Developer [frntc] has recently come up with a smaller and less expensive way to not only replace the SID chip in your Commodore 64 but to also make it a stereo SID! To top it off, it can also hold up ...

Great news for electronic music makers of a retro persuasion, or simply those who are looking for something ‘new’ to try – the Commodore 64 is back. Yes, no more trawling eBay and car boot sales for ...

Over the years, plenty of work has gone into emulating the Commodore 64 6581 SID chip, but as [SlipperySeal] puts it, nothing beats the real thing. His take on the MIDI SID-based synth not only sounds ...

Each week Tom Whitwell of Music Thing highlights the best of the new music gear that's coming out, as well as noteworthy vintage equipment: It's hard to believe that people will spend $950 on a ...

There's no contest. The C64 was <B>a computer</B>, and was far more capable than everyone's favorite gray box. It cost as much as 4 NESes. It'd be a more fair comparison to compare it with the ...

What you see here was once a Commodore 64, but no longer. Now it’s a MIDIboxSID, which translates roughly into, this thing looks killer in the dark and can lay down a serious series of beeps and pew ...

It’s “I love the 80s” time for fans of the musical sounds of the Commodore 64: the HardSID PCI card repurposes the actual synth chips used in the original C64 (not new chips or emulation), and gives ...

For the sake of full disclosure, let me say this upfront: I'm an Atari man. My pops dropped a ... Being a PC noodler and composer, however, has exposed me to the sounds and possibilities of the SID ...

Commodore 64 fans who want to take a stroll down memory lane should take a peek at Cloanto’s emulator C64 Forever ($15 for download, $20 for standalone; free demo). C64 Forever features the same multi ...

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