new video - Amiga-style stereo sound with a C64 (and some help)

 

I have used this technique quite some time ago, at the very early time when the FPGASID was in beta stage. The FPGASID comes with a very unique feature, it is possible to disable the audio for certain voices. I have recorded a couple of SID tunes from the awesome artist Spino which I play occasionally while assembly/solder things in my videos. But to kick this topic even further, I've spent some time to figure out how to configure 2 FPGASIDs so that I get 3 separate channels for standard SID playback. By arranging these 3 channels in a normal 2 channel stereo setup, it is possible to achieve fantastic results. I'm really blown away about how some tunes now sound, it is a whole new experience. To make this approach a bit easier to accomplish, I will work on some additional hardware, so it will be compatible for standard 2 channel stereo setups.

FPGASID and the Ultimate64 - a tricky but worthy liaison :)

 I've got a bit lost in the whole topic of using 1 or 2 FPGASIDs but due to the most recent firmware updates of the Ultimate64, this combination has become even more appealing.

I have created two episodes about the configuration required to run up to two FPGASIDs on the Ultimate64, which you can find here:

And, I'm planning to do a third one, with a different usage scenario, this time I will use the Reloaded MK2 board, just to bring in some variance :)

The most interesting part is perhaps the support of the FPGASID integrated into the Ultimate64 firmware. What I have learned during the production of these episodes, and thankfully by comments to these videos by Gideon himself, is that the Ultimate64 takes care of most of the settings of the FPGASID automatically, hence, you do not need to jump anymore between the Ultimate64 menus and Configuru to get some sound out of the FPGASID. Very handy indeed.

Many thanks to my supporters and all the people who have joined and have contributed to my live stream when I have started to return to this topic.