Jeeeeeeeeze that tune has haunted me for years, seriously I dont know how many times I have hummed that tune and wondered where the heck it came from. Now I know I must have heard it while my older brother played that game on his C64 mannnny years ago. OctaMed for the Amiga used to have a command used on a per note basis that all you did was play a base note and the effect played the next 2 keys like a monophonic keyboard in either major or minor dependant on the value for the effect to give you the illusion of a "SID" chord, it was tempo based but very effective with "chip" sounds rather than samples :)
@losalfajoresok9 жыл бұрын
My favorite SID song of all time....thanks!!!!
@discoHR7 жыл бұрын
Love this tune. I used to intentionally lose all my lives in Commando just to get to the name entry for the high score screen and leave it there to play over and over.
@damianvila9 жыл бұрын
Wondeful! I love Ron Hubbard's songs. Brings me lots of memories... 😊
@BlueBookGuy7 жыл бұрын
Amazing. Thk u. So many memories. I always felt the SID chip/C64 was so amazing. Very difficult to replicate the same exact sound. Commando was probably one of my favourite C64 Tunes but also Monty on the Run and a few more like Ocean Loaders :)
@idonotloveofficial9 жыл бұрын
Beautiful song, and an excellent performance!
@packardjosy38817 жыл бұрын
man, you're kind of 8bit sound scientist, how impressive ! love that !
@Pets-jh2up9 ай бұрын
Este teclado Yamaha suena genial 👍🏻
@stupossibleify8 жыл бұрын
great rendition of a wonderfully haunting melody. would be so different at 60Hz
@minnescanada9 жыл бұрын
This came out great, I really like the sounds you came up with and they are totally 8 bit!
@arniesaudios16428 жыл бұрын
Always loved this tune - might finish my mix someday! I like the way you format your videos - they are informative and very watchable. Used to have a C64 and I play keyboards so this video is just up my street. Thanks again.
@stefanocarito55634 жыл бұрын
Bellissima musica.... Thank you, you are great!!
@jeandejongh41049 жыл бұрын
Keep up the good work David. Found this channel through your other channel. Brings back memories from my C64, Atari and Nintendo times as a kidd. Cheers from The Netherlands.
@DrRogerSanchez7 жыл бұрын
what an awesome performance, brings back many good memories
@stupossibleify8 жыл бұрын
goose bumps when I hear Rob's high score theme. Great version
@IAMSolaara8 жыл бұрын
This song makes me cry. I dunno y tho...(not kidding)
@RetroAdventure8 жыл бұрын
Some childhood trauma?
@michaeltsung97418 жыл бұрын
because it's beautiful
@IAMSolaara8 жыл бұрын
Yup too beautiful
@DarenPage8 жыл бұрын
lorecast162 Turrican 2 intro on the Amiga does it for me.
@beetooex8 жыл бұрын
Daren Page Yes mate! I recently found all the Turrican music on Spotify. Still great. Shame there aren't any collections of Bitmap Brothers outside of KZbin.
@pianoman789 жыл бұрын
Yay! I used to have a Yamaha PSR something. I cannot remember the number, think it was a 90's keyboard, very similar to this. Thanks for creating this channel as well :) It takes me back to a "better" time.
@muchavvir9 жыл бұрын
You sir, are a true inspiration. You've inspired me to take up a new hobby. I tip my hat to you.
@linushyper3007 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad I found your channels
@ZatohRondohoon32278 жыл бұрын
Can You Make The Main Theme Of Commando, As Well? C64, I Mean!
@Freddy-rl4tr4 жыл бұрын
GEIL GEIL GEIL.........Ende von Commando High Score Liste.. Ich Liebe den Sound!!
@igork35222 жыл бұрын
This will get my 7yo son who adores Commando start leaning keyboard :) Thank you
@Ergzay9 жыл бұрын
So I really liked what you did with the original video where you replayed songs-as-is-identically with the same synth chip as used in the original song. I think this is much more fascinating to see how they constructed complex pieces rather than seeing how you might re-create the songs with some other instrument.
@Ra11y9 жыл бұрын
wow, your new channel is going great! can't wait for more great things like this!
@colinthomson75182 жыл бұрын
watching this again, good cover.
@BoutinMathieu8 жыл бұрын
Awesome video, thanks a lot!
