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I'm personally pretty happy with the ArmSID, thing is, it does not sound like my 6581R3.. BUT! My 6581R3 also does not sound like my other 6581R3, there's not r
by dusted 3y ago
I'm personally pretty happy with the ArmSID, thing is, it does not sound like my 6581R3.. BUT!
My 6581R3 also does not sound like my other 6581R3, there's not really any "one true" sound for the SID, for better or worse.
That said, if I were to do music production, I'd use my real chip, because I prefer the sound of it.. But, on a PC, I'd use one of the libraries, like libsidplay which emulates the sound better than the ArmSID.
The same could be said for the VIC2 chip, I've yet to encounter two that give the same image, they look slightly different.
There, I do prefer the look of the kawari on s-video, it's just.. easier to see ^_^
- RetroTechie 3y ago> BUT! My 6581R3 also does not sound like my other 6581R3, there's not really any "one true" sound for the SID, for better or worse. Might just be old age? At some point, IC's may be degraded to a point where few (if any) work exactly like original part when it was new. And thus also differ between specimens. At some point, original parts may become unreliable / quirky / glitchy enough that picking some kind of re-implementation (rather than original) as the "gold standard" is the only way forward. Not a big issue for 'pure' digital parts like CPUs, glue logic etc. But (partly) analog IC's like sound or video chips... different story.
- dusted 3y agoI guess we can never know, but I strongly suspect they've never sounded the same, similar, but not the same.