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2006-04-19 18:34
Bamu®
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Which 6581 revision...

Hi!

Which -> 6581 <- revision sounds best? Which one has the best sounding filters?
 
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2006-04-20 13:31
Sidder
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Sounds best for you. For me sounds best under 8580. So it's rather subjective feeling.

Besides that, under old chip you don't hear intro lead in this Shogoon's zak.

PS. Sorry Laxity, I've sent you private message because of little mistake. :]
2006-04-20 15:24
Hate Bush

Registered: Jul 2002
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Depends on what you're used to, I suppose.
I'm a 8580 fan because of its magnificent highpass filter -with proper settings, it somehow boosts some frequencies above the cutoff point instead of sucking out below it. Which can be helpful in drum programming, if you set the filter resonance & cutoff (highpass or highpass+bandpass - the latter sounds even better) to certain values ($F, $02 for bassdrums, for example).
2006-04-20 18:59
V-12

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teh emulatar users speaks about which sid sounds da best. /me laughs!
2006-04-20 19:27
Sidder
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Quoting Murdock
teh emulatar users speaks about which sid sounds da best.

Ooo, man_who_knows_five_sounds (a, a#, b, c, d)?

Murdock, have you learnt how to create own instruments? Because your all "tunes" have - what a miracle! - stolen instruments. Sometimes not only instruments:

- Murdock's "tune": http://www.c64.org/HVSC/VARIOUS/M-R/Murdock/Intro_Zak_Remix.sid
- Touldie's song: http://www.c64.org/HVSC/VARIOUS/S-Z/Touldie/Intro_Zak.sid

Quoting Murdock
/me laughs!

We "laughs", too.
2006-04-20 19:40
Devia

Registered: Oct 2004
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Well.. I've tested around 20 6581 R2 and R3. I haven't yet compared them to R4 or R4AR as I don't have any of those :(
But, so far it's my distinct impression that the R2 generaly has a lower cuf-off frequency than R3. I have one R2 with a distinctly more relaxed filter though.
One of the tests I put them through is Lightforce and so far the only chip that plays it (almost) correct is the R2 with the higher cut-off. All the other ones simply miss the really high-notes. However the other R2s can make a really cool bassssssss! ;-)

8580? ..oh it simply cannot compete with the charme of 6581... :-P

@jeff: is it an R4 og R4AR you have?
2006-04-20 19:49
V-12

Registered: Nov 2003
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SIDDER: fuck you! you even are not a real scener so stick up into your emulator baybe.

We all real sceners started from something. Alot of composers used others tunes to compose their own or simply to learn how to compose. But of course you don't know that because you are not into real scene (and also HVSC doesn't mention about that sadly for you). No need to explain why the remix of Touldie's song got released. I confessed everything in my music collection (or STIL in hvsc) so your post is useless.

And since which time you are "we" ? Back off simply!
2006-04-20 20:22
CyberBrain
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I for one am in the 8580 camp. Maybe i'm biased because it's the one i've allways had since i was a kid, so the more "muddy" sound (intentional provocation) of the 6581 just sounds wrong to me. :D

While playing around with sid chips in emulators, it has even surprised me that old tunes which was obviously made for the 6581 very often sounds much better on the 8580! The filters sound totally different, but they get a grooovy electronic feel to it imo.

(yea, ok - this was totally offtopic subjective shit)

2006-04-21 01:12
Oswald

Registered: Apr 2002
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I had a c64 with old sid for many many years. And I hated the lamely sounding tunes on my friends c64s.

later I got used to the new sid. Now I say it sounds better. To me oldsid has an oldschool sound :)

So its simply a matter of taste, and what r u used to.
2006-04-21 05:56
Intensity
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I also prefer the 8580. The new waveforms and the special filter cut offs are a must for me since I am Trance-Musician. :D
2006-04-21 08:35
Laxity

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Quote: teh emulatar users speaks about which sid sounds da best. /me laughs!

;) Laugh away... How'd you know we're "emulator users" all of us?..

Well. shit.. you got me Murdock, I apologize.. I don't know which sid version/revision is the best!.. I just know that the SID is the best... Eh.. yeah!.. Oh, and 6581 was the original one that I used back in the old days, so the replacement (read: 8580) must be a fake and degenerated sid. ;)

(No flaming guys.. I hate it.. I'm made of snow!)

I hate the fact that there the 8580 can do stuff the 6581 can't do.. It annoys me - what's the reason for this?.. Someone must have had a brainfart when they desided to update the 64!

Peace!

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