nobody can call MY products crap, not after this:

[Ground_Zero]

Are there any schematics online for this chip?  I have an old Commodore 64 I
used to program on when I was 5, and I think it would be interesting to use
it.  Thanks in advance for any info you all may have!

P.S.  I hope this isn't in HTML!

Ground_Zero
http://www.mp3.com/LysergicSect2
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Randall" <chris at smg.org>
To: <synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl>
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 3:02 PM
Subject: Re: nobody can call MY products crap, not after this:


> > the makers of the "SIDstation" synth manufactured their own sid chip;
> > they are
> > new. they are not using old chips.
>
> Matt:
>
> Sorry, but that is incorrect. The SIDstation uses NOS chips. The MOS6581
> hasn't been made in quite some time. (As it happens, there are soon to be
no
> more SIDstations, as Elektron is nearly out of chips. They have 96 right
> now, according to the web page, http://www.sidstation.com which has a
handy
> counter.)
>
> And to Scott G:
>
> If you heard it, you'd know right away why it is both cheesy and cool.
> Cheesy because it sounds like an old video game, and cool for that same
> reason. I don't know why everyone raves about the filters in the
SIDstation.
> I find them to be rather weak, myself. The box has an external input to
the
> VCF, yet. I haven't used this particular feature.
>
> It's good for those raspy NIN lead sounds, and a few other uses. You can
> actually get some pretty nice pads, but the signal to noise on the damn
> thing is unbelievable. Since you pretty much have to gate it, it's hard to
> fit those nice pads in a song. I think that a lot of people that bought it
> have an AN1X and not much else, so it seems pretty nifty in context, thus
> the great user reviews. Don't get me wrong, though. I like the sounds it
> makes; it's just that I don't have occasion to use it very often.
>
> To make a long story short, assuming the SIDstation is indicative of what
> the MOS6581 is in general (I never had a C64 as a youngster, prefering the
> less travelled path of TI99/4A and Atari 800XL) I would say don't lose any
> sleep over it. It's character is almost overwhelmed by everything you
> normally try to get away from in analog synthesis (e.g. S/N,
stairstepping,
> etc.)
>
> -Chris Randall
> -Positron! Records http://www.positronrecords.com
> -Sister Machine Gun http://www.smg.org
>
> (PS: Matt, sorry I didn't mean to mail you directly on that. I just hit
> "reply" in Outlook and let it fly, not realizing it was not going to the
> list...)
>
>