DeepSID is an online SID player for the High Voltage SID Collection and
more. It plays music created for the Commodore 64 home computer. Click any of the folder items below to start browsing the collection.
You need to enable one of these emulatorsDecrease this if too slow
2SID
0
800
FFF
Pulse
SID chip
$D400
RM
HS
0
7FF
Filter cutoff
F
Res
0
Low
Band
High
0
800
FFF
Pulse
SID chip
$D400
RM
HS
0
7FF
Filter cutoff
F
Res
0
Low
Band
High
0
800
FFF
Pulse
SID chip
$D400
RM
HS
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Filter cutoff
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Band
High
Help
If the playback is choppy, try increasing the buffer size. Smaller values mean faster and
smoother updating (default is 1024 which is the lowest possible) but also require a fast
computer with a nifty web browser.
The top right waveform legend explains the colors of notes on the keyboards. Red is pulse,
green is triangle and blue is sawtooth. Gray is noise. Waveforms may be combined, but 31, 61
and 71 are only audible on the 8580 SID chip.
The numbers above the bars are hexadecimal.
Pulse width has 12 bits and goes from 0 to 4095.
The triangle indicates that it's most audible in the middle. The filter cutoff has 11 bits
and thus goes from 0 to 2047.
The small yellow bar is the filter resonance. It can go from 0 to 15 (maximum resonance).
Resonance is a peaking effect which emphasizes frequency components at the cutoff frequency
of the filter, causing a sharper sound.
RM is ring modulation (non-harmonic overtones) and HS is hard synchronization (complex
harmonic structures). Both effects require two voices – the previous voice as the
carrier and the current voice as the modulator.
Sometimes the use of gate bit (i.e. when the piano key is depressed then later released) make
notes too quick to sense, or it may in some cases even hide them. Turning it off with the
toggle button in top can amend this.
Click the green buttons to toggle voices ON or OFF. You can also type
1, 2 and 3 or alternatively q, w
and e. (You can also use 4 and r for digi if you are using
WebSid, but it is not reflected on this page.)
2SID and 3SID tunes are supported. Each keyboard will automatically combine
to host an entire chip (i.e. 3 voices). The square voice buttons will toggle entire SID
chips ON or OFF when playing these types of tunes.
If you want to "solo" a voice/chip, hold down Shift while pressing the hotkey.
You need to enable one of these emulatorsDecrease this if too slow
Player size
Load address
Init address
Play address
Default subtune
SID file type
Encoding
Pace (Speed)
SID model
SID addresses
Zero Page $0000-$00FF
Player Block
This tab will show release lists and pages from CSDb as you click SID files.
CSDb, short for The Commodore
64 Scene Database, is the largest and most comprehensive database about C64 releases
pertaining to the demo scene. It's where all the cool dudes go to hang out.
This tab will show links to game entries in GameBase64 as you click SID files that were
used in at least one C64 game, released or unreleased (these are listed as a preview).
GameBase64 is a large database
for C64 games with credits, details and screenshots.
If available, this tab will show information about the editor/player that made the song.
STIL / Lyrics
This tab will sometimes show one of two things depending on the SID collection you're browsing.
It will display the same contents as the first tab in the box just above the player controls.
STIL
If you're clicking a song in the High Voltage SID Collection that has a STIL entry, this will be
shown here as well as in the box. Any sub tunes mentioned have green buttons that you can click.
STIL stands for SID Tune Information List and contains information beyond the standard
TITLE, AUTHOR, and RELEASED fields. This includes cover information,
interesting facts, useless trivia, comments by the composers themselves, etc. The STIL, though,
is limited to factual data and does not try to provide an encyclopedia about every original artist.
For more information about STIL, please refer to this FAQ.
Lyrics
If you're clicking a song in Compute's Gazette SID Collection that has lyrics, this will
be shown here and in the box.
Technically, lyrics are always added in a separate WDS file that accompanies the MUS file that
contains the actual music data. However, not all MUS files have a WDS file. Roughly one third
of the MUS files in the collection have lyrics.
Remix64
If you click a SID file that has been remixed into modern forms, this tab will show
those entries from Remix64.
Remix64 is a portal to the unified world
of Commodore 64 and Amiga music remixing, containing news, reviews, charts and chat. Remixes
can be uploaded and rated here. It's maintained by Markus Klein, also known as
LMan.
If you register and log in, you can adjust your settings here.
