My C64 SID cover of an Amiga module called 'dintro' by Cerror.  Recorded using a C64c with an 8580 SID, run through my Dolby amp. Used in a simple intro that can be downloaded here: https://csdb.dk/release/?id=199936

rimson Twilight Suite

dintro

My C64 SID cover of an Amiga module from an Amiga game demo called 'Little Beau'. Original tune composed by Tim Bartlett.  Recorded using a C64c with an 8580 SID, run through my Dolby amp. The C64 release this tune is featured in can be found here:  https://csdb.dk/release/?id=218529

Little Beau Demo

My C64 SID cover of a module from the classic 1991 Amiga demo 'Brain Drain'.  Original tune composed by Tyrell/Dual Crew.  Recorded using a C64c with an 8580 SID, run through my Dolby amp.

The 'Brain Drain' image used here is my C64 multicolour version of the Amiga demo logo original.

The C64 release this tune is featured can be found here: https://csdb.dk/release/?id=218888

Learning To Fly

The music that plays, when loading from floppy disk, my Amiga game 'Spheroid'.  Recorded from my Amiga1200, running through my Dolby amp.

I was inspired to write and use a chiptune for the loader because of the excellent chip style tune composed by Jason Page for the rather brilliant Amiga game 'Uridium 2' from 1993, by the legend Andrew Braybrook.

Get my Amiga game here:
https://andyvaisey.itch.io/spheroid

Spheroid Loader

Work in progress C64 SID cover of a classic Amiga mod called 'Beyond Music' by Markus 'Captain' Kaarlonen.  Only a test recording of part of the track, taken from a real C64c passed through a Dolby amp.

Beyond Music - 8580 SID Test

C64 SID 8580 cover of an Amiga mod called 'Frequency Shifter' by 'Mr Death/CTR'.  Released in 2015 as part of a C64 music collection called 'SID Doing Paula', a collection of Amiga mod covers.  This version is recorded straight from an 8580 C64c through a Dolby amp.

The original C64 collection is on CSDb here:
https://csdb.dk/release/index.php?id=135962

Trivia:  the hand holding a disk image was pixelled by me and is part of the C64 demo this music is from.  It is a riff on the Amiga boot screen, which features a 3.5" disk as opposed to the 5.25" disk featured here, more common to the C64.

Frequency Shifter

C64 8580 SID cover of Amiga module called 'Macrocosm' by Firefox.  Recorded from a real C64c equipped with a SID 8580, run through a Dolby amp.  The original raw SID data file is around 6K in size.

This C64 tune was used in a C64 crack intro called 'Refix 2017'.  The original C64 demo is here...

http://www.cosine.org.uk/products.php?prod=refix_2017&4mat=c64

Macrocosm

Protracker module written in OpenMPT using only 4 channels and the original 8bit samples from the Amiga game 'Shadow of the Beast'. 

Written in an attempt to sound similar to the classic Beast in-games tunes by David Whittaker for a simple PC demo called 'Beast Tribute' that was coded in response to other 'Psygnosis' demos that appeared on the 'Dark Bit Factory & Gravity' forum in 2018.

The demo, including source, graphics and original mod file of this music can be found here...

http://www.cosine.org.uk/products.php?prod=old_school_demo_2&4mat=pc

Beast Tribute

C64 8580 SID cover of Amiga module called 'Lost in Time' by The Judge.  The Amiga version was originally featured on an Amiga music disk called 'Amazing Tunes II', but is probably more known for being used as the title track on the Amiga conversion of the arcade game 'Final Fight'.

This C64 cover was recorded from a real C64c equipped with a SID 8580, run through a Dolby amp. The original raw SID data file is just over 4.5K in size.  It was used in a C64 demo called 'MD201603'. The original C64 demo is here...

http://www.cosine.org.uk/products.php?prod=md201603&4mat=c64

The C64 Cosine logo shown nearby here was also pixelled by me.

Lost in Time

C64 8580 SID cover of the main tune from the classic arcade game 'Space Harrier'.  Recorded from a real C64c equipped with a SID 8580, run through a Dolby amp.

The 1980's C64 conversion of the arcade featured a great version of the arcade tune by Mark Cooksey, using his 'trademark' sounds.  However, it didn't sound very authentic to the original and varied slightly in arrangement.   This 'new' version attempts to sound closer to the arcade tune in sound and arrangement.

