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samplesbank · Post by **samplesbank** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 9:58 pm

Even if I have to pay for it I will, i just know I'm not gonna pay a $1,000 for an actual sid station, but I do want that sound.

Any good ones?????

kNarf_ · Post by **kNarf_** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:08 pm

reFX quadraSID

samplesbank · Post by **samplesbank** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:17 pm

Awsome, thanks. This is freeware or pay???

Any other ones????

lucknow13 · Post by **lucknow13** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:19 pm

Try Odo's Dr.Sid and or the Unknown synth and there was Syntendo and Yarcor and maybe a few others around. Mostly FREE.

amiga909 · Post by **amiga909** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:24 pm

lucknow13 wrote:Try Odo's Dr.Sid and or the Unknown synth and there was Syntendo and Yarcor and maybe a few others around. Mostly FREE.

unknown64 is very kewl indeed. oli larkin made a very fine sid-machine too: SE64 (free) http://www.kvraudio.com/get/1615.html

offensive-teenager · Post by **offensive-teenager** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:28 pm

quadrasid just doesn't sound like sid, those free synthedit plugins much closer..

samplesbank · Post by **samplesbank** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:38 pm

Awsome, i feel like i'm on 8-bit ecstacy on this thread.

Is there anyway to covert samples to make them sound like they're comming through a sid chip????

sinkmusic · Post by **sinkmusic** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:41 pm

Odo U64 pro + DeLaMancha Basic64 = neverending fake 8 bit goodness

[edit] add the L-day Pure6581 and Dr-Sid from Odo, and you're done.

All are free but donations are welcome : they worth it !

Tonmann · Post by **Tonmann** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:51 pm

offensive-teenager wrote:quadrasid just doesn't sound like sid, those free synthedit plugins much closer..

Not true. I have tested a lot of these freebies and in the end I purchased QuadraSID, because it comes way closer to the unique sound the SID has. And I know what I'm talking about.

cheers,
Chris

Xenos · Post by **Xenos** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:51 pm

To my ears, QuadraSID certainly sounds like a SID chip with proper programming. Try that and get Torben Hansen's soundset over at Pro-sounds. I have a new set for it in the works over at refx as well.

Tonmann · Post by **Tonmann** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 10:53 pm

samplesbank wrote:Awsome, i feel like i'm on 8-bit ecstacy on this thread.

Is there anyway to covert samples to make them sound like they're comming through a sid chip????

Pretty simple. Convert them to abt. 4KHz, 4 bits, mono.

cheers,
Chris

offensive-teenager · Post by **offensive-teenager** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 2:32 am

http://www.hypersynth.com/hypersid.html

tERMoBLUe · Post by **tERMoBLUe** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:43 pm

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amiga909 · Post by **amiga909** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:05 pm

Xenos wrote:To my ears, QuadraSID certainly sounds like a SID chip

got a Electron Sidstation to compare, and imho quadrasid does not have that dirty sound, and its in my view not kewl to program. maybe quadrasid comes close but is it a nice synth above all? maybe I just dont like quadrasid's interface...
I've stated this elsewhere: synthedit does best at crappy-computer emus! emulating analogues and fm's, synthedit very rarely reaches the pro-synth level. in the case of vintage-computers it (or rather the dev's) do better than the industry. used odo and larkin really a lot, they sound great and are easy and fast to program.
- tkx sinkmusic for L-day Pure6581, did not know that one
- also worth to be mentioned here: ymVST by gwem (synthedit)
- also worth to check out: chip32 by sam (very simple), quantum64 by cockaigne (synthedit) and various stuff from tweakbench (synthedit; monomate, u.a.)

deastman · Post by **deastman** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:18 pm

amiga909 wrote:
Xenos wrote:To my ears, QuadraSID certainly sounds like a SID chip
got a Electron Sidstation to compare, and imho quadrasid does not have that dirty sound, and its in my view not kewl to program. maybe quadrasid comes close but is it a nice synth above all? maybe I just dont like quadrasid's interface...

My friend used to have a SidStation. Quadrasid will give you clean, clear C64 sounds. SidStation gives you dirty, grungy sounds, particularly in the filter. It also has fairly loud clock noise which is audible at all times, and you basically need to put a gate on it permanently in order to make it useable.

What's a good sid station vst/plugin????