Charts and Tables for SID-Wizard 1.6 (document version 1.0, 2014)

A fifteen-page cheat sheet for SID-Wizard 1.6: one page per screen or table with the value schemes, then key tables that list every C64 key next to its vice equivalent, and four reference tables (decimal ↔ signed ↔ hex, arp-column absolute notes, ADSR timings, tempo → BPM for PAL and NTSC). It shipped in the 1.7 distribution's manual folder beside Creating Chiptunes with SID-Wizard (s-witchmaster-creating-chiptunes-with-sid-wizard).

Key claims#

• UI: info area with raster time, playback time, auto-advance, pulse-width meter, cutoff meter and oscilloscope; F5 patterns, C=+F5 chord table, F6 orderlist, C=+F7 tempo-program table, F7 instruments; chords are stored separately "so you don't have to create different instruments for different chords".
• WF-ARP-DT table: WF $00–$0F = repeat only the arp/detune columns for 1–16 frames without a waveform change; $10–$FD = waveform/control byte; $FE jump (a position ≥ $40 jumps to itself); $FF END (shown, not typed). Waveform nybble $1 triangle, $2 saw, $4 pulse ("you need to insert at least one row in the PULSE table"), $8 noise (never combined); control nybble $1 gate, $2 sync, $4 ring, $8 test. ARP $00 prime, $01–$5F up, $7F jump to the default or pattern-selected chord — the WF column of that row ($00–$0F) overrides the chord speed, so leave the instrument's default speed at $00 — $80 no process, $81–$DF absolute pitch C-1…A-8, $E0–$FF down. DT $00–$FE detune (higher = sharper), $FF no process.
• Pulse table: $8x–$Fx xx sets the 12-bit width ($000/$FFF = silent DC, $800 = square; the first nybble only has to be $8–$F); $00–$7F xx adds signed xx that many times (use = to negate); $FE jump; $FF end. Filter table: $8r–$Fr xx — band $8 off, $9 low-pass, $B low+band, $C high-pass, $D low+high, $E band+high, $F all (band-pass alone, $A, is missing from this list but present in the tutorial s-chipmusic-c64-music-for-dummies); resonance r ($F not allowed with band $F because $FF is END); cutoff $00–$FF ≈ 30 Hz–10 kHz; sweeps as in the pulse table.
• Pattern effects (1.6): note-column keys — RETURN note off, Shift+R/C=+R ring on/off, Shift+P auto-portamento, Shift+S/C=+S sync on/off; instrument column $01–$3E instrument (also restarts tables whose restart was switched off with C=+P/C=+F), $3F tied note, $4x waveform nybble, $5x sustain, $6x release, $7x chord; small effects $2x attack, $3x decay, $4x–$7x as above, $8x vibrato amplitude, $9x vibrato frequency, $Ax main volume, $Bx filter band (LOW/MID/HI/3OFF), $Cx chord speed, $Dx detune, $Ex test/ring/sync/gate bits, $Fx resonance — "unless you are using the 'extra' player version, only one Small-FX ADSR setting is allowed per note"; big effects $01/$02/$03 slides and portamento ("same FX-number as Goattracker's"), $04 waveform register — "or above $f0: goes to WF-ARP table-position", $05/$06 ADSR registers, $07 chord, $08 vibrato amplitude+frequency, $09 select vibrato type ($00/$10/$20/$30; also $16), $0A pulse-table position, $0B filter-table position, $0C chord speed, $0D detune, $0E pulse width, $0F cutoff hi-byte shift ("Now notes don't reset it!"), $10–$15 tempos (main/track single, funktempo, tempo program), $16 vibrato type, $1C shift cutoff hi-byte (permanent), $1D delay track by frames (20 ms), $1E delay note, $1F filter-switch/resonance register.