About
DeepSID is an online SID player that can play music originally composed for the
Commodore 64, a home computer
that was very popular back in the 80's and 90's. This computer had an amazing sound chip
called SID.
The SID chip was really ahead of its time. Although it only had 3 voices, it offered
oscillators of 8 octaves, ADSR, four waveforms, pulse width modulation, multi mode filtering,
ring modulation, and hard synchronization. It really was like a tiny synthesizer, and you
could even make it play digi samples along with the SID voices.
The images for composer profiles come from all over the internet. I have tried
to be fair and not use images that the composer did not already have available on a personal
web site, social media, interview, or another public place.
Most are publically available profile images from Facebook or LinkedIn.
A lot of older retro images (typically lo-res) are from the musicians photos download at GameBase64.
Some were originally taken by Andreas Wallström (C64.com).
And several other places I can't remember anymore.
If you feel you should be credited, let me know and I will add you to this section. Also, if
you don't like an image of you here, just let me know and I will of course remove it. You are
also welcome to send me a replacement image.
The user name and password boxes are used for both registering and logging in. To register,
just type the user name you want. If it is available (a status message tells you) then type a
password and hit the button.
Can you please make an app or an offline version?
I wanted to make an awesome online web player for SID tunes and I believe I have accomplished
that. It was never my intention to make an app or an offline player. An online player gives me
immediate access to e.g. HVSC and CGSC without having to download anything first. Just
everything ready to play, search through and rate no matter if I'm on my desktop, on my iPhone
or on my iPad.
However, it's possible to use an offline player with DeepSID. Just select the
Download option in the top drop-down box and start clicking rows. Make sure you
associate your offline player with automatically playing the tunes.
Where did the audio handlers for SOASC go?
The audio handlers for Stone Oakvalley's Authentic SID Collection were removed in September 2020.
The connections to these real-time recordings were always spotty at best and later the reaction
times also became painfully slow.
I have repeatedly tried to fix the reaction times to no avail. It's a shame having to leave this
library behind as it would have been nice with real-time recordings to complement the emulations,
but I finally decided that the quality of the SOASC implementation was inadequate for DeepSID.
Where did the Disqus tab go?
It was removed in late November 2020 together with all of its script code. It affected the performance
of DeepSID, especially when triggering new SID tunes. Because this comment system was already rarely
used by users, I decided to remove it altogether. The comments are still stored on their side and can
be exported.
How do I make my own playlists?
You need to be using a mouse to create and manage playlists. This cannot be done on a mobile
device (although you can enjoy your existing playlists there). Also, you must of course be
logged in.
Start finding awesome SID tunes in the HVSC or CGSC folders.
When you find one you like, right-click it. A context menu appears. Choose to add it to a new
playlist.
Browse to the root. Your new playlist should now be there in the bottom with the SID file
name.
Right-click your playlist folder and choose to rename it.
Continue with other awesome SID tunes, only this time choose to add them to your existing
playlist.
Inside your playlist, you can right-click SID files to rename or
remove them, or set a different default sub tune.
If you later want to share your playlist, you can right-click the playlist folder and choose
to publish it.
Or, if you later hate your playlist, you can right-click the playlist folder and choose to
delete it.
Published playlists appear further up in the root and can be seen by everyone (even those that
are not logged in) but you're still the only one that may edit it. When you enter a public
playlist, you can see who made it.
What are those options in the top left drop-down box?
It's where you choose a handler for the SID files.
Handler
Description
WebSid emulator
This is the JS emulator originally used by the
Tiny'R'Sid web site. It emulates standard
SID as well as digi tunes, 2SID and 3SID, and even MUS files in Compute's Gazette SID
Collection. This is the best quality version of WebSid with cycle-by-cycle processing.
WebSid (Legacy)
This is an older version of WebSid from before it was
overhauled to cycle-by-cycle processing. It's faster and has clearer digi sound, but it
doesn't emulate quite as faithfully. If your computer has trouble keeping up with the
above WebSid version, try this one instead.
Hermit's emulator
Hermit's jsSID emulator is extremely compact and can
play standard SID as well as 2SID and 3SID. Unfortunately it can't do digi tunes, but it
makes up for that by being a steadfast emulator.
Download SID file
This makes the browser download the tunes. This is especially
useful if an offline player has been associated with automatically playing it. Then it's like
having an extra play option.
Why can't I see the right text area on mobile devices?
That's by design, actually. Only the player pane is supposed to be visible on mobile devices
because of the limited screen space. This right text area is only really available for desktop
computers.
