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#1 2006-08-09 11:15:55

ron
PROPHET64 GURU
From: berlin
Registered: 2006-07-08
Posts: 502
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My New Mod

Finally i managed to proceed on my new mod. Using the free edition for quite a long time now i was still using my old breadbox. But since the Keymap has changed a little i always wanted to redo the whole thing.

This is the old box:

http://ronny-james-disco.de/external/prophet64-forum/MyMod/01-oldmod.jpg

I installed the 4 pots recently but stupidly i was about putting them into the grill and didn't think about it would bend the grill:

http://ronny-james-disco.de/external/prophet64-forum/MyMod/02-oldmod_potproblem.jpg

Also the wiring of the pots is a little clumsy yet:

http://ronny-james-disco.de/external/prophet64-forum/MyMod/03-oldmod_pots.jpg

http://ronny-james-disco.de/external/prophet64-forum/MyMod/06-newmod_potwires.jpg

Since sometimes i tend to loose my mind during live performance i just need the keymap to be written down on the caps. On my old mod i was writing down the Monosynth keys on top of the caps and whatever i needed to know about Bassline and Drummer on the front side of the caps. Therefore i was rubbing the custom grafx characters from  the caps using sandpaper:

http://ronny-james-disco.de/external/prophet64-forum/MyMod/04_keycaps.jpg

Performing live can be a dirty business so my old breadbox was pretty filthy after being on the road. So i was digging out a broken C16 to use its dark lid instead. That's it after drilling holes for the pots and Audio out&ins:

http://ronny-james-disco.de/external/prophet64-forum/MyMod/05-newmod_lid.jpg

Et voila, this it what it looks like now:

http://ronny-james-disco.de/external/prophet64-forum/MyMod/07-newmod_top.jpg

However, the C16 doesn't have the same port layout than a C64 so i had either to drill the holes into the bottom side of its case or find a C64 bottom that fits to the C16 lid. I didn't know there were different breadbox layouts on the C64 but there was just one case in my inventory that was different - and fitted to the C16 lid. Looks funny too, like those vintage cars in beige with dark vinyl-ceiling big_smile

So here we are, my new mod in my interior:

http://ronny-james-disco.de/external/prophet64-forum/MyMod/08-newmod_setup.jpg

http://ronny-james-disco.de/external/prophet64-forum/MyMod/09-newmod_setup.jpg

Still to do:

* Installing Sid2Sid (still couldn't find that wiring socket for a decent price..)
* Writing down the keymap (still thinking about how to group the synth-sections on the caps)
* Adding internal DIN-sync jacks (not shure if i'll do or rather wait for firestARTer's interface)

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#2 2006-08-09 11:52:18

KONEY
PROPHET64 GURU
From: VENICE - ITALY
Registered: 2006-07-08
Posts: 1062
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Re: My New Mod

BEAUTIFUL!

What is displayed on the atronaut-helmet shaped telly??

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#3 2006-08-09 11:56:06

ron
PROPHET64 GURU
From: berlin
Registered: 2006-07-08
Posts: 502
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Re: My New Mod

That's Midislave running on a C128D living under my desk (thanks to a keyboard cable extension). It turns your commi into a MIDI expander. If you don't know check it out big_smile

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#4 2006-08-09 12:04:10

KONEY
PROPHET64 GURU
From: VENICE - ITALY
Registered: 2006-07-08
Posts: 1062
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Re: My New Mod

A program that reads the MIDI-bus and replays the notes with the SID-chip.

uhmmmmmmmm

Needs a datel midi interface...

What can you do with it? I mean, sonically...just bleeps and chirps?

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#5 2006-08-09 12:26:01

ron
PROPHET64 GURU
From: berlin
Registered: 2006-07-08
Posts: 502
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Re: My New Mod

Yeah, needs a MIDI interface (still got on from "supertrack" midi sequencer back in the days)..
You'd get much more out of it than just bleeping and chirping, it's like the P64 instrument editor in HEX, including wavetables etc. Just whatever the SID can do. But without realtime sound editing, C64 is busy enough with MIDI already.

