5:35 you couldn't have the quintessential 80's sound and not play such a classic.. Not only do you have a solid foundation of musical chops, but your abilities in both electronics and programming are quite inspiring.
What's even more surprising is that he's originally the iBook Guy ;) By the way I had one of these keyboard overlays myself, probably still do in the attic.. tsk tsk
I remember writing my own software to play music on my freshly bought PET-2001, somewhere around 1978. The PET didnt have any soundchip so i had to code everything (machinecode) using the Userport. Ofcourse it didnt have all the features a SID chip had, but i still managed to get some nice sounds (including glissando, vibrato) from it, using the small keys on the keyboard. Spend hours of playing that thing. It was great! Still love the older Commodores...
I used to have the Sight and Sound version of this for my old C64 back in the day. I had forgotten all about its existence. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
I've been a fan of this channel (and your other one) for months, and I had no idea that you had the chops to be writing kick-#$@ music software for ancient computers in assembly code. That looks hella impressive, man!
Kudos to the gent behind this channel. It's one thing to carry on about something on RUclips, but it's quite another to knuckle down and do something about the limitations of the subject matter as he did with his own software. The know-how on display here is heartening to see. Too many poseurs and not enough wow-ers on RUclips. I was lucky enough to come across a cib Commodore Music Maker many, many years ago at a pawn broker, literally sold as a toy in that section alongside crappy remote control cars, etc. for absolute peanuts. While I did not have a C-64 at the time, the gear-head in me jumped for joy. Especially as the SID station came out at about that time and had me highly intrigued. With the carts and software available today, I am glad I didn't walk out of that shop empty handed.
Wow, you Sir have awesome skills! Programming music software and games for such old computers and composing cool tunes to boot. And those loading time montages are simply hilarious.
No worries! It took me a solid hour or so of searching the internet to find out the name, so I thought I might as well save anyone else looking for the song some time :)
What a great review, well done, entertaining and informative. The sound expander is cool, but I think part of the magic of the SID chip is it's limitations. SID Keys is also very cool, congrats.
Excited to see your software in action! I'm a long time chiptune artist so any new software is always exciting. Just as a small correction (as I understand it) when you can play multiple notes (one per oscillator) through a single processing chain it's called paraphonic. I believe the C64 SID would fall under this.
I wrote software on the VIC-20 way back in the early 80's called Del's Piano. However, I don't why I didn't call in Del's Organ, because it was meant to replace my Bontempi organ after it bit the dust. I could have probably adapted it for that. However, my VIC-20 along with all the tapes, were lost when I moved in 86, so everything was lost :(
It took me 30 years to reveal that I do not need the ",1" when loading on C64 (as I have just learned it from someone, but nobody knew what was it for) :)
+Krisztian Sinka Actually, you do. Not all software requires it, but this particular one does. If the software is "autostarting" then it needs the ,1 at the end in order to load it into the correct part of memory.
+Krisztian Sinka load ,0 (default) loads to BASIC start address and load ,1 loads to absolute address stored in the program. If you can run the program with "RUN" command, you usually don't need the ,1 since it'll load as basic program anyway. But if you start it any other way (sys call or autorun) then you need the ,1.
Apparently the sound comes from vibrations from the flyback transformer inside the CRT TV he's using, I always noticed that as a kid but I never knew it could transfer over to recorded audio
Well, don't worry, with increasing age, your range of hearing will gradually decrease and you'll stop being able to hear such very high frequencies one day. Umm, if that's any kind of bittersweet consolation for you.
i would really have liked to grow up back in the day. computers seem so simple nowadays while computers back then seem genious, i mean they were so limited in everything and yet they got everything to work the way they wanted.
Awesome video as always David! But what I'd like to know is the actual loading time for the Sight & Sound and Kawasaki software. Although it's pretty clear that it must be quite long... :P
+Panos Egglezos Yeah, obviously I exaggerated. I did time it, I had planned to mention the exact loading time, but ended up cutting that segment out of the final cut. Sight and Sound takes 55 seconds to load, and the kawasaki takes 1:55, so almost twice as long.
