SID player beta version !!!!!

[twh/f2]

For instance T01 played well, but Xray's Driver showed us black screen and the purest form of silence.

 

On my machine had the same problem. My config:

 

* atari 130 xe pal

* QMEG OS

* 1MB Ram (Satantronic)

* stereo upgrade

 

twh

[St(r)yker]

On my machine had the same problem.  

Copy driver.sid to new *.atr disk and run ...

[Saint (Swiety)]

Version 0.93beta !!!!

 

Features:

 

Show directory and you can get file to play!

A lot of sids back to dos requester corectly !! (some not )

Check error at open file and back to directory !!!

testdisk.zip

[Heaven/TQA]

unbelievable...

 

can you post some specs for the player? will it be possible to use it in demos/title screens???

 

which sid-tracker do you prefer best for your player?

 

do the white/blue bars show the TOTAL raster time used? what is RAM used?

 

ok...too many questions...

[Saint (Swiety)]

It be possible to use this player-routine in title screens , but in demos i think not because it give 80% of raster time (when screen displayed not empty lines all 100%).

 

About sid tracker i don't know really - sid player is based on sid registy emulation at real time and softsynth routine whos play samples on IRQ.

It don't emulate hard synth effects,wheel modulation and all SID filters !!

 

Bars : white - SID registy emulation, blue - orginal player from sid file (only remaped registers adress) !!!

 

But i use "ghost" routine - softsynth - on every two raster lines !!!

 

What about memory ??? It take 6 pages for emulator code , 16 pages for sample volume table , 9 pages for noise volume and 6 pages for wavetable shape!

[Wrathchild]

I know its still at a beta stage, but the majority of the

tunes, when selected, crash the A800WinPlus 3.1 emulator?

 

Similarly, if Speedball or Sanxion are imported into the

disk image using makeAtr then they also crash immediately

when played. Looking at the debugger, the song info has

been transferred to the screen area.

 

Is it just for me or are these crashing elsewhere?

Its not clear if a) the testdisk is just that, for testing and

debugging a variety of tunes, not all of which work currently.

or b) the disk image released should only contain working images

 

Regards,

Mark

[emkay]

But i use "ghost" routine - softsynth - on every two raster lines !!!  

 

 

So with a bit fiddling, some moved graphics can be created in GTIA Modes with blank-scanlines or Antic D must be possible...?

In "Reditus" I recognized the scroller at the end and a almost un-interfered sounding. The original softsynth begins to be interfered at Antic 8 . So it's a very nice work you have done.

Do you think it is possible to play the Softsynth tunes with the SID-Player?

 

I am wondering if the sound is still un-interfered when activating PMg and doing some combinated movements in Antic 5 (double-scanline textmode)?

[Dracon]

I know its still at a beta stage, but the majority of the

tunes, when selected, crash the A800WinPlus 3.1 emulator?

wouldn't it be better to replace this one with newer version (4.0) ?

I guess many people use it and thus are able to listen to those tunes...

[Wrathchild]

Cheers, its all working fine now

[sack-c0s]

 

which sid-tracker do you prefer best for your player?

 

well my tunes were done in Goat Tracker, which is a fairly nice windows/linux based editor so you might want to give that a shot. if you keep using the same player it might make it easier to automate the .sid->atari conversion too.

 

http://www.student.oulu.fi/~loorni/covert/

[Saint (Swiety)]

New version 0.94 :

 

- Use D: (not D1:)

- Check for sid load adres - if $8000-$9000 don't try load it!

- Check Psid file header !!

- Relocate sid for up to down and from down to up (old version only relocate from down to up memory adress). Some sids play now !! (example BLACK.sid)

 

- Buffering $0300-$03ff - some sids don't hangin computer !!

- reset some registers at starting play next sid!

testdisk.zip

[Saint (Swiety)]

New version of Sid player - 0.95 beta !

 

Some bugs fixed !!

 

- Now LIGHTFORCE.sid play ok.

- don't show "*" at directory list !!!

- play sids whos start at $8f00 !!!!

- don't restet select bar position.

testdisk.zip

[Heaven/TQA]

em...in atari800win4.0 i just can scroll down...not upwards and just load the 1st collum of songs...

[Ghost...]

Hiho,

mmmh, but works fine on my Atari 800 win plus 4.0 beta..

with option arrows only and arrows+control.

But the displayed text for the lightforce sid is distorted..only char set

not the music :-)

The player crashed when I tried to return to the menu

while playing the rastan tune...

GHO

[emkay]

em...in atari800win4.0 i just can scroll down...not upwards and just load the 1st collum of songs...

 

Try

 

+ for down

- for up

* for left/right

[Saint (Swiety)]

New version of Sid player - 0.96 beta !

 

Some bugs fixed !!

 

1)- jeroen and jeroen1 switch songs corectly.

2) - Driver and Jt42 always play good !!!

3) At direcory menu - all ascii characters are show good!

 

 

New features:

- Now LIGHTFORCE.sid not crashed character generator - I relocate it !!!

- You can see simple equalizer when song is played

- At directory menu - space reload directory!

- TAB change drive - now i use D: and H:

 

 

I know bug problem at rastan song but i disassemby player and i see that song relocate some data to $800 and clear DOS area.I think about copy DOS to free memory adress (and lock it) - maybe i copy DOS under BASIC rom and i turn on when song is played from low memory area.

testdisk.zip

[Saint (Swiety)]

Version 0.97

 

- now some sids play - ex. Noisypillars by Jeroen Tel

- some sids switch songs corectly - ex. Tusker and Ghost'n Goblins

 

New features:

 

- TAB change drive - H: and D:

- Ctrl + TAB switch drive number D:,D1:-D9:

 

- Now i show directory at 1 line but i don't clip long names (i use 32 characters) !!

- You can scroll directory up and down !!

testdisk.zip

[miker]

Latest version of SID player (1.00, with extras) can be found here!.

[Heaven/TQA]

still unbelievable pretty cool...

[+Larry]

still unbelievable pretty cool...

 

This is very impressive! I've never been much into computer music before, other than listening to Pokey music occasionally and SID files using a SIDplayer for the PC. Is there somewhere (sites) I can get a "primer" on the current Atari players. Perhaps a timeline of their development? I'm also curious -- how close to a real SID on a 64 does the Atari sound? I presume some folks have tried to compare them. -Larry

[Level42]

Can I still find this somewhere (link above to 1.00 is dead) and how does it work ? Does it (only) use the POKEY to create the sounds ?

[+CharlieChaplin]

Yes,

 

Swiety`s SID player is an emulation on a 64k or 128k Atari using Pokey only. No VBXE, Evie soundboard, Slight-SID or Rapidus accelerator required. Attached you will find versions 0.97, 0.99 and 1.00.

 

Just boot the disk-images without Basic, when the DOS prompt appears load the *.COM file (by typing in its filename only, no extender required since this DOS assumes .COM as extender). As soon as you see a menu choose a SID file to load & play. Alas, not all SID files will work, but different player versions will load different SID tunes sometimes (just test all versions)...

 

 

 

 

Swiety_SIDPLAY.ZIP