[sdiy] SID chips

[Ignatz]

My main problem is that if i buy some old c64 on ebay i will be paying too
much for shipping, since i'm in portugal and 90% of the C64 are in the USA
;o)
what i want to build is a 4 sid sinth. like this one here: www.ucapps.de (go
to sid sinth)
this one will be my first experience on PIC stuff :o)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Metrophage" <c0r3dump23 at yahoo.com>
To: "Ignatz" <ignatz at clix.pt>
Cc: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 1:02 AM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] SID chips


> I'm going to guess that those people who have pulled SID chips to play
> with are the ones who are most likely to be using them! I purchased my
> two Commodore 64 computers (1x 6581 and 1x 8580) for $5 each, complete
> with SID chips. C 64s are plentiful around here, but replacement SID
> ICs are more rare and expensive.
>
> Last year I made an audio/video adaptor for my older 64, connected it
> to my found bigscreen television and my room mates little guitar crate
> amp. Running CyberTracker < http://noname.c64.org/tracker/ > on it for
> a couple of weeks was a blast, but much too linear for my musical
> style. One of my current projects is that of reproducing Frank
> Prindle's 6850 MIDI interface <
> http://www.df.lth.se/~triad/triad/ftp/MIDI/C64MIDI-INTERFACE.TXT > (to
> be built into the case), to run with Triad's "MIDIslave Manager"
> <http://www.df.lth.se/~triad/triad/3phile.php >.
>
> Despite the hype, I think that the SIDs sound is of a wonderful
> character. The modulation routings are few and hardwired, but the
> switchable modes and arpegiation can be a lot of fun.
>
> CJ
>
>
>
> --- Ignatz <ignatz at clix.pt> wrote:
> > does anyone have any old 6581 or 8580 (commodore SID chips) in the
> > "trash can" that is interested in selling them to me?
>
>
>
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