is
> easy to program. This single board has enough speed and power to program the
> 6581 in realtime.The addition of MIDI I/O has already been done. I'm talking
> about the Commodore 64. Cheap and plentiful.

Indeed. Ask for one and get a pair on the side!

There are quite alot of them around. I still have mine around BTW and
no, It's not for sale.

Cheers,
Magnus - got started on the C64