On 4/19/07, James Stone <jamesmstone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 05:48:10PM +0200, Sebastian Gutsfeld wrote: > Hi James, > > "James Stone" <jamesmstone@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > Does anyone know of a linux based synth that emulates the sound of the > > C64 SID chip? I would love to use that sound in some pieces, but I > > have never been able to find anything very usable. > > > > Perhaps something could be used from the libsid/libsidplay libraries?? > > Sidplay2 uses ReSID for sound emulation. There are two other programs I > know of that use this library: > > * Goattracker (http://cadaver.homeftp.net) but you have to be familiar > with a tracker interface and some SID internals > > * VICE C64 emulator (http://www.viceteam.org) > > Try Paul Slocum's Cynthcart (http://qotile.net/cynthcart.html) or the > good old JCH editor (http://chordian.dk/files.htm?c64) with its cool > polyplay mode for realtime play on the computer keyboard. > > Another option is Legasynth > (http://www.reduz.com.ar/cheesetronic/index.php?section=4), but I don't > think this sounds very close to a real SID. > Thanks for these suggestions.. They all sound quite sensible. I will look into them all.. sound like nice ways to generate good samples. Legasynth is closer to what I was envisaging though.. Although I have never managed to build it successfully.. I keep going back to it thinking "I've been using Linux for 6/7/8/9.. years now.. I _must_ be able to get it to work now" but with no success.. Perhaps I will go back and try again. IIRC, it depends on a load of old libraries that are not too common. If it doesnt sound much like a C64, I'm not so interested though. What I was really envisaging was a nice realtime synth with midi input and pref. jack output to generate some nice 8 bit sounds and some decent glitchy dirty sounding noises. I imagine something could be built under PD, but I don't really know where to start. I will also look into the vst plugin, which is probably closer to what I wanted, but I really object to using non-native audio stuff on Linux.. I have got stuff working before, and it always seems much more resource hungry, and less stable than it really should be. James _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/linux-audio-user
I've wanted to use resid to write either a standalone or DSSI synth for years now. Never had the time. I think it would be a fun project though. I'm not sure what the UI would look like... I remember starting to attempt it at one point, but I never got the resid code to generate any output. It was an unusual interface, as you had to call a tick() function or something like that every n (where n < 44100) samples to run the chip emulation and get an output sample. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/linux-audio-user
