If you don't know the lengths just leave them as is for now. You can edit the file again later.
This only affects the lines you see in the folder list as the top left box reflects the SID file itself.
SID 1 |
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SID 2 |
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SID 3 |
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Balance |
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Delay |
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4_Non_Blondes-Whats_Up_Remix.sid 2019 in an unidentified player Compo Remix Digi M418 Samples | |
4k_Headbang.sid 2013 in GMC/Superiors 4K Intro Gabber Hardcore Loop | |
Acid_Flashback.sid 2019 in an unidentified player Compo Digi M418 Samples Acid Techno | |
Acid_Rains.sid 1994 in Music Assembler Demo | |
Alien_part_1.sid 1996 in GMC/Superiors Metal Techno | |
Alien_part_2.sid 1994 in GMC/Superiors Demo Metal Techno | |
Amphetamine_compo_edit.sid 1997 in GMC/Superiors Compo Diskmag Breakbeat Techno | |
Amphetamine_extended_mix.sid 2010 in GMC/Superiors Breakbeat Edit Techno | |
Annihilation.sid 1994 in GMC/Superiors Demo | |
Anticipation_of_Machines.sid 2010 in GMC/Superiors Game SEUCK Acid Ambient Experimental | |
Applause_II.sid 1998 in GMC/Superiors Demo Jingle Techno | |
Applause_Theme.sid 1998 in GMC/Superiors Demo Acid Techno | |
Artificial_Intelligence.sid 1995 in GMC/Superiors Demo | |
Autistik_Compo_Edit.sid 2002 in GMC/Superiors Compo Edit Experimental IDM | |
Autistik_XL.sid 2002 in GMC/Superiors Demo Experimental IDM | |
Big_Opening_Occultism_mix.sid 1998 in GMC/Superiors Demo Jingle | |
Blasphemer_94.sid 1998 in Music Assembler Compo | |
Brain_Waves.sid 1996 in GMC/Superiors Demo Acid Techno | |
Brain_Waves_compo_edit.sid 1995 in GMC/Superiors Compo Acid Techno | |
Breed.sid 1997 in GMC/Superiors Compo Demo Techno | |
Breed_Coma_extended_mix.sid 2010 in GMC/Superiors Edit Techno | |
Bullet_in_the_Head_part_1.sid 1996 in GMC/Superiors | |
Bullet_in_the_Head_part_2.sid 1996 in GMC/Superiors | |
Canned_and_Trapped.sid 1996 in GMC/Superiors Rave Techno | |
Catch_the_Dream.sid 1996 in GMC/Superiors Compo Winner | |
CH3-C_O-CH3.sid 2020 in SidFactory II/Laxity Compo 3ch Filter Loop Subdued | |
CH3_2CHOH.sid 2020 in SidFactory II/Laxity Compo Loop | |
CH3_CH2_3OH.sid 2020 in SidFactory II/Laxity Compo Loop | |
Chase_94.sid 2012 in Music Assembler Compo Breakbeat Fast Metal Techno | |
Check_Da_Groove.sid 1996 in GMC/Superiors Diskmag | |
Claustrophobic.sid 1994 in GMC/Superiors Demo Metal | |
Confused.sid 1996 in GMC/Superiors Techno | |
Crocodile_Song_94.sid 1997 in GMC/Superiors Demo Cover | |
Cyanide_compo_edit.sid 1997 in GMC/Superiors Compo Winner Demo Metal Techno | |
Cyanide_extended_mix.sid 2010 in GMC/Superiors Edit Metal Techno | |
Cyberfunky.sid 1997 in GMC/Superiors Diskmag | |
Da_Groovy_Madness.sid 1996 in GMC/Superiors Diskmag Techno | |
Dead_Fish.sid 1997 in GMC/Superiors 4K Intro Experimental | |
Digital_Trance.sid 1994 in GMC/Superiors Diskmag Acid Rave Techno | |
Do_It_Fast_Stary_Piernik_Mix.sid 2012 in OxyMod/THCM Compo Digi 8bit Samples | |
Dream_Injection.sid 2002 in GMC/Superiors Demo Acid Ambient Experimental Jingle | |
Drop_it.sid 1999 in GMC/Superiors Compo Winner Breakbeat Techno | |
Ender.sid 1997 in GMC/Superiors Compo Demo Techno | |
Epilogue.sid 1997 in GMC/Superiors Compo Demo Diskmag | |
Evil-Utions.sid 1996 in GMC/Superiors Breakbeat Rave Techno | |
Fatal_Error.sid 1995 in GMC/Superiors Demo Diskmag $31 Metal Techno | |
Final_Frontier.sid 1994 in GMC/Superiors Demo | |
For_Those_About_to_Acid_edit.sid 2013 in GMC/Superiors Crack Intro $31 Acid Experimental Minimal Techno | |
