c64-2-synth hack

frank olivieri franko at wtvhmail.com
Wed Jul 28 17:14:24 CEST 1999


They have been around a few years and still didn't even sell 100 boxes. The chip is not THAT popular! Although I still love my 64's audio!

On Wed, 28 Jul 1999 05:45:23 -0400 tomg <vco at mindspring.com> wrote:
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>> Actually, some guys in sweden are making a box called the 
>> sidstation that has knobs, memory, etc and is controllable via 
>> midi. I don't remember the url, but do a search for sidstation 
>> on Altavista.
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>Those are the guys! I went and checked them out. Holy Old
>Crap Computer Batman! $522.00 USD!!! Wow.. some people
>really like this chip. I think I'll play with the c64 some and see 
>exactly how far I can go with it as it is. Try to add a kbd, see
>about noise reduction, maybe a filter and vca. See If I can
>find a midi-interface or schemos for one.
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>Thanks for the tips, links and ideas guys!
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>$500 bucks for a SID box is not an option for me! I don't think
>they even include the chip. You still have to go thrift-shopping
>for an old c64. Nooooooo. It does look extremely nice though.
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>Anybody got one?
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>-tg
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