+Marios Sklavenitis Finally a lot of Greeks watch these interesting videos! Thanks for giving us the chance to discover the 8 bit era from the music side :)
Wow, just awesome! Quite an interesting add-on with a good idea behind, and then even own SW written for it! Well composed video, too, poking fun at the old toaster's ridiculously low data throughput :) (with its original SW, that is, due to the messed up serial port ending up requiring bit-banging the data through)
Nice video, I happen to have an 'incredible musical keyboard' in my parent's basement, my father used the commodore 64 (with the audio chip mod, of course) back in the day to produce soundtracks for this documentaries. Your video has great historical value, thanks!
As someone who's done some programming in 6502, I'm really impressed. You should write a book on it. Personally, I have a difficult time finding good tutorials for NES programming - they're usually disorganized and say, "Put this in here because." I'd love something a little more thorough.
is there a version of SIDKeys that runs straight from cartridge like the first one in the vid ? would help a lot to turn a C64 + overlay into an actual single-piece instrument one can take to the stage - loading times and floppy drives (including extra cabling) are not that cool in a live performance situation
please don't give up on that goal - I think it would be awesome - you know, just strap a guitar belt to yer old C64 and rock out with your bandmates - I like SID chiptunes on itself but the best thing is combining chiptunes with other music styles and instruments like machinae supremacy does (you probably know this band and if not then you should check them out because they are an awesome metal band) - now, if only somebody would start reproducing those overlays because they seem to be very hard to find for sale nowadays.
I didn't think I would care much for this channel but I subbed anyways since I'm more interested in the technical/circuit board side of things. Now, I want to dive in and start making some retro chip tune type of music. Love this channel : )
+Mike Orr That's re-assuring. I wanted to make the content on this channel fun to watch even for those that aren't necessarily into creating music, but also maybe inspire some people to pick up the genre of chip music.
+The Obsolete Geek one time in indonesia when we were playing uno with about 7 or so people, someone gave me a "pickup 4 (2 2x)" so I counterattacked with "pick up 6 (3 2x)" and then the next person placed another 6 and the next person put down another 2x so the next person had to pick up 18 cards. Strangely enough she didn't lose the game. +8-Bit Keys I've been wondering, do you have any interest in the somewhat well-known famitracker?
The keyboard also works with the software Sound Synthesizer by Gold Disk, Inc. and Laing Marketing LTD. 1985 out of Brampton, ON. Plays in monophonic. Has more voices and able to assign 3 of them to the first 3 keys after you push Enter key. Pretty cool
nice vid. Good to see people still developing for such platforms. Watching these vids are inspiring me to do something musical, I'm just not sure what yet though :)
love this stuff I had it all and the sci max and all the sci, Dr T and korg and Yamaha. I had 2 yamaha cx5m. tons of music maker software for c64. yamaha and Atari. man I miss all that. and more. being a music loving nerd was the best. great vids play on.
*Long load times.* Aw come on, it's not that bad, it's a part of the experience of 8-bit systems. If you want smokin' load times on a c-64, copy your stuff over to a solid state drive and let it run, run, run. But if you want to keep it pure, then a 1581 3.5" drive may be in the wings waiting for you./
I am so jealous of your playing abilities. I've tried playing piano's and such before and the best I ever got was "Saints go marching in", which my parents got absolutely sick of haha.
@@heccnotuploadinanything3307 yep have VICE installed and found the .d64 of the cartridge, but after loading I have no sound and all the possible notes just flicker spastically on the staff
@@theknee5590 found the problem You need a .crt cartridge and not d64 You cant find it easily because it is super rare Give me the download of that .d64 game and I will see if it is the game glitched or you computer is bad
I dont remember where the download was, but I found 2-3 different .d64 files, and they all functioned as I described. So you dont load it as a "game" as a d64, but you load a cartridge .crt AND the d64? Or just the rare .crt
I actually owned a Commodore Sound Expander.. My mum got it for me at Christmas 1985had ish for the time it was brilliant. You could sequence.. had a very basic sampler like 4bit i think! But it got destroyed in a shed fire :-( wish i still had it for my studio now.. Great video.