Forgotten_short_version.sid 2010 in GMC v2.0/Superiors 4K Intro Ballad Chillout | |
Friday_the_13th.sid 1996 in GMC/Superiors Demo | |
Frozen.sid 1994 in GMC/Superiors Demo | |
Fuck_Off_Santa_Claus.sid 1994 in GMC/Superiors Compo Cover Christmas Doubling Fast Gabber Hardcore LOL Parody | |
G-Lame-Rous.sid 1994 in GMC/Superiors Demo | |
Golem.sid 2010 in GMC/Superiors Compo Bass Music Experimental | |
Got_the_Time_94.sid 2009 in Music Assembler 4K Intro Cover Metal | |
Groove_Control.sid 1994 in GMC/Superiors Demo Cover | |
Hatework.sid 1997 in GMC/Superiors Demo Diskmag Hardcore Techno | |
Haunted_House.sid 1996 in GMC/Superiors Demo Intro Organ | |
Hyperactive.sid 1996 in GMC/Superiors Compo Demo Diskmag Breakbeat Techno | |
I_Hope_It_Hurts.sid 2000 in GMC/Superiors Compo Experimental IDM | |
Inferno_Dreams.sid 2010 in Music Assembler Diskmag Rave Techno | |
Inside_end.sid 1997 in GMC/Superiors Demo Ambient | |
Into_the_Dark_extended_mix.sid 2010 in GMC/Superiors Edit | |
Justice_Is_Lost.sid 1996 in GMC/Superiors Demo Techno | |
Krap.sid 1998 in GMC/Superiors Compo Techno | |
Lets_Jungle.sid 1996 in GMC/Superiors Demo Jungle | |
Life_in_Forms.sid 1997 in GMC/Superiors Demo Diskmag Ambient Experimental IDM | |
Lobotomy.sid 1996 in GMC/Superiors | |
Lost_in_Dub.sid 2010 in GMC/Superiors Bass Music Dubstep Experimental IDM | |
Monolith.sid 1994 in GMC/Superiors Demo Metal | |
My_Kingdom_Inside_2_mix.sid 2011 in GMC/Superiors Demo Edit Experimental Techno | |
My_Kingdom_original_mix.sid 2010 in GMC/Superiors Acid Experimental Techno | |
My_Kingdom_remix.sid 1998 in GMC/Superiors Compo Edit Experimental Techno | |
Na_EB_any.sid 1998 in GMC/Superiors Diskmag Funk | |
Nanoplay_1.sid 2012 in an unidentified player Demo Ambient IDM Loop Tiny | |
Nanoplay_2.sid 2022 in an unidentified player Intro Loop Tiny | |
Nanoplay_3_Broken_Vows.sid 2023 in an unidentified player Intro Loop Tiny | |
Nanoplay_4.sid 2023 in an unidentified player Intro Tiny | |
Nasty_Bitch_compo_version.sid 2013 in GMC/Superiors Compo Winner Bass Music Experimental | |
Neutrino_563a-2.sid 1996 in GMC/Superiors Metal Techno | |
Nothing_Special.sid 1996 in GMC/Superiors | |
Oh_My_God_What_Have_I_Done.sid 2013 in GMC/Superiors Experimental IDM | |
Only_Hate.sid 1995 in GMC/Superiors Demo Techno | |
Out_of_the_Dome.sid 1997 in GMC/Superiors Demo Experimental | |
Plasmawalk.sid 2010 in Music Assembler | |
Plasmawalk_2.sid 2010 in GMC/Superiors Bass Music Experimental IDM | |
Primitive_Future.sid 2014 in GMC/Superiors Compo Bass Music Experimental IDM | |
Psychosis.sid 1994 in GMC/Superiors Compo Diskmag Metal | |
Pull_the_Plug_Biba_2_Mix.sid 2002 in GMC/Superiors Demo Edit | |
Pull_the_Plug_v1.sid 1996 in GMC/Superiors Diskmag | |
Pull_the_Plug_v2.sid 1998 in GMC/Superiors Compo Edit | |
Quest.sid 1997 in GMC/Superiors Demo Acid Techno | |
Real_Nightmares.sid 1996 in GMC/Superiors 3ch Chords | |
Riddler.sid 1996 in GMC/Superiors Demo Techno | |
Satanic_Hardcore.sid 1994 in GMC/Superiors Demo | |
Seer.sid 1994 in GMC/Superiors Demo Fast | |
Snake_Disco.sid 1999 in GMC/Superiors Compo Winner Demo Bass Music Breakbeat Techno | |
Sonic_Poison.sid 1998 in GMC/Superiors Compo Techno | |
Sonic_Poison_Bumpmania_mix.sid 1999 in GMC/Superiors Demo Edit Techno | |
Sonic_Poison_original_mix.sid 2010 in GMC/Superiors Edit Techno | |
Species.sid 1996 in GMC/Superiors Compo Winner Diskmag Techno | |
Streets_by_Night.sid 1996 in GMC/Superiors | |
Subatomik.sid 2009 in GMC/Superiors Bass Music Comeback Dubstep Experimental | |
System_Damage.sid 1994 in GMC/Superiors Crack Intro Metal | |
Take_It_Easy.sid 1997 in GMC/Superiors Demo Diskmag Chillout | |
