Messing about with MSSIAH for the Commodore 64

A rather long winded talkie / demo on my new MSSIAH synth for the Commodore 64.
I'm still learning the ropes so bear with me, and apologies for the poor sound quality. I have now got a better way of recording for future videos.
The C64 i'm using is a Model 1 "Bull nose" with the standard single 6581 SID Chip.
I may at a later date find another 6581 SID chip as I also purchased the SID2SID board with the MSSIAH.

MSSIAH Site: http://www.8bitventures.com/mssiah

Cool YouTube Channels to take a look at !

http://www.youtube.com/user/UKRetroGames Mark's Channel (Awesome Footage from TV with interviews / documentries on Retro computing.

Mike's Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/rhydermike Some awesome single session tracks.

Synth Freq: http://www.youtube.com/user/TheSynthFreq Another awesome synth channel !!!

Susan Rom: http://www.youtube.com/user/susarom Just amazing ! Inspiring electronic music, spontaneous moods, funny one takes & demos!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Commodore 64
• MSSIAH
• MIDI
• Synthesizers
• SID
• SID2SID
• SID 6581
• Prophet 64

[sikdelphi303]

Hi i have a couple of questions i would really appreciate if u could answer.

With the 6581 can you use the bassline all ok, i heard you cant.

How long did mssiah take to arrive.

Many thanks

[zombieAndy1979]

@sikdelphi303 Hi,

Yes the baseline is great with the 6581, although with the 8580 the filter responce is better. I prefere the sound on the 6581 as its not so thin sounding. (sounds fatter)

The MSSIAH came from sweeden I think and although it says it takes about 5 days, it actually took about 2 weeks to show up at my place in the UK. Packaging wasnt all that great either, just placed in a really small jiffy bag in an antistatic bag...thats it.

Hope that helps ?

Cheers

[rhydermike]

Thanks for the shoutout ;-)

That looks pretty interesting. Look forward to hearing what you are able to squeeze out of it. Might be interesting to use it to make loops?

[zombieAndy1979]

@rhydermike Hi Mike, sorry for the late reply !

You're welcome, you have some great stuff on your channel !!

Well, i'm still messing about with it, and have to say it's pretty fun to use (once you get the hang of the controls) It's great at making loops, and I doubt it could cope with anything too extreme. Will see what I can do with it (without it sounding too emberessing) :o)

[markvergeer]

Wow excellent piece of kit! that was well worth the wait I reckon?

[zombieAndy1979]

@markvergeer Yes, Thanks Mark, it's awesome ! and well worth the wait. Now all I have to do is make something worth listening too now......

[sikdelphi303]

@zombieAndy1979 cheers mate, i ordered it it came in 2 days. i now got 6581 and 8550, to be honest im looking for something that sounds bit less like 303 as i have one so wonder how they will mesh.

Yeah mine was just in a jiffy bag too, ud think id be better packaged really.

[telemetry9]

why isn't it in 320*200?

[RetroGamerVX]

@zombieAndy1979 Thanks Andy, I shall have to look into that, yes, 50 euros, not cheap :o) My next project is the fignition, next month :o)

[zombieAndy1979]

@RetroGamerVX Thanks for watching. :O)

Good old youtube cut the ending off again, :O(

Yes I highly recommend the MSSIAH for the C64, it really is great fun but as I discovered it's not really that cheap. It does make great use of that SID though, and your C64C is just perfect for it too. You may find your midi keyboard works without glitch on the C64 too.

Free s/w synth: There is this one: do a search for Arppe2600va :O)