Can you add a playlist randomizer?
You can achieve the same thing by selecting the Shuffle option in the sort
drop-down box.
Can I search for a range of ratings?
Yes, if you type e.g. 3- for a search for ratings, you will get a list of all the
SID tunes and folders you have rated three stars or more. If you type 1-, you will
see all of your ratings.
Can I turn voices on and off?
Yes. Use keys 1, 2, 3
and 4 or alternatively q, w, e and
r. The first three are for the normal SID voices and the fourth is for toggling any
digi stuff (WebSid (Legacy) emulator only).
If you want to "solo" a voice, hold down Shift while pressing the hotkey.
In the piano view, you can also click the green number buttons.
Any other hotkeys worth knowing about?
Hit p in desktop web browsers to pop up a tiny version of the player.
Hit s to toggle minimizing or restoring the sundry box.
You can hold down the key just below the ESC key to fast forward.
If you hold down Shift while clicking rating stars, you will clear them. (However,
it's usually easier just to click the same star again if you want to clear the rating.)
Why doesn't this work in Internet Explorer?
The audio handlers all use an API called Web Audio which is
not supported by Internet Explorer.
You need a modern web browser to use this site.
Why can't I see the load/end addresses and size of the SID tune?
See that blue bar just below the top box with the title, author and copyright lines? It's the C64
memory, from $0000 to $FFFF. The dark blue blob that appears there is the SID tune as it takes up
space. If you hover your mouse pointer on it, the tooltip will tell you the memory boundaries in
hex and the size in bytes.
If you want a box with this information and more, click the Visuals tab and then the
MEMO button. And nifty shortcut to this is to just click the dark blue blob in that blue
bar mentioned before.
What URL parameters are available?
The following URL parameters currently work:
Parameter
Description
file
A file to play or a folder to show (use full root paths for both)
subtune
The subtune to play; must be used together with file
emulator
Set to websid, legacy, jssid or download to temporarily override the SID handler (reloading the web site
returns to the previous SID handler)
search
A search query (just like when typed in the bottom)
type
Search type; fullname (title), author,
copyright, player, location (in RAM – e.g. 16384
or 0x4000), maximum (as size – e.g. 16384 or 0x4000),
tag, stil, rating, country, new
(HVSC or CGSC version number) or gb64 (game)
tab
Set to csdb, gb64, remix, stil, visuals,
about, faq, changes or settings (the gear icon)
to select that page tab
sundry
Set to stil (or lyrics) or scope (or osc) to select that sundry box tab
player
Set to the ID of the player/editor page. Use a permalink from one to get it right.
csdbtype
Set to sid or release to show a CSDb entry;
must be used together with csdbid
csdbid
Set to an ID value to show a CSDb entry;
must be used together with csdbtype
mobile
Set it to 0 on a mobile device to use desktop view, or 1 on a desktop computer to use mobile view
Upgraded the WebSid (HQ) emulator. Fixed a pulse initialization bug that affected PollyTracker songs.
December 30, 2020
The tags for unique waveforms ($31, $61 and $71) are now hidden as they
added too much clutter to songs. However, it's still possible to add or remove them, and you
can also still search for them. Nevertheless they are now partly deprecated and thus I will
personally not add them to new songs anymore.
You can now right-click any playlist folder and download it from the context menu. You can do
this to all playlists, even those you don't own. The playlist will be downloaded as a ZIP file.
December 29, 2020
Upgraded the WebSid (HQ) emulator. Rolled back the anti-aliasing introduced by the December 1
upgrade. Fixed an issue with non-BASIC songs that still use BASIC.
Added the CSDb music competitions related to HVSC #74.
All new files in HVSC #74 are now connected to CSDb entries.
Fixed a bug where the unselected CSDb tab showed a notification dot when no entry was available.
December 28, 2020
The 8 new 2SID files in HVSC #74 (i.e. that uses 6 voices) has now been added as
exotic stereo files.
All the SID files uploaded to the SH folder this year has now been moved into a 2020 sub folder.
External links pointing to the root SH folder now redirects to the new year folder.
December 23, 2020
Added composer profiles for the new folders in HVSC #74.
Upgraded the WebSid (HQ) emulator. Replaced the anti-aliasing from Hermit's emulator with a
faster and more precise implementation.
November 29, 2020
The Disqus tab and all of its scripts have now been permanently removed. It affected the performance
of DeepSID, especially when triggering new SID tunes. Because this comment system was already rarely
used by users, I decided to remove it altogether.
