v0.5.1

What's Changed

• Portrait: fix note overlapping the scope on narrow voice cards by @DarkVamp76 in #23

Full Changelog: v0.5.0...v0.5.1

v0.5.0

What's Changed

• Add WebAssembly build (make web) using the ngweb kit by @DarkVamp76 in #17
• Web build: HVSC browser through a same-origin PHP proxy by @DarkVamp76 in #18
• Web build: HVSC deep links (#id and #/path) by @DarkVamp76 in #19
• Playlist: HV badge for HVSC tunes; web: address bar follows every tune change by @DarkVamp76 in #20
• Orb equalizer view by @DarkVamp76 in #21
• Portrait layout for phones and narrow windows by @DarkVamp76 in #22

Full Changelog: v0.4.4...v0.5.0

ngSid v0.4.4

Per-chip animation

• Each SID chip graphic now animates on its own, driven by the voices of that chip
• Chips that are silent stay dark; multi-SID chips no longer pulse in sync
• Single-SID tunes keep the audio beat pulse

ngSid v0.4.3

Multi-SID view

• Shows all voices of multi-SID tunes (2SID and 3SID): compact voice cards for every chip
• Stereo position of each chip is displayed as a pan indicator
• Chip models (6581/8580) are reported per chip, in lock order
• Fixes the chip order for tunes with more than one SID

ngSid v0.4.2

What's new

• The SID chip graphic in the header pulses on the beat: the chip grows slightly, the pins light up and the glow flashes on bass and drum hits
• ngSid now has a window icon, and the Wayland app id / X11 class match the desktop file, so KDE shows the icon in the title bar and task bar
• make install also installs the metainfo file and refreshes the icon cache and desktop database

Known issues

• For multi-SID tunes the voice cards still show only the first chip

The AppImage is built automatically and attached to this release.

ngSid v0.4.1

What's new

• The header now shows the SID chip model each chip actually runs as (6581 or 8580), with a DIP-28 chip graphic per SID: MOS 6581R4 or CSG 8580R5, glowing with the output level
• Multi-SID tunes show one chip per SID side by side
• Started without arguments, ngSid loads SID files from ~/Musik or ~/Music if present, otherwise it opens the online HVSC browser

Fixed

• SID 1, 2, 3 now follow the order in which the player locks the chips (libsidplayfp hands them out in pointer order)
• The 2nd SID tag no longer says muted, the chip is played

Known issues

• For multi-SID tunes the voice cards still show only the first chip

The AppImage is built automatically and attached to this release.

ngSid v0.4.0

What's new

• Sound now comes from reSIDfp (via libsidplayfp): as close to a real SID as possible
• 16-bit stereo audio output
• The SID model is taken from the tune header; force it with --6581 / --8580

Changed

• The ngSid synth (after VacSid by Oliver Blasnik) now only drives the displays: voice cards, ADSR, DIGI
• Removed: --exact-clock, --limiter, --no-limiter, --digi-wrap, --filter-clamp, --digi-gain, --no-vol-burst and the [ and ] keys

Known issues

• For multi-SID tunes the GUI only shows the first chip

The AppImage is built automatically and attached to this release.

v0.3.3

ngSid 0.3.3

• Default digi level is now 60% (was 100%): digi samples no longer hit the 8 bit ceiling in tunes like Mongobong. Adjust with [ and ] or --digi-gain.

Portable download: ngSid-x86_64.AppImage

v0.3.2

ngSid 0.3.2

• Version shown in the playlist panel, plus a startup check against the latest GitHub release (disable with --no-update-check).
• Oscillator digis (Aurora Remix, Wer ist Paula) show up in the DIGI channel card.
• AppImage now has a valid icon and AppStream metadata.

Portable download: ngSid-x86_64.AppImage

v0.3.1

ngSid 0.3.0: cycle-exact C64

The home-made CPU/VIC/CIA emulation is gone. ngSid now uses libsidplayfp 2.16.1 for the C64 side (6510, VIC-II, CIA, interrupts) and keeps its VacSid-style synth as the SID engine.

What this means for you

• RSID tunes with raster and CIA tricks now play, for example the Groepaz tunes Aurora Remix, Sulfo 64 and Mongobong.
• Waveform-switching digis (test-bit samples) are handled with a cycle-exact phase counter plus a DAC hold, so they no longer whistle.
• The sound is still the VacSid sound.

Other changes

• English UI throughout.
• Removed the hard-pan test mode and the --vbi option (libsidplayfp follows the tune header).
• make downloads and builds libsidplayfp statically on first use (checksum verified).

Download
ngSid-x86_64.AppImage is portable: chmod +x ngSid-x86_64.AppImage && ./ngSid-x86_64.AppImage tune.sid

Based on VacSid by Oliver Blasnik ("R0M" / Vacuum). libsidplayfp is GPL-2.0-or-later.