+8-Bit Keys Very nice soundtrack that... I wasn't hugely into U6, but Ultima 7 was the game that convinced me to move from my Atari STfm to the a PC with DOS / Windows 98. Also a very good soundtrack.
Hey can you do an addendum to this video about the Cynthcart? www.qotile.net/cynthcart.html Your software looks interesting as well. I'm looking forward to seeing more.
I remember it was possible to alter the sounds by pressing the period "." and the forward slash "/" keys. This was not mentioned in any accompanying instructions. the sound would soften or sharpen. Works on Sound Expander only.
I do own that FM cartridge (Sound Expander), as well as the Sampler cartridge (Sound Sampler) that looks the same, but has a red label. I also have the original keyboard for it (with the original box). Didn't know it was so special.
I never really used it, but now I'm getting curious on what it really does. I've bought them second hand quite a few years ago, when I started collecting old computers and consoles. I also have the MSX module with keyboard, the PMC100 from Philips (I did a video on that myself for Retroforum). I really like those type of machines, enjoy your videos as well. I'm still looking for the keyboard overlay for the Philips Videopac G7000 (called the Odyssey 2 in the US). Soundwise it should really suck, but I'm still interested ;-) Haven't seen that one around a lot though.
kudos for the C64 keyboard that doesn’t do weird stuff while pressing multiple keys at the same time. I had that problem with the PC when I played Mortal Kombat with my brother
5:34 most 80s thing you'll ever hear
jump by van halen :D
I fucking screamed when I heard it
JUMP *guitar here*
I'm from the 2000 and I love that song!!!
Peter Williams XD
5:35 you couldn't have the quintessential 80's sound and not play such a classic.. Not only do you have a solid foundation of musical chops, but your abilities in both electronics and programming are quite inspiring.
And i jump TAM TAM TAM and nothing gets me down TAM TAM TAM TAM
Gives a whole new meaning to "KEYboard"
Ha
i "SEE" what you did there
lolololololololol
puns
Actualy keyboard of the first computers was looks like piano. So.. it come back to itself))
As a pianist/composer AND a technerd. This interest me. This interest me GREATLY!
Can we please have more "Dave brushing his cat" montages
Nice pussy!
Nice 69 likes
His house is so plain; or is it a set and I'm an idiot
Yes
No.
Wow man, I'm impressed by the scope of your technical knowledge. This is an awesome channel.
Soundole VGM Covers: ikr? My brain gets a boner every time i watch these.
Vintage technology makes me drool even though I'm 20 and I missed that boat by a decade
Hopefully will be collecting some pretty decent keyboards as I learn the piano. Want one of those little korglings with a vocoder built in
What's even more surprising is that he's originally the iBook Guy ;)
By the way I had one of these keyboard overlays myself, probably still do in the attic.. tsk tsk
His main channel is a technology based one.
Was not expecting a C64 modern software designed by you. Nice.
Phoenix Wright he did another... PETDraw.
Phoenix Wright OH MY GOD ITS AN ELITE BEAT AGENT
8:35 he said he's working on his own program
Objection!
@@karlsebastiansollenhag8802 well?...
I remember writing my own software to play music on my freshly bought PET-2001, somewhere around 1978. The PET didnt have any soundchip so i had to code everything (machinecode) using the Userport. Ofcourse it didnt have all the features a SID chip had, but i still managed to get some nice sounds (including glissando, vibrato) from it, using the small keys on the keyboard.
Spend hours of playing that thing. It was great! Still love the older Commodores...
Loved it when you played jump
A little off-topic: what a beatiful Cat you have. And thanks for the Video, is very informative, as usual.
Thank you! I also think she is very beautiful!
Every geek needs a cat!
My cat is actually angry with me for getting rid of my old C64.
my copy of planet x2 came with one the cat hairs static clinged to the manual!
I just HAD to laugh with the "loading intermissions" at 4:16 and 5:57.
Whats the song?
