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17   What is SIDPlayer?
18   ------------------
19  
20 < SIDPlayer is a replayer program for C64 music ("SID tunes"), like PlaySID
21 < on the Amiga or SIDPLAY for Unix. You can think of it as being a stripped-
22 < down C64 emulator that only emulates the CPU and the sound chip of the
23 < C64. SIDPlayer can replay SID tunes in the "PSID" file format, but it
24 < cannot run any C64 programs.
20 > SIDPlayer is a replayer program for C64 music ("SID tunes"), like PlaySID on
21 > the Amiga or SIDPLAY for Unix. You can think of it as being a stripped-down
22 > C64 emulator that only emulates the CPU and the sound chip of the C64.
23 > SIDPlayer can replay SID tunes in the "PSID" file format, but it cannot run
24 > any C64 programs.
25  
26  
27   Why would I want to listen to C64 music?
# Line 34 | Line 34 | sound chip (called "SID" - "Sound Interf
34   computers (as the Atari ST or the first Macs) had worse sound.
35  
36   The SID chip features three oscillators with selectable waveform, ADSR
37 < envelope generators, programmable resonance filters and special effects
38 < like ring modulation. With the aid of the CPU, it can also replay 4-bit
39 < sampled sounds. SIDPlayer emulates all features of the SID chip, including
40 < the filters.
37 > envelope generators, programmable resonance filters and special effects like
38 > ring modulation. With the aid of the CPU, it can also replay 4-bit sampled
39 > sounds. SIDPlayer emulates all features of the SID chip, including the
40 > filters.
41  
42   There were (and are still) many composers programming excellent music for
43   the C64 and thousands of tunes have been converted for use with SID tune
# Line 57 | Line 57 | available on the Internet is in this for
57   Using SIDPlayer
58   ---------------
59  
60 < SIDPlayer can be started from the Tracker or from the Shell. If you give
61 < the name of a PSID file as an argument from the Shell or drag a PSID file
62 < onto the SIDPlayer icon from the Tracker, that file is loaded and played.
63 <
64 < The SIDPlayer window some information about the currently loaded PSID file
65 < and has the usual tapedeck-like controls for pausing, restarting and
66 < stopping the replay and for selecting the next or previous song contained
67 < in the PSID file. The number of the song currently playing and the total
68 < number of songs in the loaded PSID file are displayed to the right of the
69 < tapedeck buttons. The slider in the bottom right of the window can be used
70 < to adjust the replay speed.
60 > SIDPlayer can be started from the Tracker or from the Shell. If you give the
61 > name of a PSID file as an argument from the Shell or drag a PSID file onto
62 > the SIDPlayer icon from the Tracker, that file is loaded and played.
63 >
64 > The SIDPlayer window displays some information about the currently loaded
65 > PSID file and has the usual tapedeck-like controls for pausing, restarting
66 > and stopping the replay and for selecting the next or previous song
67 > contained in the PSID file. The number of the song currently playing and the
68 > total number of songs in the loaded PSID file are displayed to the right of
69 > the tapedeck buttons. The slider in the bottom right of the window can be
70 > used to adjust the replay speed.
71  
72 < Clicking and holding the right mouse button in the SIDPlayer window will show
73 < a pop-up menu with three items:
72 > The SIDPlayer menu has three items:
73  
74   - "About SIDPlayer" shows some information about SIDPlayer
75   - "Sound Control" opens the sound control window
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95   The Sound Control window
96   ------------------------
97  
98 + Sound post-processing is controlled with the "Effect" pop-up menu and the
99 + "Delay" and "Feedback" sliders. The available effects are "None" (no post-
100 + processing), "Reverb" (simple reverb) and "Spatial" (reverb with phase
101 + shift, intended for headphone users).
102 +
103   The checkbox labeled "Filters" is used to turn the emulation of the SID
104   filters on or off.
105  
106 < The eight slider gadgets in the right part of the window control the
107 < stereo panning and volume of each of the four voices (3 sythesized
108 < voices, 1 sampled voice).
106 > The "New SID Chip" checkbox selects the type of SID chip to be emulated.
107 > Currently this only affects some combined waveforms.
108 >
109 > The eight slider gadgets in the right part of the window control the stereo
110 > panning and volume of each of the four voices (3 synthesized voices, 1
111 > sampled voice).
112  
113  
114   Where do I get PSID files
115   -------------------------
116  
117   The two largest collections of SID tunes are the "High Voltage" SID
118 < Collection (http://www.dhp.com/~shark/c64music) and the "NemeSIDs"
119 < archive (ftp://frodo.hiof.no/pub/c64/sidmusic). These have been used
120 < for testing during the development of SIDPlayer and they should all work.
118 > Collection (http://hvsc.c64.org) and the "NemeSIDs" archive
119 > (ftp://frodo.hiof.no/pub/c64/sidmusic). These have been used for testing
120 > during the development of SIDPlayer and they should all work.
121 >
122 > Twenty demonstration SID tunes are included with SIDPlayer in the "PSID
123 > Demo" directory.
124 >
125 >
126 > Support
127 > -------
128 >
129 > Updates of SIDPlayer are available on the official SIDPlayer home page:
130  
131 < Twelve demonstration SID tunes are included with SIDPlayer in the
116 < "PSID Demo" directory.
131 >  http://www.uni-mainz.de/~bauec002/SPMain.html
132  
133  
134   History

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