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The Amstrad CPC use the General Instrument AY-3-8912 sound chip, providing 3 channels, each configurable to generate square waves, white noise or both. A small array of hardware volume envelopes are available. The C64 use the SID sound chip with also 3 channels, each configurable to generate 4 different waves forms : sawtooth, triangle, pulse, noise. It offers other features, much more than the AY-3-8912.<br />
So is it possible to listen to SID music on an limited Amstrad CPC ? The answer is yes, and if you are lucky enough to read french [or use a translator], you will be able to read the article [http://quasar.cpcscene.comnet/doku.php?id=coding:sid "les SID-Voices"] on Quasar. So to resume, yes you can do it on a plain Amstrad CPC, but if you play 3 SID-Voices, you wont have enough CPU time to do something else. Otherwise on an Amstrad CPC+ using the DMA, you will be able to do something else than playing music. The Quasar article comes with the '''AY+''' source to play SID-Voices on a CPC+.<br />
Finally, you could play it with hardware too, with an extension. Read about it on [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/amstrad-cpc-hardware/cpc-sid/ CPCWiki forum].
* Bryce's CPCSID interface [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/amstrad-cpc-hardware/cpc-sid/ on CPCWiki forum].
* DaDMaN's Sonique Sound Board [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/amstrad-cpc-hardware/new-amstrad-cpc-sound-board-%28aka-sonique-sound-board%29-sid-part-%28wip%29/ on CPCWiki forum].
You can hear how DaDMaN's interface sounds here: [https://soundcloud.com/david-donaire-s-nchez/sets/amstrad-cpc-sonique-sound/ Playlist on SoundCloud]
[[Category:Non CPC Computers]][[Category:Music and sound|*]]
