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30. June 21:39h, the wee hours | in TinySID | 0 Comments
In the case you're interested, Keripo has ported TinySID to the iPodLinux target for the iPod. Apart from the simple cross-compile, the only modification was the addition of an interactive volume controller through the iPod's scroll wheel during playback. The port has been added to Project ZeroSlackr and can be found here.
27. June 19:31h, the wee hours | in TinySID | 0 Comments
I have put some examples of the new stereo HardsidSID music routine from the next TinySID version online:
In order to archieve a stereo effect I have mapped instruments to different channels, depending on frequency and gate bit. Likewise the usage of different SID chips (6581 and 8580) creates a pseudo-stereo aura based on different filter settings. The effect should be quite audible.
In order to archieve a stereo effect I have mapped instruments to different channels, depending on frequency and gate bit. Likewise the usage of different SID chips (6581 and 8580) creates a pseudo-stereo aura based on different filter settings. The effect should be quite audible.
22. June 20:15h, the wee hours | in TinySID | 0 Comments
After placing a preorder two months ago my HardSID4U arrived today:
For those who don't know: The HardSID4U device is an external USB SID device (yes, finally Téli Sándor did what I was demanding for in earlier blogs). You can plug up to four SID chips (either 6581 or 8580) into the external box and listen to good old SID music or compose something new using the VSTi plugin. As I am not a composer I will not go into deeper detail of the VSTi part here.
Having a look at the device itself I have to say that I am really astonished about the quality. Obviously Téli Sándor managed to create a professional looking device and a marvellous piece of technology. After opening the device I was afraid to see that there is a cpu fan, but luckily enough it doesn't make any reconginizable noise during operation.
Driver support is available for Windows and Vista (both 32 and 64 bit). Unfortunately the 64 bit drivers are not signed yet, so you have to manually disable the driver signing by pressing F8 during bootup in vista64 :( Anyway, the drivers work really nice and I have no stuttering or high CPU peaks at all and I can sign the drivers myself if I want to.
Sound output is available as a blended together signal or as a dry out for each SID chip individually. From my point of view the dry out seems to be the most interesting part, because with that it is possible to have stereo SID output. Unfortunately there is no software available yet for real stereo SID playback so I know what to do in my freetime ;) In the meantime I have to admit that I got used to the blended output "maxed out" for listening to both 6581 and 8580 tunes witout plugging and unplugging cables. Acid64Player will select the correct device for the current song. What a convenient feature ;)
As far as the programmers API is concerned things have changed a bit and TinySID does not work out of the box. I will update the routines as soon as I have time for it, Téli Sándor is really helpful via email and the API seems to be simply enough. And last but not least there will be a CFPlugin for OSX, which I am really looking forward to.
As soon as I have some more time I will upload some music examples and comparative results between 6581 and 8580 playback.
For those who don't know: The HardSID4U device is an external USB SID device (yes, finally Téli Sándor did what I was demanding for in earlier blogs). You can plug up to four SID chips (either 6581 or 8580) into the external box and listen to good old SID music or compose something new using the VSTi plugin. As I am not a composer I will not go into deeper detail of the VSTi part here.
Having a look at the device itself I have to say that I am really astonished about the quality. Obviously Téli Sándor managed to create a professional looking device and a marvellous piece of technology. After opening the device I was afraid to see that there is a cpu fan, but luckily enough it doesn't make any reconginizable noise during operation.
Driver support is available for Windows and Vista (both 32 and 64 bit). Unfortunately the 64 bit drivers are not signed yet, so you have to manually disable the driver signing by pressing F8 during bootup in vista64 :( Anyway, the drivers work really nice and I have no stuttering or high CPU peaks at all and I can sign the drivers myself if I want to.
Sound output is available as a blended together signal or as a dry out for each SID chip individually. From my point of view the dry out seems to be the most interesting part, because with that it is possible to have stereo SID output. Unfortunately there is no software available yet for real stereo SID playback so I know what to do in my freetime ;) In the meantime I have to admit that I got used to the blended output "maxed out" for listening to both 6581 and 8580 tunes witout plugging and unplugging cables. Acid64Player will select the correct device for the current song. What a convenient feature ;)
As far as the programmers API is concerned things have changed a bit and TinySID does not work out of the box. I will update the routines as soon as I have time for it, Téli Sándor is really helpful via email and the API seems to be simply enough. And last but not least there will be a CFPlugin for OSX, which I am really looking forward to.
As soon as I have some more time I will upload some music examples and comparative results between 6581 and 8580 playback.
Update 29.06.08: I have received word from Téli that there won't be a hardsid.dll featuring native 64 bit. As a result TinySID-x64 won't be able to access the HardSID4U device. At this point I can describe the 64 bit support sluggish at best.
02. June 22:03h, the wee hours | in Uncategorized | 0 Comments
After outage of nearly two months our web server has moved to a new domain and we are finally back at http://www.rsinsch.de .
And what has happened in the meantime? Well, my rockbox mod codec has been officially approved and taken into the rockbox svn branch. If you want to listen to good old amiga .mod tunes on your mp3 player grab the latest rockbox here. And if you are in need of mod-music I recommend to check out Modland. There are thousands of modules available for download.
And what has happened in the meantime? Well, my rockbox mod codec has been officially approved and taken into the rockbox svn branch. If you want to listen to good old amiga .mod tunes on your mp3 player grab the latest rockbox here. And if you are in need of mod-music I recommend to check out Modland. There are thousands of modules available for download.
