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And I just happen to be selling this for use with Mssiah. http://amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=52789I have not had the opportunity to really dig into MSSIAH like I would liked to of. Though I do have a stock C64 which I will eventually add a second SID chip to and will be using that for my experiments.I'd really be interested to see how people have used this with OctaMED S.S.
I never found the time to wrap my mind around the Hardware, plus the guy who built that for me became very scarce after a while so I never fully understood what all I had, let alone how to use it. Hence part of the reason I am parting with it. I figure someone out there with more knowledge might know what to do with it all.As an extra prevention from learning much about MSSIAH thus far, my MicroSys Mouse adapter has NEVER worked right on my Atari 8-bit or the C64's I have. Though it does work perfectly on my Amiga. Strange.
Aghh ha ha!!! I'm so glad that my C64 did not sell!!!!!!Now I need to order myself a new mixer board to replace my old broken one. Get my Atari 2600 MIDI adapter in the mail, and I'm going to lock my self in doors for months!Going to try to test this out before I goto bed.
There is a big difference when using with MSSIAH. (And when playing back SIDs! When they're composed specifically for one or the other.) The Bassline, Monosynth, and Drum portions of MSSIAH are said to be designed for use with the 8580.I have used MSSIAH on both versions of SID and can say that the authors are right when they state in the manual that there is a big difference in sound, when an instrument or module is designed for one specific chip. The filters on the 8580 let some sound through that the filters on the 6581 would just totally cut off, IIRC.It really depends what you're after... the original 6581 is more what we remember from video games, and the 8580 has greater refinement for sound synthesis.I have started messing around with the MSSIAH's Sequencer and can say that it really is truly exceptional, and that people just using MSSIAH as a soundbank are missing out. If you want to use MSSIAH with Octamed, definitely just take MIDI Out from Octamed to the MIDI In (there's only one!) on the MSSIAH. Have Octamed send MIDI Clock, and then turn MIDI Clock *on* in MSSIAH sequencer. Then whenever you "start" Octamed, MSSIAH should start along with it, and play back in sync. You can loop any portion of your MSSIAH sequence, edit it as it's playing back, and mute/unmute tracks, all live. This would be a great setup for using sampled sounds via OctaMED and synthesized sounds via MSSIAH. I'm not an OctaMED or OSS user though so YMMV. I have slaved MSSIAH to my drum machine, and also to an Amiga running Bars & Pipes. It's very reliable.Definitely get a C=1351 mouse as someone else said, or be like me and find a Micromys. MSSIAH supports the scroll wheel on PS/2 mice connected via Micromys.- t