This C64 tune was used in a note file for a C64 demo by Arkanix Labs.  The original demo can be found here...

https://csdb.dk/release/?id=133025

Trivia:  the 'Arkanix Labs' logo nearby was pixelled by me for the note file and, yes, it is a riff on the old Ocean Software logo.

Space Harrier Arcade

C64 8580 SID cover of the main theme from the film 'Fletch' starring Chevy Chase.  The film theme was composed by Harold Faltermeyer.

This C64 cover was recorded from a real C64c equipped with a SID 8580, run through a Dolby amp.  It was used in a C64 demo called 'MD201605'. The original C64 demo is here...

http://www.cosine.org.uk/products.php?prod=md201605&4mat=c64

Note:  the original SID file loops continuously, but has been faded here after one play-through.

Fletch Theme

C64 SID 8580 cover of an Amiga mod called 'Bambam' by 'Jozz/TRSI'. Released in 2015 as part of a C64 music collection called 'SID Doing Paula', a collection of Amiga mod covers. This version is recorded straight from an 8580 C64c through a Dolby amp.  The original SID file is just under 3K and loops continuously (it's set to fade here after one play through).

The original C64 collection is on CSDb here:
csdb.dk/release/index.php?id=135962

Someone asked permission to use the SID tune in a C64 game, which is here:
https://csdb.dk/release/?id=156299

Trivia: the hand holding a disk image was pixelled by me and is part of the C64 demo this music is from. It is a riff on the Amiga boot screen, which features a 3.5" disk as opposed to the 5.25" disk featured here, more common to the C64.

Bambam

C64 SID 8580 cover of an Amiga mod called 'Delicate Oooz!' by 'Emax/TRSI'. Released in 2015 as part of a C64 music collection called 'SID Doing Paula', a collection of Amiga mod covers. This version is recorded straight from an 8580 C64c through a Dolby amp.

The original SID file is just under 5K and is a double-speed tune where the music player is called twice per frame, to give a slightly different sound/timbre to the 'instruments'.

The original C64 collection is on CSDb here:
csdb.dk/release/index.php?id=135962

Trivia: the hand holding a disk image was pixelled by me and is part of the C64 demo this music is from. It is a riff on the Amiga boot screen, which features a 3.5" disk as opposed to the 5.25" disk featured here, more common to the C64.

Delicate Oooz!

C64 SID 8580 cover of Jason Page's loading tune from the amazing Amiga game 'Uridium 2'. The SID was released in 2015 as part of a C64 music collection called 'SID Doing Paula', a collection of Amiga mod covers. It was a 'hidden' bonus tune. This version is recorded straight from an 8580 C64c through a Dolby amp.

The original C64 collection is on CSDb here:
csdb.dk/release/index.php?id=135962

The original Amiga version can be found on SoundCloud and YouTube.

Trivia: the hand holding a disk image was pixelled by me and is part of the C64 demo this music is from. It is a riff on the Amiga boot screen, which features a 3.5" disk as opposed to the 5.25" disk featured here, more common to the C64.

Uridium 2 Loader - C64

C64 SID 8580 cover of an Amiga mod called 'Matkamies' by 'Heatbeat/Carillon'. Released in 2015 as part of a C64 music collection called 'SID Doing Paula', a collection of Amiga mod covers. This version is recorded straight from an 8580 C64c through a Dolby amp.

This recording fades around the minute mark; the original SID loops continuously.

The original C64 collection is on CSDb here:
csdb.dk/release/index.php?id=135962

Trivia: the hand holding a disk image was pixelled by me and is part of the C64 demo this music is from. It is a riff on the Amiga boot screen, which features a 3.5" disk as opposed to the 5.25" disk featured here, more common to the C64.

Matkamies - C64

Atari 8bit POKEY cover of an Amiga mod by 'Heatbeat/Carillon', written while learning the Atari 8bit POKEY chip.

This recording fades around the minute mark while the original POKEY loops continuously.

The original Amiga version as well as my C64 cover can be found on SoundCloud and YouTube.

Matkamies - Atari 8bit

C64 8580 SID remix/remake of the loading tune from the C64 Ocean/Denton Designs game 'Mutants'. Recorded from a real C64c equipped with a SID 8580, run through a Dolby amp.

