[ENG] Commodore 64: SIX SIDS COMPARED - The Ultimate Test

Описание: 🎵 SID Audio Showdown – Celebrating the Legendary Commodore 64 Sound Chip! 🔥

Hello Mighty Pirates! 🏴‍☠️
Today, we celebrate the fantastic world of the SID audio chip 🎶 and five of its fascinating alternatives!
We'll put them to the test across three audio challenges:

🎧 What’s in the Audio Test?
🎼 Playback of a demo track featuring the Axel Foley song
🎮 Stress-test with International Karate Plus – pushing the SID and clones to the limit!
🎵 Noise waveform generation – raw, unfiltered sound madness! 🔥

🛠 Technical Notes
🎚 All audio tracks were normalized to -1 dB using Audacity for consistent volume.
🎵 Despite normalization, waveforms vary dramatically between chips!
📉 SidKick clone showed noticeable issues during gaming – possibly a configuration glitch? 🤔
🌊 In the final noise test, audio was NOT normalized to highlight how different chips boost their output natively.

🎉 Conclusions
🧠 It's fascinating how each chip has its own sonic personality – even when fed the same data!
💬 Let me know in the comments: Which chip sounds best to YOU? 🎧
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:23 Hello Mighty Pirates!
1:16 Demo "1990": 6581
1:31 Demo "1990": 6581R4-AR
1:47 Demo "1990": ARMSID
2:02 Demo "1990": SIDKICK
2:17 Demo "1990": SWINSID
2:33 Demo "1990": X-SID
2:56 IK Plus: 6581
3:31 IK Plus: 6581R4-AR
4:07 IK Plus: ARMSID
4:42 IK Plus: SIDKICK
5:17 IK Plus: SWINSID
5:53 IK Plus: X-SID
6:29 Noise Test: 6581
6:54 Noise Test: 6581R4-AR
7:19 Noise Test: ARMSID
7:43 Noise Test: SIDKICK
8:08 Noise Test: SWINSID
8:33 Noise Test: X-SID
8:59 Waveforms comparison
10:38 That's All Folks!