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I downloaded Below The Root from a site on the internet, it came with a .sid file. When I play the game, the sound cracks a lot. What is the .sid file used for, I'm assuming it's for correcting the sound. How do I use the sid file that came with the download?

I also have a different game that I took directly off an old floppy and a 1541 drive. It has problems with the sound so I was wondering how they created the sid file?

SID file are rips of C64 sound, which need to be played back using a SID Player, not an emulator:

http://www.gsldata.se/c64/spw/
http://sidplay2.sourceforge.net/

Also Hoxs64 emulator has a built-in sid player.

Stuart Toomer wrote:SID file are rips of C64 sound, which need to be played back using a SID Player, not an emulator:

So what you're saying is that those sid files don't work in conjuction with the CCS64, so they're not doing me any good unless I use a different emulator. Or do you just simply install SIDPLAY2, associate the file with it, and then everything sounds right?

Donski wrote:

Stuart Toomer wrote:SID file are rips of C64 sound, which need to be played back using a SID Player, not an emulator:

So what you're saying is that those sid files don't work in conjuction with the CCS64.

That's right.

Donski wrote:Or do you just simply install SIDPLAY2, associate the file with it, and then everything sounds right?

Yes, you do that also. CCS64 doesn't play SID files, only disk/tape image files. So, install SIDPlay2/W, associate SID files with the EXE, then you're OK...

emulator wrote:Also Hoxs64 emulator has a built-in sid player.

Hoxs64 can play certain SID files, but this is not a normal feature of a C64 emulator; it is particular to Hoxs64.

Thank you for the information Stuart.