You can now click the small two-digit year labels in a chart for active years to temporarily
search that folder for SID tunes that were released that particular year.
November 28, 2020
Disqus has been temporarily disabled to see if it improves performance.
November 24, 2020
Upgraded the WebSid (HQ) emulator. This is an experimental optimization that disables unused stuff in PSID
files. It should provide 30-50% faster emulation for some PSID files.
The upload/edit wizard for the SH folder has been expanded with another step. You can now rename the
file, and you can edit the player, author and copyright texts.
An appended year in the copyright text in the new wizard step is now moved to the beginning instead.
The new wizard step will now also try to suggest a pretty name and/or handle for the author.
November 23, 2020
Put the information text in the piano view in a help container that can be opened.
November 22, 2020
The upload process for adding a new SID file in the SH folder now automatically detects the player used.
This makes use of the same configuration file that the offline SIDId tool also uses.
November 15, 2020
Upgraded the WebSid (HQ) emulator. Redesigned the timer and interrupt scheduling, and optimized
read-modify-write handling.
November 12, 2020
Added color coding to handles in CSDB forums and comments on e.g. release pages. Red for administrators,
blue for moderators and green for trusted users.
November 1, 2020
Updated the OpenGraph image handling to show an avatar image when linking to a HVSC musician.
October 31, 2020
Upgraded the WebSid (HQ) emulator. Added noise-oversampling, refactored wave generation, and optimized
the performance of the 10SID song by ~20%.
October 30, 2020
Replaced a method for calling the CSDb web service. This should reduce the connection errors considerably.
Fixed a bug that created "empty holes" in the list of groups for a composer.
October 26, 2020
Upgraded the WebSid (HQ) emulator. Fixed incorrect LFSR threshold table and minor code reformatting.
September 27, 2020
Fixed a bug that sometimes caused ID numbers to appear instead of user names in CSDb comment threads.
September 26, 2020
Added support for forum avatars from CSDb users that are not composers, to make the CSDb
forum threads even more interesting to read. Various images will be added over time.
September 20, 2020
Added a link to PlayMOD in the top of the screen. This is a
spin-off of the UI used by DeepSID combined with the enormous libraries of
ModLand and
VGMRips.
It was created by Jürgen Wothke – the creator of the WebSid emulator used by DeepSID –
back in February 2019.
September 7, 2020
All SOASC audio handlers have been removed. The connections to these real-time recordings were spotty at
best and later the reaction times also became painfully slow.
July 24, 2020
Upgraded the WebSid (HQ) emulator. Added API to poke in between frame calls and fixed MUS init issue.
July 19, 2020
Upgraded the WebSid (HQ) emulator. Changed the meta info for digi playback.
July 18, 2020
Upgraded the WebSid (HQ) emulator. Fixed missing AD.R initialization and disabled digi detection.
July 17, 2020
Upgraded the WebSid (HQ) emulator. Fixed bugs in timing page crossings and added sprite-bad-cycle hack.
Fixed a bug that sometimes caused the filter cutoff bar in the piano view to flicker.
July 6, 2020
All new files in HVSC #73 are now connected to CSDb entries.
Added the CSDb music competitions related to HVSC #73.
July 4, 2020
Fixed a lot of bad sub tunes set in the Revised GAMES
playlist that caused songs to loop indefinitely.
You can now also search for a maximum size. Choose Maximum and then type the size.
Use raw numbers for decimal or prepend hexadecimal numbers with either $ or 0x.
(For example, 4096 or 0x1000.)
Fixed a bug where the profile page wasn't always updated correctly in the SH folder.
May 5, 2020
Extended lyrics in CGSC are now supported. Thanks to Stefano Tognon for suggesting it with an
included code sample. Click here for an example of a song with extended lyrics.
May 2, 2020
Improved the error handling further in the profile page. Now a message is displayed in the
groups table and it retries the CSDb connection after a few seconds.
April 21, 2020
Fixed a bug that sometimes caused an alert box with HTML to pop up on a profile page.
All profiles with unknown name (only a handle) now show question marks instead of nothing.
April 15, 2020
DeepSID should now display properly on iPad using the full desktop mode.
Updating tags for a SID row now immediately updates the sundry tab with tags too.
March 19, 2020
Years have been added to the info lines of all the CGSC files that contained this information.
Thanks to Peter Weighill for helping out with this.
