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From: hermit@ssyx.ucsc.edu (William R. Ward)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: C64 IC Failure
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Date: 12 Feb 89 07:27:04 GMT
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In article <854@csd4.milw.wisc.edu> jgreco@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Joe Greco) writes:
>At some time, Daniel Chen wrote to me:
>] In comp.sys.cbm article <827@csd4.milw.wisc.edu>, jgreco@csd4.milw.wisc.edu ( Joe Greco) write:
>I am keeping in mind that Commodore has been known to do wierd things.
>] sid chip and was ready to make a piggy-back board to put the second
>] 6581 chip into place to make it play 6 voices.  i.e.  Stereo
>] Sidplayer.  I was surprise to find that I had to buy a 6582 at $2 
>] more. 
>] 
>] Has anyone put together a 6 voice C64?
>
>For a while, one authorized service shop was sending people to ME to
>do such a modification "for cash".... intereresting, since I've never
>done the actual modifications and don't really have great facilities.
>Oh well....
>
>The stereo chip can be a nice addition, if well programmed.  That's
>the trick.... it's useless without software.

There is a standard for stereo SID in the C64/128.  StereoPlayer is a
SIDplayer extension which plays two SIDplayer format songs at once, one
on each chip (FOO.MUS = left, FOO.STR = right).  There are many songs
which have been made stereo and posted on QuantumLink, and StereoPlayer
now supports the Enhanced SIDplayer and soon MIDI.  It is up to version
10.0 (MIDI is 11.0) and is public domain.  In my estimation, and that
of several other Commodore users I know, the StereoPlayer program is,
without a doubt, the best music player available for the C64/128.

--
Bill (William R.) Ward
hermit@ssyx.ucsc.edu
QuantumLink: TheHermit1
--
If creative thoughts could cause sparks, dynamite could safely be stored in this
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William R. Ward <hermit@ssyx.ucsc.edu>