Uploaded August 2013 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
An 8-bit chip cover of Althea & Donna's 1978 #1 UK hit 'Uptown Top Ranking', done a few years ago in AHX Tracker on the Commodore Amiga (16-bit machine with 8-bit audio).
AHX has a maximum of 4 voices polyphony and 4 synthesised waveforms, the original module filesize for the tune is just under 4kb and there's been no post-processing/effects/mastering done - just rendered it to wav. AHX appeared in the mid '90s as a chipsynth intended to emulate the C64's SID - it does a fair job of that, but has a character of its own and is great fun to work in.
I made this back in maybe '08 and performed it at a lot of my live Syphus gigs, muting the lead channel and playing the melody on the SH-101 keytar. Vocals were provided on one memorable occasion by the wonderful ne7^Triad (Andrew Lemon)- big up yourself, Andy!
Find more Syphus tunes (mostly originals, some covers) and my last Syphus album at: syphus.net
An 8-bit chip cover of Althea & Donna's 1978 #1 UK hit 'Uptown Top Ranking', done a few years ago in AHX Tracker on the Commodore Amiga (16-bit machine with 8-bit audio).
AHX has a maximum of 4 voices polyphony and 4 synthesised waveforms, the original module filesize for the tune is just under 4kb and there's been no post-processing/effects/mastering done - just rendered it to wav. AHX appeared in the mid '90s as a chipsynth intended to emulate the C64's SID - it does a fair job of that, but has a character of its own and is great fun to work in.
I made this back in maybe '08 and performed it at a lot of my live Syphus gigs, muting the lead channel and playing the melody on the SH-101 keytar. Vocals were provided on one memorable occasion by the wonderful ne7^Triad (Andrew Lemon)- big up yourself, Andy!
Find more Syphus tunes (mostly originals, some covers) and my last Syphus album at: syphus.net
![syphus - megamix [Amiga Protracker mod]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gJs3wYdIiS0/mqdefault.jpg "syphus - megamix [Amiga Protracker mod]
Ive been active in the Demoscene and chiptune scene for many years under the name syphus, though occasionally going by silo7, lightbomb, echolevel, and joey&splif. Im a member of the demogroups Up Rough and Space Raiders, and Ive been in BDSE, CpH and some others over the years. Im not as active in the scene as I used to be, but occasionally I still find the time to write a tune or collaborate on a production.
This tune is from an archive of over 130 tunes written since the late 90s using various Amiga and PC trackers, spanning my earliest attempts, my most productive demoscene years, and my more recent middle-aged dabblings. I’ve not dated them, partly because my memory’s not great and also because not all file creation timestamps are reliable.
These tunes are all recorded directly from the trackers in which they were written, with no post production or editing. You can download all the original tracker modules for free from https://syphus-mods.github.io. I usually compose on original hardware, which you can see in some of my other videos and on Instagram, but filming and editing this quantity of tunes on my Amiga/PC’s CRT monitors with a full camera setup would be too time-consuming; I’m very happy with the sound quality and aesthetics offered by WinUAE, SchismTracker, and 8bitbubsy’s fantastic FastTracker clone.
With the exception of tunes clearly labelled as covers, these are all my own compositions and I retain all copyrights. However, I’ve always made my tracker modules freely available under Creative Commons’ Attribution, Non-Commercial, No-Derivatives license, which means that listening, copying and distribution is fine as long as I’m credited (as one of the above names;or Brendan O’Callaghan Ratliff; or both), and they cannot be used for commercial or remix purposes without my express permission. Cheers!
syphus - All Protracker, FastTracker, AHX, HivelyTracker and Impulse Tracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3nfnyxbLRILsBdbRrlTMlau
syphus - just the Protracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3muQwOq3FZmtROydCAYfH0X
syphus - just the FastTracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3nkuE6sky2cdu6NSkSYixlM
syphus - just the AHX mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3k5WZA1xYLtn1E34xFoVIcw
syphus - just the Impulse Tracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3mjimQPmuskRJpUnmOFOiAQ
syphus - just the HivelyTracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3l863FmbqOE9PyzH19XOxg2")
![syphus - d_value [MS-DOS FastTracker .XM mod]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gTZLQTCavyo/mqdefault.jpg "syphus - d_value [MS-DOS FastTracker .XM mod]
Ive been active in the Demoscene and chiptune scene for many years under the name syphus, though occasionally going by silo7, lightbomb, echolevel, and joey&splif. Im a member of the demogroups Up Rough and Space Raiders, and Ive been in BDSE, CpH and some others over the years. Im not as active in the scene as I used to be, but occasionally I still find the time to write a tune or collaborate on a production.
