Hello everyone,

HVSC Update #38 is now available for you to download
at www.hvsc.c64.org

After this update, the collection should contain 25,149 SID files!

This update features (all approximates):
    1695 new SIDs
     126 fixed/better rips (129 SIDs)
       2 fix of PlaySID/Sidplay1 specific SIDs
       9 repeats/bad rips eliminated
     106 SID credit fixes
     280 SID model infos
      18 tunes moved out of /DEMOS to their composers' directories
       7 tunes from /DEMOS/UNKNOWN identified  :-)
      19 tunes moved out of /GAMES to their composers' directories
      (and 3 go back into /GAMES due to a wrongly credited tune)

      
This time we bring you:

o another dose of 1000+ new SIDs, in an effort to finally clean out our
  Unreleased archive. And it's still not empty yet...  [sigh!]

o Like always we present all the latest scene releases, such as from demos and
  musiccollections that were released since christmas.
  
o The music compo tunes from several parties: Xmas Compo 2003, Deadline 2003,
  TUM 2003 and Out Of Orderia 2003 (hope I didn't forget anything important).
  
o You probably already noticed it, but it's worth stating again:
  The High Voltage SID Collection has reached the magical 25,000 mark! Who
  would have thought we would ever come this far? Only a couple of years ago
  we were thinking about if we would ever reach the 15,000 limit. How naive!
  :-)
  
  Let's start the race towards the 30,000, the support of you, the SID music
  lovers, shall be the wind in our back. 
  Please keep up sending tunes, notify us of missing ones, let us know about
  bugged rips, submit your STIL entries. And I can promise you that the
  SIDoine will continue flowing through your blood vessels!  :-)


Main composers featured in this update:

   M E R M A N
   Stefan Hartwig                 Kochan_Maciej
   Jörg Rosenstiel                Scroll
   Agemixer                       Merman
   Amadeus/Attic                  Mr.Bungle
   Amadeus/Meka Design            Ramos
   John Ames                      Replay
   Compod                         Signor
   Arne                           Tips
   Richard Bayliss                Tjagvad
   Klax                           Warnock
   Stefan Weinert                 Welle: Erdball
   Wodnik                         Peace
   The Gee


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New version of Sidplay2/w released!
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Get the new version here:
NEW URL: http://www.gsldata.se/c64/spw/


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New PPOT album released!
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The great Press Play On Tape have released their second album RUNSTOP/RESTORE!
It features a great set of C64 tunes in a new rocky outfit, such as Arkanoid,
Hypaball vs. 2000 AD, Bionic Commando, Comic Bakery, Wizball. They even have
small previews of some of the tracks on their website, surf over to
http://www.pressplayontape.com/


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Volker Meitz (PRI) releases his first album Vertikal!
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Tasty tunes, wonderful vocals and all styles under the Jazz banner. Head over
to http://www.infracom-records.de/ and click on the "Meitz" drop down menu on
the left. You can even preview the whole CD there!


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Remix64: Into Eternity out now!
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Remix64: Into Eternity hit the stores recently. The CD which has taken
1.5 years to make features Markus Schneider and Thomas Detert (among others),
and is one of the most ambitious c64 remix CD's to date.
With over 20 persons working on the project and introducing many real
instruments such as flutes, Guitars, Bass, Drums, Violins and five different
vocalists the CD was an epic to produce.
Get it here: http://www.mbdrecords.com/


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JC64Dis beta 1 released
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JC64Dis is a java application of the project JC64 java C64 emulator
that disassembles a prg/sid/mus file, giving comments to memory locations.
In this version, it uses a patched sidld (sid Length Detector) for managing
its memory state. This means that it can tell you which part of a tune is
the player and which is the note data.
http://www.sf.net/projects/jc64/


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GoatTracker updated to V1.5
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GoatTracker has rewritten playroutine, which uses testbit hardrestart
exclusively (better soundquality), and takes a bit less rastertime.
http://www.covertbitops.c64.org/


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HardSID PCI has been released
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The successor of our popular HardSID ISA is ready to ship now.
HardSID PCI has the best sound quality and software support on the market.
It is the best solution for listening C64 SID music, playing games and demos
with the original sound and it is the most serious SID based MIDI synthesizer
after the HardSID Quattro PCI.
Supported in SIDPlay1-2, CCS64, VICE, Minus/4, GoatTracker, etc...
http://www.hardsid.com/


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Asterion Sid-Tracker v1.0
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A new sid music editor has been released by Samar and the new c64 music group
Tinnitus. Download it from http://tinnitus.prv.pl


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VICE 1.14 is out
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The VICE Team strikes again with another release of the popular VICE emulator.
It features some bugfixes over the last version, such as improved sprite
collision detection and more accurate 1581 emulation. But also some new
features were added, like support for 1570 and 1571 drives or the ability
to record the emulator output to video or audio streams.
NEW URL: http://www.viceteam.org


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HVMEC 0.2
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For the aspiring composers Stefano Tognon, the author of the SIDin magazine,
has now updated his C64 music program database to version 0.2. The High Voltage
Music Engine Collection (short: HVMEC) now contains 98(!!!) different music
editors or trackers to make music on your C64.
http://digilander.libero.it/ice00/tsid/hvmec.html


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SIDedit 4.01
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Lala has released a new version of his popular ripping tool. It features a lot
of improvements over the last version, so be sure to check it out at
http://lala.c64.org or directly here:
http://www.transbyte.org/SID/SIDedit_download.html