Uploaded September 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Making some chiptune French house using the Commodore 64 and Alesis 3630.

Here, I’m using Paul Slocum’s CynthCart to turn my old C64 into a SID synthesizer. We run those licks into an Alesis 3630 compressor, side-chained to a kick drum (from an Alesis D-4), and then we have some pumping French house. Finally, we add some finishing touches with delay, reverb, and EQ in Logic Pro, as well as a cameo by an Electrix Warp Factory hardware vocoder.

Download the track for free: simonhutchinson.bandcamp.com/album/everybody-concentrate

More Friday night synth jams: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7w4cOVVxL6Ecoz5xLuO6NBsEqdwgoPSZ
More Commodore 64 sounds: youtu.be/djplRkuIUeU

0:00 Intro
0:30 C64 Synth
1:15 Choose a Kick
1:40 Side-Chain Compression (with 3630)
2:30 Final Track

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