ASID Implementations

This document lists known implementations of the ASID protocol and its extensions.

If you find any errors or know about other products supporting ASID, please submit a pull request updating this table.

Feature Definitions

Feature	Description
0x4C/0x4D	Start/stop playback
0x4E SID write	Original SID register write
0x4F Character	Character display data
Multi-SID	Support for commands 0x50–0x5F
0x30 Timing	SID write-order and wait-cycle control
0x31 Speed	Extended speed and frame delta support
0x32 SID Type	SID chip type reporting
0x60 OPL-FM	OPL (YM3526/YM3812) register streaming

Hardware or software that receives ASID messages and renders SID audio.

Product	Type	0x4C/0x4D Start/stop	0x4E SID write	0x4F Character	Multi-SID	0x30 Timing	0x31 Speed	0x32 SID Type	0x60 OPL-FM	Notes
Elektron SidStation	Hardware	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	Original ASID implementation
MIDIbox SID	Hardware	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	Several variants exist - sammichSID, MB6582 etc
Twisted Electrons TherapSID	Hardware	❌	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	✅	Needs Turbo MIDI interface for Multi-SID and OPL-FM
TeensyROM	Hardware	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌
USBSID-Pico	Hardware	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Plogue chipsynth C64	Windows, macOS, Linux	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌

Software that generates and transmits ASID messages.

Product	Platform	0x4C/0x4D Start/stop	0x4E SID write	0x4F Character	Multi-SID	0x30 Timing	0x31 Speed	0x32 SID Type	0x60 OPL-FM	Notes
DeepSID	Browser	❌	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	✅
SIDFactory II	Windows, macOS, Linux	❌	✅	❌	❌	✅	✅	✅	❌
Elektron ASID-XP	Windows	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	No longer developed
Elektron ASID-X	macOS	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	No longer developed, 32-bit Mac OS X only
Station 64	Commodore 64	❓	✅	❓	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Sidplay 5	macOS	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Plogue chipsynth C64	Windows, macOS, Linux	⚠️	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