| At 17:45 18-4-99 +0200, you wrote: |
| >Hi! |
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Hi Téli :) |
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| >My name is Téli Sándor, and I am from Hard Software, Hungary. |
| >I am a software developer on PC, but still can't live without |
| >the SID chip. We call it "Need4SID". |
|
:) Ahh... the need 4 sidz still excist yes :) |
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| >Almost all of our all-time favoutite SID tunes are composed by |
| >the Maniacs of Noise! Congratulations! You were the best |
| >on the C64. |
|
Well, THANKS! :) |
|
| >But this time is over, and everybody has PCs. There are |
| >a lot of emulators, but you must know that the real SID is |
| >very far even from the best SID-emulator. |
|
True... very true... The emulators are convenient but sound |
synthesized and never clean enough to go trough life as |
a "real sid". |
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| >The only reachable hardware is the ........., but it has |
| >a very strange concept. It's a big external box, and handles |
| >all of the SID's channels like one complex voice. So, it's |
| >for MIDI, and can't play the C64 tunes., and it's very |
| >high-prized. |
|
I don't like the price compared to what you get either. |
For that price I'd rather buy 50 second hand c64's and connect them |
up myself. |
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| >We are finishing our HardSID project in the next few weeks. |
| >This is a SID-based sound-card for the PC, designed |
| >especially to play the original C64 tunes. |
|
Now THAT is a good idea! :) |
|
| >Features: |
| >- Small PC-board. |
| >- internal connection between the sound-card and the HardSID |
| > (control with Windows mixer: selectable CD-in, or Line-in) |
|
Yep, very good idea. Most soundcards have an "aux" next to the CD-in. |
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| >- The driver mutes the HardSID's line in a standard way, so |
| > there will be total silence when not playing. |
|
Very good. |
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| >- Dramatically reduced noise on the audio-out (a lot better than in the C64). |
| > (using buffered Address, and Data lines, not modulating with the SID) |
|
No "zzooommmm..." like the c64 then... (was mainly caused by the VIC |
(video chip))... |
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| >- SID register reading(!) (tunes from Fred Gray for example) |
|
Ah, the random generator inside the SID then? |
|
| >- Audio-in (SID) |
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Ehm... you mean, using the Sidboard as a sample device or? |
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| >- Later: MIDI driver |
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Would be cool! |
It would also be helpful if I was to work on my c64-cd-project |
("studio versions" of our c64 music). |
|
| >- Configuration Wizard, and auto-detection of multiple HardSID's in |
| > the same machine (for MIDI purposes) |
|
Like multiple SID's on 1 board or? |
More boards in one PC? |
|
| >- HardSID.DLL for the Windows-based applications. They can use |
| > the HardSID easily. |
| >- First time support: SIDPlay, CCS64, Come Back 64 (Fairlight) |
| > the authors are ready to start |
| implementing the support |
|
Ah, that rules. |
|
| >- No IRQ, no DMA usage. |
|
That is very convenient. |
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| >- At least 5-times cheaper than the ........., and it's really the same |
| > as the C64's SID usage. |
|
That makes excellent competition then :D |
|
| >It's all about 99% ready. Our working prototype rocks like the C64. |
| >Now we are testing the first FINAL HardSID, which looks like a |
| >normal PC-card. (the prototype is full of cables, and "flying IC's") |
|
Heheh, I know what prototypes look like ;) |
|
| >Take a look on our site: http://hardsid.8m.com |
| > |
| >In the MP3z area you can hear some of your own musics too! (MP3 format, sorry) |
| >http://hardsid.8m.com/MP3z.html |
|
I donwloaded my own songs (since I know very well how they should sound) |
and... PERFECT! really, 100% replayed the music the way I made them! |
Accidently (or not) you have implemented the "right" filtered SID. |
|
| >Please let us know how did you like this stuff, and the sound of the card! |
| >If you like it, could you please place some links on your sites? |
|
Naturally! :) |
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| >Thank you, and hope to hear from you! |
|
| >Regards, |
| >Téli Sándor, Hard Software |
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Best regards, |
|
Jeroen. |
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Jeroen Tel (WAVE) - Maniacs of Noise / Witan Entertainment BV |
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