February 18, 2020
Rolled back the WebSid (HQ) emulator to the previous version because it couldn't play CGSC files.
Slowed down the vertical scroll speed when using the custom scrollbar buttons.
February 3, 2020
Upgraded the WebSid (HQ) emulator. Undid flawed frequency pulse step improvements, improved
silence detection for BASIC tunes, and cleaned up file loading logic.
Added banner exchange in the root page for promoting different Commodore communities.
All brand logos now have a counterpart in the dark color theme.
January 29, 2020
Tags can now have longer names (upped from 80 to 100 pixels).
January 19, 2020
You can now also search for a start location. Choose Location and then type the address.
Use raw numbers for decimal or prepend hexadecimal numbers with either $ or 0x.
(For example, 16384 or 0x4000.)
Fixed another UTF-8 encoding bug in download filenames in some CSDb pages.
Fixed not enabling the Download SID file handler option after leaving the exotic folders.
To make sure you can always spot it, the Remix64 tag is now always the very first tag in line.
January 18, 2020
The SH folder now displays a notification count for the Disqus tab too, if there are comments.
Fixed a bug where the Disqus comment counts below stars were no longer seen after sorting differently.
January 15, 2020
Fixed a bug preventing the in-site context menu for some of the bottom SID rows from appearing.
The author field for a SH row now turns into a HVSC link if there's a profile that points to it.
A file uploaded to the SH folder will now have its filename adapted to conform with the HVSC naming
standard, i.e. mostly capitalized words and underscore characters instead of spaces.
January 14, 2020
Fixed a database bug when reading a folder added after the introduction of the SH folder.
January 13, 2020
Upgraded the WebSid (HQ) emulator. An issue with the BASIC loader has been fixed.
Songs with no profile set in the SH folder now show the default folder profile.
January 12, 2020
The new major folder SID Happens has
been added where users can upload and edit new SID files.
Upgraded the WebSid (HQ) emulator. Added support for ROM images; i.e. it can now play
BASIC tunes.
January 2, 2020
The red Boost tag has been renamed to the more apt name Doubling instead.
December 31, 2019
Fixed a UTF-8 encoding bug in download filenames in some CSDb pages.
December 30, 2019
Added the new red tag Mock. This can be used to indicate a song that has been
deliberately made to be bad, for example to be used in a fake demo.
December 29, 2019
If a SID row has too many tags to show at once, hover on one of the tags to
temporarily slide them to the left side so that more tags are revealed.
December 27, 2019
The noise waveform is now on by default in the piano view.
All new files in HVSC #72 are now connected to CSDb entries.
Added the CSDb music competitions related to HVSC #72.
December 26, 2019
In the profile tab, the table with groups now show affiliations for all of the handles that
the user have registered at CSDb. Also, the counts of credits and releases in the bottom is
a sum of all these handles combined.
December 25, 2019
Tags are no longer shown by default on mobile devices. This is to prevent sideways dragging
of the browser list. However, you can still turn them on with the check box in the sundry
tab for viewing tags.
December 24, 2019
Fixed a bug that prevented "plinks" from playing in the CSDb forum threads.
Toggling between two redirecting "plinks" with the b hotkey no longer disables
the skip buttons.
Added composer profiles for the new folders in HVSC #72.
December 5, 2019
The Boost and Hack tags now have a vivid red color to serve as warnings.
Please refer to this list of guidelines for an
explanation of these (and other) tags.
December 3, 2019
Clicking a link for playing a DeepSID tune from another site now invokes a big overlay
with a button that must first be clicked. This is necessary because most web browsers
today won't allow auto-playing audio.
December 2, 2019
Upgraded the WebSid emulator. Fixed proper playback of two specific SID files.
November 28, 2019
Some profile pages may now show the brand or logo in both color themes.
November 26, 2019
After clicking a "plink" (a redirecting HVSC path link) you can now go back by pressing
the b hotkey. You can also keep hitting it to toggle between the two locations
if you want to compare the songs.
November 24, 2019
Upgraded the WebSid emulator. Added 6581 voltage offset handling to improve respective $D418
digis and fixed a bug in the IRQ ROM routine.
November 22, 2019
Fixed a database bug that occurred when searching for quoted tags in playlists.
November 19, 2019
Tag names with spaces in them can now be searched for when enclosed in quotes.
Fixed not getting results when clicking tags with multiple words in the sundry tab.
November 18, 2019
Entering a folder with SID files now shows all their tags in the new sundry tab,
ready to be clicked for filtering. When a SID file is clicked and only its tags are shown,
a corner button can bring you back to the overview.