@DeconTheed929 жыл бұрын
It's only barely related to the subject of the video, but yeah, I alway found the result of the PAL/NTSC timing thing fairly fascinating, mostly because I tended to find certain songs or soundtracks sometimes sounded better when played at a different tempo then intended. Splatterhouse 2 on the Mega Drive still, to this day, sounds much better on a PAL console to me, because I feel the compositions lend themselves better to a slower tempo then the hyped up, far faster speed they were likely composed in originally. S'Why it's a never ending source of torment to me that almost all rips of the music floating around are of the NTSC version. That aside, I'd like to say that Im really glad to have stumbled upon both this and your original account by a chance reccomendation from a friend; I've been a big VGM head for many years, and have in the last couple really got stuck into the tech side of how the chip based stuff works (both out of general interest and for one of my own projects), and your videos offer some great insight into that whole area. I highly reccomend checking out the PSS-680 sometime as well, as the synthesizer capabilities are actually fairly deep for what is still ulltimately a toy keyboard, and accidentally makes it a fairly reliable machine for producing chiptune music with.
@espinajames8 жыл бұрын
your simply the best! keep making vids!
@jplus26018 жыл бұрын
Rad, nice work!
@Phenom987 жыл бұрын
Amazing to think this was made on a machine from the early '80s. Wow!
@CJWarlock9 жыл бұрын
Cool! Nicely done. And BTW.Thanx for showing how to play the notes of it. :)
@The8BitGuy9 жыл бұрын
+CJWarlock Thanks.. thats at least partly what I'm trying to do when I perform old game songs like this is let people see how to play them themselves. It takes me quite a while to break down the songs into their individual parts and figure out how to play it all.
@jonby69 жыл бұрын
+The 8-Bit Guy Wrong account, but I think almost all of us still understand it's you ;)
@bluelegocat75208 жыл бұрын
and the keyboard of choice today is the Yamaha PSR-32 *(insert loud scraping noise here)*
@gefthetalkingmongoose5 жыл бұрын
HA
@ShyVioletIsShy8 жыл бұрын
I learned the piano as a kid on the PSR-31. A pretty good quality keyboard for what it was used for.
@PhoenixWrong_8 жыл бұрын
It sounds like what I would expect a Reprise version of some other song would be.
@amundbisgaard72954 жыл бұрын
That hit the spot! You clearly did justice to the original.
@kquote039 жыл бұрын
what a master piece :)
@tonyaddams7 жыл бұрын
I want this to be played on my funeral
@minimalistgaming87638 жыл бұрын
incredible!
@CourtWatchAu Жыл бұрын
I think the snare sound uses 'release' setting , is there any software that can tweak the sid more like the synth chip that it is eg ADSR attacj decay sustain release of each voice can perhaps be adjusted like in other synths in the adsr envelope. also filters can further adjust the 'voice'
@38911bytefree8 жыл бұрын
This was SUPERB !!!!. Here we got BOTH computers, the PAL ones (PAL N) were locally assembled and the PAL N conversion was made here (it was a mod over the European model, not sure is PAL-M or B). But many got NTSC machines as well. TV sets were converted to NTSC since imported gear was NTSC, like VCRs. A very few TVs offered both systems. Funny thing is that Mains Freq is 50, so even the NTSC ones was forced to run on 50Hz. The mains Hz is used in several parts of the system (that way one of the voltages used is AC and not DC). I have used BOTH of them and YEP, the difference can ge HUGE. I like the PAL version more, probably because we played more time on the PAL ONE. also the 60 Vs 50Hz "sound" (Not sure is SID can use mains as reference for sound) is different. No just speed thing. In some games is not that notorious. Probably the ones with simple music like ... for example .... time tunnel. Mostly "beep" type sound.
@MariaEngstrom9 жыл бұрын
Yay! Really sweet! :) Thanks!
@webbugt9 жыл бұрын
This is awesome, I love your detailed analysis and subsequent live play. Could you please provide us with a download link to your performance? Would love to have it as a ringtone as well as a cool track on my chill playlist :)
@webbugt9 жыл бұрын
Nvm, I found it on your soundcloud, keep those "fresh" tunes coming! :D
@The8BitGuy9 жыл бұрын
+Ivan Dončević - Yeah, I hadn't got the link in the description yet. But it's there now. I usually upload the song to soundcloud a few days before I'm done editing the video. So if you watch my channel there you'll know what I'm up to. :-)
@kqakqa8 жыл бұрын
Great song, and this is a pretty awesome channel! :D I actually got this keyboard from a friend who never played about a week ago for my first keyboard, and it's pretty cool. It has a dead note right now but its still usable at playing songs. Just gonna say that the Percussion 2 instrument with no sustain also sounds like a good bass instrument. facts!
@thegreatmoa8 жыл бұрын
love the recreation! in a future video, might you consider something from sonic 2? That game had some of my favourite music of any game, and good variety. the music that plays at the end of the game is especially great.
@FlameRat_YehLon9 жыл бұрын
The sound at 1:48 actually contains arpeggio effects, which is almost 8-bit music exclusive, and it's mainly for creating chorus with a single sound channel. Too bad we can't get that kind of effect with most modern synth as it requires very fast (like, 50ms) note switching which is not quite a common function on modern synths.
