NAME

       sidplay      — Music player and C64 SID chip emulator

SYNOPSIS

       sidplay       options        datafile  |-

DESCRIPTION

       Sidplayer is a music player program that emulates the the Sound Interface Device chip (MOS 6581, commonly
       called  SID)  and  the  Micro  Processor  Unit  (MOS  6510), allowing you to play music files written for
       Commodore 64 on a modern computer.

       All you need is audio hardware with average PCM waveform playback capabilities. A fast CPU and  a  16-bit
       sound card are recommended for better performance and slightly better audio quality.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
                 show summary of options

       -v        verbose output

       -f num    set frequency in Hz (default: 22050)

       -o num    set song number (default: preset)

       -a        strict PlaySID song compatibility (deprecated!)

       -a2       bank switching mode (overrides -a)

       -16       enable 16-bit sample mixing

       -s        enable stereo playback

       -ss       enable stereo surround

       -pc       enable centered auto-panning (stereo only)

       -n        set NTSC clock speed (default: PAL)

       -nf       no SID filter emulation

       -ns       MOS 8580 waveforms (default: MOS 6581)

       -c        force song speed = clock speed (PAL/NTSC)

       -t num    set play time in [[h:]m:]s format

       -bn num   set number of audio buffer fragments to use

       -bs num   set size 2 num of audio buffer fragments

       -b num    set sample buffer size

SEE ALSO

       xsidplay (1).

AUTHOR

       This  manual page was written by Jarno  Elonen  (elonen@iki.fi) for the Debian system (but may be used by
       others).  Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the  terms  of  the
       GNU  Free  Documentation  License,  Version  1.1  or  any  later  version  published by the Free Software
       Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts and no Back-Cover Texts.

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