Seriously is there an VST or technique that can recreate this amazing fat rich C64 sound (The lead instrument)?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHQFbyOzwBc#t=59
Im toying around with Bleep and Basic 65 but i cant get that quality. What is the difference?
Bit reduction on saw wave will get you very close.
VST that sound close: http://www.tweakbench.com/pippo
and try his other plugins, many of them are of that kind low bit res / chiptune alike…
C64 sid audio chip uses pulse width modulation (PWM). You can use any PWM capable synth (also a Renoise instrument by using a simple saw wave + a reversed saw wave and detune/offset them = modulating pulse wave) + a reducer like renoise’s internal (or leave the reducer for hq). Also add some filter devices to the result, bandpass or highpass. If you use Renoise internal or a decent vst synth for PWM, the result will also sound like chip tune only better than sid. Or buy a vst like quadrasid to get the original sound. But the programming of original emulations like quadrasid isn’t so cool.
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And a lot freeware vst available for windows at least:http://woolyss.com/chipmusic-plugins.php
Did an XRNI with that lead a while ago. Download (2,7kb)
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