VIC-20 music as mp3

bittin · Post by **bittin** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 4:52 pm

Hello i want VIC-20 music in mp3 to put on my mp3 player before the trip to GREP later today somone have any great tips, this is what i found so far

http://www.mikseri.net/artists/?id=25671 and http://www.kahlin.net/daniel/retro/misc ... _vic20.mp3

Does there exists something like http://www.6581-8580.com/ but for the VIC-20 ?

Boray · Post by **Boray** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 5:45 pm

This is everything I have left from a music program I made once (lost in a disk accident):
http://boray.wontek.net/Boray_VIC20.mp3

bittin · Post by **bittin** » Fri Nov 04, 2011 5:10 am

Boray wrote:This is everything I have left from a music program I made once (lost in a disk accident):
http://boray.wontek.net/Boray_VIC20.mp3

Det svänger ju

SparkyNZ · Post by **SparkyNZ** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 6:38 pm

bittin wrote:Hello i want VIC-20 music in mp3 to put on my mp3 player before the trip to GREP later today somone have any great tips, this is what i found so far

http://www.mikseri.net/artists/?id=25671 and http://www.kahlin.net/daniel/retro/misc ... _vic20.mp3

Does there exists something like http://www.6581-8580.com/ but for the VIC-20 ?

I asked the same question some time ago and met silence.

Its a shame because the Vic has a unique sound to it.. a sounds that I want to add to my iPod tracker app!

orion70 · Post by **orion70** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 3:36 am

Is there a way to record a wav file from VICE and then convert it to mp3? If so, every VIC tune could be played in the iPOD.

PhilRanger · Post by **PhilRanger** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 7:20 am

menu Snapshot -> Record Sound, then Stop sound Record will give you a .WAV file, which you'll need to convert next.

orion70 · Post by **orion70** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 9:34 am

So every tune can be converted, right? Of course, it wouldn't be from real hardware, but the emulations gets pretty close to it, doesn't it?

SparkyNZ · Post by **SparkyNZ** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 6:27 pm

orion70 wrote:Is there a way to record a wav file from VICE and then convert it to mp3? If so, every VIC tune could be played in the iPOD.

Sounds like a good idea but don't be fooled! As simple as the Vic's sound is, there are some sound demos out there which exploit the hardware quirks to point where unique waveforms can be produced which cannot be produced on VICE. Have a look at the Robot Warriror demo and you'll see (hear) what I mean.. if you have a real Vic to compare it against that is.

I'm going to add Vic sound support to my tracker but I have to admit.. I'll only be going as far as what VICE does. Emulating transistors and the likes is not for me either.

orion70 · Post by **orion70** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 1:42 am

I see (well, I should say: I hear)

. So nothing compares to the real thing... I thought this was true only for the more complex SID sound.

SparkyNZ · Post by **SparkyNZ** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 2:38 am

orion70 wrote:I see (well, I should say: I hear) . So nothing compares to the real thing... I thought this was true only for the more complex SID sound.

I wouldn't let it put you off though - I haven't actually listened to many tunes on an actual Vic as yet. Most of the tunes I've listened to have been on Vice but as soon as my uIEC arrives I'll be listening to them on the real thing. I wouldn't even mind sampling a real Vic and uploading MP3's myself if there was somewhere suitable to put them.

I'm probably the only programmer around without a website so I'm not raising my hand there.

Boray · Post by **Boray** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 6:48 am

I think the sound is a bit different from different VIC chips as well, just as the graphics are. The sound can also get a little bit distorted (kind of like a guitar amp) when all of the voices are playing.

Vic20-Ian · Post by **Vic20-Ian** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 7:57 am

Perils of Willy had a pretty repetitive tune as I recall...

SparkyNZ · Post by **SparkyNZ** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 11:32 am

Vic20-Ian wrote:Perils of Willy had a pretty repetitive tune as I recall...

If you think Perils of Willy is bad.. trying playing RIP for an hour and see how long it take you to turn down the sound and put some 'normal' music on the stereo!

The music from "back in the day" would never see its way onto my iPod, but the music thats been appearing in the past couple of years from the demo scene certainly would. Check out the Orbtraxx demo and you'll hear what I'm talking about. You wouldn't think it was done on the same machine as Perils of Willy

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