Looking for sid replay on Amiga

Overflow · 21 November 2016, 17:18

I got Hippoplayer and PlaySID3.0, which works fine.

That said, there is some reduced quality of the sound (using AHI under Hippoplayer), espesially noticable when playing BOFH_Servers_under_siege.sid.
The replay routine not dealing with the newer sid well enough or just the output from the amiga?

When I play older sids, they sound more as expected, not having the semi scratchy sound on some specters of a note.

Are there any newer sid replay routines available or music players available for the Amiga (AOS 3.x under Vampire)?

Expecting no, but giving it a shot

meynaf · 21 November 2016, 17:59

If you use normal Paula chip for output (i.e. not a sound board), don't expect high quality sound out of AHI. If you get something really awful then you may try reducing the volume boost (down to 100%).

If you're looking for another player, DeliTracker/EaglePlayer can also play sids.

Overflow · 21 November 2016, 18:08

Fair enough. Thanks.

mark_k · 21 November 2016, 20:32

The original PlaySID (as far as I know/remember) didn't emulate the SID filters, and tunes which use sampled sounds were modified to be able to play more effiently on the (68000) Amiga.

There are various other SID players on Aminet:
http://aminet.net/search?query=sidp

Ones which emulate filters will have higher system requirements than the good old PlaySID. But they'll probably sound better, if your system is fast enough to run them.

sergius · 26 January 2020, 10:15

Hi,
6 years later, I am looking for a quality SID player like you and came across this video.
[ Show youtube player ]

Misclegend · 26 January 2020, 13:32

any audio player which uses playsid.library will work fine
personally I use eagleplayer to play sids, I think is the best because you can choose easily which SID you want to play in the gui
( there are SID files which contain some SIDS inside)
eagle player don't support ahi so will work fine,I use the 14 bit amplifier activated and all SIDS I tried sound like a real C64

21 November 2016, 17:18	#1
Overflow Registered User Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Norway Posts: 387	Looking for sid replay on Amiga I got Hippoplayer and PlaySID3.0, which works fine. That said, there is some reduced quality of the sound (using AHI under Hippoplayer), espesially noticable when playing BOFH_Servers_under_siege.sid. The replay routine not dealing with the newer sid well enough or just the output from the amiga? When I play older sids, they sound more as expected, not having the semi scratchy sound on some specters of a note. Are there any newer sid replay routines available or music players available for the Amiga (AOS 3.x under Vampire)? Expecting no, but giving it a shot

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21 November 2016, 17:59	#2
meynaf son of 68k Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Lyon / France Age: 50 Posts: 4,714	If you use normal Paula chip for output (i.e. not a sound board), don't expect high quality sound out of AHI. If you get something really awful then you may try reducing the volume boost (down to 100%). If you're looking for another player, DeliTracker/EaglePlayer can also play sids.

21 November 2016, 18:08	#3
Overflow Registered User Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Norway Posts: 387	Fair enough. Thanks.

21 November 2016, 20:32	#4
mark_k Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Posts: 3,271	The original PlaySID (as far as I know/remember) didn't emulate the SID filters, and tunes which use sampled sounds were modified to be able to play more effiently on the (68000) Amiga. There are various other SID players on Aminet: http://aminet.net/search?query=sidp Ones which emulate filters will have higher system requirements than the good old PlaySID. But they'll probably sound better, if your system is fast enough to run them.

26 January 2020, 10:15	#5
sergius Registered User Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: Bouffémont Posts: 2	Hi, 6 years later, I am looking for a quality SID player like you and came across this video. [ Show youtube player ]

26 January 2020, 13:32	#6
Misclegend Banned Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Uranus Posts: 193	any audio player which uses playsid.library will work fine personally I use eagleplayer to play sids, I think is the best because you can choose easily which SID you want to play in the gui ( there are SID files which contain some SIDS inside) eagle player don't support ahi so will work fine,I use the 14 bit amplifier activated and all SIDS I tried sound like a real C64

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