November 17, 2019
Added a new sundry tab for viewing all tags. This is particularly useful for songs that
have so many tags that the SID row fails to display all of them.
Clicking one of the tags shown in the new sundry tab performs a "here" search in the
current folder.
A check box by the new sundry tab for tags allows you to avoid displaying tags in
SID rows. This is useful if you find the tags there too "noisy" and only want to rely
on what the new sundry tab shows you.
Fixed two bugs regarding the Remix64 tag; one where it failed to search
"here" and one where it didn't show up in the sundry box when being the only tag.
November 15, 2019
Added information about zero page usage in almost all of the player/editor pages.
November 13, 2019
Tags for digi (and its supplemental tags) now have a stark contrast color and are huddled
together.
November 12, 2019
External SID files can now be temporarily loaded into DeepSID for testing against the JS
emulators by clicking the l hotkey. You can load several SID files at once.
Only you have temporary access to these files.
November 9, 2019
The WebSid emulators no longer skips ahead when a song is playing silence.
The search permalink now also includes the Here check box when it has been ticked.
November 8, 2019
You can now search for multiple tags to narrow down your search.
November 6, 2019
Added an additional SID handler for legacy WebSid. This is the version of WebSid from
before adding cycle-by-cycle processing. It's faster and has clearer digi sound, but
it doesn't emulate quite as faithfully.
Selecting a SID handler is now stored to make the choice sticky between sessions.
Because of now storing the SID handler, the ?emulator= switch is no longer
appended to the URL when switching around. However, you can still specify the switch and
it will then temporarily override the stored setting. See the table in the FAQ tab for a
list of the switch values.
The default SID handler for first time visitors now depends on the device. The best
WebSid emulator is set for desktop computers, while the legacy WebSid emulator is set for
mobile devices.
October 31, 2019
If you click a song and DeepSID detects that it has entries in the remix tab, a Remix64
tag will automatically be added to it if it doesn't already have it.
October 30, 2019
Spiced up the tag for Remix64 to make it more recognizable.
October 29, 2019
The legacy iOS version of the WebSid emulator broke in the latest iOS 13 update and thus
has been replaced by the latest WebSid version also used on desktop computers. Yes, it is
very demanding – but at least it works.
The Remix and Pastiche tags now have a faded color (origin to normal).
October 25, 2019
Parent folders in CGSC now also remember an updated profile rating when going back.
Composer profiles reused in other locations (such as in the exotic stereo 2SID folder or
in sub folders with work tunes) no longer show star ratings as it doesn't directly relate
to the parent folder in those situations.
October 24, 2019
Composer and folder profiles now also show star ratings that you can click. They are the
same as is normally shown for a folder before entering it.
October 18, 2019
Upgraded the WebSid emulator. Increased the initialization timeout for ALiH type players.
October 14, 2019
Different colors are now applied to production tags (blue) and origin tags (magenta)
while all other types of tags still use the default tag color.
Tags are now sorted correctly in the browser row after editing them.
October 9, 2019
Tags are now partly sorted in groups. Productions always come first (demo, game, etc.)
followed by origin (cover, remake, conversion and their subtypes) and then other stuff
sorted alphabetically for now.
October 4, 2019
Made the right list box taller (6 lines instead of 5) in the dialog box for editing tags.
Added a link in the dialog box to a separate tab page with
guidelines for editing tags.
October 2, 2019
Tidied up tags for songs converted from other devices or formats, such as Amiga, Game Boy,
Spectrum, Atari ST, Arcade, etc. These kind of covers now always use the tag
Conversion.
Exotic SID folders for specific composers now have the same profiles as in HVSC.
September 16, 2019
Fixed SID info in the memo view showing nonsense for MUS files in CGSC.
Fixed non-emulator SID handlers showing FALSE words all over the memo view blocks.
September 15, 2019
Android users now use the older iOS version of the WebSid emulator for performance testing.
Added general SID info in the memo view which may be useful to programmers.
September 14, 2019
Mobile devices can no longer enter the folder with exotic SID files. Due to performance
reasons, mobile devices use an older version of the WebSid emulator that is not
compatible with the SID format used in this folder.
Fixed a memo view bug where the beginning of C64 memory was shown for MUS files in CGSC.
