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by andraaspar 1069 days ago
To me, it's Steve Rowlands. No composer ever got anything close to Retrograde or Creatures 2:

So: https://deepsid.chordian.net/?file=/MUSICIANS/R/Rowlands_Ste...

Many: https://deepsid.chordian.net/?file=/MUSICIANS/R/Rowlands_Ste...

Different: https://deepsid.chordian.net/?file=/MUSICIANS/R/Rowlands_Ste...

Styles: https://deepsid.chordian.net/?file=/MUSICIANS/R/Rowlands_Ste...

The SID can play on 3 channels simultaneously. How many can you hear on the tracks above? Now that's genius. Not to mention the great songwriting.
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OnlyMortal 1068 days ago
“Multiplexing” the three channels by playing short and different sounds on an individual channel, makes it seem there are more tracks.

Not sure if it’s been used here but you can squeeze another two channels in by playing samples.

Using the volume level you can play 4-bit samples on the NMI.

There’s some good source code examples on GitHub.

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