Music
The MOS Technology 6581 SID is the sound chip for the C64, on which many music software programs were written. This is also the reason why, the C64 was used in Dance and Remix music. One of the most popular musical software tool for the C64, was Kawasaki Synthesizer created in 1983. Another very innovative program, released in the same era, was the Covox Voice Master, released by Covox Inc. The Voice Master used a pitch converter to change simple humming or singing into music. You sang or hummed into a microphone and out the other end came C64 SID sounds.
One little known, but very powerful lead synthesizer for the C64 was Fastfingers by Dan Laskowski designed from 1982–1985 and released in 1985. Fastfingers used all 3 voices of the SID chip to produce fat, mono sounds and utilized all of the features of the SID chip. It was also notable because it was the only commercially released Commodore 64 program to interface with the Mattel Intellivision keyboard. References:
- Compute Magazine 1991
- TPUG Magazine(Toronto Pet Users Group)
- Computer Shopper
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