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6 Chan (Commodore 64 single SID chip)

By cTrix on June 6, 2018 5:41 pm

FIRST... here's the executable for C64.  Needs a real C64 to sound balanced as emulator tends to amp up the digi and also doesn't bias in the same analogue way ;-)  https://we.tl/NSQMOuPfzK
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Now - what the fuck?  Yup - that's 6 CHANNELS OF AUDIO on a Commodore 64 SID chip.  3 channels natively and using a hack to create 3 phantom software mixed channels.  This sucker uses more raster time than Bob Marley and is also pushing timing to the edge... but it works... kinda :-P
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Based around Polyanna output (big ups to Aleksi Eeben).  The mixing levels seem different on every C64!  It requires 6581 chip.  I strayed away from filters this time... maybe next time.

It's software magic what those guys did back then. Great work man.

Grainy but lush, rich sounds. Nothing else like it!

Awesome bloops. Love the bitcrushed sound and those sweeping melodies, really great stuff here.

Love your big chord progression.  really catchy!  congrats on somehow figuring out how to do all this stuff on a SID chip!  mindboggling.

"This sucker uses more raster time than Bob Marley"

LOLOLOLOL

Nice. No sloppy code-writing back then!

Sweet!

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