That was nothing compared with the Datassette. You could go have a full-day picnic, come back and that thing was still loading lol
@@ramen6236 Mamito Mambo - Mambo King (Latin Lounge Jazzy Mix)
Holy cow, we leave really close together. I recognize the shopping center you were at. It's close to my house.
You should wait outside for him and give him fanmail, personally.
He lives in Fort Worth soooo....
live
TX
Stalk ... Stalk ... Stalk ...
amazing video as always! Can't wait to see more of your Sidkeys program!
I used to have the Sight and Sound version of this for my old C64 back in the day. I had forgotten all about its existence. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
2:17 ultima 6, so iconic, iolo knew his craft.
What
@@jessewoordyt9300 ruclips.net/video/nDyMuANAzBY/видео.html iolo, he wrote that track.
@@jessewoordyt9300 may have been ultima 5, i forget, still, same composer.
Man I love this channel David! I hope you keep making these videos. A perfect combo of retro fun and excellent presentation and production.
This is very cool, it's a lot like the mini-analog synth I own.
I've been a fan of this channel (and your other one) for months, and I had no idea that you had the chops to be writing kick-#$@ music software for ancient computers in assembly code. That looks hella impressive, man!
i do love hearing Ultima being played. 8-)
I never tire of the creativity and specific explanations you provide in your videos. thank you.
This video brought up my hopes in humanity!🙂
43 year old here. Awesome! Keep up the good work.
I may finally get the old C64 out from under my bed and start messing with it if I had the keyboard.
My best advice would be to go on to eBay and see if you can find one for cheap
Kudos to the gent behind this channel. It's one thing to carry on about something on RUclips, but it's quite another to knuckle down and do something about the limitations of the subject matter as he did with his own software. The know-how on display here is heartening to see. Too many poseurs and not enough wow-ers on RUclips.
I was lucky enough to come across a cib Commodore Music Maker many, many years ago at a pawn broker, literally sold as a toy in that section alongside crappy remote control cars, etc. for absolute peanuts. While I did not have a C-64 at the time, the gear-head in me jumped for joy. Especially as the SID station came out at about that time and had me highly intrigued. With the carts and software available today, I am glad I didn't walk out of that shop empty handed.
Pretty cool you are writing your own software for the C64.
Wow, you Sir have awesome skills! Programming music software and games for such old computers and composing cool tunes to boot. And those loading time montages are simply hilarious.
For those wondering what game the song at 8:25 is from:
Warhawk for the Commodore 64
Thank you!
No worries! It took me a solid hour or so of searching the internet to find out the name, so I thought I might as well save anyone else looking for the song some time :)
What a great review, well done, entertaining and informative. The sound expander is cool, but I think part of the magic of the SID chip is it's limitations. SID Keys is also very cool, congrats.
6:00 perfectly fits with the music
C64 SID music is some of my favorite music. I don't know what it is about the SID chip, but it rocks!
0:30
jesus does anybody else hear that high frequency sound
holmrekR same
Thatchman ow
I didn't hear anything.
cant hear anything over my own tinnitus :'(
sounds like an old tv
Former Sight & Sound employee and C-64 programmer here! Thanks for the flashback.
5:34 my tiny mind exploded. 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
Excited to see your software in action! I'm a long time chiptune artist so any new software is always exciting. Just as a small correction (as I understand it) when you can play multiple notes (one per oscillator) through a single processing chain it's called paraphonic. I believe the C64 SID would fall under this.
3:35 DROP THE BASS
In 2017?
Beat
I wrote software on the VIC-20 way back in the early 80's called Del's Piano. However, I don't why I didn't call in Del's Organ, because it was meant to replace my Bontempi organ after it bit the dust. I could have probably adapted it for that. However, my VIC-20 along with all the tapes, were lost when I moved in 86, so everything was lost :(
@5:44 JUMP!!!
You are getting better and better in these reviews! Please keep it up!
It took me 30 years to reveal that I do not need the ",1" when loading on C64 (as I have just learned it from someone, but nobody knew what was it for) :)
+Krisztian Sinka Actually, you do. Not all software requires it, but this particular one does. If the software is "autostarting" then it needs the ,1 at the end in order to load it into the correct part of memory.
