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Well recently I downloaded the HVSC
top 100 sids, converted them into PRG
format in a matter of seconds, and
played them through my stereo via
real C64 with 6581 Sid Chip.
Awesome! A tune like "FAME" you
could not forget from the early days of
C64, even if I have not heard it in
such a long time. The "Last Ninja"
tunes are there, which I love to
listen to regularly anyway - but I do
find the first Last Ninja tunes are
below average when Compared to the 2nd
and 3rd in the series. "Driller" is a
killer tune by Matt Gray that takes up
little space, but goes on forever.
"Batman" from JCH, definitely one of
the most memorable tunes of all time.
"Mutants" has the most ethereal
spooky effect I have ever heard on the
C64. Then you have all the Rob
Hubbard and Jeroen Tel classics, and
much more. Please download it from
the HVSC site, if you have not done so
already!
There are so many great tunes in this
Top 100 collection, I find it as an
invaluable resource - because you are
getting the most outstanding tunes
from the large HVSC collection.
The HVSC do a great work, and on
that subject - the 10 year Anniversary
demo from HVSC made my jaw drop!
What an awesome collection of SID
music!! This collection would be the
best Music collection ever released on
C64, surely! Such variety and
differences in mood and style from all
the musicians - it is like taking a
journey through some wonderful
soundscapes. As far as the design and
layout of 10 years HVSC
- it could not possibly be better. Not
only can you listen to these awesome
SID's, but you can read the articles
which are very informative in relation
to C64 music. You must download this
from CSDB now! I would never have
expected such a great music collection
to pop up, let's hope there are some
great wares planned for the 25th
Anniversary of C64 in 2007!
Signing off,
Luke Lynde (IQ-Dna/People of
Liberty)
============================
Commodore Free Interview with
HVSC team
> Who are you and what do you do for
a job?
My name is Peter Sandn (aka
Yodelking) and I'm from Sweden.I got
my first Commodore 64 in 1983.I
work as a technican for a family
company called Formec.
> I notice this is a collaboration who
else is involved?
The HVSC-crew is well described in
Creators.txt in the documents folder
of the HVSC collection. But we get a
lot of help from external contributers
who helps out a lot.
> Where do you live / what are your
likes dislikes?
I live in Staffanstorp in the southern of Sweden.
> What attracted you to sid music?
It was always amazed by the lovely
melodies that were created, & for it's
time it was really cool sounds. Still
today I favor tunes with good melodies
over technically advanced tunes. This
goes for all music, not only SIDs.
> What commodore machines do you own?
In the old days I had c64, c128, Amiga
1000, 500, 1200...(not at the same
time, though...) I sold my last c128 in
1989 together with almost all my
disks. (and YES, I still miss my old
disks, and I've regret it ever since!)
Somewhere in 1994 I bought a c64
again. Currently I have 6 c-64's and 2
diskdrives.
> What amount of time is spent
maintaning HVSc?
Impossible to say, as we're a big team.
But it's quite a lot of hours spent on
ripping music, verifying credits,
ensure that it works on a real c64,
making the update script, and so on...
> How do you get the SID tunes who
extracts them?
We have several music rippers in the
team who works on this, newer music
is often more easy to rip than those
from old games where the coder made
the music, spreading the routines all
over the memory. Also we get some
great help from some composers who
send in their own tunes, which saves
us lots of time.
> Has anyone complained about
copyright? Have you had to remove songs
due to copyright issues?
We didn't remove any tunes, but we've
been asked to do it in the past.
> Do you know of any CHART music
that has ripped off SID tunes?
Yes, as a matter of fact there is.. :)
> Does the music collection work for
other platforms?
If you're refering to SID collections,
HVSC works under several platforms,
including Windows, Linux, Beos,
Amiga... (some tunes can't be played
on the Amiga due to not updated
players, though.)
> Do you plan a website version for
the Amiga computers?
The HVSC already works on Amiga.
And if you refer to collecting MOD's,
there are already such sites.
> Do you listen to music other than
SID tunes?
Yes, I like most kinds of music, except
Jazz. I'm especially fond of Mike
Oldfield and Enya.
> How many tunes / authors are in the
current download?
We have currently 33000 sidfiles in
HVSC (some have several subtunes
aswell...) I have no idea about how
many authors, as several are unknown.
> How long has HVSC site been going?
HVSC was started 1996.
> How do you feel about current state
of music / non Sid Commodore related?
I feel a lot music is being rushed, and
mass-produced which lowers the quality.
It's not often I buy a record where I
like all tunes. (That actually only
happened once: Merril Bainbridge with
"The Garden")
> Are there any other projects you are
working on?
I'm doing the composers page:
http://composers.c64.org/ and I'm also
working on a "Sidhunt" page where
people can request SIDs they miss out
on in HVSC.
> Where does it go from here,
obviously the project will never end,
but do you have a final cutoff date or
do you plan to maintane the collection
for as long as possible?
We all grow older and the amount of
spare time decreases. We haven't set
any date for when we consider the
project to be finished. We work on as
long as we enjoy it, and hopefully
when people in the crew gets other
priorities in life, we might get other
people to join.
> What question would you liked to
have been asked?
Nothing comes to mind at the moment.
But feel free to ask more questions if
you have any.
> Have you read Commodore free
magazine?
No, personally I never heard of it.
Best regards, Peter