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McMeatLoaf
Registered: Jan 2005
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Best SID instrument?
Well, topic kinda says all.
The tune itself doesn't have to be good at all, only the instrument(s). ;)
'Impulse' by Taki has some pretty awesome 16x drums.
And just to make it a bit less complicated to choose instruments: NO SAMPLES.
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Oswald
Registered: Apr 2002
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questions like this makes me think I'm on lemon64 :) but let it roll.
a bass/drums/etc candidate from me:
http://www.c64.org/HVSC/MUSICIANS/J/Jeff/Anal_ogue.sid
check this one at 1:32, never before and after I've heard anything simmilar on the sid
http://www.c64.org/HVSC/MUSICIANS/P/PVCF/Geometric_2.sid
another wonderful bass:
http://www.c64.org/HVSC/MUSICIANS/S/Shogoon/Ritual_II_tune_2.sid
grg making the sid sweat (the drums!):
http://www.c64.org/HVSC/MUSICIANS/B/Blues_Muz/Cybermist.sid |
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Yodelking
Registered: Apr 2002
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The guitar of: /MUSICIANS/M/Mueller_Markus/Mechanicus.sid
Though, listening on emulation on this tune doesn't count. :) On a real chip it's a very cool distortion on the guitar. |
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Radiant
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"Doll cry" from the user manual. |
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Dane
Registered: May 2002
Posts: 423 |
The guitar from Deek's Googachild. |
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Inge
Registered: Nov 2003
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For nice'n good drums:
http://www.c64.org/HVSC/MUSICIANS/R/Randall/Ex_State_of_Mind.sid |
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SIDWAVE
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The aie ay! sounds in /MUSICIANS/D/Deenen_Charles/RWE_Intro.sid
The Ruuuww sound in jt/rubicon
The ringoscillations in hubbard/master of magic |
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Style
Registered: Jun 2004
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Noone has mentioned Tim Follin's bell sound from Ghouls and Ghosts? |
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Oswald
Registered: Apr 2002
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talking about follin he did better, a screaming woman, in god knows which sid, but its there :) |
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Oswald
Registered: Apr 2002
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Quote: For nice'n good drums:
http://www.c64.org/HVSC/MUSICIANS/R/Randall/Ex_State_of_Mind.sid
holy shit those drums sounds perfect |
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Style
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Oswald: that was Ghouls n Ghosts too. |
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Intensity
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Are you talking only about Drums, but also about Synths, like leads, arpeggios and stuff?
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McMeatLoaf
Registered: Jan 2005
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Quote: Are you talking only about Drums, but also about Synths, like leads, arpeggios and stuff?
Everything. That means, well, all the things you mentioned... :)
/McMeatLoaf
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Motion
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Hard Track by my danska buddy, JEFF. Great snare sounds and weird distorted bass! The Help of God, the Love of the People, the Strength of Søren Lund! ;) Danes will know what I'm on about...
http://www.c64.org/HVSC/MUSICIANS/J/Jeff/Hard_Track.sid
Also the drums at the start of this track...
http://www.c64.org/HVSC/MUSICIANS/J/Jeff/8th_Frame.sid |
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Laxity
Registered: Aug 2005
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The lead instrument in the Ocean Loader tune v1 by Mr. Galway is ace, but the way it's used counts for a lot too.. Love the way he phrases the melody..
Personally I just love the old Hubbard tam sound.. That's cool, but I'm probably pretty alone on the preference :)
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deizi
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any arp in Future Composer. ;S |
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AüMTRöN
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Deizi: unfortunately we are unable to accept comments at this time from DEAF lambada coverers... :P (I think I just invented a word!) |
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Jammer
Registered: Nov 2002
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http://www.c64.org/HVSC/MUSICIANS/D/Daf/Psychomusicdelirkill.sid ultra fast glissandos and fuckin' A sounds in general
http://www.c64.org/HVSC/MUSICIANS/D/Daf/Opium_2.sid great imitation of soprano voice
http://www.c64.org/HVSC/MUSICIANS/S/SounDemoN/Tamaking.sid almost every sound (except e.g. kick) sounds like non-SID
http://www.c64.org/HVSC/MUSICIANS/R/Randall/Assatas_Song.sid one of the best snares, plain snare mixed with clap - fantastic!