• Tempo → BPM: PAL BPM = 17734475×60 / (312×63×18 × tempo × lines per beat) ≈ 3007.4744 / (tempo × lines); NTSC ≈ 3589.5659 / (…); tables for tempos $01–$14 and 1–32 lines per beat (PAL: tempo 05 at 5 lines = 120.30 BPM, tempo 06 at 4 = 125.31, tempo 08 at 3 = 125.31, tempo 04 at 6 = 125.31, tempo 0A at 5 = 60.15; NTSC tempo 06 at 5 = 119.65).
• Keys (C64 → VICE): Shift+F5 → F6, C=+F5 → Ctrl+F5/F6, C=+F7 → Ctrl+F7/F8, Shift+F7 → F8, CONTROL → Tab, / and Shift+/ or ↑/RESTORE → move 4 or 8 steps (PageDown/PageUp), HOME, RETURN; playback F1 (C=+F1 follow-play), Shift+F1 = F2 from the marks, F3 selected patterns, Shift+F3/STOP = F4/Esc pause, Shift+SPACE play from the cursor, ← (the key above Tab in VICE) fast-forward "4× the speed", Shift+← toggle follow-play, C=+← set it as default; Shift+1…6 mute (six with two SIDs), Shift+0 solo; Shift+A/Z auto-advance, Shift+I instrument auto-typing, Shift+D dovetailing, C=+D MIDI mono/poly, Shift+F/G framespeed, Shift+H/J highlight, C=+B pattern/track binding, C=+T funktempo, </> tempo, Shift+:/; second funktempo, +/- instrument, C=+,/. subtune, C=+1…8 octave (no C= in DMC mode), C=+± octave, Shift+± jam instrument / pattern, Shift+T/Y tempo program, Shift+K/L chord, SPACE jam/edit, Shift+N rename (8 characters), DEL/Shift+DEL; pattern: C=+CONTROL switch SID1/SID2, C=+RETURN select played patterns, A/1/C=+DEL empty note (Q in DMC mode), C=+DEL delete note or instrument+effect, C=+Shift+DEL whole row, Shift+Q/W and C=+Q/W transpose, Shift+V vibrato, C=+Z/X/C/V and Shift+C; orderlist: RETURN open pattern(s), C=+RETURN select the played ones, Shift+SPACE set the play-start marker for all tracks, C=+SPACE set them to the played positions, C=+E first empty pattern; instrument editor: Shift+S main settings, Shift+W WF-ARP, Shift+P pulse table, RETURN cycles HR type / vibrato type / octave sign, = negate, Shift+SPACE gate-off index, C=+C/X/V copy/cut/paste the whole instrument, C=+P/C=+F table reset; chord/tempo tables C=+N note/number mode, = negate ($04 → $FB); file selector F1 re-read directory, F3/↑ page down, CONTROL filename/info/selector, F7/STOP quit; the SDI layout (Shift+L/Shift+S load/save, F1–F3 play from marks/set mark/stop, Z/RETURN play pattern, F4 edit/synth, F7/F8 octave, Shift+F/Shift+T filter/tempo tables, G/Shift+G gate on/off, M/C=+M copy/paste, H hunt unused, N name, ? speed calls).
• Follow-play modes disable the editing keys "to prevent accidental editing while playing".
• Reference tables: signed/unsigned/hex 0–255; arp absolute notes $81 = C-1 … $8D = C-2 … $A5 = C-4 … $BD = C-6 … $D5 = C-8; ADSR timings identical to the datasheet's Table 2 (s-mos-6581-datasheet).

Practical takeaways#

The complete 1.6 key map with VICE equivalents (the manual on sid-wizard lists only the most-used keys), the repeat-row and chord-speed-override tricks in the WF column, the BPM lookup, and the two effect numbers that changed between 1.6 and 1.8 ($04 ≥ $F0 vs $09 for the WF-ARP jump; $0F shift vs set).

Relevance#

Fills the sid-wizard cheat sheet with the keys the 1.8 manual summary skipped, records the 1.6→1.8 effect changes, and is a third copy of the ADSR timing table for adsr-envelope.

Pages touched#

sid-wizard · vice · instrument-tables · adsr-envelope · filter-programming · shuffle-funktempo · witchmaster · sidechain-pump · semitone-math · chord-inversions · melody-writing · diatonic-chords