+Krisztian Sinka load ,0 (default) loads to BASIC start address and load ,1 loads to absolute address stored in the program. If you can run the program with "RUN" command, you usually don't need the ,1 since it'll load as basic program anyway. But if you start it any other way (sys call or autorun) then you need the ,1.
+Krisztian Sinka Miota vannak itt magyarok? :)
+Máté Varga Márnint a RUclips-medencében? Már a legelsők között ott voltunk. :)
I hope you've continued support for your software, it looks like an actual synth interface rather than choosing 3 "instruments". Really impressive!
What is the name of the game at 8:25?
You really went above and beyond with this video.
+Review Channel: Korgi Polymer WARHAWK
warhawk
Looks a lot like Astro Warrior for SMS!
warhawk
Warhawks are waring
"Jump" chords on a C=64... priceless. You've just made my day;)
Did anyone notice the INCREDIBLY painful high-pitched hum at 0:30? It's driving me insane!! >o
YEES
Apparently the sound comes from vibrations from the flyback transformer inside the CRT TV he's using, I always noticed that as a kid but I never knew it could transfer over to recorded audio
+Ludburgh Miyajima (TakataruMC) Oh wow
Well, don't worry, with increasing age, your range of hearing will gradually decrease and you'll stop being able to hear such very high frequencies one day.
Umm, if that's any kind of bittersweet consolation for you.
I am only 29 years old and I can't hear anything there. Am I hearing impaired?
Oh man. How I wished I had this as a kid. I never knew this existed and that is badass.
5:17 The exact same sound of my computer's fan XD
Or the washing machine
@@arni_2557 except that after that it would all be boom and beang
really liked it when you show the different effects & modes, like the new "electro" music
Have you ever tried circuit bending, if so can you do a live demo or show what you have done. Thank for the great videos!
i would really have liked to grow up back in the day. computers seem so simple nowadays while computers back then seem genious, i mean they were so limited in everything and yet they got everything to work the way they wanted.
Awesome video as always David! But what I'd like to know is the actual loading time for the Sight & Sound and Kawasaki software. Although it's pretty clear that it must be quite long... :P
+Panos Egglezos Yeah, obviously I exaggerated. I did time it, I had planned to mention the exact loading time, but ended up cutting that segment out of the final cut. Sight and Sound takes 55 seconds to load, and the kawasaki takes 1:55, so almost twice as long.
A greek that watches 8bit guy. Interesting :)
+Marios Sklavenitis Finally a lot of Greeks watch these interesting videos! Thanks for giving us the chance to discover the 8 bit era from the music side :)
Commodore 64's disk drive was known for its slow access times
Wow, just awesome! Quite an interesting add-on with a good idea behind, and then even own SW written for it! Well composed video, too, poking fun at the old toaster's ridiculously low data throughput :) (with its original SW, that is, due to the messed up serial port ending up requiring bit-banging the data through)
give that pitch vibrato
pitches love vibrato
Hehe
Juri fam
Nice video, I happen to have an 'incredible musical keyboard' in my parent's basement, my father used the commodore 64 (with the audio chip mod, of course) back in the day to produce soundtracks for this documentaries.
Your video has great historical value, thanks!
oh gosh, tell me about it. It took me forever to get my 2 unicorns.
As someone who's done some programming in 6502, I'm really impressed. You should write a book on it. Personally, I have a difficult time finding good tutorials for NES programming - they're usually disorganized and say, "Put this in here because." I'd love something a little more thorough.
Any more info on SIDKeys? I would really love to get my hands on it.
if you send me a private message on facebook, I'll send you a copy.
is there a version of SIDKeys that runs straight from cartridge like the first one in the vid ? would help a lot to turn a C64 + overlay into an actual single-piece instrument one can take to the stage - loading times and floppy drives (including extra cabling) are not that cool in a live performance situation
That was the original goal I had.. don't know if I'll ever get there.
please don't give up on that goal - I think it would be awesome - you know, just strap a guitar belt to yer old C64 and rock out with your bandmates - I like SID chiptunes on itself but the best thing is combining chiptunes with other music styles and instruments like machinae supremacy does (you probably know this band and if not then you should check them out because they are an awesome metal band) - now, if only somebody would start reproducing those overlays because they seem to be very hard to find for sale nowadays.