The WebSid emulator now changes its drop-down box text depending on the device. Desktop computers
will continue to use WebSid emulator for the latest cycle-by-cycle version. Most
mobile devices will use WebSid (Legacy) which is older but faster. And finally, iOS
will use WebSid (iOS) to ensure continuous play.
September 13, 2019
Improved the performance of the updating of the memory view tables.
Replaced the cutting of the the player block with page browsing instead. This makes it
possible to see everything in pages of 512 bytes each.
Both the zero page block and the player block are now continuously updated.
All bytes updated in the memory view by the player code now turns red for easy spotting.
September 12, 2019
Fixed a bug where the piano view wasn't animating when clicking another song.
Overhauled the way the piano and memory views are updated. If anything suddenly looks
strange or doesn't work right (especially in the piano view) then please
let me know.
Upgraded the WebSid emulator. Fixed handling of NTSC for PSID v2 and above.
A memo view button has been added in the visuals tab. Click it to see two parts of the
C64 memory – one continuously updating zero page block, and a static view of the player
block with code and music data. Note that the latter will be cut short if the block is
too big (more than 8K) to maintain performance.
You can now click the dark blue memory chunk to jump to the new memo view.
September 8, 2019
Added almost 140 tunes in the Stereo 2SID
folder, converted from existing HVSC files.
September 7, 2019
You can now also search for tags inside playlists only.
SID tunes should play properly on iOS devices (i.e. iPhone, iPad and iPod) again.
September 6, 2019
The legacy WebSid emulator (from before the cycle-by-cycle overhaul) is now used by mobile devices.
Imported the new GameBase64 collection v16 with new game entries and screenshots.
September 2, 2019
Upgraded the WebSid emulator. Added support for a custom SID format that can play an
arbitrary number of SID chips, with optional stereo support.
The fourth major folder Exotic SID Tunes Collection
has been added with a small selection of special SID tunes that uses the custom SID
format now supported by the WebSid emulator.
The technical document about the custom SID format can now be read in the new folder.
August 31, 2019
You can now also use ENTER to transfer list entries in the dialog box for editing tags.
Hitting ENTER in the dialog box without any entries marked is now like clicking OK.
This can make for really fast tag editing. Just open the dialog box, type-to-find a tag,
ENTER to transfer it, then ENTER again to accept.
It is no longer possible to add a new tag name that already exists.
August 29, 2019
Tags can now be edited for songs when you're logged in. When hovering on a SID row, a
small + icon button appears at the end of the second line. Click this to
open a dialog box where you can edit its tags. Alternatively, you can also select the
new context menu option Edit Tags to open this dialog box.
To accommodate the impending editing of tags, a ton of genres has been added to the list
of available tags.
Tweaked the color of tags in the dark color theme to have a more greenish tone.
The RSID field is no longer shown in a SID row, to make more room for tags.
August 25, 2019
Added basic support for tags, shown in the line with year and player. To begin with only
a few tags have been added. More tags will come, and later it will also be possible for
logged in users to edit tags as well.
You can search for a tag when the corresponding type is set in the drop-down box.
August 22, 2019
All page tabs now remember their scroll bar positions when clicking around among them.
August 20, 2019
Songs started from a "plink" will now stop when done instead of proceeding to next sub tune or song.
Clicking an illegal "plink" path will now stop playing and strike the link itself through.
August 19, 2019
Trying to register a new user name now invokes a confirmation dialog box first.
August 18, 2019
Upgraded the WebSid emulator. Fixed CNT-pin related issue.
Added a FORUM link in the top, listing a few interesting forum threads
from CSDb. These threads have been adapted with "plinks" whenever possible. Click
the FORUM link for more about this.
August 16, 2019
HVSC path links in CSDb pages (e.g. those listed in music collections) now have a
small play icon prepended.
August 14, 2019
The top table with the longest SID playing times now show sub tune numbers when relevant.
This was particularly needed for songs with multiple long sub tunes in them.
The song length is now shown after a title in the remix tab.
Added corner graphics for pointing out that you can also vote in the remix tab.
August 10, 2019
Added a new tab for listing and playing remixes of SID songs. The list is built using an
API for Remix64.com and may play audio from
Remix.Kwed.Org. Both sites have given DeepSID
permission to access their resources.
August 3, 2019
MUS files are now disabled for Hermit's emulator when searching.
Tightened the handling of toggling and soloing voices for 2SID and 3SID tunes.
August 2, 2019
Fixed WebSid no longer playing 2SID and 3SID tunes after the script upgrades.
