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From: Groepaz on 6 Dec 2009 15:56 Ingo Korb wrote: > Oldbitcollector <jeffledger(a)gmail.com> writes: > >> SID emulation is produced on a Parallax Propeller. > > Does it emulate a 6581, 8580 or both? > >> A sample capture of the emulation can be downloaded here: > > Could you capture two particular SIDs from the HVSC? > > MUSICIANS\D\Dunn_David\Flight_Path_737.sid (6581) > MUSICIANS\R\Radiantx\Into_the_Chambers_of_Dracu.sid (8580) > > As far as I know both require particularly accurate SID emulation for > correct sound. ouch, you really dig out the cruel stuff eh :) chambers of dracula is awesome =) -- http://www.hitmen-console.org http://magicdisk.untergrund.net http://www.pokefinder.org http://ftp.pokefinder.org Women don't know what they want; they don't like what they have got. Men know very well what they want; having got it, they begin to lose interest. <A.W.Adams>
From: Oldbitcollector on 16 Dec 2009 12:34 > > > Would it not be easier to buy the stick device and copy a SID file to it? > > it would have been, if that propeller "emulation" wouldnt be fake as hell, > and thus requires preprocessing the .sid file :) Ah, that's the comp.sys.cbm I know and love... :) I was starting to think you guys were sick or something. Of course it's fake, duh.. It's not a real SID chip. :) It's emulation. It's pretty good emulation, but nothing ever beats the real thing. :) We're doing a test run of the PCB's. OBC
From: Oldbitcollector on 16 Dec 2009 12:39 > > Very nice! All I can hear is that is that one of the channels has more > bass... Is the emulator software a completely new one or is it based > on some already existing one; can we get some specifications about it? Joe, I'm not sure if this will help you or not, but here's the official thread with the software we're using which has a list of features/specs. http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=409209 OBC
From: Groepaz on 17 Dec 2009 06:10 Oldbitcollector wrote: >> it would have been, if that propeller "emulation" wouldnt be fake as >> hell, and thus requires preprocessing the .sid file :) > > Ah, that's the comp.sys.cbm I know and love... :) I was starting to > think you guys were sick or something. > > Of course it's fake, duh.. It's not a real SID chip. :) It's > emulation. > It's pretty good emulation, but nothing ever beats the real thing. :) sorry but, i have my doubts about the "very good" part http://forums.parallax.com/forums/default.aspx?f=25&m=409209 "SIDcog lacks: - Support for combined waveforms. It's NOOOT just a simple anding(not by a long shot) of the waveforms as some ignorant people might believe ;) - Possibillity to change resonance value. It's ALWAYS at max because that's the most common setting." in other words, all 8580 tunes, and all tunes using filters, will sound wrong. "pretty good". ofcourse. someone else previously asked to record these: MUSICIANS\D\Dunn_David\Flight_Path_737.sid � � � � �(6581) MUSICIANS\R\Radiantx\Into_the_Chambers_of_Dracu.sid (8580) if that sid emulation really is "pretty good" - then do it, these two will prove it :) and if not, these two will crush it =P (using commando as an example is cheating, that tune isnt very demanding at all when it comes to emulation. still clearly different from how it should sound, which doesnt support the "pretty good" theory at all either =P) -- http://www.hitmen-console.org http://magicdisk.untergrund.net http://www.pokefinder.org http://ftp.pokefinder.org Wenn eine vom Kopienr�uber geraubte Kopie eine Raubkopie ist, dann ist ein vom Kopiererr�uber geraubter Kopierer ein Raubkopierer.
From: Oldbitcollector on 17 Dec 2009 15:31
> someone else previously asked to record these: > > MUSICIANS\D\Dunn_David\Flight_Path_737.sid (6581) > MUSICIANS\R\Radiantx\Into_the_Chambers_of_Dracu.sid (8580) > > if that sid emulation really is "pretty good" - then do it, these two will > prove it :) and if not, these two will crush it =P (using commando as an > example is cheating, that tune isnt very demanding at all when it comes to > emulation. still clearly different from how it should sound, which doesnt > support the "pretty good" theory at all either =P) My capture setup pretty much sucks, but there is a prototype of the PCB on it's way to me. As soon as it arrives I'll take a shot at those files. I can promise that it's "emulation" as such it will never be a SID, but the author of the code is pretty picky so it'll either be acceptable and/or improve in updates. OBC |