Tag: SID Chip
As ardent fans of the Commodore 64 and it’s SID chip, we were more than a little excited when we spotted a tweet announcing the release of SidAMP, a SID player designed specifically for Android phones and mobile devices. The app is the work of Vladimir (@igvlada), a coder and C64 fan developing games and apps under the pseudonym ‘GarageApps’….
Jürgen Wothke has released an updated version of the Tiny’R’Sid music player. This player allows you to listen to your favourite SID music online! Changes: The player is now using Hermit’s filter, “anti aliasing” and “combined waveform” implementation. Download: websid-1.04.1.zip Website: wothke.ch
Xentax Foundation had let us know that a new production batch of the FM-YAM, a sound expander compatible cartridge, will be available soon and you can reserve yours now. FM-YAM will add 9 FM sound channels to the C64, enabling mixing with the 3 SID channels. Here are the main features: Supports YM3812 or YM3526 (via sockets) YM3812 included single unit…
The first of the ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter campaign stretch goals established by the development team was to use a bigger and better FPGA. Since the stretch goal was reached, they started to think what to do with the extra power. The Next is already equipped with three AY audio chips (the original Spectrum 128 had one) which is probably more than enough…
I don’t think there is a single soul that will disagree the Commodore 64 sound chip, the MOS 6581 best known as SID, has changed how the computers make sound and music. Even today, there is an active demo scene dedicated to composing astonishing chiptunes using the SID chip. The Conversation website has published an article that is a celebration of…
Retro Games Collector website has been publishing overt the past year a great series of articles about C64 Development. After quite some time, Graham Axten published the 4th part of the series, specifically talking about sound and the SID chip, and the many available trackers that allow you to create the chiptunes for your game. This is a mandatory read…
CosmosC64 has published in his YouTube channel nothing less than 10 hours of SID tunes for your delight! “Here are 640 minutes of our most favorite SID tunes from our youth. Painstakingly selected and lovingly arranged into hour-long sectors, these are the legendary melodies that have burned themselves deep into our brains. The Epic Commodore C64 SID Collection aims to…
If you, like me, cannot understand the amazing tracker software available for the Commodore 64, this tool might be right for you! SIDTracker64 is a SID Creation tool for the iPad, allowing you to create chip tunes directly in the tablet, and with the ability to export to several formats, including PRG! A new version has been released with…
