sid2wav(1)

✨ sid2wav(1) — the manual, but make it cute ✨

okay bestie, welcome to sid2wav from the User Commands section of the manual, this is genuinely iconic actually 💖

🎀 NAME 🎀

sid2wav — output wav files out of sid files 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

sid2wav [-commands] <datafile>|- [outputfile]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so. sid2wav is a synthetic waveform generator that works from sid files, and it's named after the Sound Interface Chip found in Commodore 64 personal computers. iykyk 🕹️

with this tool you can literally "convert" sid files into wav ones that popular music players like XMMS can play. slay.

heads up tho: you don't have to convert sid files just to listen to them — sidplay can play it for you just as it would sound on a real C64. also, XMMS has an input plugin to play sid files directly. no cap.

so what's the point then? the use is that you may convert sid tunes to wav and later to any compressed format like Ogg or MP3 for users lacking sidplay. 🙈 other use would be to convert files to wav for audio CD creation. main character energy fr fr.

💖 COMMANDS 💖

• -h — gives help on usage. bestie just ask her 🫶
• -f<num> — set frequency in Hz (default: 44100).
• -16 — 16-bit (default: 8-bit).
• -s — stereo (default: mono).
• -ss — enable stereo surround. ✨
• -u — au output (8000Hz mono 8-bit u-law).
• -o<num> — set song number (default: preset).
• -a — improve PlaySID compatibility (not recommended). ⚠️
• -a2 — transparent ROM memory mode (overrides -a).
• -n — enable NTSC-clock speed for VBI tunes (not recommended). ⚠️
• -nf — no SID filter emulation.
• -ns — MOS 8580 waveforms (default: MOS 6581).
• -m<num> — mute voices out of 1,2,3,4 (default: none). example: -m13 (voices 1 and 3 off). 🔇
• -t<num> — set seconds to play (default: 60).
• -b<num> — skip first <num> seconds into the song (default: 0).
• -fin<num> — fade-in time in seconds (default: 0).
• -fout<num> — fade-out time in seconds (default: 2).

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

sidplay(1), xmms (1).

💜 AUTHORS 💜

• Michael Schwendt <sidplay@geocities.com>
• Adam Lorentzon <d93-alo@nada.kth.se>

this manpage was written for the Debian GNU/Linux system by Laszlo 'GCS' Boszormenyi <gcs@lsc.hu> (but may be used by others). 💖

Sidplay · May, 2004 · sid2wav(1) — that's the whole page bestie, go convert some bops 🌈🎀✨