Commodore 64

[Andreas Nystrom]

At 11:54 1997-03-01 -0700, Byron Jacquot wrote:
>>I'm considering building a synth and integrating one of my half-dozen or 
>>so spare C64's as a very programmable controller, waveform generator and 
>>ADSR generator.  Has anyone else done this?  Is this a wise thing to do? 
>>I know it'll save money...  :)
>
>I played with a similar idea early last summer, using the C46's SID chip for 
>some experiments.  I was trying to code a synth with a simple onscreen 
>sequencer, plus some parameter control using the paddle interface.  I worte 
>a lot of code in the C64's native, interpeted, basic.  I was able to get 
>some pretty nifty sounds out, but the basic code ran too slowly to be of 
>much use.
>
>I looked into some of the other languages, but never really decided on one.  
>There was talk of porting the GNU C compiler to the 6502/6510, but I'm not 
>sure where that went, which might be the best way to go.  I also looked for 
>assemblers, but never found anything to persue, and was then sidetracked by 
>other projects...maybe someday I'll go back that way!
>
>Byron

        Ive read an interview with the guy who builded the SID thingy.
        Its the same guy who started Ensoniq or was involved with starting it.
        The ESQ-1 oscillators, are builded on SID chips actually.. or
developed from
        (bad english.. sorry)