This tune is from an archive of over 130 tunes written since the late 90s using various Amiga and PC trackers, spanning my earliest attempts, my most productive demoscene years, and my more recent middle-aged dabblings. I’ve not dated them, partly because my memory’s not great and also because not all file creation timestamps are reliable.
These tunes are all recorded directly from the trackers in which they were written, with no post production or editing. You can download all the original tracker modules for free from https://syphus-mods.github.io. I usually compose on original hardware, which you can see in some of my other videos and on Instagram, but filming and editing this quantity of tunes on my Amiga/PC’s CRT monitors with a full camera setup would be too time-consuming; I’m very happy with the sound quality and aesthetics offered by WinUAE, SchismTracker, and 8bitbubsy’s fantastic FastTracker clone.
With the exception of tunes clearly labelled as covers, these are all my own compositions and I retain all copyrights. However, I’ve always made my tracker modules freely available under Creative Commons’ Attribution, Non-Commercial, No-Derivatives license, which means that listening, copying and distribution is fine as long as I’m credited (as one of the above names;or Brendan O’Callaghan Ratliff; or both), and they cannot be used for commercial or remix purposes without my express permission. Cheers!
syphus - All Protracker, FastTracker, AHX, HivelyTracker and Impulse Tracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3nfnyxbLRILsBdbRrlTMlau
syphus - just the Protracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3muQwOq3FZmtROydCAYfH0X
syphus - just the FastTracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3nkuE6sky2cdu6NSkSYixlM
syphus - just the AHX mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3k5WZA1xYLtn1E34xFoVIcw
syphus - just the Impulse Tracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3mjimQPmuskRJpUnmOFOiAQ
syphus - just the HivelyTracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3l863FmbqOE9PyzH19XOxg2")
![syphus - spore [Amiga Protracker mod]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ge8HWMw4T0E/mqdefault.jpg "syphus - spore [Amiga Protracker mod]
Ive been active in the Demoscene and chiptune scene for many years under the name syphus, though occasionally going by silo7, lightbomb, echolevel, and joey&splif. Im a member of the demogroups Up Rough and Space Raiders, and Ive been in BDSE, CpH and some others over the years. Im not as active in the scene as I used to be, but occasionally I still find the time to write a tune or collaborate on a production.
This tune is from an archive of over 130 tunes written since the late 90s using various Amiga and PC trackers, spanning my earliest attempts, my most productive demoscene years, and my more recent middle-aged dabblings. I’ve not dated them, partly because my memory’s not great and also because not all file creation timestamps are reliable.
These tunes are all recorded directly from the trackers in which they were written, with no post production or editing. You can download all the original tracker modules for free from https://syphus-mods.github.io. I usually compose on original hardware, which you can see in some of my other videos and on Instagram, but filming and editing this quantity of tunes on my Amiga/PC’s CRT monitors with a full camera setup would be too time-consuming; I’m very happy with the sound quality and aesthetics offered by WinUAE, SchismTracker, and 8bitbubsy’s fantastic FastTracker clone.
