Isn Commodore C64 music just silly beep-blop music?
Absolutely not! Although the C64 went into production in 1983, do not underestimate the C64’s technology. In fact, Byte Magazine named the C64’s Sound Interface Device (SID) as one of the 20 most important chips in computer history along side the PowerPC, Intel 8086, and Pentium. After all, there has to be a reason why there are so many SID fans. You should note that there were two distinctive regions for SID music, America and Europe. American SID music is on average lower in quality compared to European SID music. This is not to say that American SID music is crap, but if you are judging SID music based on the American SID music you have heard, I can understand partially why you might think SID music is silly. Why is American SID music lacking compared to European SID music? Mainly this has to do with much information sharing related to the SID composing tools in Europe (not to mention some theft as well). The best way for you to determine if SID music is or isn’t for you is to liste
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