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SiriusHardware · 25th Jun 2019, 10:27 pm

The thing I really loved about the '64 was the sound, especially the use to which game musicians, particularly Rob Hubbard, put it.

Its SID chip was a true synth, miles ahead of the basic three-note tone + envelope generators used in the BBC B, Amstrad CPC, Spectrum 128 and even the Atari ST. While demo programmers on those machines have since done very impressive work to make those basic ICs sound like a SID, the Commodore chip is the original and the best. People are still using SID chips to make music today.

I'm given to understand that the '64 isn't really a programmer's machine though - I never owned one, just used to have a friend who did, so I never had time to sit down and really try to do anything with one.

25th Jun 2019, 10:27 pm	#2
SiriusHardware Dekatron Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, UK. Posts: 11,548	Re: My Breadbin collection. The thing I really loved about the '64 was the sound, especially the use to which game musicians, particularly Rob Hubbard, put it. Its SID chip was a true synth, miles ahead of the basic three-note tone + envelope generators used in the BBC B, Amstrad CPC, Spectrum 128 and even the Atari ST. While demo programmers on those machines have since done very impressive work to make those basic ICs sound like a SID, the Commodore chip is the original and the best. People are still using SID chips to make music today. I'm given to understand that the '64 isn't really a programmer's machine though - I never owned one, just used to have a friend who did, so I never had time to sit down and really try to do anything with one.