KVR Audio

b-real · Post by **b-real** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:58 pm

Did anyone try the new one that just came out
HyperSID
http://www.kvraudio.com/get/3086.html

MaliceX · Post by **MaliceX** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 4:14 pm

b-real wrote:Did anyone try the new one that just came out
HyperSID
http://www.kvraudio.com/get/3086.html

You need to construct/get a real HyperSID hardware unit to be able to use the VSTi...

amiga909 · Post by **amiga909** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 4:16 am

deastman wrote:SidStation gives you dirty, grungy sounds
need to put a gate on it permanently in order to make it useable.

u can make it a little better in a system setting of SidStation. background noise is less a problem imho than quirky timing (midi note triggering is somehow clumsy)... above all elektron sidstation is rather a waste of money for me now, not a fantastic hw synth (paid 900$)..

tk421 · Post by **tk421** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:01 pm

I am a big QuadraSID fan. you need to really spend some time with it to get it to do what you want. I think it is worth it. I have been using it with Dominion and getting a little more of the "dirt" people desire from SID sounds.
http://www.kvraudio.com/get/878.html

If you want to go the hardware route, there is a sequel to the Prophet64 cartridge called MSSIAH. Best of all, it is just a cartridge. No soldering or threat of house fire. MSSIAH sounds like it will have MIDI input. An the Prophet64 was fairly inexpensive, so hopefully MSSIAH will be too.

http://www.prophet64.com/
http://www.mssiah.com/

amiga909 · Post by **amiga909** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 6:05 pm

tk421 wrote:http://www.prophet64.com/
http://www.mssiah.com/

thanks for that. having a real c64 is still the best option. there are dozens of old c64 music apps to explore..
maybe i could compare my amiga500/1200 to c64 sid. used to make music with protracker and i am still amazed about its unique sound quality (nothing sounds like my old amiga!).
real c64 are fading away thu, these machines are mostly 20-30 years old...they're still way rougher than currently produced slip formed lollipop laptops of course.

offensive-teenager · Post by **offensive-teenager** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 6:43 pm

Hey come on that hypersid is easy to build and its quite inexpensive and sounds absolutely great!

dreaddd · Post by **dreaddd** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 11:34 am

someone can be interested in what TRN is developing...
http://www.tednilsen.com/
one freeware app for SID already available, another one upcoming AFAIK

Peace out

Compyfox · Post by **Compyfox** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 1:36 am

I can also vote for the ucapps mbSID project. There's a VSTi control device available for the 1-chip version. Unfortunately it's Windows only as it's a SynthEdit GUI/control solution, but you get the best of both worlds: a real analog SID chip (which is why the sound is so "dirty", as it's analog circuity), and a digital control interface (the VSTi remote).

And it's a lot cheaper than most other hardware solutions. You only need to have some soldering skills.

Else there're the usual suspects (like QuadraSID), and also the one from L-DAY, the PURE6581. It's not the best one IMO, but another possible alternative.

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 2:42 am

Cbasicore64 2.0 is a free pluggo version ...

BASSDRIVE · Post by **BASSDRIVE** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 3:38 am

I personally like Basic64 a lot.

bailees7irish · Post by **bailees7irish** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 1:47 pm

BASSDRIVE wrote:I personally like Basic64 a lot.

+1000

vom · Post by **vom** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 2:08 pm

Odo has a brand new C64 synth called '38911 Bytes' that is well worth checking out - sounds just as good as Unknown 64 Pro but with a more intuitive interface.

It's donationware, the free version is fully functional but you can't tweak the presets.

http://www.odosynths.com/

S-N-S · Post by **S-N-S** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 2:24 pm

offensive-teenager wrote:Hey come on that hypersid is easy to build and its quite inexpensive and sounds absolutely great!

please more info

LBN · Post by **LBN** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 9:28 pm

IMO, Odo's SIDmulations come closer than QuadraSID, although that is pretty good too. Of course, if you don't mind the time and effort you can get an actual C-64 working without dropping a whole lot of bank. But it's not going to be as reliable or easy to integrate into a DAW as a VSTi. And the SID chip itself is pretty noisy so you'll have to gate it. But I suppose that's part of the charm of the little bugger.

Anyway, Odo's stuff is enough for me to get the sounds I spent years getting out of my C-64 by poking and peeking and eventually going for straight 6510 assembly.

mckenic · Post by **mckenic** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 10:19 pm

Hardsid 4U - www.hardsid.com

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