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From: Groepaz on 12 Jan 2010 20:11 Becky wrote: > >> 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. > > Thanks.. I'll see if I can get the author of the software emulator to > capture these as my method really doesn't do it justice. so, did anything come out of this? -- http://www.hitmen-console.org http://magicdisk.untergrund.net http://www.pokefinder.org http://ftp.pokefinder.org A man without religion is like a fish without a bicycle.
From: Andreas Varga on 21 Jan 2010 02:57 On 2010-01-13 02:11:08 +0100, Groepaz <groepaz(a)gmx.net> said: > Becky wrote: > >> >>> 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. >> >> Thanks.. I'll see if I can get the author of the software emulator to >> capture these as my method really doesn't do it justice. > > so, did anything come out of this? It's obviously a very simple emulation, as the author hasn't even read the most obvious SID documentation available. The SID's sawtooth wave counts up, not down. So this emulation is not based on the actual phase accumulator design of the SID. This means that you'll get acceptable results on old tunes, but anything slightly more advanced will break and sound horrible. I'd really like to hear some of those: /MUSICIANS/J/Jammer/Mr_Marvellous.sid (8580, good test for combined waveforms, sync and ringmod) /MUSICIANS/M/Mitch_and_Dane/Dane/Pseudocode.sid (8580, will break if timing is not 100% correct) /MUSICIANS/F/Fanta/Fanta_in_Space.sid (8580, needs correct phase accumulator emulation for 8bit sample playback) /MUSICIANS/D/DRAX/Break-up.sid (6581, nice test of filter distortion) I doubt that it can emulate those SIDs with acceptable results. So you're probably much better off right now using MP3 files, because what good is it to have the whole HVSC available, if the good tunes don't play correctly? Cheers, Andreas
From: Oldbitcollector on 23 Jan 2010 11:33 > I doubt that it can emulate those SIDs with acceptable results. > So you're probably much better off right now using MP3 files, because > what good is it to have the whole HVSC > available, if the good tunes don't play correctly? > I haven't had a chance to play with the latest requests. (They are on my TODO list!) however I can tell you that we aren't up to the level of playing SIDs with samples yet. We do have the kit finished and it is online at: http://www.gadgetgangster.com/find-a-project/56?projectnum=236 It's an easy assemble kit for someone with basic soldering skills. For instance the resistors are all the same value, and the PCD is well labeled. I'd love to hear honest reviews for anyone who builds one. Thanks! OBC
From: Groepaz on 23 Jan 2010 13:03 Oldbitcollector wrote: > We do have the kit finished and it is online at: > http://www.gadgetgangster.com/find-a-project/56?projectnum=236 > It's an easy assemble kit for someone with basic soldering skills. > For instance the resistors are all the > same value, and the PCD is well labeled. > > I'd love to hear honest reviews for anyone who builds one. and i'd seriously expect to hear some of the mentioned tunes before i'd even remotely think about plugging in my soldering iron :o) -- http://www.hitmen-console.org http://magicdisk.untergrund.net http://www.pokefinder.org http://ftp.pokefinder.org Programming is one of the most difficult branches of applied mathematics; the poorer mathematicians had better remain pure mathematicians. <Edsgar W. Dijkstra>
From: Oldbitcollector on 23 Jan 2010 14:49
> > I'd love to hear honest reviews for anyone who builds one. > > and i'd seriously expect to hear some of the mentioned tunes before i'd even > remotely think about plugging in my soldering iron :o) Sorry, you guys will have to be limited to the 12 tune demo MP3 which I just uploaded to the aforementioned link (toward the bottom under Resources) My own capture setup sucks, but Ahle captured that one in high quality. OBC |