With the exception of tunes clearly labelled as covers, these are all my own compositions and I retain all copyrights. However, I’ve always made my tracker modules freely available under Creative Commons’ Attribution, Non-Commercial, No-Derivatives license, which means that listening, copying and distribution is fine as long as I’m credited (as one of the above names;or Brendan O’Callaghan Ratliff; or both), and they cannot be used for commercial or remix purposes without my express permission. Cheers!
syphus - All Protracker, FastTracker, AHX, HivelyTracker and Impulse Tracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3nfnyxbLRILsBdbRrlTMlau
syphus - just the Protracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3muQwOq3FZmtROydCAYfH0X
syphus - just the FastTracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3nkuE6sky2cdu6NSkSYixlM
syphus - just the AHX mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3k5WZA1xYLtn1E34xFoVIcw
syphus - just the Impulse Tracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3mjimQPmuskRJpUnmOFOiAQ
syphus - just the HivelyTracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3l863FmbqOE9PyzH19XOxg2")
![syphus - A Miga (War - Low Rider cover) [MS-DOS FastTracker .XM mod]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/h_-TzNjNgsg/mqdefault.jpg "syphus - A Miga (War - Low Rider cover) [MS-DOS FastTracker .XM mod]
Ive been active in the Demoscene and chiptune scene for many years under the name syphus, though occasionally going by silo7, lightbomb, echolevel, and joey&splif. Im a member of the demogroups Up Rough and Space Raiders, and Ive been in BDSE, CpH and some others over the years. Im not as active in the scene as I used to be, but occasionally I still find the time to write a tune or collaborate on a production.
This tune is from an archive of over 130 tunes written since the late 90s using various Amiga and PC trackers, spanning my earliest attempts, my most productive demoscene years, and my more recent middle-aged dabblings. I’ve not dated them, partly because my memory’s not great and also because not all file creation timestamps are reliable.
These tunes are all recorded directly from the trackers in which they were written, with no post production or editing. You can download all the original tracker modules for free from https://syphus-mods.github.io. I usually compose on original hardware, which you can see in some of my other videos and on Instagram, but filming and editing this quantity of tunes on my Amiga/PC’s CRT monitors with a full camera setup would be too time-consuming; I’m very happy with the sound quality and aesthetics offered by WinUAE, SchismTracker, and 8bitbubsy’s fantastic FastTracker clone.
With the exception of tunes clearly labelled as covers, these are all my own compositions and I retain all copyrights. However, I’ve always made my tracker modules freely available under Creative Commons’ Attribution, Non-Commercial, No-Derivatives license, which means that listening, copying and distribution is fine as long as I’m credited (as one of the above names;or Brendan O’Callaghan Ratliff; or both), and they cannot be used for commercial or remix purposes without my express permission. Cheers!
syphus - All Protracker, FastTracker, AHX, HivelyTracker and Impulse Tracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3nfnyxbLRILsBdbRrlTMlau
syphus - just the Protracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3muQwOq3FZmtROydCAYfH0X
syphus - just the FastTracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3nkuE6sky2cdu6NSkSYixlM
syphus - just the AHX mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3k5WZA1xYLtn1E34xFoVIcw
syphus - just the Impulse Tracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3mjimQPmuskRJpUnmOFOiAQ
syphus - just the HivelyTracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3l863FmbqOE9PyzH19XOxg2")
![syphus - Rescue Pod [Amiga AHX mod]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/i06UwevQPMU/mqdefault.jpg "syphus - Rescue Pod [Amiga AHX mod]
Ive been active in the Demoscene and chiptune scene for many years under the name syphus, though occasionally going by silo7, lightbomb, echolevel, and joey&splif. Im a member of the demogroups Up Rough and Space Raiders, and Ive been in BDSE, CpH and some others over the years. Im not as active in the scene as I used to be, but occasionally I still find the time to write a tune or collaborate on a production.
This tune is from an archive of over 130 tunes written since the late 90s using various Amiga and PC trackers, spanning my earliest attempts, my most productive demoscene years, and my more recent middle-aged dabblings. I’ve not dated them, partly because my memory’s not great and also because not all file creation timestamps are reliable.
These tunes are all recorded directly from the trackers in which they were written, with no post production or editing. You can download all the original tracker modules for free from https://syphus-mods.github.io. I usually compose on original hardware, which you can see in some of my other videos and on Instagram, but filming and editing this quantity of tunes on my Amiga/PC’s CRT monitors with a full camera setup would be too time-consuming; I’m very happy with the sound quality and aesthetics offered by WinUAE, SchismTracker, and 8bitbubsy’s fantastic FastTracker clone.