This 'from scratch' remix features a complete rearrangement of the whole tune, addition of drums and the use of heavily filtered bass, in an attempt to produce a more 'chilled' and mellow version of the original tune.  It is dedicated to the original composer, Fred Gray, hence the 'FG Tribute' part of the title.

This C64 tune was used in a C64 demo by Arkanix Labs. The original demo can be found here...

csdb.dk/release/?id=133025

The demo was released at the 'Emergency Chicagoland Commodore Convention (ECCC) Expo 2014'. 

Trivia: the 'Mutations' screen nearby is my rendition and heavily modified version of the original game loading screen by Stuart Fotheringham (Stoo) of Denton Designs.  It features improved dithering/shading, a more authentic Ocean logo, a name change from 'Mutants' to 'Mutations', improved star-field and so on.

Mutations - FG Tribute

An original Commodore Plus/4 TED chip tune, which featured in a Cosine demo that was part of a multi-part demo called 'Cracker's Demo 5'.   Probably for 'hardcore' chip tune fanatics only ;)

It was written on the PC using a tool called 'Knaecketraecker', which is currently incomplete and thus possesses many 'unique quirks and challenges' to complement the challenges of the TED chip itself.  I don't have a Plus/4, so this was played from within the tracker tool itself and recorded after passing through a Dolby amp.

The original Plus/4 demo in which the tune is featured is here:
http://www.cosine.org.uk/products.php?prod=crackers_demo_5&4mat=264

Trivia: this is my first (and so far only) TED tune, until I'm brave enough to venture into  Knaecketraecker territory again.  As for the track name, look it up... ;)

Pellucid Effluvium

Work in progress C64 double speed SID cover of a 2018 Amiga mod called 'My Lucky Number' by Virgill.

Only a test recording of part of the track, taken from a real 8580 SID equipped C64c passed through a Dolby amp.  *Lots* of work to be done on the remaining part of the tune and tinkering with the sounds / instruments.  The SID will be used in a future C64 production of some sorts...

This cover has the 'blessing' of Virgill.  Please listen to the original Amiga version (from a 2018 Amiga intro) here:

https://soundcloud.com/virgill/my-lucky-number

My Lucky Number (Work in Progress - 8580 SID Test)

C64 8580 SID bat-cover of the level 1 theme from the 1990 game 'Batman' on the SEGA Megadrive.

This C64 bat-cover was recorded from a real C64c equipped with a SID 8580, run through a Dolby bat-amp.  Holy acoustics!

It was used in a C64 demo called 'MD201703'.  An explanation for it's being along with the original C64 demo is here on this bat-page...

http://cosine.org.uk/products.php?prod=md201703&4mat=c64

Holy download!

Note: the original bat-SID file loops continuously, but has been faded here after one play-through.  Holy cut-short!

Gotham City Street

Protracker module written in OpenMPT using only 4 channels and the original 8bit samples from the Amiga ST-XX sample disks; some samples ripped from classic horror film scenes.

Written to sound similar to classic Amiga Soundtracker modules circa 1988 for a simple Halloween WindowsPC demo called 'Old School Demo III' that was coded in response to a 'challenge' that appeared on the 'DBF Interactive' forum in October 2018.

Named for the riff from Tubular Bells that features before the track goes off on it's own merry way...

The demo, including source, graphics and original .mod file of this music can be found here:

http://www.cosine.org.uk/products.php?prod=old_school_demo_3&4mat=pc

Tubularween

C64 SID 8580 cover of an Amiga mod called 'Crack or Die!' by 'Jugi/Complex'. Released in 2015 as part of a C64 music collection called 'SID Doing Paula', a collection of Amiga mod covers. This version is recorded straight from an 8580 C64c through a Dolby amp.

The original C64 collection is on CSDb here:
csdb.dk/release/index.php?id=135962

Trivia: the hand holding a disk image was pixelled by me and is part of the C64 demo this music is from. It is a riff on the Amiga boot screen, which features a 3.5" disk as opposed to the 5.25" disk featured here, more common to the C64.

Crack or Die!

C64 SID cover of the excellent Amiga mod 'Loopit4ever' by Zabutom.  Recorded from a real C64c equipped with a 8580 SID, run through a Dolby amp.

