Editing MOS Technology 6581 (section)

=== Hardware using the SID chip ===

* In 1989 Innovation Computer developed the [[Innovation SSI-2001|Innovation Sound Standard SSI-2001]], an [[IBM PC compatible]] [[sound card]] with a SID chip and a [[game port]]. [[MicroProse]] promised software support for the card, and Commodore BASIC programs that used SID required little conversion to run on [[GW-BASIC]].<ref name="latimer198908">{{cite magazine |title=Innovation Sound Standard |magazine=[[Compute!]] |date=August 1989 |last=Latimer |first=Joey |volume=11 |issue=111 |page=68 |issn=0194-357X |url=https://archive.org/stream/1989-08-compute-magazine/Compute_Issue_111_1989_Aug#page/n69/mode/2up |access-date=2013-11-11 }}</ref><ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/TUCNDNJHItw Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20180710033122/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUCNDNJHItw&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{Citation|title=Replica Sound Cards - AdLib, Innovation SSI-2001, and SwinSID Ultimate.| date=9 July 2018 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUCNDNJHItw|language=en|access-date=2019-08-01}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* In 1997, an [[electronic musical instrument]] utilizing the SID chip as its synthesis engine was released. It is called the [[SidStation]], built around the 6581 model SID chip (as opposed to the newer 8580), and it's produced by [[Sweden|Swedish]] company [[Elektron (company)|Elektron]]. As the SID chip had been discontinued for years, Elektron allegedly bought up almost all of the remaining stock. In 2004, Elektron released the [[Monomachine]] pattern-based [[Music sequencer|sequencer]] with optional keyboard.  The Monomachine contains several synthesis engines, including an emulated 6581 oscillator using a [[Digital signal processor|DSP]].
* In 1999 [[HardSID]], another PC sound card, was released. The card uses from one to four SID chips and allows a PC to utilize the sound capabilities of the chip directly, instead of by emulation via generic sound cards (e.g. [[SoundBlaster]]).
* The [[Individual Computers Catweasel|Catweasel]] from [[Germany|German]] company [[Individual Computers]], a [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]] + Zorro multiformat [[floppy disk]] controller and digital joystick adapter for [[IBM PC compatible|PCs]], [[Apple Macintosh|Macs]], and [[Amiga]]s, includes a hardware SID option, i.e. an option to insert one or two real SID chips in a socket for use when playing <code>.MUS</code> files.
* The MIDIbox SID is a [[MIDI]]-controlled synthesizer which can contain up to eight SID chips. It is a free [[Open-source license|open source]] project using a [[PIC microcontroller]]. Control of the synthesizer is realized with software or via a control panel with knobs, [[light-emitting diode|LEDs]], [[liquid crystal display|LCD]], etc., which may optionally be mounted on a keyboardless Commodore 64 body.
* The Prophet64 is a cartridge for the Commodore 64. It features four separate music applications, mimicking everything from modern sequencers to the [[Roland TB-303]]/[[Roland TR-909|909]] series. With an optional User Port peripheral, the Prophet64 may synchronized to other equipment using [[DIN Sync]] standard (SYNC 24). The website now states "Prophet64 has been replaced with the MSSIAH."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mssiah.com/|title=MSSIAH Cartridge - MIDI Hardware and Software for the Commodore 64!|website=www.mssiah.com}}</ref>
* The MSSIAH is a cartridge for the Commodore 64 that replaces the Prophet64.
* Artist/hacker Paul Slocum developed the Cynthcart cartridge that enables you to turn your C64 into an analogue synthesizer. Its successor, Cynthcart 2, added MIDI in, out and thru ports.
* The Parallel Port SID Interface allows those with very slim budgets to connect the SID chip to a PC.
*In 2003 a SID interface (and software to play Commodore 64 tunes) was released for the [[Zilog Z80|Z80]] based [[SAM Coupé|Sam Coupé]] computer supporting both the 6581 and the 8580.
* In May 2009 the SID chip was interfaced to the [[BBC Micro]] and [[BBC Master]] range of computers via the 1&nbsp;MHz bus allowing music written for the SID chip on the Commodore 64 to be ported and played on the BBC Micro.
* In October 2009 thrashbarg's project interfaced an SID chip to an ATmega8 to play MIDI files on a MOS 6581 SID.
* In March 2010 STG published the SIDBlaster/USB - an open source, open hardware implementation of the SID that connects to (and is powered by) a [[USB port]], using an FTDI chip for the [[USB]] interface and a PIC to interface the SID.
* In August 2010 SuperSoniqs published the Playsoniq, a cartridge for [[MSX]] computers, with (in addition to other features) a real SID on it, ready to use on any MSX machine.
* In May 2015 Gianluca Ghettini developed SidBerry, an open source, open hardware board to interface a MOS 6581 SID chip to a RaspberryPi and play standard SID music files
* In 2016 Thibaut Varene published exSID, a USB audio device that can control a real 6581 and 8580 SID chip and natively playback most SID tunes.