In my setup it's a nice expansion, e.g. while playing around with the Monosynth and i'd like to drop in some wavetables or whatever.

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#6 2006-08-09 12:40:25

KONEY
PROPHET64 GURU
From: VENICE - ITALY
Registered: 2006-07-08
Posts: 1062
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Re: My New Mod

LEt us hear something....

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#7 2006-08-10 10:41:14

ron
PROPHET64 GURU
From: berlin
Registered: 2006-07-08
Posts: 502
Website

Re: My New Mod

KONEY wrote:

LEt us hear something...

Sounds like what my label bosses keep saying...
I'm sorry but i'm stuck with some other project right now.
In the meantime you may just listen to the first track (labelled "bloddy demo version") at myspace. It's no C64 showcase but pretty much from it (besides: MC202, XBase09, bent TR626..)

IŽll post some audio recording as soon as i'm finished with that other stuff..

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#8 2006-08-10 12:45:52

KONEY
PROPHET64 GURU
From: VENICE - ITALY
Registered: 2006-07-08
Posts: 1062
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Re: My New Mod

Damn look like most of us are in myspace too...

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#9 2006-08-11 14:43:46

8bitapocalypse
Bomb Jack
From: Birmingham, UK
Registered: 2006-07-09
Posts: 31
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Re: My New Mod

this looks great ron!! : )

nice work!

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#10 2006-08-19 10:33:19

ron
PROPHET64 GURU
From: berlin
Registered: 2006-07-08
Posts: 502
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Re: My New Mod

Finally i managed installing the SID2SID without the required wiring socket. I just didn't want that bloody socket to be more expensive than the remaining parts of the SID2SID (besides the SIDs, of course).  So i made a sandwich of regular sockets instead:

http://ronny-james-disco.de/external/prophet64-forum/MyMod/11-SID2SID_sandwich.jpg

First i soldered a regular precision socket into the SID#1 slot. Then i was filling the holes of another precision socket with solder and stacked it onto the solderpoints of the PCB socket. Finally i was heating every single pin with the soldering iron untill the solder inside the piggyback socket and the soldering points of the PCB were melting. While gently pressing down the heated pins they were slipping down into the melted solder and connecting to the overlapping pinspots of the SID#1 socket. Hope you'll get what i mean, difficult for me to explain in english wink

http://ronny-james-disco.de/external/prophet64-forum/MyMod/12-SID2SID_sandwich2.jpg

I know it looks little scary but there was no short circuit between any neighbouring pins so i decided to go on - it's working well and didn't harm my beloved 8580s...

http://ronny-james-disco.de/external/prophet64-forum/MyMod/13-SID2SID_installed.jpg

Although it seems to be quite high-piled there's still enough room to mount the keyboard and close the beast wink

http://ronny-james-disco.de/external/prophet64-forum/MyMod/14-SID2SID_installed2.jpg

Now i'm ready to use my 6-voice C64 and the todo-list just got two issues left big_smile

Still to do:

* Writing down the keymap (still thinking about how to group the synth-sections on the caps)
* Adding internal DIN-sync jacks (not shure if i'll do or rather wait for firestARTer's interface)

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#11 2006-08-19 14:18:57

KONEY
PROPHET64 GURU
From: VENICE - ITALY
Registered: 2006-07-08
Posts: 1062
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Re: My New Mod

Clever thing. By the way, my wiring socket costet 4.5€, definitely more than the rest, but stille quite affordable.

Found in the shop near hear, I didn't search for it...

Am I lucky?

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#12 2006-08-19 16:34:53

Akira
Rockford
From: Buenos Aires/Argentina
Registered: 2006-07-11
Posts: 57
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Re: My New Mod

Your case looks similar to mine wink

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