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2015-12-20 13:29

Scarzix

Registered: Aug 2010
Posts: 143

Project SIDFX (formerly known as SIDFIXER)

Sorry for spamming you all, but regarding the DUAL SID hardware module SIDFX:

I mailed all PRE-ORDER contacts tuesday and I still miss a reply from 33% of you... please check your spam folder/email if there is any mail from sidfx-preorder@kick-ass.dk (16th december)

Thanks in advance.

There will be a registration site up shortly... so if you didnt pre-order/registrate already, you can also just mail me directly on the sidfx-preorder@kick-ass.dk mail address.

Cheers and merry X-mas to everyone!

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2016-11-07 21:48

Scarzix

Registered: Aug 2010
Posts: 143

Grue, I cannot reply on that, but I will let Lotus come back to you on this.

2016-11-07 21:49

Scarzix

Registered: Aug 2010
Posts: 143

Last chance for pre-orders that are still unconfirmed!!!

The last unconfirmed pre-orders will be considered cancelled by wednesday this week!

We are opening up for waiting list after wednesday, so stay tuned if you are one of those waiting to see if there is any units left.

2016-11-08 19:11

Lotus

Registered: Nov 2004
Posts: 7

Grue: VCC supply rail conditioning for SIDFX was a difficult trade-off between noise suppression, voltage drop, power loss, cost, board space etc. We tested various topologies for VCC and decided on a second-order low-pass filter as the best compromise. Pre-production measurements indicated an audible noise reduction between 5dB and 20dB depending on SID type and dominant noise frequency.

2016-11-08 19:50

Grue

Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 161

poke 53280,1:poke53281,0

turn volume up and listen, you can hear the sound of tradeoff.

Its better than unmodified one, but I'm still disappointed that I can hear vic-ii on SIDFX output..

:)

2016-11-08 22:15

Snabel

Registered: Aug 2015
Posts: 24

Quoting Grue

Its better than unmodified one, but I'm still disappointed that I can hear vic-ii on SIDFX output..

Oh noes.. that can't be true because...

Quoting Zer0-X

SIDFX, fully isolated from the system bus via programmable logic to remove the usual VIC-whine and all the other noise produced by the rest of the system.
MixSID, no.

... and

Quoting MagerValp

To claim that it isn't driven by enthusiasm is patently absurd, they've obviously spent a lot of time and effort into designing the ultimate stereo sid board.

*Smabel does his Vincent Vega impersonation*

2016-11-09 12:53

Frantic

Registered: Mar 2003
Posts: 1646

I am very happy with my SIDFX and I am happy that you guys put all that effort into doing this. I can only recommend it to others and I have put myself up on the list for another unit, in case there would be a second batch at some point.

2016-11-09 13:02

Radiant

Registered: Sep 2004
Posts: 639

Hope I signed up for the waiting list in time to get one. Would be perfect for my SX-64. :-)

2016-11-09 13:56

Snabel

Registered: Aug 2015
Posts: 24

Quoting Frantic

I am very happy with my SIDFX and I am happy that you guys put all that effort into doing this. I can only recommend it to others and I have put myself up on the list for another unit, in case there would be a second batch at some point.

I didn't try it out yet (been busy with boring RL crap) and i bet it's just great :) I bought 2 units since i find dualsid solutions interesting... and i figured that waiting time between batches could most likely resemble those of the 1541U line of HW.

I most likely won't need two, but then i have the chance to save a SIDFX-less buddy at some point.

2016-11-11 00:12

Scarzix

Registered: Aug 2010
Posts: 143

so all old and unconfirmed pre-orders are now invalid and cancelled.

... so the final run is out...

Everyone on the waiting-list have now been sent a mail about updating their profile with unit types etc.

We serve them in the order they get filled out.

If you want to be in the next batch and grab one of the units before we are sold out, then hurry up, find your e-mail inbox and check for the mail. If it's not there, check spam. Search for "SIDFX".

Good luck to you all!

We look forward to sell to as many as possible, so as many as possible can be happy.

Note. we have put a small limit on the amount of units you can order, so more people will benefit from the remaining units.

2016-11-11 09:08

Frantic

Registered: Mar 2003
Posts: 1646

A note for those who are going to drill a hole through their C64 case to attach one of those switches: A 6mm drill is just fine.