Info about Datel Sound Sampler for C64?

[Numanoid]

I'm a bit curious about old machines

Does anybody have more information about this sampler tool by Datel? It was reviewed in Zzap 64 back in '86:

http://tinyurl.com/3ha7xyv

Anybody know if the sampler has been utilized on records, would be interesting to hear it in action.

[jobromedia]

That issue does not exist in the database

[Numanoid]

That issue does not exist in the database

Yes it does, I see now that the board software here added a space in the link, which makes it unusable

Try using this tinyurl instead: http://tinyurl.com/3ha7xyv

[Xenobt]

Hey Numanoid,

Here's something I found about the Datel stuff with some sound examples converted to WAV format:

http://www.faime.demon.co.uk/retro/samples.html

If you love that 8-bit C64 sound, but hate the signal to noise ratio and rare midi interface availability, plogue's chipsounds has emulated chipsets from everything from the C64 to Nintendo. It doesn't sample, but that's about ALL it doesn't do! I grinned for an hour playing thru everything...
The download demo has full functions, but times out after a bit. Still, check it out!

http://www.plogue.com/?page_id=43

KVR/esoundz: Xenobt

[synthmagic]

Hi,I am really into the C64 and still use it-I have a sampler for it made by Commodore and SFX.
See the vid on my youtube channel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnVxe3TDbNY

The c64 makes a great lo-fi noise maker.
Cheers,
Steve

[Numanoid]

Thanks for sharing, sounds awesome if you ask me, would not have been out of place on a Boards of Canada album.

I'm thinking that with this kind of software/hardware + some tape decks for bouncing one should have been able to create proper tracks without breaking the bank back in the 80's.

[synthmagic]

Thanks for sharing, sounds awesome if you ask me, would not have been out of place on a Boards of Canada album.

I'm thinking that with this kind of software/hardware + some tape decks for bouncing one should have been able to create proper tracks without breaking the bank back in the 80's.

Hi,
I do actually think Boards of Canada use stuff like this because it does create those lo-fi drones and sounds they sometimes use in their tracks.
I love the music of Boards of Canada and the old samplers do the sounds very well.
Another sampler you may want to check out which can be had for very little outlay is an Ensoniq Mirage-Really good at low fi weirdness.

I think there was a c64 sound sampling cart on ebay the other day-might still be on there.

Cheers.
Steve

[MutantHero]

I have mine still. It also has a drum machine app. "COM-DRUM".

[MutantHero]

Hey Numanoid,

Here's something I found about the Datel stuff with some sound examples converted to WAV format:

http://www.faime.demon.co.uk/retro/samples.html

If you love that 8-bit C64 sound, but hate the signal to noise ratio and rare midi interface availability, plogue's chipsounds has emulated chipsets from everything from the C64 to Nintendo. It doesn't sample, but that's about ALL it doesn't do! I grinned for an hour playing thru everything...
The download demo has full functions, but times out after a bit. Still, check it out!

http://www.plogue.com/?page_id=43

KVR/esoundz: Xenobt

https://web.archive.org/web/20040917044 ... mples.html

[mcbpete]

Hi,I am really into the C64 and still use it-I have a sampler for it made by Commodore and SFX.
See the vid on my youtube channel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnVxe3TDbNY

The c64 makes a great lo-fi noise maker.
Cheers,
Steve

That is lovely, really like the aliasing/ringmod like sounds from the down-sampling there

[Jace-BeOS]

I don’t really know how some old computers’ low resolution audio playback sounds “better” than others’, or better than a plug-in that can bit-reduce & sample rate convert. Anyone care to explain why one is more “satisfying” than the other?

I played with 8-bit samples on my PC in tracker software for ages and I’ve mostly sought to escape that ringing sound ever since. I’ve also heard that Amiga tracker modules sounded better played back on the Amiga. Is that factual? I have two Amigas of my own and wasn’t able to run The Ultimate SoundTracker to play those classics (apparently the 3.1 ROM upgrade isn’t compatible; little did I know, coming into real Amigas at a very late time).

I had bought a bunch of retro computing stuff years ago. Amigas, Atari ST (didn’t know I should’ve been aiming for the Falcon), several Apple IIgs, a pile of C64s... The plan was to build a retro music studio.

It turned out to be a stupid plan. Not only did I fail to acquire the necessary new-retro storage devices to make software loading and data storage easy, the prevalence of software is rare (nothing at all uses the FM synth addon for the C64) and that which exits is really just a PITA to use. We’ve moved on from that technology for good reason.

I was annoyed to find that Prophet64 was quickly replaced with MSSIA which has a MIDI in port on it, which makes the C64 a much more convenient synth than does the Prophet64... Such bad timing on my part. But I also have Reaktor and INSIDIOUS 6581, so, again: why bother with the real hardware? It’s not like buying analog synths for their analog knobs (that have more subtle parameter control than their modern digital reproductions).