8-Bit Keys will you make a video on your software?
What a great video. The c64 still sounds great. It's ridiculous that at the time of writing 58 people didn't like this!
You should make an episode on the SNES sound chip.
he did
@@hadto8482 He did on NES, but not on the SNES sound chip.
I didn't think I would care much for this channel but I subbed anyways since I'm more interested in the technical/circuit board side of things. Now, I want to dive in and start making some retro chip tune type of music.
Love this channel : )
+Mike Orr That's re-assuring. I wanted to make the content on this channel fun to watch even for those that aren't necessarily into creating music, but also maybe inspire some people to pick up the genre of chip music.
Can you do an episode about HOW ON EARTH YOU MANAGED TO LEARN AND USE ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE?!
How am I just seeing this now!?!? So many memories. I had the Sight and Sounds keyboard for my C64 many many moons ago. lol Awesome video as always.
Wait, did you ever pick up 4 cards? Cheater!
+The Obsolete Geek took me a minute to realize you were talking about UNO cards.
+The Obsolete Geek one time in indonesia when we were playing uno with about 7 or so people, someone gave me a "pickup 4 (2 2x)" so I counterattacked with "pick up 6 (3 2x)" and then the next person placed another 6 and the next person put down another 2x so the next person had to pick up 18 cards. Strangely enough she didn't lose the game.
+8-Bit Keys I've been wondering, do you have any interest in the somewhat well-known famitracker?
+8-Bit Keys me too :))))
Lol hahahahahahah
The Obsolete Geek ן
The keyboard also works with the software Sound Synthesizer by Gold Disk, Inc. and Laing Marketing LTD. 1985 out of Brampton, ON. Plays in monophonic. Has more voices and able to assign 3 of them to the first 3 keys after you push Enter key. Pretty cool
00:38 New version on comodore????? You know it's 2016?? Just joking,keep up great work
Ante Radić I think he meant "newer".
destroyerofcomedy Probably
Unbelievable that this stuff is still usable! That's awesome!
what is this soundtrack that he plays on 2:12
nice vid. Good to see people still developing for such platforms. Watching these vids are inspiring me to do something musical, I'm just not sure what yet though :)
Like the little Van Halen part classic 80s
love this stuff I had it all and the sci max and all the sci, Dr T and korg and Yamaha. I had 2 yamaha cx5m. tons of music maker software for c64. yamaha and Atari. man I miss all that. and more. being a music loving nerd was the best. great vids play on.
*Long load times.* Aw come on, it's not that bad, it's a part of the experience of 8-bit systems.
If you want smokin' load times on a c-64, copy your stuff over to a solid state drive and let it run, run, run.
But if you want to keep it pure, then a 1581 3.5" drive may be in the wings waiting for you./
I am all about mic-ing instruments but I find your channel very interesting!Kind of want to get some of this 80's/early 90's gear
THE 8 BIT COMIC SANS IS KILLING ME
I am so jealous of your playing abilities. I've tried playing piano's and such before and the best I ever got was "Saints go marching in", which my parents got absolutely sick of haha.
any info how to get 7:00 set up on my machine? that would be so much fun
Its a vic20 or a Commodore emulator and you have to download that game or piano
You can search it
@@heccnotuploadinanything3307 yep have VICE installed and found the .d64 of the cartridge, but after loading I have no sound and all the possible notes just flicker spastically on the staff
@@theknee5590 try other programs
@@theknee5590 found the problem
You need a .crt cartridge and not d64
You cant find it easily because it is super rare
Give me the download of that .d64 game and I will see if it is the game glitched or you computer is bad
I dont remember where the download was, but I found 2-3 different .d64 files, and they all functioned as I described. So you dont load it as a "game" as a d64, but you load a cartridge .crt AND the d64? Or just the rare .crt
The use of Ulitama riffs keeps bringing me back... :D
0:30 Holy shit, do you have a Cathode Ray TV on or something because that sound is annoying!
huh so that's where it was coming from. i thought it might be my PSU acting up or something
Whelp I'm getting old now that I know I can't hear a CRT noise on YT :\
It's over 17khz. I'm surprised anyone can hear it.
