Category: C64

  • X’2010 round up part 1 – Graphics

    The X demoparty in Holland happened last weekend, and like every time, it’ s the end-all be-all of Commodore 64 demoparties. Its legendary status has been gained for having breakthroughs in C64 coding happen every time it takes place, and this year it has been no different.

    The number of releases in this edition has been very high, showing a welcome rise in C64 demoscene activity and it also has brought back into the scene a lot of well known names from back in the day, who were retired.

    I’ll start up with gathering the releases happening in the GRAPHICS competition. I’ll show you my highlights after the jump, in reverse order of personal preference. You can compare with the actual X’ ranking to see how varied each person’s view can be:

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  • Cubase64 in action

    I’ll just leave this video here…

  • Cubase64 by Mahoney

    Mahoney, who last time made an MP3 player for a STOCK C64, has now pushed the barriers of C64 sound to levels beyond imagination.

    This crazy dude has managed to squeeze REAL  TIME AUDIO effects out of the stock, 1 MHz Commodore 64.
    It does filter/EQ, echo, tube distortion, ‘Grungelizer’, compression, dithering, VOCODING and TIME STRETCH. Really ridiculous.

    You can download the demo from CSDb and we’re waiting for YouTube recordings of real machines to show you, if they don’t show up tomorrow I’ll make one from my SX-64 (though I wonder if this works on NTSC. We’ll try).

    Emulator’s not gonna be good on this one, maybe except HOXS64

  • JSidplay2 updated to 2 2.0

    JSidplay2 is able to

    load sound files with extensions: SID (PSID/RSID), MUS, DAT, P00, PRG, STR. You can find most of them in the High Voltage SID Collection, the biggest music collecton on earth.
    play mono and stereo formats
    play with custom sample rates (sample size is 16 bit)
    load external SID Filter definition
    check song length from Song Length database (SLDb – contained in HVSC)
    be configured by an INI file containing emulation and player settings
    be integrated into Java enabled platforms
    being used like a real C64 (watching demos, playing games etc.)

    [CSDb] – JSIDPlay2 2.0 (2010).

  • ACID 64 Player updated to 3.04

    New

    Improvements

    • Faster startup time
    • Emulation improvements
    • Copy file/directory added to context menu
    • Many small improvements

    Fixes

    • ACID64 couldn’t start on some Windows 7 64 bit machines
    • Turning filter off and seek back turned filter on
    • Switching device and then seeking could silent the tune
    • Fast forward could freeze GUI in some cases

    ACID 64 Player – Commodore 64 Music Player for all HardSID devices.