Eight Bit
Hardcore Member
I figured, why not! I run into pearls of music and just want to share.
Having the High Voltage SID Collection installed is nice if you want to join in on the SID sharing fun but it's not necessary
http://hvsc.c64.org/
On the go I use Audacious on my Pandora for playing SIDS but there's many other players that support them as well.
Another good option to play them is by installing chipmachine.pnd from here The terminal version is less pretty but more pleasant to use. It searches through some online databases and finds a lot of stuff so it could be tricky to find the right tune if you're looking for something particular.
On my windows laptop I use Sidplay2/w win32 version which is a very small GUI version for sidplay2.
At my awesome setup at home I use my Pandora to connect to my C64 to let it play SIDS through the real thing without the screen on. I have the UltimateUII cartridge in the C64 connected to my router and connect to it using a telnet connection with Putty. I feel so nerdy, I love it!
The SID chip still amazes me today, or, what the composers squeeze out of it. It's still the same hardware, 3 oscillators and one filter.
I wanted to start off with some real cool modern chip torturing tune but figured I'd better build up a little so the first tune is going to be one a little more easy going.
I chose a classic SID, I can have this on for 20 minutes easy before skipping to the next one in my list.
By Klaus Grongaard (Link) in 1989.
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/L/Link/Dwarf_Fly.sid
Having the High Voltage SID Collection installed is nice if you want to join in on the SID sharing fun but it's not necessary
http://hvsc.c64.org/
On the go I use Audacious on my Pandora for playing SIDS but there's many other players that support them as well.
Another good option to play them is by installing chipmachine.pnd from here The terminal version is less pretty but more pleasant to use. It searches through some online databases and finds a lot of stuff so it could be tricky to find the right tune if you're looking for something particular.
On my windows laptop I use Sidplay2/w win32 version which is a very small GUI version for sidplay2.
At my awesome setup at home I use my Pandora to connect to my C64 to let it play SIDS through the real thing without the screen on. I have the UltimateUII cartridge in the C64 connected to my router and connect to it using a telnet connection with Putty. I feel so nerdy, I love it!
The SID chip still amazes me today, or, what the composers squeeze out of it. It's still the same hardware, 3 oscillators and one filter.
I wanted to start off with some real cool modern chip torturing tune but figured I'd better build up a little so the first tune is going to be one a little more easy going.
I chose a classic SID, I can have this on for 20 minutes easy before skipping to the next one in my list.
By Klaus Grongaard (Link) in 1989.
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/L/Link/Dwarf_Fly.sid
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