The 16384 buffer size button in the scope tab now also works when you're not logged in.
The song length at the end of the time bar now has a small dot added to it when the HVSC data
includes milliseconds. You can then hover on the length to see the full time in a tooltip.
Fixed a bug where the SID handlers stopped responding after SOASC couldn't find a song.
August 1, 2019
Upgraded the WebSid emulator. Fixed broken support for MUS files in CGSC.
Created a dark color theme for the graph view channels.
Upgraded the script processor and oscilloscope scripts for the WebSid emulator. This was
primarily done to eliminate the use of deprecated functions and should not be detectable.
July 30, 2019
The SID chip addresses are now shown when playing 2SID or 3SID tunes in the piano view.
The piano view voice buttons now toggle entire SID chips ON or OFF for 2SID and 3SID tunes.
This also covers the numeric hotkeys, and the graph view is similarly affected.
July 29, 2019
The piano view now supports 2SID and 3SID too – i.e. songs with 6 or 9 voices. Each keyboard
will automatically combine to host an entire chip (i.e. 3 voices).
July 28, 2019
Replaced the view drop-down box in the visuals tab with big buttons instead.
Changed the graph view layout toggle button into two radio buttons and moved them to the right side.
July 26, 2019
The graph view now also supports 2SID and 3SID – i.e. songs with 6 or 9 voices.
July 25, 2019
The pulse width button in the graph view now toggles between a "coat" or showing it in the right side.
The graph view now show the filter cutoff frequency with a transition from strong to brighter yellow colors.
July 24, 2019
Modulations are now visible in the graph view, and it can be turned off if you find it too obtrusive.
Removed the spacing between voices in the graph view. Might as well make use of all of the available space.
Added a voice number to each voice in the graph view.
July 23, 2019
Upgraded the WebSid emulator. Fixed a PSID timer issue with Fred Gray's
Madballs.
Removed the zoom option in the graph view and instead added a choice between row or column layouts.
Fixed a bug where the graph view was updated twice as fast as it needed to be.
July 22, 2019
The WebSid emulator has been significantly updated. The previous version of it used a
predictive emulation technique and required hacks for some SID tunes to work. The newly
updated version has been overhauled to use a cycle-by-cycle approach and no longer need
these hacks. It also emulates digi more faithfully and now supports more
difficult SID tunes than ever before. The downside is that the new emulation takes
about 50-100% more CPU time, depending on the SID tune itself.
July 20, 2019
Created a new visuals tab and moved the piano and graph views into a drop-down box inside of it.
July 18, 2019
Fixed a bug where the browser context menu appeared together with the custom context menu.
July 14, 2019
You can now click a small button near the logo to toggle between a bright or a dark color theme.
The SID handler option SOASC Automatic now shows a magenta color instead of black in the time bar.
July 6, 2019
Fixed a bug where default settings were not created for guests.
July 2, 2019
Fixed a data discrepancy in the top 20 tables with longest and total SID playing times.
The top 20 table with the longest SID tunes no longer show milliseconds.
All new files in HVSC #71 are now connected to CSDb entries.
Added the CSDb music competitions related to HVSC #71.
July 1, 2019
Added composer profiles for the new folders in HVSC #71.
The maximum song length at the end of the time bar now cuts off the milliseconds shown.
Fixed a bug where some STIL entries had letters cut off in the end of the text. This was a bug in a Python
script used for importing them. My apologies to the HVSC crew for being accused by users for causing this.
Fixed a new search bug that sometimes gave no results.
June 29, 2019
Fixed two minor bugs when clicking the time bar while using an SOASC handler to play a song.
June 28, 2019
Fixed a problem that erroneously reported down time from the SOASC file servers.
The SOASC options in the handler drop-down box will now be red too if SOASC is down.
June 27, 2019
New toggle in settings: Always start at the first sub tune in a song instead of the default set by HVSC.
The status of the SOASC file servers can now be viewed in the top. This is checked regularly by a cron job.
June 23, 2019
The web hotel have upgraded MySQL to a version that requires default values for all database
fields. I have now added these for all tables. This should fix the recent
issue about not being able to add tunes to playlists.
June 17, 2019
You can now click the middle mouse button on the subtune buttons, for first and last subtune.
Fixed a minor character display bug in the GB64 tab.
You can now also click a link to report a profile change for a composer. This uses the
"mailto" link method and it automatically prepares the body text with a link to the profile.
June 15, 2019
Tightened the handling of ratings when sorting in the competition folders.
