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Heavy Stylus
Registered: Apr 2007
Posts: 62 |
Which modern SID musicians favour the 6581 over the 8580?
I've only got an old breadbin with the 6581 at the moment, and it seems whenever I find a great new track it sounds shitty on my SID because it was made for the new one instead... :(
There must be some peeps still pushing the 6581, surely! But who are they?
When I bought my old C64 I was under the impression that the old SID was favoured - for example, the sampled speech in Greenrunner and Redrunner by Alexi Eeben sound really muffled (to me) on the 8580... Was I mistaken?
Any suggestions for 6581 tracks to check would be appreciated!
Thanks, J/HS |
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Cresh
Registered: Jan 2004
Posts: 354 |
Mixer
Zardax
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Linus
Registered: Jun 2004
Posts: 639 |
Are they still active? :) |
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Cresh
Registered: Jan 2004
Posts: 354 |
Yeah. *Still*.
Sorry, then... |
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TheRyk
Registered: Mar 2009
Posts: 2249 |
Though I can neither speak for him nor tell whether he really *prefers* 6581, Slimex seems to be worth mentioning here imho, since he at least is an active composer who DOES tunes for 6581 - which I really appreciate! |
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SIDWAVE
Account closed
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 2238 |
i favor the 6581, because its what i got born with.
also it has the warmest sound, where the 8580 seems cold and plastic.
also, the 6581 can do saturation and warm distortion in the filter, which 8580 fails on. |
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deizi
Account closed
Registered: May 2003
Posts: 95 |
6581 = vinyl, 8580 = cd |
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Linus
Registered: Jun 2004
Posts: 639 |
Hear, hear ... |
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CreaMD
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 3057 |
grew up with 8580, stuck with it. But I kinda love to get corrected when listening to some old SID tunes I got used to listening on new sid and then later realised what's their propper filtered version. Some hits by JT and Red Devil that I considered awesome ... sound more appropriate and less "bass screamy" on old sid. |
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Conrad
Registered: Nov 2006
Posts: 849 |
Quote: Evolver comes to mind, speaking of Jeff.
I don't know why, but I think Evolver sounds just as good on 8580. I played it on my C64C+8580R5 recently, and it sounds great!
I've done 6581 sids a couple of times, but I've always preferred 8580 because of my innocent upbringing on it. |
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Hate Bush
Registered: Jul 2002
Posts: 465 |
the saga continues \o/
why a majority of 'new school' sidsmiths choose 8580?
myself, i can't use 6581 properly. i can't stand the thought of having three filters and being unable to switch them smoothly. i consider the 6581 distortion a nice 'bug that became a feature' though, and i do miss it on 8580.
i've heard that 8580 is emulated a bit better than 6581 nowadays, which may play a role as well ;) |
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