Wednesday 12 September 2018

My Lucky Number (SID in Progress)

Here is a 'work in progress' C64 double speed SID cover of a 2018 Amiga mod called 'My Lucky Number' by Virgill.  The track is being covered using 'Goattracker'.

This is only a test recording of part of the track, taken from my real 8580 SID equipped C64c and passed through my Dolby amp.  There is still much work to be done on the remaining part of the tune and lot's of tinkering with the sounds / instruments. The SID will hopefully be used in a future C64 production of some sorts, either from Arkanix Labs or Cosine.

This cover has the 'blessing' of Virgill.  Please listen to the original Amiga version (from a 2018 Amiga intro) here...

If the player doesn't appear below, hear the SID on my SoundCloud page here...
 

Saturday 8 September 2018

Pellucid Effluvium Recording

Back in 2016, Cosine released a part for 'Crackers' Demo 5', the Crackers' Demo series of multi-part demos containing parts by various groups in the Commodore Plus/4 scene.  Information about and a download for the release can be found here...

I wrote the music for the demo using a PC based tool called Knaecketraecker, which is currently incomplete and thus possesses many 'unique quirks and challenges' to complement the challenges of the TED chip itself. I don't have a Plus/4, so this was played from within the tracker tool itself and recorded after passing through a Dolby amp.

At time of writing, this is my first (and so far only) TED tune, until I'm brave enough to venture into Knaecketraecker territory again.  As for the track title 'Pellucid Effluvium'... look it up... ;)

Listen to the TED tune below; if the player does not appear, hear it on my SoundCloud page here...