http://www.c64.org/HVSC/MUSICIANS/G/Gangstar/Tiefklang.sid one of the best singlespeed claps (set flag to 8580)
http://www.c64.org/HVSC/MUSICIANS/B/Behdad_Arman/Electric_Jesus.. probably the best trance lead made with SID
http://www.c64.org/HVSC/MUSICIANS/C/CreaMD/Eastern_Kung-Fu_Expe.. one of the best kicks made with SID i've ever heard
http://www.c64.org/HVSC/MUSICIANS/N/No-XS/Textuality_and_more.s.. great imitation of house pianos in the beginning
more tunes soon, i still haven't proceeded to Ed :P
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Oswald
Registered: Apr 2002
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great findings jammer \o/ |
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icon
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 90 |
Fanta's bass-sound in Natural Wonders sweeps the floor with every bass sound I had ever heard. Amazing...
/Icon-REM |
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MagerValp
Registered: Dec 2001
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Quote: For nice'n good drums:
http://www.c64.org/HVSC/MUSICIANS/R/Randall/Ex_State_of_Mind.sid
I didn't thinkt he SID was capable of drums as clean as that. Very nice.
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Intensity
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/me snogs Jammer for mentioning my sid :D
BTW, I have to mention one SID from Jammer too for best speech Synthesis and kick ass Drums, FX and Bassline.
http://www.c64.org/HVSC/MUSICIANS/J/Jammer/HVSC.sid
(Bootlick) :D |
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algorithm
Registered: May 2002
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Jammer.. That HVSC sid is absolutely amazing.. Excellent. And the 'speech' and 'scratching' Wooow. |
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Jammer
Registered: Nov 2002
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nasty self-advertisement:
http://www.c64.org/HVSC/MUSICIANS/J/Jammer/Mr_Marvellous.sid another one with speech, slightly older than HVSC, the first tune in which i used such effect. it also contains an imitation of organs and guitar with duck. |
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Linus
Registered: Jun 2004
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nah, that one's crap ;))
don't forget to check bigbeat.sid by kamil marvellous aswell.
grz. |
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Steppe
Registered: Jan 2002
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Jammer, what on earth is a "guitar with duck"??? %)
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Jammer
Registered: Nov 2002
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linus: better watch your crack :P
steppe: you ask about this sound in my tune or in general :D i meant wah-wah ;) it reminds a bit quacking of duck. polish musicians call this guitar effect 'kaczka' or 'kaczuszka' which means literally a duck :P
this episode with duffy totally rocks :D |
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Steppe
Registered: Jan 2002
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Thanks for explaining. By the way, you rule. ;-) |
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Spinball
Registered: Sep 2002
Posts: 88 |
Hammonds Organ for a nice hammonds organ :)
Chimerang very cool drumsound (listen at least 50sec) |
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McMeatLoaf
Registered: Jan 2005
Posts: 108 |
Quote: Hammonds Organ for a nice hammonds organ :)
Chimerang very cool drumsound (listen at least 50sec)
The hammond organ was AWESOME.
The filter plus the "nonstandard" tuning (CGKOTY, it would've been "nonstandard" if it weren't made on a C64), gives it a real 1930-40's feeling, like an old nightclub somewhere in a dark alley... |
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McMeatLoaf
Registered: Jan 2005
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http://www.c64.org/HVSC/MUSICIANS/O/Odi/Melt_Your_Brain.sid
It has some really nice instruments, especially the sync part starting from 0:06.
