MUSIC

Here are some simple tips to help you along if you are new to this. You will need Sidplay 2/W by Inge, SIDReloc by Linus, and Dir Master by Style for this tip. To find both of those tools, please use a search engine and use the two tools as the keywords.

First of all, Tape Master Pro does NOT support SID format. You will need to use PRG format instead. If you are unsure how to make a PRG out of a SID you created or grabbed a demo tune from HVSC please follow these steps. 

1. Load in Sidplay W/2 (Avoid V3 as it has no PRG save support at the moment).

2. Go to File / Open and then select the SID tune in which you wish to choose for your tape master.

3. Go to File / Properties to check for the load range, load address, music init and music play address. If music load address starts at $1000 and is below end address at $2000, music and init and play matches the specified players then all is good. 

4. Go to File / Save, enter the filename and select Save filename as PSID in the combo box. Save it to the SIDReloc directory.

5. Go to the SIDReloc directory in the command prompt. For example:
CD C64\TOOLS\SIDRELOC

6. Type in the command
sidreloc -p $e0 input.sid -o output.sid

7. Load the relocated tune into SIDPLAY 2/W again, and then check the music properties as you did with step 3. The music should start from $e000 and must not go past $efff (the IRQ tape loader is placed at $f000+). 

8. It is time to save music filename. Go to File / Save enter the filename and save filename as a C64 DATA file.

9. Open Dir Master. Open the tape master disk (or make a new disk), drag and drop the music into the D64, rename the filename in lower case and save it. The file will now be ready to use with your tape mastering project.