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This adds a new chips plugin folder under src/chips/. It wraps the MOS Technology 6581 "SID" sound chip from the Commodore 64, using the header-only m6581.h emulator from floooh/chips. The header is vendored in the directory, so there is no new external dependency. It's enabled by default and can be disabled with -BUILD_CHIPS_OPCODES=OFF.
An example .csd file, .md help file, and a basic audio rendering of the opcode in use are also provided.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Added SID 6581 sound synthesis opcodes for configuring envelopes and voices and generating audio.
  • Added an example composition showcasing layered SID-style music and drums.
• Build Configuration
  • The new opcodes are included in the standard build by default and are staged with Linux and macOS plugin builds.
  • The WebAssembly build excludes the chips opcodes.
  • Updated Csound discovery to support Csound 7 and improve Windows installation detection.
• Documentation
  • Added opcode usage, parameter, build, and licensing details.

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Walkthrough

The pull request adds a MOS 6581 SID emulator and three Csound opcodes for defining voices, envelopes, and audio output. It adds CMake build integration, updates Csound discovery, excludes the opcodes from the WebAssembly build, and adds documentation and a composition example.

Changes: SID 6581 Plugin

Layer / File(s)	Summary
MOS 6581 emulator src/chips/m6581.h	Adds emulator types and APIs, plus voice, envelope, waveform, filter, register-access, and sample-generation implementation.
Csound opcode integration src/chips/sid6581.cpp	Adds the sid6581adsr, sid6581voice, and sid6581 opcodes. The wrapper converts inputs to SID register values, handles gate transitions, and generates audio samples.
Build configuration and packaging CMakeLists.txt, src/chips/CMakeLists.txt, cmake/Modules/FindCSOUND.cmake, wasm/default.nix, .github/workflows/plugins_build.yml	Adds and packages the chips target, updates Csound discovery for Apple and Windows, and disables the chips opcodes in the WebAssembly build.
Plugin documentation and example README.md, src/chips/README.md, src/chips/example.csd	Documents the opcodes, parameters, fixed SID settings, build option, and licenses. Adds a Csound composition example with sequenced musical parts.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Orchestra as Csound orchestra
  participant Opcode as sid6581 opcode
  participant Emulator as m6581 emulator
  Orchestra->>Opcode: Voice, envelope, and filter inputs
  Opcode->>Emulator: SID register writes and tick calls
  Emulator-->>Opcode: Audio samples
  Opcode-->>Orchestra: Audio output

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Possibly related issues

• csound/plugins#68 — This PR adds plugin and opcode documentation, but does not add the proposed manifest or per-opcode documentation files.

Possibly related PRs

• csound/plugins#66 — The new chips target uses make_plugin, which installs to the configurable PLUGIN_INSTALL_DIR.

Suggested reviewers: vlazzarini, hlolli

Merge Risk: Moderate · previous review 3b634

The macOS CI build can fail to locate Csound, and Windows default installs may fail configuration. Fix the framework search path before merging. The tri+saw+pulse waveform is also still nearly silent.

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Review comments at @cmake/Modules/FindCSOUND.cmake:
- Around line 69-70: Update the Csound 7 Windows library search hints in the
FindCSOUND logic to include the installer’s Csound7/lib directory under both
ProgramFiles and ProgramW6432, while preserving the existing lib64 hints.
- Around line 38-39: Add the x86 Csound 7 include directory to the Windows
include hints used by find_path, using the ProgramFiles(x86) environment
variable alongside the existing ProgramFiles and ProgramW6432 hints.

Review comments at @src/chips/example.csd:
- Line 108: Update the lead_note assignment in the section 6 lead-hook logic so
the octave transposition is applied only when the value read from lead_hook is
positive. Preserve zero-valued rests so they do not become playable notes.
- Around line 3-4: Update the Csound options in the example to use portable
audio output and remove the hard-coded Windows audio backend and device
selection; load the chips plugin through Csound’s plugin search path or document
a platform-specific plugin path. Apply the same portability guidance to the
short example in the chips README.

Review comments at @src/chips/m6581.h:
- Around line 259-262: Make the M_PI dependency self-contained in the m6581
header: after including math.h, provide a guarded local M_PI definition when the
platform has not supplied one. Preserve any existing platform definition and
remove the need for this header to be included before other Csound or math
headers.
- Line 486: Update the return expression in _m6581_trisawpulse to use bitwise
AND between the shifted sm values, preserving the waveform bits instead of
reducing the result to a boolean.

Review comments at @src/chips/README.md:
- Line 129: Qualify the mode 8 voice 3 mute description and the filter-mode
description to state that voice 3 is silenced only when it is outside the filter
route; when iRouteMask includes voice 3, mode 8 does not mute it.

Review comments at @src/chips/sid6581.cpp:
- Around line 305-309: Add a non-ticking register-write function to m6581.h and
its CHIPS_IMPL implementation, applying the masked register address and data
without advancing the chip clock. Update sid_write to call this function instead
of m6581_tick, and revise its comment to describe the non-ticking write
behavior.

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🟡 Changes recommended

Unresolved sample-timing, envelope, and waveform defects can distort audio, while the new plugin is omitted from Linux and macOS release packages.

6 open issues

• Release packages omit the built chips plugin · New
• Lead transposition turns rests into MIDI note 12 · New
• Triangle-saw-pulse waveform uses logical AND · New
• Attack increment can exceed the 8-bit envelope range · New
• Zero-level release underflows the envelope · New
• Register writes discard generated samples · New

What changed in this PR

Adds a Csound 7 chips plugin for SID 6581 sound synthesis, using a vendored emulator with no new external dependency.

Changes:

• Introduces sid6581, sid6581voice, and sid6581adsr for three-voice synthesis, envelopes, and filtering.
• Enables native builds by default, disables the plugin for WebAssembly, and extends Windows Csound 7 discovery.
• Adds opcode documentation and an arranged example.

File	Description
wasm/​default.nix	Disables chips opcodes for WebAssembly builds.
src/​chips/​sid6581.cpp	Implements the SID opcodes and structured voice/envelope controls.
src/​chips/​README.md	Documents parameters, building, licensing, and usage.
src/​chips/​m6581.h	Vendors the SID chip emulator.
src/​chips/​example.csd	Demonstrates sequenced voices, percussion, and filtering.
src/​chips/​CMakeLists.txt	Defines the default-enabled chips plugin target.
README.md	Adds the plugin to the catalog and documents its interface.
CMakeLists.txt	Includes the chips build directory.
cmake/​Modules/​FindCSOUND.cmake	Adds Windows Csound 7 installation paths and library names.

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Review comments at @cmake/Modules/FindCSOUND.cmake:
- Line 59: Update the `find_file` search paths in the `CSOUND` module to search
inside the hinted framework directory as well as its parent, so it can find the
Csound binary when `CSOUND_LIBRARY_DIR_HINT` points to the framework’s parent.
Preserve the existing search locations and `NO_DEFAULT_PATH` behavior.

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