--- SIDPlayer/README 2000/09/18 22:02:54 1.2 +++ SIDPlayer/README 2000/09/18 22:41:23 1.3 @@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ See the file "COPYING" that is included What is SIDPlayer? ------------------ -SIDPlayer is a replayer program for C64 music ("SID tunes"), like PlaySID -on the Amiga or SIDPLAY for Unix. You can think of it as being a stripped- -down C64 emulator that only emulates the CPU and the sound chip of the -C64. SIDPlayer can replay SID tunes in the "PSID" file format, but it -cannot run any C64 programs. +SIDPlayer is a replayer program for C64 music ("SID tunes"), like PlaySID on +the Amiga or SIDPLAY for Unix. You can think of it as being a stripped- down +C64 emulator that only emulates the CPU and the sound chip of the C64. +SIDPlayer can replay SID tunes in the "PSID" file format, but it cannot run +any C64 programs. Why would I want to listen to C64 music? @@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ sound chip (called "SID" - "Sound Interf computers (as the Atari ST or the first Macs) had worse sound. The SID chip features three oscillators with selectable waveform, ADSR -envelope generators, programmable resonance filters and special effects -like ring modulation. With the aid of the CPU, it can also replay 4-bit -sampled sounds. SIDPlayer emulates all features of the SID chip, including -the filters. +envelope generators, programmable resonance filters and special effects like +ring modulation. With the aid of the CPU, it can also replay 4-bit sampled +sounds. SIDPlayer emulates all features of the SID chip, including the +filters. There were (and are still) many composers programming excellent music for the C64 and thousands of tunes have been converted for use with SID tune @@ -57,20 +57,19 @@ available on the Internet is in this for Using SIDPlayer --------------- -SIDPlayer can be started from the Tracker or from the Shell. If you give -the name of a PSID file as an argument from the Shell or drag a PSID file -onto the SIDPlayer icon from the Tracker, that file is loaded and played. - -The SIDPlayer window some information about the currently loaded PSID file -and has the usual tapedeck-like controls for pausing, restarting and -stopping the replay and for selecting the next or previous song contained -in the PSID file. The number of the song currently playing and the total -number of songs in the loaded PSID file are displayed to the right of the -tapedeck buttons. The slider in the bottom right of the window can be used -to adjust the replay speed. +SIDPlayer can be started from the Tracker or from the Shell. If you give the +name of a PSID file as an argument from the Shell or drag a PSID file onto +the SIDPlayer icon from the Tracker, that file is loaded and played. + +The SIDPlayer window displays some information about the currently loaded +PSID file and has the usual tapedeck-like controls for pausing, restarting +and stopping the replay and for selecting the next or previous song +contained in the PSID file. The number of the song currently playing and the +total number of songs in the loaded PSID file are displayed to the right of +the tapedeck buttons. The slider in the bottom right of the window can be +used to adjust the replay speed. -Clicking and holding the right mouse button in the SIDPlayer window will show -a pop-up menu with three items: +The SIDPlayer menu has three items: - "About SIDPlayer" shows some information about SIDPlayer - "Sound Control" opens the sound control window @@ -96,24 +95,40 @@ it, placing a link won't work) and renam The Sound Control window ------------------------ +Sound post-processing is controlled with the "Effect" pop-up menu and the +"Delay" and "Feedback" sliders. The available effects are "None" (no post- +processing), "Reverb" (simple reverb) and "Spatial" (reverb with phase +shift, intended for headphone users). + The checkbox labeled "Filters" is used to turn the emulation of the SID filters on or off. -The eight slider gadgets in the right part of the window control the -stereo panning and volume of each of the four voices (3 synthesized -voices, 1 sampled voice). +The "New SID Chip" checkbox selects the type of SID chip to be emulated. +Currently this only affects some combined waveforms. + +The eight slider gadgets in the right part of the window control the stereo +panning and volume of each of the four voices (3 synthesized voices, 1 +sampled voice). Where do I get PSID files ------------------------- The two largest collections of SID tunes are the "High Voltage" SID -Collection (http://www.dhp.com/~shark/c64music) and the "NemeSIDs" -archive (ftp://frodo.hiof.no/pub/c64/sidmusic). These have been used -for testing during the development of SIDPlayer and they should all work. +Collection (http://hvsc.c64.org) and the "NemeSIDs" archive +(ftp://frodo.hiof.no/pub/c64/sidmusic). These have been used for testing +during the development of SIDPlayer and they should all work. + +Twenty demonstration SID tunes are included with SIDPlayer in the "PSID +Demo" directory. + + +Support +------- + +Updates of SIDPlayer are available on the official SIDPlayer home page: -Twenty demonstration SID tunes are included with SIDPlayer in the -"PSID Demo" directory. + http://www.uni-mainz.de/~bauec002/SPMain.html History