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Location PART 1 - TONS OF PUNKS, ONE BIG JERK CHAPTER 4: KEYSTROKES AND BRUSHSTROKES Understanding the Medium

"C64 composer-programmers including Rob Hubbard and Martin Galway exploited low-level SID techniques and hidden hardware affordances to extend its musical capabilities."

Newman documents bespoke low-level drivers, sample playback, and rapid manipulation of SID amplitude registers using an unintended hardware quirk.

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Source title Driving the SID chip: Assembly Language, Composition, and Sound Design for the C64
Source authors James Newman
Source year 2017
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Importance mid
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