[Re: c64-2-synth hack]

[Quinton Fulsom]

Hi, thought I would dispell some myths here.
1st as indicated on the timeline on their page they have been in production
almost a year.  They have successfully from an unknown startup already sold
several hundred units, that are very much dependent on the software that
controls them.  They are very unique sounding which is obviously why a
musician may want to add it to their arsenal.  I mean really, how many people
have nothing better to do than REdesign a $500 box you can pickup at a junk
store for $5-$20?  Try listening to some of their WAVs.

$500 is really nothing guys I mean really, would you engineer and produce a
synth for less?
Also, considering there is less than 1,000 mos6581 (new) worldwide they are a
nice little piece that wont be mass marketed.  I thought Ravers and all were
against the whole corp. shabang anyhow?

Feelin the flames already
Quint





"frank olivieri" <franko at wtvhmail.com> wrote:
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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