I was a bit pissed when my parents brought home my first computer, a C64c with the "Night Moves" pack, and played this tape only to be told there was a way more powerful machine we could have gotten... Still had many happy years with the C64 and quickly grew to love its SID chip which I found more memorable than a lot of the tracker tunes on the Amiga (and better sounding than the YM chip in my next computer, the Atari ST).
OnlyGoodCommie here. An apparent mistake in the narration is telling how to daisychain Datasettes. I've been told the internal connectors are for diagnostics only.
They didn't know how to deal with loud rock ensembles as well as jazz I guess. Also they were still crafting the sound of rock in general, they didn't have anything to reference to.
Because idiots at EMI didn't want to spend money on better equipment for rock and roll, only for the "proper" classical and arty-farty bullshit back then!
Damien Van Den Bulte Yes it did. And the MIDI drum pads can also play the Commodore sound chip, whether the Commodore makes its own sound or has samples loaded.
"Dubbing to the PC via the c64 serial DOES constitute a digital copy of the data stored on the analogue tape." Here's a comment from Lemon user Enthusi: The C2N unit has some signal logik which basically turns sinus-like audio-waves into threshold raised (Schmitt trigger) rectangular voltage levels. Of course there exist numerous devices which copy that exact logic so you can then use any audio-player.
Great footage from Abbey Road studios in the 60s,with Norman Smith, the producer, and in color...but the band is not The Beatles! It's a disappointment to realise how little footage there is of the greatest band on the planet at that time (and now), whereas you have live TV color footage of just about everybody else. How come? If I went back in time I would have a HD camera with sourround mics on them all the time, and give them each a go pro, from 1962 till 1970.
By my research, the chipset in it is the YM3256 OPL, while the Mega Drive's is the far superior YM2612. I can't confirm the bitrate (I think it was an 8-bit to look at it and sounds like it too), but did find it had a 3 1/2 meg processor in it, nearly four times the speed of the Commie's own.
If you go to Koyotesoft's website, you can grab their free FLV converter and downloader program. You should be able to grab my organ samples with it, though you can straight download my Atari 2600, Commodore 64 and Master system samples if you Google for them. Enter COMMODORE REMIX MASTER SYSTEM SAMPLES to get everything I've made.
They control oscillator functions in MSSIAH programs and also have an accidental effect using synthcart alongside its proper Commodulator knob (not pictured in thumbnail).
The irony of a computer renowned for its sound capabilities being given a fairly robust (for the time) FM synthesis chip is not lost on me. Now, if similar had been made for a different type of computer, like Atari 8-bit line or the ZX Spectrum, I imagine it would've sold much better, although I'm just extrapolating from the very similar Adlib.
Fascinating! First time I saw Ready Steady Go in color. Then of course them guys lip synched and mimed to a recorded piece. But I never knew they used records instead of tape...I wonder... what happens if the record skips or goes into a loop?
It's a bit naive though to think there wouldn't be some basic programs hard-wired into your brain by your genes to start you up in the morning as well. ;-)
thanx 4 the memories i had an atari 520 ste then upgraded to an amiga 600 and then an a 1200 ill never forget such games as sensi soccer , choas engine , alien breed ,james pond , and zool etc , thanx again for the memories :)
I think because it was expensive, wasn't a hit in America and some people may actually have missed the point of the 64 being a music machine for the masses.