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McMeatLoaf
Registered: Jan 2005
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Quote:http://www.c64.org/HVSC/MUSICIANS/N/No-XS/Textuality_and_more.s.. great imitation of house pianos in the beginning
Sorry for the bump, but this tune not only sounds great, it actually sounds a bit "peculiar", in the way that it uses BFJNSX-tuning instead of CGKOTY, so it's tuned +30 cents (CGKOTY was made for NTSC AFAIK, and on PAL it's -60 cents). |
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Laxity
Registered: Aug 2005
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What do you mean, the tuning makes the song sound peculiar?.. Please explain what you mean (and I don't mean the different frequency tables needed for PAL and NTSC systems to have a perfect A-440Hz pitch, 'cause I get that :)..) |
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McMeatLoaf
Registered: Jan 2005
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I probably should mention that I've got perfect pitch (although a bit "passive) so song not tuned to A440 sounds "peculiar" to me, which means that depending on which tuning is used, it has a different feeling to me, e.g. CGKOTY (on PAL) sounds a lot more "dark and old-school" than AEINRW. :-)
It's more or less a subjective thing... ;-)
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Laxity
Registered: Aug 2005
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I thought as much, otherwise you're comment would have been strange.
Perfect pitch is great for some stuff, but a pain in the ass when the reference isn't perfect relative to your internal pitch :) .. I wonder if there's such a thing as perfect time .. "yeah, it's a 100 bmp, but when played on a NTSC system it feels like I'm having a heart attack.. Runs to bloddy fast" ..
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Jammer
Registered: Nov 2002
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c64.org is temporarily down so only author/title
!Cube - Glide - crushing snare drum, i wonder if i could do similar one :D
Zabutom - Sad Pilow + Cyber Prophecy - killer echo and couple of nasty sounds :D
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Xenox
Registered: Jun 2003
Posts: 87 |
Edwin van Santen/20CC - Rettekettet, (nice Drumsounds, i love the 20CC Snare...!!!)
Ramiro Vaca - Turrican Highscore, (the bass and drum combination sounds really great, it's Track 3!)
Chris Hülsbeck - Katakis (Denaris). (the Highscore Track, it sounds but easy but i love the snare of the TFMX Routine and the melody...)
Chris Hülsbeck & Ramiro Vaca - R-Type (the chords at the beginning of track 02)
Chris Hülsbeck - Danger Freak (Main Menu Track, Chris used the same routine in this musical piece and i like the snaresounds, too... He wrote sayed somewhere in a interview that the new routine sounds like a sample, ok, it will never sound like a sample but it sounds cool, i think.. The chords in Danger Freak music sounds cool to me, too)
JCH/Vibrants - Nilfisk (some great snare sounds at the beginning, JCH has always a lot of great snare in his tracks, awesome)
Jeff - 8th Frame (the percussions are amazing, good job, Jeff)
Scortia - Equinox (same amazing chord sounds)
Michael Hendriks/Fame - Baby Jack (the title track is really great)
Danke/Censor - Funky A Soul (nice snare)
Guy Shavitt - 3d WorldBoxing (nice intro, like it!!)
Duck Larock/Camelot - Andagt, MadamDuck (don't know why, i like his style... :)
Drax/MON/Vibrants - Crooner (really, really great melody... amazing!)
Drax/MON/Vibrants - Faarhuud (the bass line, amazing!)
Markus Schneider/X-Ample - Strike Force Introtune (one of the best and shortest intro tunes ever)
Metal/Vibrants - Deaf Deff (Metal's amazing Avantgarde Intro tune!)
Jesper Olsen/Vibrants - Better/Weird (nice snare, nice melody, everythign is nice in this track!)
