Uploaded September 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
A few weeks back, I learnt about a new C64 software release: Quantum Soundtracker by Aleksi Eeben. As I love tracker UIs and was very impressed by the QS new features (three tracks of sequenced samples music from a stock C64 machine!), I decided that this would be an awesome project for me during exhibiting old computers and consoles at Classic Computing 2024 congress.
So I sat there with my headphones on and learnt the features of Quantum Soundtracker, at first by using the default samples, then by bringing own samples over to C64. The most tricky part was to convert the "House Music" sample down as far as possible, so that I could load it up together with the other samples into the approx. 40 kb free RAM of the Commdore computer.
Arranging the song in the tracker was straight forward, three tracks, sample usable per step, two tracks feature sample tuning, one track oneshots. The later I used for the beat, the other two for the bass and the chords plus the vocal sample.
As C64 creates the sound with the SID chip in mono, only, I decided to add the @KorgOfficial kaoss pad NTS-3 to add width and some performance effects to the sound.
Recording and mastering was done on my iPad.
I hope, you enjoy my house ;-).
Links
Quantum Soundtracker at CSDB: https://csdb.dk/release/?id=245053
A few weeks back, I learnt about a new C64 software release: Quantum Soundtracker by Aleksi Eeben. As I love tracker UIs and was very impressed by the QS new features (three tracks of sequenced samples music from a stock C64 machine!), I decided that this would be an awesome project for me during exhibiting old computers and consoles at Classic Computing 2024 congress.
So I sat there with my headphones on and learnt the features of Quantum Soundtracker, at first by using the default samples, then by bringing own samples over to C64. The most tricky part was to convert the "House Music" sample down as far as possible, so that I could load it up together with the other samples into the approx. 40 kb free RAM of the Commdore computer.
Arranging the song in the tracker was straight forward, three tracks, sample usable per step, two tracks feature sample tuning, one track oneshots. The later I used for the beat, the other two for the bass and the chords plus the vocal sample.
As C64 creates the sound with the SID chip in mono, only, I decided to add the @KorgOfficial kaoss pad NTS-3 to add width and some performance effects to the sound.
Recording and mastering was done on my iPad.
I hope, you enjoy my house ;-).
Links
Quantum Soundtracker at CSDB: https://csdb.dk/release/?id=245053
