Subj : Re: New SID to MIDI conversion tool
To   : Daniel England
From : Andreas Kohlbach
Date : Thu Aug 17 2017 16:54:45

On Wed, 16 Aug 2017 23:58:05 -0700 (PDT), Daniel England wrote:
>
>> I have a 32bit Linux (PAE, but shouldn't matter) running here. If all is
>> sorted out please point me to source files and I could try to compile it.
>
> I have 32 bit versions working on Linux now.  I will upload once we
> sort out the last few issues on MacOS.  I'd like to refactor and
> consolidate the source files into something a little less of a mess,
> too.

No need that I do it then. You likely have more experience with compilers and
coding than I have. Still I offer to have a look into it if there are problems.

[...]

>> As for MMX I wouldn't worry and just exclude it. Processors should be
>> fast enough today to not really need that, no? And how long can a
>> conversion take anyway?
>
> I'm having to exclude it on Linux and MacOS.  The worry is the loss of
> some quality in the ReSID resampler affecting playback and WAV dumps.
> I personally can't really notice, though.

Umm. MMX is - viewed from a distance - something like a
math-co-processor, no? So it just speeds things up. It might just take
[very little time] longer without MMX. But the end product (the MIDI made
from a SID) should be the same otherwise.
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Andreas
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