Shogoon/Taboo - For Tribute94 (nice relaxing tune and nice sounds)
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McMeatLoaf
Registered: Jan 2005
Posts: 108 |
Ringwars (#2) - Fred Gray - listen to it on a 6581 and then 8580... How many voices can you hear at once? 4! (It uses $D418 as far as I know, probably singlespeed) Veery cool! :D |
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SIDWAVE
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Oh yeah, thats awesome! crappy noise, but still 4 voices! :) |
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Cruzer
Registered: Dec 2001
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I vote for PWP's voice synth
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algorithm
Registered: May 2002
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The Chinese type wavering instrument in IK+ / Rob Hubbard sounded just amazing. somewhere near the end of the song |
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Jammer
Registered: Nov 2002
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http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/N/NecroPolo/Cadmium.sid me speechless for a long period of time, this rocks in any racing game on c64 - no samples? hardly believable ;]
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/P/Psycho/F00king_DMC.sid this filtred passing by or whatever it is so fucking catchy that me grins like a little retarded kid
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/J/Jeff/Evolver_6581.sid splendid imitation of fm synthesis
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/M/Moog/Classical_2.sid amazing, really authentic sounding keys
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/F/Follin_Tim/Gauntlet_III.sid strings in the first subtune are almost alive, i adore them since my childhood
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/P/Psycho/Portal_tune_2.sid almost every sound in this tune rocks - insane filtre control \o/
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/P/Psycho/Portal_tune_2.sid teh drums and reversed strings, simply :> |
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Digger
Registered: Mar 2005
Posts: 437 |
Coolest "Bach" sounds by Brian
http://www.c64.org/HVSC/MUSICIANS/B/Brian/Bach.sid |
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Jammer
Registered: Nov 2002
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Quoting Jammer
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/P/Psycho/Portal_tune_2.sid teh drums and reversed strings, simply :>
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/R/Randall/All_I_Want_For_My_Birt.. that is the correct link for the comment above ;]
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/L/Linus/Datalife_Verbatim.sid ace snare sound, neat stabs and great 2chan solo
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/L/Linus/Harden_Your_Horns_edit.s.. sascha, your shouting sound is something i cannot entirely reproduce myself which means it's fucking awesome XD
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Linus
Registered: Jun 2004
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Quote:sascha, your shouting sound is something i cannot entirely reproduce myself which means ...
nah, it doesn´t mean anything ;) |
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Jammer
Registered: Nov 2002
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Quote: Quote:sascha, your shouting sound is something i cannot entirely reproduce myself which means ...
nah, it doesn´t mean anything ;)
you better search for some nice instruments here ;] |
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Steppe
Registered: Jan 2002
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Has this tune been mentioned before?
Meanwhile the Planet
Razorsharp filter control! |
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Jammer
Registered: Nov 2002
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well, tbb rocks in general in terms of sounds ;)
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/T/TBB/Orivesi.sid splendid drumset, bassline and everything in the tune, not to mention quite unusual genre transposed into sid
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/T/TBB/Panimo.sid again, filtre under complete control, very original snare made almost entirely of noise
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/T/TBB/Sounds_of_Nature.sid great trance sounds
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/R/Raveguru/ASSID.sid splendid kick with perfect filtre setting, awesome bassline
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/F/Finn/Nieuwemaas.sid great beginning and drumset
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/F/Finn/Stampmix.sid teh drumset, teh drumset! |
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Stainless Steel
Registered: Mar 2003
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$41 |
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Jammer
Registered: Nov 2002
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Quote: $41
$41 != $41 m8 ;) |
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Digger
Registered: Mar 2005
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http://www.c64.org/HVSC/MUSICIANS/J/JCH/Heavy_Hit.sid For amazing everything and very little rastertime (compromise player)
http://www.c64.org/HVSC/MUSICIANS/M/MSK/Land_of_Illusion.sid Snare and scratches
http://www.c64.org/HVSC/MUSICIANS/S/Scortia/Horizon.sid Explosions
http://www.c64.org/HVSC/MUSICIANS/S/Scortia/CoverGirl_Strip_Pok.. For bamboo sticks and the lead
http://www.c64.org/HVSC/MUSICIANS/L/Linus/Getaway.sid For high pitched rap squeeaks (after 2:14)
http://www.c64.org/HVSC/MUSICIANS/S/Shogoon/Orbits.sid For amazing echoed lead |
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PAL
Registered: Mar 2009
Posts: 292 |
I kinda always loved the whistling sound at 01:56 in FAME_01.sid ... I really think it is that good that I can even mention it within this thread... tjihi... oldschool you.... |
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Stone
Registered: Oct 2006
Posts: 172 |
Quoting Stainless/Paramount$41 In the hands of Martin Galway, certainly :) |
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McMeatLoaf
Registered: Jan 2005
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http://www.c64.org/HVSC/MUSICIANS/C/CreaMD/Mouth_in_Foot.sid that is _not_ a sample in the beginning?! |
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McMeatLoaf
Registered: Jan 2005
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http://www.c64.org/HVSC/MUSICIANS/C/CreaMD/Mouth_In_The_Foot.sid - that is _not_ a sample in the beginning?! |
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celticdesign
Registered: Oct 2005
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Quote: Has this tune been mentioned before?
