Vincenzo - Watch my balls in action (The Real Take)

Watch my balls in action aka. how-to-close-a-track-that-has-no-proper-ending-but-you-must-finish-it-before-deadline.

For some it might look funny or strange that I've remixed my own SID, however, it was quite an obvious move. This year's Arok Party invitation demo is a very nice effect show and I'm proud of its soundtrack. Then I ran out of time as usual but still wanted to enter the remix competition, so this remix has born. Nowadays I'm in love with SID Wizard (Hi Hermit!), it's one of the greatest tools ever on the C64 and the MIDI2SWZ converter helped to grow more hair instead of losing it.

Recipe for a SID and a remix:

- compose a track using your favorite DAW

- use 3 channels only, keep the C64 limitations in mind

- save your work in .mid format

- convert .mid to .swz

- copy the .swz to a .d64 image

- fire up your C64 (or VICE but the real hardware is highly recommended)

- run SID Wizard, load yourmusic.swz

- have fun with tweaking the track and designing instruments

- relax, have a beer

- fire up your favorite DAW again (in case you closed it)

- extend the 3 channels track with more instruments and stuff

- use a one-click-mastering-tool-to-make-your-track-awesome

- save to .wav, compress to .mp3

- enter the competition at Arok Party

Enjoy!