With the exception of tunes clearly labelled as covers, these are all my own compositions and I retain all copyrights. However, I’ve always made my tracker modules freely available under Creative Commons’ Attribution, Non-Commercial, No-Derivatives license, which means that listening, copying and distribution is fine as long as I’m credited (as one of the above names;or Brendan O’Callaghan Ratliff; or both), and they cannot be used for commercial or remix purposes without my express permission. Cheers!
syphus - All Protracker, FastTracker, AHX, HivelyTracker and Impulse Tracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3nfnyxbLRILsBdbRrlTMlau
syphus - just the Protracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3muQwOq3FZmtROydCAYfH0X
syphus - just the FastTracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3nkuE6sky2cdu6NSkSYixlM
syphus - just the AHX mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3k5WZA1xYLtn1E34xFoVIcw
syphus - just the Impulse Tracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3mjimQPmuskRJpUnmOFOiAQ
syphus - just the HivelyTracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3l863FmbqOE9PyzH19XOxg2")
![syphus - endings [Amiga Protracker mod]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ietdIDxznKA/mqdefault.jpg "syphus - endings [Amiga Protracker mod]
Ive been active in the Demoscene and chiptune scene for many years under the name syphus, though occasionally going by silo7, lightbomb, echolevel, and joey&splif. Im a member of the demogroups Up Rough and Space Raiders, and Ive been in BDSE, CpH and some others over the years. Im not as active in the scene as I used to be, but occasionally I still find the time to write a tune or collaborate on a production.
This tune is from an archive of over 130 tunes written since the late 90s using various Amiga and PC trackers, spanning my earliest attempts, my most productive demoscene years, and my more recent middle-aged dabblings. I’ve not dated them, partly because my memory’s not great and also because not all file creation timestamps are reliable.
These tunes are all recorded directly from the trackers in which they were written, with no post production or editing. You can download all the original tracker modules for free from https://syphus-mods.github.io. I usually compose on original hardware, which you can see in some of my other videos and on Instagram, but filming and editing this quantity of tunes on my Amiga/PC’s CRT monitors with a full camera setup would be too time-consuming; I’m very happy with the sound quality and aesthetics offered by WinUAE, SchismTracker, and 8bitbubsy’s fantastic FastTracker clone.
With the exception of tunes clearly labelled as covers, these are all my own compositions and I retain all copyrights. However, I’ve always made my tracker modules freely available under Creative Commons’ Attribution, Non-Commercial, No-Derivatives license, which means that listening, copying and distribution is fine as long as I’m credited (as one of the above names;or Brendan O’Callaghan Ratliff; or both), and they cannot be used for commercial or remix purposes without my express permission. Cheers!
syphus - All Protracker, FastTracker, AHX, HivelyTracker and Impulse Tracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3nfnyxbLRILsBdbRrlTMlau
syphus - just the Protracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3muQwOq3FZmtROydCAYfH0X
syphus - just the FastTracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3nkuE6sky2cdu6NSkSYixlM
syphus - just the AHX mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3k5WZA1xYLtn1E34xFoVIcw
syphus - just the Impulse Tracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3mjimQPmuskRJpUnmOFOiAQ
syphus - just the HivelyTracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3l863FmbqOE9PyzH19XOxg2")
![syphus - getdownonit (Kool & The Gang cover) [MS-DOS FastTracker .XM mod]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jIrEEJOAsqM/mqdefault.jpg "syphus - getdownonit (Kool & The Gang cover) [MS-DOS FastTracker .XM mod]
Ive been active in the Demoscene and chiptune scene for many years under the name syphus, though occasionally going by silo7, lightbomb, echolevel, and joey&splif. Im a member of the demogroups Up Rough and Space Raiders, and Ive been in BDSE, CpH and some others over the years. Im not as active in the scene as I used to be, but occasionally I still find the time to write a tune or collaborate on a production.
