sid-object

a Max/MSP C-external for SIDBlaster-USB hardware

This object allows full access to a real SID-Chip.

Installation:

• Windows

• copy SID-object folder to your Max Package folder
• copy hardsid.dll to C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\
• connect SIDBlaster

• Mac

• copy SID-object folder to your Max Package folder
• install ftdi d2xx driver-lib and helper tool (from website)
• install libhardsid.dylib (copy to /usr/local/lib/)
• connect SIDBlaster

• study the attached Max patches and reference page for feature learning

versions history

• v1.5 2024-11-09
  • better player thread
• v.1.1 2022-10-03
  • full MacOS support
• v.1.0.1 2021-02-13
  • prepared for new V.515 hardsid.dll
  • add SID Type Info
• v.1.0 2020-07-18
  • 1.0 release
• v.0.9.9 2020-07-09
  • some clean up; final 1.0 release candidate
• v.0.9.5 2020-07-08
  • change sleeptime from 20ms to 1ms; some clean up
• v.0.9.2 2020-07-07
  • add getinfo
• v.0.9.1 2020-07-04
  • needs hardsid.dll 0x0202; fix read functions
• v.0.9 2020-05-11
  • implemented the raw-mode; read functions
• v.0.8.1 2020-05-07
  • Improvement of error messages: "Real" errors are reported to the MAX console. The messages follow a system so that they can be parsed in MAX.
• v.0.8 2018-10-24
  • add instance management; lock/unlock; better threading and multitasking; better multidevice, up to 8 devices tested
• v.0.1 started at 2016-12-06

see: https://github.com/gh0stless/AIASS-for-MAX4LIVE for a Synthesizer that use that object.

see: https://github.com/gh0stless/SIDBlaster-USB-Tic-Tac-Edition for SIDBlaster-USB hardware.

see: https://github.com/Galfodo/SIDBlasterUSB_HardSID-emulation-driver for hardsid.dll.

(Unfortunately only for Windows at the moment.)

Thanks to:

*Stein Pedersen and Wilfred Bos for there support. *Ken Händel for Linux/Mac port of the hardsid.dll

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