Tekk_It.sid 1994 in SoundMonitor/DrumMaker2 Demo Digi Rave Techno | |
To_Be_Continued.sid 2010 in GMC/Superiors Ambient Experimental IDM Loop | |
To_Live_Is_to_Die_Endless_Mix.sid 2013 in GMC/Superiors Compo Cover Metallica 3ch Chords Loop | |
Tonight_We_Murder.sid 2011 in GMC/Superiors Compo Bass Music Experimental IDM | |
Transmission.sid 1996 in GMC/Superiors Metal Techno | |
Ultimate_Mindfuck.sid 1996 in GMC/Superiors Metal Techno | |
Underdeveloped.sid 1997 in DMC v5.x Diskmag Techno | |
Unusual_for_Me.sid 1996 in GMC/Superiors | |
Uprooter.sid 1998 in GMC/Superiors Compo Winner Techno | |
Where_Is_God.sid 2010 in Music Assembler Metal | |
Winged.sid 1997 in GMC/Superiors Compo Diskmag Funk | |
Worms_of_God.sid 1996 in GMC/Superiors Metal | |
You_Cant_Escape.sid 1994 in Music Assembler Demo Metal |
If the playback is choppy, try increasing the buffer size. Smaller values mean faster and smoother updating (1024 is the lowest possible) but also require a fast computer with a nifty web browser.
The piano is always updated as fast as possible when using the normal WebSid emulator, regardless of buffer size. However, larger buffer sizes may introduce flickering notes. Decrease the buffer size to avoid this.
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
legacy 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.
Zero Page $0000-$00FF |
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Player Block |
Voice 1 |
Voice 2 |
Voice 3 |
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Probably uses vibrato (or slide)0000
Repeatedly changes pulse width0000
Uses $1x waveform (triangle)
Uses $2x waveform (sawtooth)
Uses $3x waveform (tri+saw)
Uses $4x waveform (pulse)
Uses $5x waveform (tri+pulse)
Uses $6x waveform (saw+pulse)
Uses $7x waveform (tri+saw+pulse)
Uses $8x waveform (noise)
Uses the test bit
Uses an illegal waveform
Uses hard synchronization
Uses ring modulation
Uses both combined
Repeatedly changes the ADSR0000
|
Probably uses vibrato (or slide)0000
Repeatedly changes pulse width0000
Uses $1x waveform (triangle)
Uses $2x waveform (sawtooth)
Uses $3x waveform (tri+saw)
Uses $4x waveform (pulse)
Uses $5x waveform (tri+pulse)
Uses $6x waveform (saw+pulse)
Uses $7x waveform (tri+saw+pulse)
Uses $8x waveform (noise)
Uses the test bit
Uses an illegal waveform
Uses hard synchronization
Uses ring modulation
Uses both combined
Repeatedly changes the ADSR0000
|
Probably uses vibrato (or slide)0000
Repeatedly changes pulse width0000
Uses $1x waveform (triangle)
Uses $2x waveform (sawtooth)
Uses $3x waveform (tri+saw)
Uses $4x waveform (pulse)
Uses $5x waveform (tri+pulse)
Uses $6x waveform (saw+pulse)
Uses $7x waveform (tri+saw+pulse)
Uses $8x waveform (noise)
Uses the test bit
Uses an illegal waveform
Uses hard synchronization
Uses ring modulation
Uses both combined
Repeatedly changes the ADSR0000
|
Global | |
---|---|
Repeatedly changes filter cutoff0000
Uses filtering in voice 1
Uses filtering in voice 2
Uses filtering in voice 3
Repeatedly changes filter resonance0000
Uses resonance values other than 0 or F
Repeatedly changes volume0000
|
Uses $1x filter mode (Low-Pass)
Uses $2x filter mode (Band-Pass)
Uses $3x filter mode (LP+BP)
Uses $4x filter mode (High-Pass)
Uses $5x filter mode (LP+HP)
Uses $6x filter mode (BP+HP)
Uses $7x filter mode (LP+BP+HP)
Mutes voice 3
Sets the external input bit
|
Use the smallest buffer size (1024) for best effect. Especially the vibrato detector needs this.
Lines detecting repeated changes typically requires about four unique values to occur.
Using illegal waveform to lock noise, then unlock it with test bit, can be used to create unique sounds.
