High Voltage SID Collection: Update #60
Date: December 22, 2013

Resulting Version: 60
 Previous Version: 59

After this update, the collection should contain 44,670 SID files!

This update features (all approximates):
     825 new SIDs
     233 fixed/better rips
      11 repeats/bad rips eliminated
     910 SID credit fixes
     120 SID model/clock infos
      24 tunes from /DEMOS/UNKNOWN/ identified
       8 tunes from /GAMES/ identified
      60 tunes moved out of /DEMOS/ to their composers' directories
       7 tunes moved out of /GAMES/ to their composers' directories

Another milestone reached: 44,000+ SIDs thanks to the never ending love
from the C64 scene that still produces an amazing quantity of great tunes
for our endless hunger for bleepy music. Keep this spirit alive!

We are always looking for others to help make HVSC a better collection.
If you find any errors or have new rips to add, please email:

 iAN CooG  <hvsc (sid) c64.org>

Thanks to all the people who have helped to make HVSC the collection that
it is today, without your help it would be a much tougher task.


SID RELATED NEWS:


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# Sidplay64 v0.8 #
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Sidplay64 is a C64 program made by GRG / Shape to play back SID files. You can
browse SID files from disk and it also has support for random playback of SIDs.
Sidplay64 has support for 1541u, netdrive, iec, cmd, ide64 and Sd2iec.

Changes in v08:

- F7 key works as pause/continue.
- Random routine is now more random in a increasing way.
- 1541U2 software iec mode support.
- Configure and clear registers for 2nd SID chip (for 2sid tunes).
- An option to skip RSIDs and PSIDs using $0000 as play address on startup.
- Skin color using keys 1-9 on startup.

Check out: http://noname.c64.org/csdb/release/?id=126095


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# VICE.js #
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VICE.js is a JavaScript port of VICE 2.4 made by Richard Janicek.
You need a very up-to-date browser like Chrome 33 or Firefox > 24 in order to
run it.

Have a look at: http://retroplay.co/c64/


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# The Commodore 64 Mega SID quiz! #
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C64TV created a SID quiz on YouTube with 236 audio samples from various
Commodore 64 games.
If you want to check if you can identify all the tunes just go to:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrtM2e26Bbo


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# Hoxs64 v1.0.8.5 #
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Hoxs64 v1.0.8.0 has been released. Hoxs64 is a C64 emulator for Windows XP/7/8.

Changes:

- Fixed an EasyFlash cartridge fault when loading a 4KB CRT file or state file.
- Added emulation state file save, load and restore facility.
- Added Epyx Fastload cartridge.
- Added screen border hide options.
- Fixed Retro Reply cartridge banking fault.
- Reworked the CPU code to accommodate XAA/ANE for a MOS8500.

More info: http://www.hoxs64.net/


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# ACID64 v3.50 #
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A new version of ACID64 has been released. ACID64 is a cycle based player for
Windows that can play SID tunes on sound devices with a real SID chip and via
network devices that emulate the SID chip, like JSidDevice that is part of
JSidplay2.

Changes in version 3.5:

- Fixed error when HVSC folder was not specified on some machines
- Fixed error when opening certain MUS files
- Layout issues fixed for different DPI settings
- First file played is now always added to history list
- Other small improvements

The new version can be found at: http://www.acid64.com


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# TinyJSid - HTML5 #
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Jürgen Wothke created a HTML5 port of Tiny'R'Sid which can be used to play SID
music online. Emscripten is used to port the C code to JavaScript.

Check out: http://www.wothke.ch/experimental/TinyJsSid.html


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# SID Fixer #
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The SID Fixer is a small circuit board for installation inside your C64 or 128.
It allows you to mount both an old and a new SID at the same time. This gives
you the opportunity to manually switch between the two chips on-the-fly, but it
also enables music player software to automatically select and use the
appropriate SID.

More info: http://noname.c64.org/csdb/forums/?roomid=14&topicid=99582


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# HardSID Jukebox Top 20 #
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Vincenzo made a 1,5 hour mix of all the tunes from the HardSID Jukebox Top 20
which can be found here: http://c64jukebox.hardsid.com/

Check out the BitJam Episode #177 Podcast:

http://www.bitfellas.org/news.php?item.4457.23

or download the MP3 directly:

http://files.exotica.org.uk/?file=/bitfellas/podcast/bitjam_177.mp3


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# MIDIbox ASIDITY #
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Sauraen and Oikanys did work very hard this year on the MIDIbox ASIDITY. It is a
new SID-based synthesizer. The synthesizer supports up to 8 SID chips (4 x 6581
and 4 x 8580).

Have a look at their latest video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBqS4LpXq5U

More info on this project:

http://midibox.org/forums/topic/16471-midibox-asidity/page-2


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# sID JAm #
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sID JAm is a "Battle of the Bands" style Commodore 64 music player. sID JAm
randomly selects two tunes from all the available tunes in HVSC. It's up to
you to decide winners or losers of this massive tournament.
sID JAm uses JSidplay2 emulator to play the SID tunes.

Get it here: http://www.sidjam.com/


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# GeekTunes #
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GeekTunes is a new music player for the iPhone with safety in mind. It has been
designed for use in the car with big easy to use buttons so you can keep your
hands more on the wheel while driving. GeekTunes plays C64 SID, Amiga MOD and
IT/XM/S3M files.

More info: https://sites.google.com/site/geektunes2/


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# NinjaTracker V2.04 #
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NinjaTracker is a music editor with a quite minimal feature set that runs on
the Commodore 64/128.
The new version only includes some bug fixes.

Get the new version here: http://noname.c64.org/csdb/release/?id=119721


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# SID Known v1.07 #
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Wilfred Bos has released SID Known v1.07. This version supports now HVSC #60.
SID Known is a command line tool which you can use to identify SID tunes from
SID and PRG files.

This tool can be used if e.g. you want to know which SID tune is used in a
specific C64 demo or C64 game, or you have a SID tune found or ripped and you
want to know if it is already in your SID collection.

SID Known can be used to identify music but it also helps to find out which
tunes are not in the High Voltage SID Collection. If you find music not found
by SID Known, it would be appreciated if you report this to the HVSC crew
(http://hvsc.de) or post it in one of the CSDb forums (http://csdb.dk) like
"SIDs that aren't in HVSC yet".

Get the tool here: http://csdb.dk/release/?id=126286
