Commodore 64: unboxing and exploring the Incredible Musical Keyboard

[@TheStopBits]

BAND.

[@fractalMD]

Oh hi!

[@calabi-yau4894]

Just wanted to thank you so much for the superb captions, especially the descriptions of your laughs. much appreciated!

[@lukeh9897]

lol love your channel as someone that loves tech but was born to late to enjoy the start of the computer world it is fun to learn where others started thanks

[@VeronicaExplains]

Thank YOU for watching!

[@EricsEdgeVideos]

Air Supply - brings back memories. Memories of terrible live concert experiences where I sacrificed my music sensibility for a girlfriend.

[@8_Bit]

I love hyperlinks - thanks for the mention! :)

[@VeronicaExplains]

Thank you for mentioning the band in your video, we appreciate you!

[@Retroguyuk75]

Amazing video Veronica :)... I too know so many people going through tough times at the moment, I'm not sure what going on in da world but keep strong and keep making such wonderful content. Live long and prosper 🖖

[@VeronicaExplains]

Thank you so much! It is appreciated.

[@DJTI99]

I remember seeing that being advertised in Compute's Gazette. I wanted that sooooo bad when I was kid in the 80s. The I saw that there was a MIDI interface, and I wanted that, too. Now I have a keytar with a wireless midi interface that would have blown my 15 year old mind.

[@StephenSE9]

OMG 🤭 "I'VE NEVER BEEN TO ME". Very ahem "subtle". Those who are old enough will get this 🤭

[@LasseHuhtala]

Funny how different we are, I had an Amiga before I had a C64, so I was completely used to playing straight on the qwerty's, and when I got my C64 with one of those overlays and was playing around with Sound Odyssey, more often than not, I would take the overlay off. But then again I'm just a pretend musician who doesn't read music.

[@fractalMD]

So, I hear that you are in a band..... 😊

[@TheStopBits]

BAND

[@djsouthpaw3811]

Well, I sent away for the poster in the 80s, still waiting for it lol

[@AddieDirectsTV]

The real question is… When are The Stop Bits playing 1st Ave? Ok ok. The Entry? Ok fine some person’s sketchy basement?

[@AddieDirectsTV]

16:35 that first piano note you played…it reminded me of something but I can’t place it.

[@ActionRetro]

Neat!!

[@VeronicaExplains]

It really is!

[@AddieDirectsTV]

7:56 New Berlin. That’s suburban Milwaukee. Interestingly, I can’t find anything about that company online. I wonder if I know anyone who worked in tech in Milwaukee in the 80s.

[@LeftoverBeefcake]

Will you be soldering in a second SID sometime soon? IIRC the makers of the Messiah cartridge also sell a dual SID board. Also, there's a device out there called the MidiSID from PeacockMedia (the creator runs the MIDI IN channel here on KZbin) that may unleash some more 8-bit musical possibilities, though to be honest it's a bit on the pricey side.

[@AddieDirectsTV]

21:56 of course I want to see a video on that cartridge!

[@IsaacKuo]

I wish I had picked up one of these back in the day, before our breadbin died. (We replaced it with a C128, which wouldn't fit the incredible keyboard.) I never got the hang of playing the normal keyboard directly.

[@shawnlowe1392]

would love to see a mssiah cartridge video

[@dc9662]

Have you checked out the Therapsid? It's pretty rad!

[@chrissimpson1183]

Great video, my cat rates it at one cat nap....

[@a90steen]

I would definitely like to know how to connect a midi keyboard to a c64c and try and make music with it. It’s a pity the keyboard overlay wasn’t made for the c64c, especially since music maker used to be bundled with the c64c

[@Tall_Order]

The farmer and the dell. The farmer and the dell. He types and types and types and types, on the dell all day.

[@AddieDirectsTV]

19:08 I had to double check that it wasn’t the first Wednesday of the month at 1pm lol

[@tirsek]

I love hyperlinks 😂

[@idio-syncrasy]

This looks like an improved version could be 3d printed.

[@VeronicaExplains]

I can imagine so. It's simple enough construction. Just need some key tension and a building material that will stand up to that level of flexing (or the patience to reprint broken parts!)

[@ehørnchenontour6305]

Awwww I loved 😍

[@AddieDirectsTV]

14:38 hmm I wonder if those two are still around.

[@buzman1985]

Yayyyyyyyy! C64!

[@misjavanlaatum]

So are you team 6581 or team 8580?

[@VeronicaExplains]

I only have one real 8580, so I have less experience with it. I have a few 6581s so that tends to sound more "correct" to me.