This tune is from an archive of over 130 tunes written since the late 90s using various Amiga and PC trackers, spanning my earliest attempts, my most productive demoscene years, and my more recent middle-aged dabblings. I’ve not dated them, partly because my memory’s not great and also because not all file creation timestamps are reliable.
These tunes are all recorded directly from the trackers in which they were written, with no post production or editing. You can download all the original tracker modules for free from https://syphus-mods.github.io. I usually compose on original hardware, which you can see in some of my other videos and on Instagram, but filming and editing this quantity of tunes on my Amiga/PC’s CRT monitors with a full camera setup would be too time-consuming; I’m very happy with the sound quality and aesthetics offered by WinUAE, SchismTracker, and 8bitbubsy’s fantastic FastTracker clone.
With the exception of tunes clearly labelled as covers, these are all my own compositions and I retain all copyrights. However, I’ve always made my tracker modules freely available under Creative Commons’ Attribution, Non-Commercial, No-Derivatives license, which means that listening, copying and distribution is fine as long as I’m credited (as one of the above names;or Brendan O’Callaghan Ratliff; or both), and they cannot be used for commercial or remix purposes without my express permission. Cheers!
syphus - All Protracker, FastTracker, AHX, HivelyTracker and Impulse Tracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3nfnyxbLRILsBdbRrlTMlau
syphus - just the Protracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3muQwOq3FZmtROydCAYfH0X
syphus - just the FastTracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3nkuE6sky2cdu6NSkSYixlM
syphus - just the AHX mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3k5WZA1xYLtn1E34xFoVIcw
syphus - just the Impulse Tracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3mjimQPmuskRJpUnmOFOiAQ
syphus - just the HivelyTracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3l863FmbqOE9PyzH19XOxg2")
![syphus - compte [MS-DOS FastTracker .XM mod]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/k16c1ArrPOk/mqdefault.jpg "syphus - compte [MS-DOS FastTracker .XM mod]
Ive been active in the Demoscene and chiptune scene for many years under the name syphus, though occasionally going by silo7, lightbomb, echolevel, and joey&splif. Im a member of the demogroups Up Rough and Space Raiders, and Ive been in BDSE, CpH and some others over the years. Im not as active in the scene as I used to be, but occasionally I still find the time to write a tune or collaborate on a production.
This tune is from an archive of over 130 tunes written since the late 90s using various Amiga and PC trackers, spanning my earliest attempts, my most productive demoscene years, and my more recent middle-aged dabblings. I’ve not dated them, partly because my memory’s not great and also because not all file creation timestamps are reliable.
These tunes are all recorded directly from the trackers in which they were written, with no post production or editing. You can download all the original tracker modules for free from https://syphus-mods.github.io. I usually compose on original hardware, which you can see in some of my other videos and on Instagram, but filming and editing this quantity of tunes on my Amiga/PC’s CRT monitors with a full camera setup would be too time-consuming; I’m very happy with the sound quality and aesthetics offered by WinUAE, SchismTracker, and 8bitbubsy’s fantastic FastTracker clone.
With the exception of tunes clearly labelled as covers, these are all my own compositions and I retain all copyrights. However, I’ve always made my tracker modules freely available under Creative Commons’ Attribution, Non-Commercial, No-Derivatives license, which means that listening, copying and distribution is fine as long as I’m credited (as one of the above names;or Brendan O’Callaghan Ratliff; or both), and they cannot be used for commercial or remix purposes without my express permission. Cheers!
syphus - All Protracker, FastTracker, AHX, HivelyTracker and Impulse Tracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3nfnyxbLRILsBdbRrlTMlau
syphus - just the Protracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3muQwOq3FZmtROydCAYfH0X
syphus - just the FastTracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3nkuE6sky2cdu6NSkSYixlM
syphus - just the AHX mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3k5WZA1xYLtn1E34xFoVIcw
syphus - just the Impulse Tracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3mjimQPmuskRJpUnmOFOiAQ
syphus - just the HivelyTracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3l863FmbqOE9PyzH19XOxg2")