Meanwhile the Planet
Razorsharp filter control!
\o/ blOody hEel \O/ |
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NecroPolo
Registered: Jun 2009
Posts: 231 |
Nice ones folks :)
http://www.c64.org/HVSC/MUSICIANS/G/Galway_Martin/Times_of_Lore (subtune1) - Actually, it emulates guitar, I learned so many things about playing back in the time and that's it. Different picking positions. Switching neck and bridge pickups. Some applied picking techniques. Realistic bending and vibrato. You can hear frets as you pull down your fingers on the fretboard. Even distorted bass guitar. Tried it all while playing along...
http://www.c64.org/HVSC/MUSICIANS/G/Galway_Martin/Game_Over.sid - despite the fact that it probably never sounded exact on my 8580 SID, the filter mayhem (especially at the end) was the most inspiring thing I've ever heard on C64. Emulators kill that tune.
http://www.c64.org/HVSC/MUSICIANS/T/Tel_Jeroen/Invest_intro - Lots of non-C64 multispeed sounds from the golden age. You know the man.
http://www.c64.org/HVSC/MUSICIANS/A/Agemixer/Da_Shit_Eastwood_J.. - Can you hear ya violins and smell the dung? yeee-haa :)
http://www.c64.org/HVSC/MUSICIANS/A/Agemixer/National_Park_jong.. - Pretty minimal but as far as you can go with djideridoo, it is pretty close.
http://www.c64.org/HVSC/MUSICIANS/J/Jammer/Broken_Circuits_Part.. - Lots of my fav 'better-than-sampling' contemporary sounds were created by Jammer (Mr Marvellous, Hot Mommas, Club Stylier, Floatee, my Own Hyperspace etc-etc-etc) but Black Spark tunes contain a shocking amount of SID rape, even for me :)
http://www.c64.org/HVSC/MUSICIANS/W/Wacek/Artificial_Intelligen.. - Among so many inspiring sounds by Wackee, the intro of this one is unearthly. Can you hear the SID bleeding?
Ghost Escapes Body (Kjell Nordbo) - At the end of this demo, the C64 dies (deletes memory realtime) while SID is still engaged and screaming digital agony as it tries to find meaning in between the irreversibly collapsing data patterns. One of the most staggering moments I've ever experienced on C64. After it reached SID registers and sounds stopped, I stared at the blank screen for a while before turning off the power.
http://www.c64.org/HVSC/MUSICIANS/T/Taxim/Keine_Musik.sid - Gritty SID at best, oooozes guitar riffs.
http://www.c64.org/HVSC/MUSICIANS/R/Randall/Ill_Be_a_Pimp_in_Ca.. - Hi-Finesse, great clarity and mixing. Okay this thread is not about melody but what a catchy one for that! |
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Hate Bush
Registered: Jul 2002
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sure thing i forgot a lot, forgive me:
Intrinsic - in terms of clarity and mixing, i'd say Conrad is the master. almost all of his tunes, except the earliest, are the very definition of hi-fi sound. here, for example.
Automatas - _all_ instruments are unbelievable. not a chipmusic anymore, but a piece of real electronica.
Last Aproach - same applies to this one.
Drop it - and this one. suffice to say it has won an mp3 compo on some party.
Egy Szippantas a jobol - the kick drum makes me envious. also check: Together Before.
Patterns - the whole drumset, snare in particular, makes me a retard.
Evolver 6581 - ORGEL sounds in here, well, what can i say.
Manky - The Toilet Warrior - scream!!! i'm scared.
Electric Jesus - looking for a completely new sound palette? heeere.
and of course almost everything Linus and Jammer do these days :) |
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Steppe
Registered: Jan 2002
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I forgot this one: Scott-Land (8580)
The best didgeridoo ever. Period. |
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Kristian
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Quoting Oswaldgrg making the sid sweat (the drums!):
http://www.c64.org/HVSC/MUSICIANS/B/Blues_Muz/Cybermist.sid
Ehrm.. there's no drums in that tune. |
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Jammer
Registered: Nov 2002
Posts: 1335 |
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/H/Holt_Hein/Armalyte_Revisited.s.. great, atmospheric beginning with unearthy sounds, hein reprises his amiga themes from disposable hero :)
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/H/Holt_Hein/Lick_My_Guitar.sid zz-top!!