I can't even hear it. Seriously. I'm not even that old, either. I'm only 17.
Sure enough my speaker on this tablet is bad, but I can still hear it :p
I can't seem to escape hearing the Ultima 6 intro theme when watching your videos. :) Great Video!
Can I get Sidkeys
This channel is like taking your first weapon in a video game and kitting it out to be semi-useful in late game.
Video has cat... C Can Can't resist giving it a thumbs up aaaagh :D
I actually owned a Commodore Sound Expander.. My mum got it for me at Christmas 1985had ish for the time it was brilliant. You could sequence.. had a very basic sampler like 4bit i think! But it got destroyed in a shed fire :-( wish i still had it for my studio now.. Great video.
What's the tune at 2:21
+Stop-Motion Guy It's the intro music to Ultima VI on MS-DOS computers (I don't think the C64 version had any music)
You sure seem to love the Ultima VI intro music!
+ElevatorMan5482 ElevExperiencing Productions i was gonna say that!
+8-Bit Keys Very nice soundtrack that... I wasn't hugely into U6, but Ultima 7 was the game that convinced me to move from my Atari STfm to the a PC with DOS / Windows 98. Also a very good soundtrack.
I totally recognized it and was going to boast about that but here it is already explained! =D
This video is awesome! The music systems sound surprisingly good
Hey can you do an addendum to this video about the Cynthcart? www.qotile.net/cynthcart.html
Your software looks interesting as well. I'm looking forward to seeing more.
+draggonhedd Cynthcart ftw! Use it all the time in the studio!
Damn, so much power is that little breadbox. It blows me away.
Kirrim Kerman
Oh, hi Kirrim. How’s it going?
Cats! More cats!
Wish I could DOUBLE like! Can't wait for your video of your own SID Keys software :)
Did the clean the floppy with alcohol trick and it's back up and running!! Soon as I get an SD card reader I'll pick up SIDkeys!
3:08 I think this special thing is unison, cus you can hear the saws phasing with each other cus you had it on 3 voices when u did that.
I was the 207207'th viewer. :-)
I owned (and own) that little keyboard (plus the cartridge of course). :-)
That was a lot of fun to play around with.
the grocary scene is one of the best edited things on this chanel.
I remember it was possible to alter the sounds by pressing the period "." and the forward slash "/" keys. This was not mentioned in any accompanying instructions. the sound would soften or sharpen. Works on Sound Expander only.
Your voice is very calming. I love your videos!
That is the most awesome thing I have seen in quite a while!
I do own that FM cartridge (Sound Expander), as well as the Sampler cartridge (Sound Sampler) that looks the same, but has a red label. I also have the original keyboard for it (with the original box). Didn't know it was so special.
They're pretty rare these days. But on the same token, there isn't much demand for them either.
I never really used it, but now I'm getting curious on what it really does. I've bought them second hand quite a few years ago, when I started collecting old computers and consoles. I also have the MSX module with keyboard, the PMC100 from Philips (I did a video on that myself for Retroforum). I really like those type of machines, enjoy your videos as well. I'm still looking for the keyboard overlay for the Philips Videopac G7000 (called the Odyssey 2 in the US). Soundwise it should really suck, but I'm still interested ;-) Haven't seen that one around a lot though.
ow my, i havent seen that music machine software for ages...this was pure childhood nostalgia, good show 8-bit guy ! ;)
I just want to thank you, you have really inspired me. I don't even know in what why. But I feel as if you're my motivation for each day :)
Awesome,especially the super market shopping part of it
I had this and was my 1st synth haha PWM on the Sid chip is still to this day the best.
Easily one of my favourite channels
kudos for the C64 keyboard that doesn’t do weird stuff while pressing multiple keys at the same time. I had that problem with the PC when I played Mortal Kombat with my brother