I have released V19.

It is an optimization and finetuning of the work that went into V18, and some new ideas and resurrected old ideas, as described in my previous posting.

I have yet work cut out to properly tune this patch and experiment with a lot of combinations of various codepaths and the tunables. V19 contains the parts that I'm relatively sure of. Testing and listening with all the variations is likely to take a long time, so here is V19 in the meantime.

Compared to V18:

- reworked distortion algorithm. A must. Makes it possible to enjoy fist 2 cave, snake disco and hard track at the same time.

- tuned the state variable mixup code. I remove bp-lp link and weakened hp-bp link. This is the most unreliable part at the moment, but it will have to do. I need something to keep certain harsh distortion effects at bay.

- added output strip mixing effect, although I kept it weaker than it is on the real chip in order to not shock you. Real chip sound is impossibly dirty in places.

- added 3 dB to the filter bass output level.

What makes the drum beats in Snake Disco sound so "flat" in the recording from a real R4AR? As far as I can hear, this effect is not emulated at all.
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ZrX-oMs dug up some problems in V19. To address these issues, V19 can be changed as I describe. (The patch on my server has already been updated, so in case you have applied it, here is the instructions to update your patched copy to match.) In the Filter::clock() function you have this:

Code:

float diff_hp_bp = (Vhp - Vbp) * material_cft * 2.f;

Replace by:

Code:

float diff_hp_bp = (Vhp - Vbp) * material_cft;             float diff_lp_bp = (Vlp - Vbp) * material_cft;

20 lines down or so you have this:

Code:

Vhp -= diff_hp_bp;             Vbp += diff_hp_bp;

Add after those two lines these two lines:

Code:

Vlp -= diff_lp_bp;             Vbp += diff_lp_bp;

Then update DistortionRate from 8.2e-3 to 8.4e-3, and DistortionCFThreshold from 6e-5 to 1e-4. (I suspect both of these values should be higher yet, but I'm afraid to change these quickly because there is a real danger of regressing somewhere.)

Observant among you identify that these changes are exactly on the part which I described as "weakest" in my previous posting. I was also able to increase distortion a bit, and I also strongly increased the output strip backmixing, which produces horrendous but quite chiplike results for many a song. (I really hate this effect, but it is on the chip so what can you do.)

Next Beta is available:
Biggest feature is the PSID64 integration!

- context menu in the HVSC/CGSC tab to
1. add files directly to the playlist
2. convert files to executable c64 programs (PSID64 is now in)

- context menu in the Favorites tab to
1. move/copy files from one playlist to another
2. convert files to executable c64 programs (PSID64)
This can be used for all selected favorites at one time.

- Java memory consumtion is displayed in the status line

@Nata: What conversions are needed else, you said something about stripping the header in the past, what was that?

Hey.. fantastic little proggy, not that I can get it running in Windows...but..
just wondering if it could re-tooled and made available for Symbian OS mobiles S60v3 ? like the Nokia N95 and such like...
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I think there could be some difficulties to get it running on a mobile (size, performance), but it can be used on a IEEE pc.
Perhaps someday there is a version for Android, too (not planned yet).

What was the problem for windows?

Call for console Version is at least:
"java.exe" -classpath jsidplay2.jar sidplay.ConsolePlayer

But to run in the fastest mode you should change sampling method in the ini file after the first start:
~/sidplay2.ini:
Sampling=0

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\JZD>"java.exe" -classpath jsidplay2.jar sidplay.Consol
ePlayer
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: sidplay/ConsolePlayer

Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: sidplay.ConsolePlayer
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)

C:\Documents and Settings\JZD>

Thats what I get ...
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Try:

"java.exe" -classpath "C:\Documents and Settings\JZD\jsidplay2.jar" sidplay.ConsolePlayer

It works, if the file jsidplay2.jar is located in that directory.

Now you can try to get the jsidplay2 java certificate,
simply try to start with java server vm, the proper memory settings and the gui version with additional jar files

No idea what you mean... start java server?

...think I`m just going to go back to the windows version...

..
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I was just kidding

Your last try looks quite good, simply add the file you wanna play to the command line.

Ok.. so I have to do that for each and every tune I want to play ?
Don`t I get a gui where I can select my sids?
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Try this URL in the browser:
This is the beta version with a GUI:
http://jsidplay2.sourceforge.net/jsidplay2.html

Here comes a bugfix release:

- Refactoring of the applet (internal changes)

- Save all settings automatically on exit
(Button "Save Config" is removed)

- sidid updated

- selected filter and distortion enable is now saved correctly

- distortion settings were not rounded
(a GUI bug)

- Favorite Tabs are saved now (and restored on next start-up)

- Change settings before loading the first tune was buggy

Can you please put a download link to the JAR file in the first post? Thanks.
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