The VIC-20 has an external modulator. The C64 has it built in. They may or may not be interchangeable, although when I tried to use the external one with my C64, I got a very poor picture. An alternative to a modulator is if you have a TV with SCART or separate inputs for composite video. Then you c...

btw: i also doing a r. hubbard racing rmx. it`s formula 1 simulator. Looking forward to hear it. I have since a few months a MIDI-based arrangement on the Formula 1 song (or rather the version in Final Synth Sample/Amstrad CPC) which I haven't "converted" into music yet due to lack of tim...

Oh well, I could always ask my Beijing-born boss or his parents currently staying here. But since China is a quite big country with several different people and cultures, it might be more likely to find a match on Internet or a musical encyclopedia than asking some Chinese people. Edit : If it wasn'...

Anders tries to imagine the rescue squad sent out to decontaminate oil damaged C64:s

Btw, there is a decent Super Frog cover in HVSC (by Sidder 2002). I know it is a remix in the wrong direction, but anyone liking the title theme might check it out.

It's an ABC80, the first all-made-in-sweden home computer. With monochrome graphics, and a resolution of atleast 100x100 pixels (the crowd goes "Oooooooohhh!!!!!"). Actually I believe it has 40x24 text mode with an additional teletext block resolution of 80x72 (each character is 2x3 pixel...

Windows (at least 2000 and upwards) has a narrator built in as part of the accessibility functions. It is nowhere as flexible or programmable as an all-purpose speech synthesis. Oh btw, in the 16th International Obfuscated C Code Contest (2001), there was a small speech synthesis entry, coupard by P...

* I is initialize, hand shake * N is new, format disk * V is validate, clean up (but it does not defragment) The syntax to format a disk is OPEN 1,8,15,"N0:name,id" where: * the unit number is 0, unless you have a rare double floppy unit. Often the zero can be omitted, but it doesn't hurt ...

How about aerobics instead of breakdance if there will be a similar compo? Check /GAMES/A-F/Aerobics.sid in the latest HVSC update - it is a previously unknown Spinnaker gem to me.

Ja, ja.. I did have some sort of disclaimer about not recently checking the contents of C64Audio CDs (and probably should've read through the track list before posting). :oops: Anyway, as the particular recording is out of print, I wasn't 100% wrong. Although STIL isn't a place for advertisments, it...

In the STIL entry for W.A.R, Rob mentions this idea about doing a custom version of this tune with synths etc... I'm not sure exactly which subsong (or all of them) he referred to, and I don't know how many remixes on RKO and CDs are already done, but it might be something else to include on a CD, R...

I dunno about Mr. Fulton, but a few years ago I tracked down Louis Ewens, programmer and musician on Brøderbund releases, in particular The Music Shop (or is it The Music Studio?) and Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego. Mr Ewens is still active in the computer industry but had no memories of g...

I also haven't released anything, although a finished (?) MIDI arrangement on one of Hubbard's less or never covered songs lies on my hard drive, waiting for some equipment (or maybe live musicians) to give it justice.

madfiddler wrote:I thought Richard Joseph did that

Which - the best Amiga music (subjective opinion) - or the Speedball 2 music?

Oh btw, although STIL has nothing to say about it, isn't the music in Barbarian 2 some kind of movie cover? I get early Schwartzenegger emotions when I listen to it.

If we recorded his music from a good SID chip (such as Martin's) would that still be worthwhile? Would Rob's music sound good on Martin's SID chip with its unique filter qualities? There were a few composers covering Rob's PC (and Amiga?) music later. Would it make sense (and do you cover licenses ...

CraigG wrote:If there must be a new Delta, Comic Bakery or Sanxion, fine. But just make sure it doesn't sound like all the others.

Something alike "Sanxion (for two bassoons and a harmonica remix)" ?