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/H/Holt_Hein/Robotvoice.sid drumset and tb bassline ;]
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/H/Holt_Hein/Rock_Sid_long_versio.. teh beginning, almost sample ;)
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/H/Holt_Hein/Sexy_Hardrestart.sid the sexy drumset
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/H/Holt_Hein/Stretch_Marks.sid snare!
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/H/Holt_Hein/Trans_Form_original_.. filtres \o/
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/P/Pater_Pi/Ulthar_2004.sid what an arpeggio
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celticdesign
Registered: Oct 2005
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\o/ wow... pretty nice conversion of herbie hancocks - rock it! Never heard this before... Hein really rocks!!!!
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/H/Holt_Hein/Rock_Sid_long_versio..
Quoting Jammerhttp://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/H/Holt_Hein/Armalyte_Revisited.s.. great, atmospheric beginning with unearthy sounds, hein reprises his amiga themes from disposable hero :)
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/H/Holt_Hein/Lick_My_Guitar.sid zz-top!!
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/H/Holt_Hein/Robotvoice.sid drumset and tb bassline ;]
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/H/Holt_Hein/Rock_Sid_long_versio.. teh beginning, almost sample ;)
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/H/Holt_Hein/Sexy_Hardrestart.sid the sexy drumset
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/H/Holt_Hein/Stretch_Marks.sid snare!
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/H/Holt_Hein/Trans_Form_original_.. filtres o/
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/P/Pater_Pi/Ulthar_2004.sid what an arpeggio
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NecroPolo
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@Randall, Jammer: Yes, Goto80 and Hein! Total opposite sound direction (IMO) but their sounds are awesome. |
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Fredrik
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I like the $41 with just a little sweep on it, and a little vibrato :)
Pulsewave
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Jammer
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Quote: I like the $41 with just a little sweep on it, and a little vibrato :)
Pulsewave
i guess this thread is about the best instruments, not your favourite ones ;) |
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PAL
Registered: Mar 2009
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Quoting PALI kinda always loved the whistling sound at 01:56 in FAME_01.sid ... I really think it is that good that I can even mention it within this thread... tjihi... oldschool you....
I find it strange that no-one else think this is great... silly me... to the instrument that is... |
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Steppe
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Yeah, the Fame_01.sid whistle. Been listening to it the other day and thought: "Man, that's a great whistle! Gotta post it in the Best SID instrument thread on CSDb!" But then you beat me to it, PAL! ;-) |
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Jammer
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http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/J/Jeff/Paradise.sid awesome chorused solo, reminds of amiga prods |
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abaddon
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I like the fat tom-tom sound which Hubbard used a lot. Also the snare sound in his later tunes is nice. |
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pmc
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How about the bass sound in sinful.sid by DRAX from Chorus' Unicorn demo...?
I've always liked that one - it sounds to me like an upright double bass type sound. |
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booker
Registered: Jul 2003
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Croaker actually sounds better than original XM :) |
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Jammer
Registered: Nov 2002
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Quote: Croaker actually sounds better than original XM :)
agreed, instruments are really wicked \o/ |
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GT
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Haven't thought so much about this, but have to agree with Steppe and PAL on that FAME tune. Listened to it just for the whistle. A very good tune too. Had to check the music driver back then I remember, it does some quick pitch slides checking high notes in the vibrato routine. Clever done and gives the little extra lively expressions in the sound.
Also Cybernoid snare drum (thinking nostalgi, have to come back to new stuff later, thinking Linus:), back in 1988 that was a really good snare. lol ;) |
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Frostbyte
Registered: Aug 2003
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What a great topic!
I've always liked the ring modulated (?) lead on this one, especially in the bit starting from 3:20...
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/D/Danko_Tomas/Shock_Magazine_Sch..
