Comments on: Original SID http://grandtextauto.org/2005/01/24/original-sid/ A group blog about computer narrative, games, poetry, and art. Wed, 19 May 2010 01:52:58 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: charlie http://grandtextauto.org/2005/01/24/original-sid/comment-page-1/#comment-68548 charlie Sun, 14 Aug 2005 21:05:43 +0000 /?p=655#comment-68548 Great, I'm a big SID fan! cool site.... Great, I’m a big SID fan!
cool site….

]]> By: mark http://grandtextauto.org/2005/01/24/original-sid/comment-page-1/#comment-27322 mark Tue, 25 Jan 2005 07:09:32 +0000 /?p=655#comment-27322 Being an Apple ][ person I never had one of those strange C64 things, but I must admit they did have cooler sound than the fabulous Apple onboard speaker. For those into EBM/synthpop styles of music, the German group <a HREF="http://www.welle-erdball.de/">Welle: Erdball</a> is a contemporary and fairly well-known (in Germany, anyway) band still using the C64 as a major instrument (and not <i>just</i> to be retro-cool). Being an Apple ][ person I never had one of those strange C64 things, but I must admit they did have cooler sound than the fabulous Apple onboard speaker.

For those into EBM/synthpop styles of music, the German group Welle: Erdball is a contemporary and fairly well-known (in Germany, anyway) band still using the C64 as a major instrument (and not just to be retro-cool).

]]> By: join-the-dots http://grandtextauto.org/2005/01/24/original-sid/comment-page-1/#comment-27321 join-the-dots Tue, 25 Jan 2005 05:36:55 +0000 /?p=655#comment-27321 sid sonic
Doesn’t look that impressive, does it? A 28 pin chip—I mean how interesting can that be? Well, apparently, very. Yep, that’s the Sound Interface Device (SID), an analog synthesizer chip, designed in 1981 by Bob Yannes, for the Commodore 64. Like Nick, …

]]> By: nick http://grandtextauto.org/2005/01/24/original-sid/comment-page-1/#comment-27320 nick Tue, 25 Jan 2005 01:40:35 +0000 /?p=655#comment-27320 I realize I probably made the setup process sound more complex than it is. Rather than poking around for specific songs that I suggested above, or starting off by <i>only</i> downloading the top 100, you can get a good sense of SID music if you just (1) download SIDPLAY, (2) download the whole archive, (3) point the player at the archive folder when you start it, (4) check "play new random song automatically" in preferences/options, and then (5) choose "Random Tune." If you don't like what you hear, keep choosing "Random Tune." If shuffle is good enough for Apple, it should be good enough for Commodore. I realize I probably made the setup process sound more complex than it is. Rather than poking around for specific songs that I suggested above, or starting off by only downloading the top 100, you can get a good sense of SID music if you just (1) download SIDPLAY, (2) download the whole archive, (3) point the player at the archive folder when you start it, (4) check “play new random song automatically” in preferences/options, and then (5) choose “Random Tune.” If you don’t like what you hear, keep choosing “Random Tune.” If shuffle is good enough for Apple, it should be good enough for Commodore.

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