High Voltage SID Collection: Update #70                                                 
Date: December 23, 2018                                                                 
                                                                                        
Resulting Version: 70                                                                   
 Previous Version: 69                                                                   
                                                                                        
After this update, the collection should contain 51,360 SID files!                      
                                                                                        
This update features (all approximates):                                                
     658 new SIDs                                                                       
      66 fixed/better rips                                                              
       3 repeats/bad rips eliminated                                                    
     174 SID credit fixes                                                               
      27 SID model/clock infos                                                          
       7 tunes from /DEMOS/UNKNOWN/ identified                                          
       1 tunes from /GAMES/ identified                                                  
      22 tunes moved out of /DEMOS/ to their composers' directories                     
       4 tunes moved out of /GAMES/ to their composers' directories                     
                                                                                        
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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# 8-Bit Symphony #
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Hull College and C64Audio.com with Rob Hubbard present 8-Bit Symphony on
15th June 2019. Paying special tribute to Ben Daglish and Richard Joseph.

Tickets are now available and can be ordered here:

https://www.8-bit-symphony.com/

The 8-Bit Symphony Collection and Score Books can be pre-ordered here:

https://c64audio.com/collections/featured/products/symphony-64
https://c64audio.com/collections/featured/products/symphony-64-score-books


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# VICE 3.3 #
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VICE 3.3 has been released. VICE is an open source cross-platform emulator of
several Commodore machines.

VICE also includes VSID which can be used to play SID files.

SID related changes:

- tweak uCox value
- correctly emulate filter cutoff transistor both in triode and saturation mode
- Split ReSID resource into 6581/8580-specific resources (passthrough/gain/bias)
- various envelope generator fixes
- use different timing on 6581/8580 for noise register reset when testbit is set
- noise shift register is clocked once after reset
- Enabled the use of the CoreAudio driver in macOS SDL builds.

VSID:

- Fix errors in multi-SID code
- Remember last-used-directory for the open file dialog
- Add drag'n'drop support
- Add HVSC support for SLDB
- Add HVSC support for STIL

You can get VICE from here:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/vice-emu/


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# CGSC v1.36 #
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The Compute Sidplayer Collection has been updated and contains now 15487 MUS
files, 4318 STR files and 5354 WDS files.

Get the collection here: http://www.c64music.co.uk/


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# DMC v6.0 #
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A new version of DMC has been released. This release focusses on improved
raster time usage. More info can be found in the note file on the disk.

Get the new release from: https://csdb.dk/release/?id=170999


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# JSIDPlay2 v4.0 #
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JSidplay2 version 4.0 has been released. JSidplay2 is an open-source C64
emulator specialized for sound reproduction. It is also a SID player for music
collections like HVSC and CGSC. It is a full C64 emulator and can play games of
the GameBase64 project as well. The emulator is written in Java and runs on any
environment that runs Java 8 or higher.

Changes in version 4.0:

- New commands implemented in protocol version 4 of Network SID device:
  SET_DELAY, SET_FADE_IN, SET_FADE_OUT, SET_PSID_HEADER.
- Delayed SID output for better fake stereo experience added.
- EmulationSettings enhanced (mute and delay up to 100ms added).
- SIDBlaster support added.
- Ultimate64 SID playback added.
- Fake stereo mode and delayed SID output for HardSID4U and SIDBlaster added.
- SLDB songlength, play time, startTime, fadeIn and fadeOut is from now on
  millisecond exact.
- MP4 recording added.
- AppServer integrated (RESTful web services), provided inside JSIDPlay2.
- Android Demo App provided as a client for AppServer.
- Tons of new command-line parameters added.
- Command line version of NetSIDDevice added.
- HTTPS used for all online section web-sites, if available.
- Online Downloads fixed (HTTP redirects and better Integration in Java).
- SOASC downloads fixed (MP3 comparison instead of naked playback).
- Configurable emulation buffer size added.
- More compact main user interface.
- Scrollling status line, if too long.
- Current track displayed on the main window.
- Action Replay Cartridge integrated.
- Music Collection auto-configuration now includes a pre-built search index.

Get it from: https://csdb.dk/release/?id=172129


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# JSidDevice v4.0 #
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A new version of JSidDevice has been released. JSidDevice is a network SID
device which can be controlled by SID players like ACID64 Player. JSidDevice
requires Java 8 or higher.

Changes in version 4.0:

- New commands implemented in protocol version 4 of Network SID device:
  SET_DELAY, SET_FADE_IN, SET_FADE_OUT, SET_PSID_HEADER.
- Support for Java 11.

Check out: https://csdb.dk/release/?id=172131


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# Reformation 3 C64 / Amiga Game Soundtrack Remakes by Matt Gray #
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Matt Gray started another Kickstarter project with the goal to make an album of
23+ remakes of C64 and Amiga soundtracks. The project was successful funded and
is estimated to be released in May 2020.

More info:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1289191009/reformation-3-c64-amiga-game-soundtrack-remakes-by


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# Hoxs64 v1.0.12.0 #
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Hoxs64 v1.0.12.0 has been released. Hoxs64 is a C64 emulator for Windows written
by David Horrocks.

Audio changes since version v1.0.9.9:

- SID envelope timing fixes to accommodate VICE test programs in
  testprogs\SID\env_test\ 
- SID sustain register cycle accurate response to changes. Update to the SID
  noise write back behaviour.
- Also improved is the timing of gate attack during release and gate release
  during attack as measured by own test programs.

