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Commodore Free Magazine

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Issue 55



Free to download magazine

dedicated to Commodore computers

Available as PDF, HTML, TXT, SEQ,

D64 disk image and now as

ePUB and MOBI e-bookEDITORIAL



http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/nowplaying/2011/07/guest-blogger

---the-music-of-c.shtml





Googling a few minutes and looking for inspiration I came across this blog on

the BBC website Now playing @6 music, I don’t know much about the site but the

blog entry was intriguing and I decided worthy of a news item and then some.



This entry in the blog The Music of Commodore 64s

by By Anthony Chalmers



set me to thinking about all the Commodore music and the great composers, now

is it me and my age again or was it that these guys were so good at there

craft that the tunes have stood the test of time so well. Personally I am

going for the later option, yes we are all nostalgic and certain tunes or

sounds will take you back to when you were a child sat in front of your

machine waiting for the nova loader to reach the end and the final de-crunch

before the game loads but at the same time these tunes were infectiously good.

Playing out the melodies on a keyboard still has the same fascinations for me.



I wont recite the whole blog basically the guy is saying he runs a music label

called Robot Elephant http://www.robotelephant.com/ he says "we have a

compilation for Commodore 64 Music coming out late this year so they thought I

might have something good to say on the subject."



He talks about how the sid chip has only 3 independent sound channels and how

each had to be programmed to create music, the deadlines of the games and

limited resources of the machine and the skill of the composers.



He has some quotes from Chris Abbot http://www.c64audio.com/

So how do you feel when you here a Commodore tune, does the music still have

the same effect when played on instruments other than the good old commodore

64, how do you feel about bands like PRESS PLAY ON TAPE and there remakes of

commodore classics.



http://www.pressplayontape.com/ is it the music that stands out or the SID

chip or was it a combination of the two the skill of the programmer/composer

the limitations of the machine and the SID chip itself, whatever the theory

(and I am sure if you ask 100 people you will get 100 answers) you cant deny

that these tunes still stand out today, rather than a CD track spooling some

techno beat samples, the commodore tunes were and still are unique and a

testament to the men and women who created them



Comments and suggestions are welcome



Just thought it worthy of a section on C= Free



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FROM CommodoreServer ID name, Judland

TO COMMODORE FREE

SUBJECT COMMODORE SERVER D64 image



Greetings, Nigel.



I've been reading your magazine for some time and enjoy it very much. Thank

you for your dedication to us Commodore users around the world. I've recently

created an account for myself on the Commodore Server web site (backing up all

of my C64 disk images) and have also uploaded the copies I've downloaded of

the Commodore Free magazine.



I was wondering if you would allow me to share these D64 disk images with

other Commodore Server users. Could I get your permission to make these

images available for others to add to their collections? If so, I'll also

upload the other issues I do not have, so there's a complete set for everyone

to enjoy.



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Dear JUDLAND

Thank you for your comments! I am glad you enjoy reading the magazine.

Please feel free to share the Commodore D64 images with everyone on Commodore

Server its actually something I have been meaning to do for some time but

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Thanks





NEWS

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COTTONWOOD BBS UPDATE

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The Cottonwood website, along with the ACUG website, have been offline for an

unknown amount of time. I thought everything was running correctly, but

apparently it wasn't, and as a result, my account with DynDNS expired. I

signed up for a new account; unfortunately, servebbs.com is no longer being

offered as a domain for free accounts, so I had to change the web address for

my website.



So the new address to the Cottonwood website is

http://cottonwoodbbs.dyndns.org/



And the new address to the ACUG website is

http://cottonwoodbbs.dyndns.org/acug0447



I can't remember who it was that set up the account to forward from

http://www.acug0447.com/" but if that person is still on this list, if you

could set it up to forward to the correct address, I'd appreciate it.



BTW, in the future, if anyone notices that my website is offline, I'd really

appreciate an e-mail letting me know. I'd like to prevent this from happening

in the future. Thanks!



-Andrew





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