SidAMP

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About this app

Welcome back to the era of old home computers when chip music was popular and apps had their name and version included in the title bar.

SidAMP is a music player which supports the SID format known from the Commodore 64/128 home computers.

It uses the High Voltage SID Collection as the main data resource. This means when the app is started for the first time a download of approx. 90mb is required for the complete archive and additional 500mb storage space is required for unpacking. Please don't delete or modify any of the text files from the archive; they are used constantly by the app.

Main features:
* simple, small and intuitive
* PETSCII user interface
* high quality playback
* SID 6581/8580 emulation
* HVSC integration
* Playlists

SID emulation:
From the main menu you can choose between SID chips or use the auto detect function. Please note that 8580 emulation should be used in combination with Digi Boost which can be toggled from the player screen.

Playlists:
This feature is still under development. Currently one default playlist is used. Playlist options are placed in the main menu; you can add/remove songs (song must be loaded) or import a playlist from previous versions of SidAMP.

Uses permissions:
* INTERNET ACCESS for downloading HVSC music collections
* POST NOTIFICATIONS for showing player controls in the status bar
* READ EXTERNAL STORAGE for loading music from expansion cards (optional)
* RECORD AUDIO for audio output visualisation (optional)

Ratings and reviews

A great looking, easy to use app, which seems to play SIDs accurately. One star off because there doesn't seem to be a loop feature, it just moves onto the next track in the SID, which is rarely what you'd want, especially as a lot of these extra tracks will just be sound effects. Like most people I know, I tend to listen to a single track on repeat in the background, so having this feature is very important, and without it, the app is of little use to me.

UI, filter profiles and song length DB support could be improved. Else it's a nifty player with "back in time" correct interface which sucks a bit on smaller phones. Navigation is downright insane but can be used. Search functionality without any results. Also sound is acceptable, but all in all I have seen better players, also native. Probably coded by non native c64 fans. Doesn't run on old phones but tries to emulate vintage sound, go figure...

Disappointed by this app. The UI is nostalgic but not really suited for a phone makes the navigation terrible. Audio quality is not the best either there are very audible emulation glitches that never heard in any other SID player android or pc. Honestly i wanted just a player where i can listen to songs, repeat the same song as much as i want even if it has a song list and this is yet another missing feature.

What’s new

* added switching between SID chips
* added muting channels for both SID chips
* added support for SID registers state
* added support for HVSC STIL
* fixed oscilloscope update state
* fixed app resume state
* preparation to remove RECORD_AUDIO permission