Get the new version from: http://www.hoxs64.net/


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# DeepSID #
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DeepSID is an online SID player made by JCH of Vibrants. It emulates music
created for the Commodore 64 home computer. It supports nice features like:

- Toggling between WebSID/jsSID/SOASC for SID playback.
- SID player and year display for each song.
- Rating folders and SID files.
- Comment / Discuss SID files
- Profile / STIL / CSDb / GB64 / Piano / Flood view.
- Search through HVSC / STIL.
- and much more.

Almost every day changes are made and are put online. See the Changes tab for
the full change log.

Check it out: http://deepsid.chordian.net/


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# Project Hubbard #
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Project Hubbard is a Kickstarter project started in 2017. Recently the album
Rob Returns has been released digitally and also the music editor RobTracker
for Windows has been released.

More info can be found here:

https://c64audio.com/ph


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# FPGASID #
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The FPGASID project is a hardware project that simulates the SID chip with an
FPGA chip. It aims for a better SID than any SID has ever been before. The
FPGASID board is now being produced and will become available soon.

Features:

Accurate replication of the original SID MOS6581 and MOS8580
- Exact reproduction of the digital sound generation part
- Spice simulation of the analog filters
- Advanced models for all 6581 non-linearities

Many extra features on top of the original SID
- FPGASID includes two fully functional SIDs for 6-voice stereo sound
- Perfect audio quality - much better than the original SID!
- Pseudo stereo mode mixes traditional tunes or game sounds to stereo
- Digitize the analog input to 8-bit samples (in your own software)
- Sample playback of 8-bit samples (in your own software)
- Nice light organ effect visible when mounted in transparent case
- Paddles readout even more accurate than the original SID

High compatibility
- Works in any C64/SX64 or C128
- Works with any software written for standard single SID computers
- Works with large existing software base for dual SID stereo tunes
- Paddle and 1351 Mouse support
- Analog input EXTIN fully supported 

Easy configuration with the software tool ConfiGuru
- Individual configuration of every SID
- Easy- and Expert configuration modes
- Save up to two configuration sets permanently in flash memory
- Easy update to new firmware directly on your C64
- Flexible address allocation of the second SID
- Diagnostic function to troubleshoot hardware problems

Easy installation
- Installation done in 20 minutes
- No soldering required for all main features (except external configuration
  switch, when needed)
- Much smaller than traditional stereo boards

More info: http://www.fpgasid.de/


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# ksid64 1.0 #
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ksid64 is a cross-platform command line tool made by Kruthers which converts a
SID file into a runnable PRG file that will show a realtime graph of raster time
usage and keep track of the worst frame and max raster time.

Get the tools here: https://csdb.dk/release/?id=171655


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# SidAMP for Android #
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SidAMP is a music player which supports the SID format known from the Commodore
64/128 home computers.

Main features:

- Simple, small and intuitive
- PETSCII user interface
- High quality playback
- HVSC integration

Get it from Google Play or visit:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.garageapps.android.sidamp&hl=en_US


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# GoatTracker v2.74 #
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GoatTracker is a cross-platform and open source C64 music editor made by
Cadaver.

Changes:

- Fixed track length not properly updated when swapping tracks.
- Fixed track length not properly updated if merge-load fails.
- Added dotted pattern display modes (-D2 and -D3.)

More info: https://csdb.dk/release/?id=167726


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# GoatTracker v2.75 Stereo #
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GoatTracker Stereo is a cross-platform and open source C64 music editor made by
Cadaver. With the stereo version you are able to create SID files using two SID
chips simultaneous which gives you a total of 6 channels.

Changes:

- Fixed track length not properly updated when swapping tracks.
- Added merge song function to the stereo version.
- Added dotted pattern display modes (-D2 and -D3.)

More info: https://csdb.dk/release/?id=167727


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# defMON 2018-11-01 #
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defMON is a music editor for the Commodore 64.

Changes in this release:

- Bug fix: A pretty bad bug was fixed that might cause code corruption of
  different kinds, depending on a number of factors. The way the bug happened
  to manifest itself in the previous version, it caused filter sweeps and
  filter settings not to work as intended when using a 8580 SID.
- Bug Fix: In some versions saved worktunes sometimes turned out very large when
  saved to disk.

You can get the editor from here:

https://toolsforscholars.com/defmon/doku.php?id=download:download


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# Sidplayfp 1.4.4 #
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Libsidplayfp (and its console frontend sidplayfp) is a fork of sidplay2 born
with the aim to improve the quality of emulating the 6581, 8580 chips and the
surrounding C64 system in order to play SID music better.

Changes in this release:

- Fix misspelling in error message (bug #26)
- Correctly clock oscillators in silent mode
- CIA timing fixes
- Allow running VICE tests
- Documentation fixes

Get the new version here: https://sourceforge.net/p/sidplay-residfp/wiki/Home/


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# SID Known v1.16 #
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Wilfred Bos has released SID Known v1.16. This version supports now HVSC #70.
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
(https://hvsc.de) or post it in one of the CSDb forums (https://csdb.dk) like
"SIDs that aren't in HVSC yet".

Get the tool here: https://csdb.dk/release/?id=172987