This C64 tune was released by Arkanix Labs. The original C64 version can be found here...

https://csdb.dk/release/?id=173081

Loopit C64 Ever

C64 SID cover of the classic Paranoimia cracktro music.   Recorded from a real C64c equipped with a 8580 SID, run through a Dolby amp.

This C64 tune was released by Arkanix Labs. The original C64 SID version can be found here...

https://csdb.dk/release/?id=173177

Paranoimia March

My SID rendition of the BBC's Doctor Who theme tune, used in a little C64 graphics collection called 'PETSCII Doctors'.

This was recorded from my real 8580 SID C64 through a Dolby Amp. The recording fades after 2 minutes, but the actual SID loops continuously.

The C64 graphics collection can be downloaded here:
https://csdb.dk/release/?id=178688

Doctor Who Theme

My C64 SID cover of the excellent 10 channel Impulse Tracker mod 'Funky Stars a.k.a. Hybrid Song' by Quazar/Sanxion.  Recorded from a real C64c equipped with a 8580 SID, run through a Dolby amp.

This C64 tune was released by C64CD as part of a 16K intro for the Intro Creation Compo 2019 on CSDb.  The original C64 version can be found here...

https://csdb.dk/release/?id=184409

Funky Stars

An original C64 8580 SID tune written in just over 2.5Kb; it had to be short/small to fit into the memory available for a C64 16k 'Intro Creation Competition' (ICC) 2019 entry on CSDb.

This C64 tune was recorded from a real C64c equipped with a SID 8580, run through a Dolby amp. It was used in a C64 intro called 'Eagles Dare'. The C64 intro was released by Cosine and is here...

https://cosine.org.uk/products.php?prod=eagles_dare&4mat=c64

Although written for the ICC entry, it would also be a valid entry into the 'Crack Intro Music Competition' that also runs periodically on CSDb.

Note: the original SID file loops continuously, but has been faded here just after the minute mark. The tune name is Welsh for... well, go and translate it yourself!

Smaciwch Fy Ffolennau

My C64 SID cover of an Amiga tune from a game called 3D Galax, originally composed by Ben Daglish.  Recorded from a real C64c equipped with a 8580 SID, run through a Dolby amp.

This C64 tune was released by C64CD as part of a 16K intro for the Intro Creation Compo 2019 on CSDb. The original C64 version can be found here:  https://csdb.dk/release/?id=185848

Trivia:  the tune was started towards the end of 2018 after news of the death of Ben Daglish and was originally intended to be part of a tribute to him, but was unfortunately not completed.  It has been finished recently for this demo and is respectfully dedicated to his memory and legacy.

3D Galax

A test of one of the level tunes from my upcoming C64 game 'Chiller 2', recorded using a real C64c with an 8580 SID run through a Dolby amp.

This is the SID tune for Level 1, written in 2 voices leaving the third voice free for sound effects.  Deliberately short (around 40s before repeat) to leave enough memory for each level to have it's own ditty.

More info about the game on my dev blog here:
https://chiller2-diary.blogspot.com/

Chiller 2 Level Test

My C64 SID cover of a 4 channel chiptune called 'Pfandfrei' by Bzl and DualTrax.  Recorded from a real C64c equipped with a 8580 SID, run through a Dolby amp.

This C64 tune will be used as part of the IRQ tape loader for the forthcoming free C64 game 'Chiller 2'.  It was released as a preview by Cosine for the 'CSDb C64 Lockdown 2020 Fun Compo'.  The original C64 version can be found here:  https://csdb.dk/release/?id=190934

The original artist DualTrax (Marco Stahl), has given permission for this cover to be made.  Please visit his SoundCloud page for more great tunes!  https://soundcloud.com/dualtrax

Chiller 2 Loader Tune

My Commodore Plus/4 'TED' rendition of Jonathan Dunn's famous tune used in various computer and console versions of the 1980's Robocop game from Ocean.

Written to accompany a Plus/4 PETSCII of Robocop, which can be downloaded from the 'Arkanix Labs' forum here:

http://www.arkanixlabs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=15771#p15771

TED is quite limited, but has a certain old-school charm!  Find out more about the chip here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS_Technology_TED#Sound_capabilities

Robocop Game Theme

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