Chiptune "Dead Lock" [2sid] by Flex/Artline Design played through SIDKick pico v0.1 (2x8580 Mono)

Описание: SIDKick pico is a brand new SID replacement project by Frenetic that is based on a Raspberry Pi Pico combined with a PCB to interface between Pico and the Commodore 64. reSID 0.16 (in an unmodified and also in a specially modified flavour) is used as the engine of the emulation. Up to two SID's can be emulated at the same time.

The decision to use reSID 0.16 with the Pi Pico indicates that the pre-existing SIDKick project from 2021 based on a Teensy 4.1 is not superseeded by SIDKick pico as the Teensy is able to run reSID 1.0 plus additional features like MIDI. SIDKick pico offers an additional way to get a decent SID replacement a bit cheaper.

As I am one of Frenetic's testers I have received a sample PCB from him for extensive testing. Once Frenetic is happy with the state of the SIDKick pico firmware he will most likely release the project on Github as he has done with his past projects. Normally, the testing phase will take a while until the last bugs are located and fixed. Having said that, the firmware is already very capable as you can hopefully hear in this video.

For now, you can find a project presentation/description in this German language forum thread:

https://www.forum64.de/index.php?thre...

This new and great chiptune "Dead Lock" needs two 8580 SIDs to use no less than six independent SID voices. It was created and released by Flex in September 2023:
https://csdb.dk/release/?id=235538

It is a cover version / SID conversion of the XM module "Deadlock" by Elwood (1995)
https://modarchive.org/index.php?requ...