Neffers

Starting to stop the grot. Got the casing soaking in Oxi to get the buildup of crud off of it. There's a crack in the case that I'm not happy about. Meh. I'll let it dry and see about cementing it after the peroxide treatment, it's properly yellowed. Seeing as it's Autumn here I think I'll probably get a UV cannon on it. Wish me luck.

Most multi timbral synths these days can "assign the keyboard" to a particular patch. Even the most basic synths with keys can allow a 2nd split, last two octaves would be one patch and the keys above are the next patch you assign. All that is happening here is midi notes from each octave (look at the table I linked to above) are being assigned to another synth via the FB 01, one octave (or two or more, it's definable) to another sound module. You can daisy chain them (again via midi) and expand as much as you need. It's a neat solution and I like it a lot. Midi flexibility is superb. This kind of thing was available from the 80's, but backwards compared to this, the keys would be split via the synth / controller, each octave could send to a separate module, C0 would be one midi channel, C1 another... JMJ style.

Very well done indeed. Really nice setup being used properly. Anyone wanting to use single channel midi in this way could potentially use this guide as reference. http://www.electronics.dit.ie/staff/tscarff/Music_technology/midi/midi_note_numbers_for_octaves.htm for a multi timbral synths ranges.

I have yet to play with high resolution that isn't standard hardware. I wonder if the Best VGA is a catch all with both syncs tied? Is there a schematic of the lead kicking around?

I should also note that I plan on re-capping what I can, when I can. PSU 1st ofc. This PSU is one of the better ones apparently. I could do with borrowing a scope.

I've been pouring over Exxos's site for a few days now, some good stuff there. The PLCC68 location on my board isn't thru-hole, surface mounted. Not to worry though I can grab a socket and flow it on, either with a lil patience with a fine tipped iron, or use it as an excuse to get a rework station. I'm always tinkering and it'd save some faffing on other projects too.

Your 2 cents are welcome. I may be able to get an Atari 124 monitor for decent price but I've never been a fan of it, personally. The fancy stuff may come along later, but I certainly want / need a blitter, it's a cheap-ish upgrade and really helps with GEM stuff. Any excuse to get the soldering iron hot too. Cheers.

Yeah, I'm aware of the 15KHz issue. I have a few older LCD's kicking around, I'll be checking those out when it's tidy / in good form (and I'll be sure to post any that work too just in case). I have an RGB SCART lead for the ST already, and my TV does a sort of decent job at upscaling, fine for games, but probably not good for any GEM stuff, but again, I have yet to see. Having a Framemeister would be handy. I have a composite to VGA converter, but it's old and probably won't do a decent job (again, I'll have to report on that). I saw GadgetUK's vid he did a while ago with the GBS-8220, I may even venture down that route. I dunno. It all depends on how stable I can get the machine running before chucking money (of which I have £0.00p at the moment) at it. Thanks for the suggestions

Hello all. I'm kinda new here (I had an account many moons back but forgot my credentials). I just thought I'd share with you my grotty STfm I was given quite some time ago. I was hoping to upgrade it further after giving it a proper clean and fixing the atrociously installed (strange) Marpet 4 Meg upgrade properly. Being able to add a blitter would be nice, and I'm unsure of which TOS it's running (not been powered on for years), but it does behave with HDD's as I have a 40 Meg monitor stand that was working when I was using it. My goal with the machine is to eventually take it to the studio I work at and hook it up to the MIDI gear we have to show the kids how it was done back then, non of this fancy VST stuff! This also depends on me finding a monitor of sorts. So, here's my grot box. I didn't bother with the casing as we've all seen what happens when these things smoke 40 a day for 30+ years, Any ideas or suggestions would be cool. Thanks for looking, Neffers.