@8BitKeys9 жыл бұрын
+野龍(FlameRat) I don't know if I could call it an arpeggio or not being it was not a chord being produced. Rather it was the same note on a different octave being alternated.
@FlameRat_YehLon9 жыл бұрын
8-Bit Keys At least on the NES soundtrack editor Famitracker, it's called arpeggio. And, sometimes it is used to create chords. Remember when you said you tried to play Chopstick on a monophonic keyboard? This uses almost the same mechanic but the note swapping is a lot faster.
@romajimamulo7 жыл бұрын
... huh. Weird, never noticed you here before
@clockwork41908 жыл бұрын
Nice video!
@pss-270casio-coremusic.59 жыл бұрын
Good stuff, as usual, my friend. Toy-keyboards for life!!! :)
@hhhhhhhuh8 жыл бұрын
Great video David! How did you acquire the multitrack of the original C64 version? I have searched online but can't seem to find it anywhere. Keep up the good work!
@alanbenson1505 Жыл бұрын
I think you can rip individual channels using a Sid ripper/Sid player. I did it ages ago (10yrs+) which is why I can't remember exactly.
@bdttrance41945 жыл бұрын
2:21 All live events - particularly those that are electronic in nature use loads of effects
@grizzogor9 жыл бұрын
Wow! it sounds like exactly what it sounds like on the ol' C64 but just has a little, tiny, modernized touch to it.
@thiagotecnico9 жыл бұрын
Propellerheads Reason VST software has a DEMO song called Commando, remade by rob hubbard.
@alfredpianoman25439 жыл бұрын
You should make two separate videos, one where you play, and one where you explain, because I want to hear it played for longer
@sarkisfidanyan1748 Жыл бұрын
Hi, Friends! Very nice instrument from 80-th. I have Yamaha PSR-31. It is analog of PSR-32, but without MIDI input/output connectors. Now my PSR-31 don't work, and i need Cirquit Diagramm for psr-31 or PSR-32. Did have anybody this cirquit? Where i can look it? Thanks!
@lucacalutoiu12369 жыл бұрын
this song sounds better than the original song! I love it!
@Ray.Norrish6 жыл бұрын
no.
@wrestletube18 жыл бұрын
This ones going to be complecated. It was a mastertry on the C64 how he did it on a 3 channel sound chip let alone doing it on a keyboard and sort of making it sound like it.
@iantribunal78634 жыл бұрын
8 bit guy just knew this
@kilésengati9 жыл бұрын
Well, you could hook up an effects board or pedal. But since I don't know an effects board of that time that would be in the price range of these keyboards I think it is right not using effects and I don't know an effects board in that range nowadays. I wished they would have packed PSR-32 keys on the PSS-470 witch pitch-bend. I guess it would be possible with circuit bending now.
@Sparkette8 жыл бұрын
3:48 sounds like the ending of Portal 2
@E5rael5 жыл бұрын
I was looking for this comment, and I was surprised to see only yours and with no upvotes! O_O It was the exact timestamp you pointed out that immediately brought the "Turret Opera" to my mind.
@bewarethedecks Жыл бұрын
I purchased a PSR-32 at a local Service Merchandise back in the 1980's. The store chain is long gone, but I still own & use the 32. I gravitate towards the "green" organ as it sounds pretty decent. The "strings" and "cello" are disappointments as they sound nothing like stringed instruments. The keyboard is what I use to practice on for when I am needed as a substitute organist at my church. Plug in my Sony headphones and we're good to go. 🙂
@pandaherocg60979 жыл бұрын
cool video! :D
@morphman868 жыл бұрын
Did anyone else spot that the backing track waveform looks like it's saying "HI" over and over? Knowing Hubbard, that may very well be intentional :)
@zotzot57 жыл бұрын
yep!
@seaneverts25505 жыл бұрын
This is my third time watching this video and I just noticed that
@iantribunal78634 жыл бұрын
Me sad song of c minor 🤣
@iantribunal78634 жыл бұрын
B D F# ...
@tehcooler4 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know where i cant get something in 1:11 with the 3 voices? I looked everywhere and could not find Anyehere
@W-Ostr7 жыл бұрын
Can you make a film about connecting keyboard to the computer and what kind of the device you recommend for the first instrument?
@MEGAMIGA5 жыл бұрын
Nice version! By the way, since it is a Capcom arcade game, the original composer is not Rob Hubbard but Tamayo Kawamoto ;-) Apart from this, this soundtrack remains one of my favourites EVER (although the CPC one ;) )
@TheOriginalNCDV9 жыл бұрын
Nice!
