SID sample playback

MIDIbox SID
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Hi again,

Does the Midibox SID handle sample playback? i had a look here

http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=d23c26cc8dafd1803957cc217db33a57&topic=12408.0

and got a tad concerned that it might not.

I’ve got 6581r4s and 8580s but from the looks of that post it doesn’t look like it matters either way, no playback :frowning:

I haven’t started building my MBSid yet but i’d be a bit disappointed if i couldn’t rock out some 4 bit Art of Noise style beats when i finished.

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I haven’t tested all possible combinations, but I do recall one of my mbSIDs playing the turrican speech intro ;D

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I think there’s something a bit weird about the turrican intro and how it’s stored/played back, though this could be my brain farting. It is by far the longest sample i’ve heard on the c64 either way.

Do you remember hearing any other samples being played back? It’d be a bit annoying to play something like Jeroen Tel’s Afterburner w/o sample playback.

I’d be intrigued to know if there’s any way to digitize my own samples and have the MBSid play them back.

4

No, samples are not supported.

See also http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php/topic,10421.msg78752.html#msg78752

You should go for HardSID if you are finding sample playback so important.

Best Regards, Thorsten.

5

Ah ok, cheers for letting me know. Definitely going to build at least one MBSid, looks like a bit of a beast even w/o sample playback

6

Hmmm… maybe this could be a feature in the Midibox SID 32?

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Yes… see also http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php/topic,13488.msg116060.html#msg116060

Best Regards, Thorsten.

8

I just don’t understand the allure of SID sample playback for anything other than nostalgic purposes.  The character of SID sample playback could be emulated with just a PIC and a few passive components, and would yield more flexible results.

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I just don’t understand the allure of SID sample playback for anything other than nostalgic purposes.

I’m sure you’re right about the character of c64’s sample playback being easy to emulate but it’s beyond my meagre skills to knock up a hw/sw combo to do it. I hope it is supported in the STM32 SID, the midibox sid would def be the undisputed king of sid synths then.

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the midibox sid would def be the undisputed king of sid synths then.

Hmmmm, I wonder… which sid synth is the undisputed king at the moment, then???

:wink: