[sdiy] Re: Question for SN76477 / Darkstar owners - the sound?

[CnMcDo at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/11/2002 9:59:56 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
r.lekx at chello.nl writes:


> 
> ha ha! yes, sounds like a 76477 to me. the cool thing about it IS that it 
> sounds like that.. no lush pads, powerful basslines, soaring leads or 
> subtle pads. what you get is unusual mod routings, a lot of weirdness and a 
> sid-chip quality sound. i love the thing, i have enough other stuff that 
> does all the above, but nothing sounds like this silly chip machine..
>  
> ruud
>  
> <A HREF="http://www.bunker-records.com/rude66">www.bunker-records.com/rude66</A>
> 

Well there's bad and then there's bad. All of the Darkstar samples on this 
page sound like a boring, crappy square wave. They don't sound unique or 
unusual. I assume it's just the user in this case. He seems to be going for 
Hawkwind style Space Rock filler sounds. He would have been better off with a 
surplus function generator because that's probably what Hawkwind used at the 
time. Looking at the docs for the SN76477 and knowing it's been used in some 
of my favorite arcade games would suggest that it's much more powerful. 
Weirdness and a sid-chip quality sound are good! I'm just a little concerned 
after hearing these particular samples. If they suggest the limits of what 
the SN76477 / Darkstar then that's bad. 

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