Editing MOS Technology 6581 (section)

=== Recordings ===

The fact that many enthusiasts prefer the real chip sound over software emulators has led to several recording projects aiming to preserve the authentic sound of the SID chip for modern hardware.

The sid.oth4 project<ref name="sid.oth4">{{cite web |url=http://sid.oth4.com/ |title=The SID 6581/8580 Recordings Archive |publisher=jme |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704141600/http://sid.oth4.com/ |archive-date=2019-07-04 }}</ref> has over 380 songs of high quality MP3 available recorded on hardsid hardware and the SOASC= project<ref name="soasc">{{cite web |url=http://www.6581-8580.com/ |title=Stone Oakvalley's Authentic SID Collection (SOASC=) |publisher=Stone Oakvalley Studios |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704141922/http://www.6581-8580.com/ |archive-date=2019-07-04 }}</ref> has the entire High Voltage SID Collection (HVSC) released with 49 (over 35,000 songs) recorded from real Commodore 64s in a high quality [[MP3]] file. Both projects emphasize the importance of preserving the authentic sound of the SID chip. In 2016, the Unepic Stoned High SID Collection (USHSC)<ref name="YoutubeSID">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_qhjzQ5qfoRotF-3J1N2cw|title=Unepic SID Channel|website=YouTube}}</ref> was launched. It is a [[YouTube]] channel with over 50,000 SID tunes uploaded as single videos. The USHSC is based on both the SOASC= and HVSC, but also uploads recordings of recent SID music released at the Commodore Scene Database (CSDb) site. The channel features playlists containing roughly 5000 tunes each.