@michaelberman96668 жыл бұрын
What is your favorite keyboard you own for 8BK channel?
@Drachenreiterklaus7 жыл бұрын
Oh those memories. :-) Very well played, but nothing goes over the original 6581 SID.
@nilswegner28812 жыл бұрын
I find the 8580 very nice sounding as Well...
@rodrigohernandez64814 жыл бұрын
Has this yamaha transpose!! I hope your answer
@iosgamer2549 жыл бұрын
Why the hi score sound not the first
@chrislane22796 жыл бұрын
Do you think you can do an mp3 version of that song please
@Naitrio9 жыл бұрын
How do you make your KZbin art for your channel?
@TheAviationChannel9 жыл бұрын
good video:)
@antytrend8 жыл бұрын
You're awesome
@melisluv069 жыл бұрын
What's the program you're using to isolate voices from the original song?
@amazingblackpeople8 жыл бұрын
nice!
@itsthesola108 жыл бұрын
did you know that on Linux you can play Commodore64 SID files (almost) natively?
@itsthesola108 жыл бұрын
Emphasis on ALMOST. I mean that the codec instantly integrates to practically all media players, and basically even exists. Also Linux HAS native audio, it's ALSA since it's tightly tied to the kernel itself, like OpenGL Mesa is for video.
@itsthesola108 жыл бұрын
I see what you mean. The Linux kernel doesn't *need* ALSA to function. It doesn't need SysV init or systemd either, does it? It's all modular, so you can hardly tell if anything is native here. Basically, the kernel is the part that the CPU can run in 16-bit real mode, that is to boot the system.
@petermichaelgreen7 жыл бұрын
No the bootloader starts in real mode (assuming a traditional PC BIOS) but switches to protected mode before handing off to the kernel.
@jenjenneration7 жыл бұрын
Pure awesomeness starts at 3:23
@diamondburned52298 жыл бұрын
Can I know how to transfer SID songs to Audacity? The only way I know is to record single channel.
@AlterSchwede733 жыл бұрын
oh my god. I.Love.U. (because of the music of course)
@nagsdeadfilms70247 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite C=64 Tunes. But Ultima 3, 4 and 5 are some of my favorite SID Music
@jamontoast_music9 жыл бұрын
Loving these videos :) Please do a theme from Commander Keen!!! :D :D :D
@sadaaromin139 жыл бұрын
I wanna see skrillex scary monsters and nice sprites, I know you don't do this on the channel but I'd love to hear it
@dowrow68988 жыл бұрын
can you share the .aup file, please?
@milestailsprower32828 жыл бұрын
Please make a video of you performing Super Mario Bros. 2 Overworld theme on the PSR-32
@olino.39178 жыл бұрын
Can i get the original tune pls
@Gigabyte-hu7yh7 жыл бұрын
does it have Midi capability?
@davidbrennan57 жыл бұрын
Yamaha made some nice keyboards, I always wanted a CS-80.
@morphman868 жыл бұрын
After watching Hubbard perform this song live on a couple of occasions (there are several vids of that around the web), it would seem like he anticipated the NTSC speed-up, because he performs it faster. Or maybe that's just a by-product of his main audience being in the US, and they're just used to that version, so he adapted?
@kqzo5 жыл бұрын
how did you separate the tracks in audacity
@matiasandresramirezporto92908 жыл бұрын
Do Castlevania vampire killer please D:
@bob67845588 жыл бұрын
Where can I find what you used to record the piano, I have the same Yamaha and wanted to record with it.
@micheleporcu22874 жыл бұрын
looove it
@ternitamas6 жыл бұрын
are you using the zoom recorder to record the sounds or as some kind of audio interface? got a bit lost there, sorry
@TheYagich8 жыл бұрын
Was your spacebar broken or something at the time of scripting?
@ssjhank30138 жыл бұрын
I want to buy this so I can use it for live shows, and freak out people.
@RodCornholio5 жыл бұрын
I intentionally let my commando character die just so I could get to hear the music. Yeah, it is that good.
@chokeslam924 жыл бұрын
Did you play with a click track?
@obshaky2 ай бұрын
I just found a PSR32 in the trash. Had all the batteries inside leaking acid but the got a $10 PSU and the rca out works so score! I want to circuit bend it thou :V
@MicahTheManiac6 жыл бұрын
I recently got one of these and was wondering how to hook it up to my pc. Where can I find a converter like you have to plug it in my pc, Amazon?
@DarkButz8 жыл бұрын
It really reminds me of the high score music from Monty on the Run, made by the same composer.
@TheVampireKit3 жыл бұрын
Cool. By the way, how did you get the original song onto separate tracks in Audacity?