Posted By
MMS
on 2023-12-31
15:54:42
 |  Re: Plus4 SID Card: Get?
The original MOS SID chips getting more expensive, as everything else in the retro scene. (OK, this one is even more, because a kind of "legendary" component, and there are modern equipments using them, like this.
Potentially for that some C64s (homefuly bad ones) cannibalized.
https://hackaday.com/2021/09/10/retro-stereo-sid-synth-looks-and-sounds-sensational/
https://www.hypersynth.com/hypersid.html
There are newly developed ICs try to recrease the SID sound. They have better or worse results.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBl7VqTvaWQ
My SID Card was tested with such an IC and it works.
There are several types you can choose from, even SwinSID has several versions (nano, ultimate, etc).
According to the benchmarks, the ARMSID looks to be the best choice,
It is worth to listen to some benchmarks on Youtube. Some ppl are very sensitive to the small changes, other people do not hear them at all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBl7VqTvaWQ
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