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Commodore Free Magazine
http://www.commodorefree.com/
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Issue 38, March 2010
Free to download magazine
dedicated to Commodore computers
Available as PDF, HTML, TXT, SEQ
and D64 disk image
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CONTENTS
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* Editorial
* NEWS
- 64Copy receives an update
- PS/2 PET Keyboard Adaptor
- Amiga Virus Encyclopedia
- VICE Updated V2.2
- C64 Scene Website
- IDE V4.1 Available Again
- Star Commander Upgraded
- Jim Butterfield Commodore Story
- LukHash Experimental 8-bit Album
- Protovision News Update
- HardSID Develops New Products
* Working C64 PLA Replacement
* Interview with "Gunther Schmidl"
* CCC U.K. Mini Meeting
* Minigrafik Introduction
* Minigrafik for the VIC 20
* Interview with Michael Kircher
* Mini Minipaint Tutorial
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EDITORIAL
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SID ORCHESTRA
Recently I thought about Rob Hubbard
and his recreation of SID tunes
using an orchestra, I also thought
back to the "BACK IN TIME LIVE"
events I have attended where people
and bands like "Press Play On Tape"
http://www.pressplayontape.com/ (and
of course others) perform SID music
tracks on real instruments (guitars,
keyboards, drums and added vocals in
the case of Press Play On Tape)
while both attempts were truly
superb, heck we have even had a
group at one of the events SINGING
SID music accapella (Visa Rster)
http://www.livet.se/visa/. I thought
wouldn't it be fun to do this the
opposite way around! Maybe take an
orchestral score (star wars for
example) and rework it to a SID
format, (hmmm done before I here you
say) Hold on though wait until you
hear me out fully.
First you take 16 Commodore 64{SHIFT-*}s
chained together via MIDI with a
master machine as the sequencer;
then rework the score and play it
back using the SID chips of the 16
machines. Now that to my knowledge
hasn't been done before. I did have
some success with 3 machines,
however the amount of space required
for 16 machines prohibits my further
experiments (also I don't have 16
Commodore machines and interfaces at
my disposal) but it would make an
interesting concept, not sure how
well it would work live though,
maybe 16 or 32 people could play 16
or 32 commodore's live using the
keyboard from the Commodore "sights
and sounds" range now that would be
impressive (in my opinion anyway).
SIDAROKE
I keep thinking of this rather silly
idea:
a SID singing Contest where you take
3 people to perform a SID karaoke or
SIDaroke, I am sure you can
visualise this in your mind right
now. Of course this would need to be
performed live to avoid cheating and
external help from electronic
processing etc. I do know some
people who can do very convincing
saw-tooth waveforms with there
mouths. I suppose it's something I
do all the time really (although
usually when I am alone)! I will
Buzz out a pulse width modulated
tone along with the lead sound of
the real SID tune usually on my car
cassette player (yes I can't afford
a CD player in the car) We could
have heats like the X factor,
working up to a semi-final and then
the grand final with presentations.
I wonder if Simon Cowell would be
interested in purchasing the idea
from me, Of course this would need
to be at a reasonable cost? I
suppose 100 million pound would
convince me to alleviate the
copyright from my possession, and a
10% fee on royalties from spinoffs
etc.
AN EXPERIMENTAL 8-BIT ALBUM
FROM LUKHASH
The thing that re-sparked my
interest on these SID related ideas
was another 8-bit inspired album
this time from the band LukHash you
can read about this more in the News
section of Commodore Free, where you
will find a link to their website
that has features a option to
download the songs as music files
for free. The combination of SID
sounds with Rock music, works very
well (hmmm in my opinion).
INTERVIEW WITH "GUNTHER SCHMIDL"
INFOCOM DOCUMENTATION WEBSITE
Also in this issue we have an
interview with "Gunther Schmidl" who
maintains the INFOCOM Documentation
Website, the interview did take
place some time ago and has taken
some time to complete, but that's
the problem with real life getting
in the way of projects. This
interview was on the Commodore Free
back burner for a number of years,
and now finally its been checked and
included for your enjoyment.
MINIGRAFIK: FOR THE VIC 20
If all that wasn't enough I have
included some information about
MINIGRAFIK: FOR THE VIC 20, you can
read about the project and the paint
package that uses the extensions
MINIPAINT, at the end of this issue,
CCC U.K. MINI MEETING
Oh nearly forgot to mention this,
Myself Alan Chris and Shaun all met
up to mull over some Commodore
related ideas and test out the
latest Commodore monitor Connection
setup. Alan has bee working for some
time to get an off the shelf board
working, to display Commodore video
on a flat panel monitor, to some
extent he is successful. However
there are some limitations at the
moment, but we think these can be
ironed out. Although others have
attempted this, once working the
plan is to purchase in some boards
for CCC U.k. and sell them to order,
when you see a Commodore 128
displaying 80 columns on a TFT
Screen its quite an amazing sight.
Ok thanks for Reading
Nigel
www.commodorefree.com
www.commodorecomputerclub.co.uk
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