The High Voltage SID Collection (HVSC) is a freeware hobby project which organises Commodore 64 music (also known as SID music) into an archive for both musicians and fans alike.
The work on the collection is done completely in the Team and contributors’ spare time and is proudly one of the largest and most accurate computer music collections known.
This update features (all approximates):
- 658 new SIDs
- 66 fixed/better rips
- 3 repeats/bad rips eliminated
- 174 SID credit fixes
- 27 SID model/clock infos
- 7 tunes from /DEMOS/UNKNOWN/ identified
- 1 tunes from /GAMES/ identified
- 22 tunes moved out of /DEMOS/ to their composers’ directories
- 4 tunes moved out of /GAMES/ to their composers’ directories
Download:
source: www.hvsc.c64.org
This is the last batch of iNTY ZOE RGB v2.0. I just want to inform for those interested that i’m starting the assembling.
I could not resist the temptation to try also this “we hope it will be the last one!” FPGA implementation of the SID (Sound Interface Device) MOS 6581 / 8580, i’m talking about the fpgaSID by andi6510.
Probably this is the best implementation using an FPGA of the sound chip of the Commodore 64. If we make a quick comparison with the implementation made by Gideon for the Ultimate-64, both are the best ever.
It remains however understood that the audiophiles and purist of the sound generated of a original SID will never accept any implementation of the SID via FPGA.
andi6510 also wrote a software for the Commodore 64 (ConfiGuru) to configure the various fpgaSID options and for upgrade the firmware.
Below some information taken from the fpgaSID site.
Accurate replication of the original SID MOS6581 and MOS8580:
- Exact reproduction of the digital sound generation part
- Spice simulation of the analog filters
- Advanced models for all 6581 non-linearities
Many extra features on top of the original SID:
- FPGASID includes two fully functional SIDs for 6-voice stereo sound
- Perfect audio quality – much better than the original SID!
- Pseudo stereo mode mixes traditional tunes or game sounds to stereo
- Digitize the analog input to 8-bit samples (in your own software)
- Sample playback of 8-bit samples (in your own software)
- Nice light organ effect visible when mounted in transparent case
- Paddles readout even more accurate than the original SID
High compatibility:
- Works in any C64/SX64 or C128
- Works with any software written for standard single SID computers
- Works with large existing software base for dual SID stereo tunes
- Paddle and 1351 Mouse support
- Analog input EXTIN fully supported
Easy configuration with the software tool ConfiGuru:
- Individual configuration of every SID
- Easy- and Expert configuration modes
- Save up to two configuration sets permanently in flash memory
- Easy update to new firmware directly on your C64
- Flexible address allocation of the second SID
- Diagnostic function to troubleshoot hardware problems
Easy installation:
- Installation done in 20 minutes
- No soldering required for all main features (except external configuration switch, when needed)
- Much smaller than traditional stereo boards thus avoiding installation trouble
Gallery:
Video:
source: fpgasid.de
New update : HxC Floppy Emulator file selector version 1.89.
Amiga -> Better multitasking/Workbench compatibility/support:
- Don’t “overtake”/hand-initialize the screen anymore : Let the system initialize the bitplane and just use it.
- Don’t reboot anymore the system but just exit the file selector if we are not track-loaded.
- Don’t lockup the system anymore in case of error if we are not track-loaded.
With these modifications the file selector is now more “Workbench-friendly”.
Amiga Workbench tips and tricks :
- Press Left-Amiga+N keys to switch to the Workbench.
- Press Left-Amiga+M keys to switch back to the HxC File selector.
Download: HxC Floppy Emulator file selector v1.89 (1010)
source: github.com
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