Back in 1991 it sounded like nothing else I had previously heard coming out of SID. Still one of my all time favorites. |
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booker
Registered: Jul 2003
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fuckyou.progressivedata.fuckme fuck.me.fucking.jawdropper.data.fuck |
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Hermit
Registered: May 2008
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I agree with pmc, the bass in Sinful is really a double bass like tone... I recently bought a real upright/acoustic bass, and I've had the thought a while ago to remix Sinful with it :) I'm already able to play the main theme, but I had not enough
time recently to start the remix...
On percussion side, the bassdrum, clap and cymbal together is very realistic in Thiefklang (by Gangstar in Plush demo).
Apart from realistic tones, the ringmodulated sweep of the relaxation part in the middle of Compleeto is very unique before doubled-fast-bassy part. I can smell it, not joking, I feel a smell of animal corpse while listening to it ;S
(Interesting, but sometimes there's interference between different human senses. We often feel a tone 'materialistic' or we visualize it inside. At least me and some of my friends tell this.)
Hermit Software Hungary |
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Jammer
Registered: Nov 2002
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Nearly forgot about awesome sounding classic:
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/O/Orcan/Mexico.sid - orgy of brilliantly filtered percussion
Add to that anything by LMan - it's no use to focus on separate instruments and tunes as almost everything shines in that department :D |
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Rastah Bar
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Alien (1984)
Freestyler |
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Jammer
Registered: Nov 2002
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http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/C/CreaMD/Mopotivate.sid drumset and clap are unearthy :O |
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Frostbyte
Registered: Aug 2003
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Quote: Nearly forgot about awesome sounding classic:
http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/O/Orcan/Mexico.sid - orgy of brilliantly filtered percussion
Add to that anything by LMan - it's no use to focus on separate instruments and tunes as almost everything shines in that department :D
Those LMan tunes... I can recognise many classic synths and sounds from there. And they're done on a damn SID. :O
Thanks for the tip Jammer!
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Rastah Bar
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Nice metallic sounds:
Draconus #3
Intro (Means Number One or...) |
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Erhan
Registered: Feb 2005
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multiple instruments in:
Drums on the Run
It's Real Acieed (especially after 3:10)
Shogoon-Rave
L.E.D. Storm (on game title screen, filter can be adjusted by +/- keys) |
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TheRyk
Registered: Mar 2009
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http://hvsc.perff.dk/MUSICIANS/F/Follin_Tim/Bionic_Commando.sid
Drums of Tune 1 were pretty impressive at its time and still belongs to best no-sample/digi/multispeed drums. probably (did not look) does write more than once per frame but at least it's not necessary to call Player more than once per frame.
Ingame tune (5) has also pretty neat instruments |
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Mr.Ammo
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I really like this instrument (test) by Soren: http://www.6581.dk/apeflute.mp3 |
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Jammer
Registered: Nov 2002
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Wow!
A bit similar to my Rocco Siffredi flute (yeah, I know how it sounds xD) but definitely better and more breathy ;) |
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McMeatLoaf
Registered: Jan 2005
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Not very special in it self, but
Break Street
Is that an arpeggio at 2:04? Not very common for a 1984 tune.. |
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Jammer
Registered: Nov 2002
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That's classic, sir. And for 1984 it IS special ;) |
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4mat
Registered: May 2010
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Yeah. Coincidentally we're having a conversation about earliest arps over on chipmusic.org and I brought up Bob Landwehr's stuff. (and Galway's Kong Strikes Back which is the same year) |
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Radiant
Registered: Sep 2004
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Earliest arps |
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Rastah Bar
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Fist II - The Legend Continues
Digital Underground |
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Jammer
Registered: Nov 2002
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http://hvsc.csdb.dk/MUSICIANS/S/SIDwave/Vicious_SID.sid the awesomest electric guitar synth on SID. Snare is brilliant as well <3 |
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GT
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Quote: http://hvsc.csdb.dk/MUSICIANS/S/SIDwave/Vicious_SID.sid the awesomest electric guitar synth on SID. Snare is brilliant as well <3
That snare sounds like Rockmonitor, and it is pure 6x speed tune. Good work Jan! |
