This is a very cool tool for the Commodore 64! Enthusi of demogroup Onslaught brings this gem to your C64, in 2009, which some might think is a bit late, but I think is appropriate.
You can make some simple tunes and record (master, as the soft says :D) the output straight to tape on the datassette! I think there’s a bunch of tricks you could pull with this one using fast notes.
Who’s up for the first tape release entirely made with this? My hat is off for whoever wants to do that… You wanted limitations? Have a suck on this one.
Love that SID sound? Of course, who doesn’t? (just ask Timbalame)
Hate meddling around with a Commodore 64? Lugging it, a screen, diskdrive and more?
Want a little box that incorporates in your modern day DAW or sequencer and delivers true SID sound, as well as compatibility with C64 emulators for the perfect experence?
You need a HardSID 4U, and to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the original HardSID device, you can get ONE HUNDRED EUROS OFF the retail price! Yes, you read that right! A HUNDRED!
The unit connects through USB and can host up to 4 SID chips. Our resident nutter Peter Swimm has one and loves it, and has demo’ed to me and I can vow for the coolness of it.
The recession not only hits our pockets and prices, it also struck the demoscene.
The sponsors for the Breakpoint party, among which we used to find Intel, are not supporting the event this year due to the crisis.
Breakpoint is one of the best events the demoscene has and it would be a shame to see it canceled this year, and the Scene.org SCENE AWARDS are held there every year. As such, Scene,org has set forth to collect donations for Breakpoint.
It would be great if you can donate anything, it all helps. Breakpoint must happen!
The official blurb snippet, from Scene.org:
“As many of you might know, the Scene.org Awards have taken place at the Breakpoint demo party in Bingen am Rhein every easter since our first event in 2003. Due to the global financial crisis, Breakpoint has lost vital sponsors, and the party is in deep financial trouble.
[…]
We are inviting all demosceners to contribute to our sponsorship by making a dedicated donation on this page. Rest assured, your donation will go directly to the Breakpoint organizing team.”
More info:
https://bp.untergrund.net/broke_donate.php
A new issue of the COMMODORE FREE magazine has been released!
As usual, it contains the usual load of reviews, interviews and projects. highlights are the DCN-2692 floppy controller board DIY, assembler tutorials, and those with a penchant for nostalgia, a VIC-20 type-in program in assembler!
Vandalism News, the longest standing diskmag in the Universe, has just seen its number 50 release, the Gold Edition…
Loaded full of C64 news as usual and featuring music by many of your favourites like Psycho, Jammer, A-Man, Conrad, Drax, Linus and others, plus cool graphics and text provided by the Wrath Design and Onslaught crews, this is the mandatory weekend read for anybody interested in the C64 demoscene. If you are a n00b, you can get a whiff of what has happened for the past ~20 years by reading the Prefaces, and jump straight into the current day and don’t feel left out again :P
Like if 4 disk sides full of news wasn’t enough, the crew has added two bonus “Golden Goodie Bag” disks, where you can find previously unreleased SID music and other stuff!
This is a very cool tool for the Commodore 64! Enthusi of demogroup Onslaught brings this gem to your C64, in 2009, which some might think is a bit late, but I think is appropriate.