Only the first SID chip is examined.
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 does not work in Compute's Gazette SID Collection as CSDb has almost no data for it.
If available, this tab will show information about the editor/player that made the song.
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.
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.
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.
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.
This does not work in Compute's Gazette SID Collection.
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.
Jens-Christian Huus (Chordian)
https://blog.chordian.net/2018/05/12/deepsid/
https://blog.chordian.net/2022/05/07/the-story-of-deepsid/
Scopes by Jürgen Wothke (Tiny'R'Sid)
WebSid HQ and Legacy emulators by Jürgen Wothke (Tiny'R'Sid)
http://www.wothke.ch/tinyrsid/index.php
http://www.wothke.ch/websid/
Web port of 'libsidplayfp' (WebSidPlay a.k.a. reSID) by Jürgen Wothke
https://github.com/libsidplayfp/libsidplayfp
https://www.wothke.ch/websidplayfp/
JSIDPlay2 emulator by Ken Händel, Antti S. Lankila and Wilfred Bos
https://sourceforge.net/projects/jsidplay2/
https://haendel.ddns.net:8443/static/teavm/c64jukebox.vue
reSID engine (used by WebSidPlay and JSIDPlay2) by Dag Lem
SidTune work by Michael Schwendt
Main libsidplay2 code by Simon White
Distortion Simulation by Antti Lankila
Code refactoring by Leandro Nini
jsSID emulator by Mihály Horváth (Hermit)
ASID (MIDI) implementation by Thomas Jansson
FM playback for Hermit's emulator by Thomas Jansson
https://github.com/thomasj
https://www.youtube.com/@tubesockor
WebUSB implementation by LouD
https://github.com/LouDnl
https://www.youtube.com/@LouDnl
OPL3 emulator (FM playback) by Adam Nielsen
https://github.com/Malvineous/opljs
Howler by James Simpson (GoldFire Studios)
https://github.com/goldfire/howler.js
High Voltage SID Collection #82
https://www.hvsc.c64.org/
Compute's Gazette SID Collection #146
http://www.c64music.co.uk/
Kim Lemon's MP3 files (JSIDPlay2)
https://www.lemon64.com/
Remix64 API by Markus Klein (LMan)
https://www.remix64.com/
Hosting by Jan Lund Thomsen (QED)
http://remix.kwed.org/
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.
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.
SIDId by Lasse Öörni (Cadaver)
http://csdb.dk/release/?id=112201
SIDInfo by Matti Hämäläinen (ccr)
https://csdb.dk/release/?id=164751
https://tnsp.org/hg/sidinfo/
Chartist.js by Gion Kunz (GitHub)
https://gionkunz.github.io/chartist-js/
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.
The annex box also has information about what you can do when logged in: Registering
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.
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.
As an alternative, try the Lemon's MP3 Files handler instead.
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.
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.
The annex box has the basic instructions: Playlists
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.
The annex box has a complete list: SID handlers
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.
You can achieve the same thing by selecting the Shuffle
option in the sort
drop-down box.
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.
The annex box can show you a list of all the search options: Searching
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.
The annex box can show you a complete list: Hotkeys
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.)
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.
Actually, you can. The annex box has the answer: Memory bar
The annex box can show you a complete list: URL parameters
An example to show a specific folder:
//deepsid.chordian.net?file=/MUSICIANS/J/JCH/
An example to play a SID tune:
//deepsid.chordian.net?file=/MUSICIANS/H/Hubbard_Rob/Commando.sid&emulator=hermit&subtune=2
An example to show a CSDb entry:
//deepsid.chordian.net?tab=csdb&csdbtype=release&csdbid=153519
Copy Link
menu item on the right-click context menu now includes a URL parameter for
showing the CSDb tab instead of the default profile tab.&mini=1
for use in an "invisible" folder where the Prev/Next buttons
still work, or use &mini=2
where only the specified tune can be played. To see what other URL switches
could be nice to use, just run the URL without specifying the ?file=
switch.
Type
and then type e.g. "rsid" then search.Notes
whenever a file from the SH folder is played.p
to pop-up a tiny DeepSID now opens it in mobile mode, although it's still using WebSid (HQ).?notips=1
URL switch to avoid showing the annex box with tips.?cover=1
URL switch to force showing the auto-play cover overlay upon refresh.?wait=X
switch is now sticky when specified in the URL.?wait=X
URL switch to now wait X
number of milliseconds
before stopping.Gro7n1oqHUo?t=63
will start the video 63 seconds later.?wait=1
URL switch for selecting a specific song but not play it yet.Latest
and then type the name to do this. If you want to be certain that only a
specific composer is matched, add a slash in the end. For example, "tomas/" will only show
hits for Danko. Append e.g. ",72" for that HVSC version.