SoedeSoft - SIDmaster testers needed

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soedesoft
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09 Nov 2019

Hi all,

I developed a rack extension that emulates the SID soundchip of the Commodore 64 home computer of the 90s, which I want to place in the reason store.

That chip had it's limitations but was famous for its sound. I was making music in those days as well on the C64 (with my brother and our own music routine). So I added some of those algorithms which I used at the time to get the most out of the SID chip.

The SID has filters, ring modulation and synchronisation effects that can be used between it's 3 voices, where one voice can serve as an oscillator for the other.

There's a manual describing how to use the plugin, and a website already as well, so go to https://www.soedesoft.com and listen to some demo tunes if you're curious how it sounds.

If you're interested in testing it as a beta tester, let me know,

Michiel
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eusti
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09 Nov 2019

PM sent.

D.

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Faastwalker
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09 Nov 2019

Nice. Have a real soft spot for the C64. My first computer aged 11. Hopefully this Re can do all the cool little percussive blips & percussive noises.

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TritoneAddiction
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09 Nov 2019

Yes I'd like to be a beta tester.
It's been a while since I wrote some chip tunes.
I just sent you a PM.

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09 Nov 2019

Never had a C64, had the type before that the 16....... But the sounds your plugin provides are awesome I must say!!!!!
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olive6741
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09 Nov 2019

Great! Commodore 64 was my first computer and it was just before I get my first synth... I remember I was very impressed by what the Sid was achieving on this computer at that time. Sounds and songs in game were very nice, they had a specific 'personnality' for sure.

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09 Nov 2019

Oh hell yeah! PM sent!

*edit*

One question though, does it run on Reason 10?
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Marc64
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09 Nov 2019

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Have made sids in the 80's and some new these days so this will be interesting :)

soedesoft
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10 Nov 2019

Faastwalker wrote:
09 Nov 2019
Nice. Have a real soft spot for the C64. My first computer aged 11. Hopefully this Re can do all the cool little percussive blips & percussive noises.
It has some of the percussive blips and noises as presets (not fully programmable though, but I might make a SID drummer one day :)).

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fullforce wrote:
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Oh hell yeah! PM sent!

*edit*

One question though, does it run on Reason 10?
It runs on reason 10 and 11. Not on 9 or older though as I used the most recent version of the developer kit.

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11 Nov 2019

soedesoft wrote:
10 Nov 2019
fullforce wrote:
09 Nov 2019
Oh hell yeah! PM sent!

*edit*

One question though, does it run on Reason 10?
It runs on reason 10 and 11. Not on 9 or older though as I used the most recent version of the developer kit.
Awesome. Can't wait to try it out. Love the SID. Hubbard = God.
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PM sent! I used to have a C64 back in the day. I remember a little bit of programming it, typing in programs from computer magazines. Which we started doing for the VIC-20. I remember Music Construction Set and composing on that, and even running GEOS (?) when it came out.

I never realized how special the SID chip was until later. Years ahead of it's time! I've been looking into doing a hardware build based around the SID perhaps, though I've heard that the chips are near impossible to find now.
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11 Nov 2019

[ The inventors of the SID, I believe Bob Yannes and a few others later moved on to form Ensoniq creating the Mirage sampler, the ESQ-1 and more stuff ] Wikipedia has much more info of course. Anyway - cool stuff. There's also a wonderful SID "Workstation" for the iPad. Computing in the 80's was very different - and often more of a wow factor as the discoveries happened then and there only, they weren't something that everyone had on the bus ;)

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fullforce wrote:
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Awesome. Can't wait to try it out. Love the SID. Hubbard = God.
Bit of a side note to the thread, but if I recall correctly Rob Hubbard did a demo for an earlier version of Reason.


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Catblack wrote:
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I never realized how special the SID chip was until later. Years ahead of it's time! I've been looking into doing a hardware build based around the SID perhaps, though I've heard that the chips are near impossible to find now.
Not really, just get a second hand C64. :) Also, there's new versions out there, with stereo sound among other things.
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Bit of a side note to the thread, but if I recall correctly Rob Hubbard did a demo for an earlier version of Reason.
Yeah, that was Reason 4 I think. Amazing track and an amazing demo.
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balloonhead
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14 Nov 2019

hell yeah, always looking for a good SID Emulation but never found one so I want to be a beta tester too. By the way I love your Remix of Star Paws made in i think 2000 or even older. It got me back to the remixes.

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16 Nov 2019

So when does the beta testing start?

I'm looking forward to just dig in and write some music with this thing. It's been a while since I wrote some chiptunes now. It's time :)

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TritoneAddiction wrote:
16 Nov 2019
So when does the beta testing start?

I'm looking forward to just dig in and write some music with this thing. It's been a while since I wrote some chiptunes now. It's time :)
Looking forward to hearing them

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aeox wrote:
16 Nov 2019
TritoneAddiction wrote:
16 Nov 2019
So when does the beta testing start?

I'm looking forward to just dig in and write some music with this thing. It's been a while since I wrote some chiptunes now. It's time :)
Looking forward to hearing them
Thanks.

Just started with a couple of ideas this morning. Using the Chip64 synth as a placeholder for SIDmaster.
There's only two tracks at the moment: melody/chords and bass, with zero effects. So it's very basic. We'll see if it develops into a full track later on.


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TritoneAddiction wrote:
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aeox wrote:
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Looking forward to hearing them
Thanks.

Just started with a couple of ideas this morning. Using the Chip64 synth as a placeholder for SIDmaster.
There's only two tracks at the moment: melody/chords and bass, with zero effects. So it's very basic. We'll see if it develops into a full track later on.

Chip64 is pretty bad ass but this thing looks way better interface wise.
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