Any C64 remake I should be doing?
Posted: 28/12/2015 - 13:57
Hey all,
I have to introduce myself first I guess, being new to the forum and all.
My name is Jeffrey and there is a slight chance that someone just might know me from this little electronic project called Easily Embarrassed.
Small chance though. It's not that known outside a certain niche
A couple of weeks ago I was hacking away with a new version of our favourite DAW, flooding my trusty Nord Lead 2x with loads and loads of midi data. I then figured I could program the damn thing 'the c64 way'. So I cooked up a little demo for fun, where I shoot for a C64 SID style while mostly using the Nord:
https://soundcloud.com/little-jester/mr-nord
A week later I reused that project to do something for myself: Remake my personal all time favourite Martin Galway's Parallax title screen music!
Always thought that track could only be played from an original SID to do it justice, but now that I could go for 'upgraded sound' I thought, maybe I could capture the magic and maybe add some bells and whistles from the EE library to make it 2015 worthy, making it something I can listen to instead of the much thinner sounding C64 original. The result was posted here:
https://soundcloud.com/little-jester/ma ... tle-jester
It's queued as release for this site as well. So maybe it'll appear here, if accepted.
Anyway, I absolutely loved the process and the result of remaking that track. I now feel like doing at least one other remake in the near future.
At first I thought I'd be doing Green Beret, but I found we already have a nice version from Matt Gray on that one, so that put me on the fence with that. Seems like a waste if there is already something nice out there to fill a playlist with.
So now I was wondering if you guys here have any suggestions of anything that desperately needs remaking that would also fit the style I'm able to go for... I'm asking cause I simply don't know of what has been properly remade already and what not, since I'm relatively new to this remixing scene and all. + I might get a suggestion that totally surprises me as something I have never thought of before, but would really be great to do.
Your input would be really appreciated. Thanks!
I have to introduce myself first I guess, being new to the forum and all.
My name is Jeffrey and there is a slight chance that someone just might know me from this little electronic project called Easily Embarrassed.
Small chance though. It's not that known outside a certain niche
A couple of weeks ago I was hacking away with a new version of our favourite DAW, flooding my trusty Nord Lead 2x with loads and loads of midi data. I then figured I could program the damn thing 'the c64 way'. So I cooked up a little demo for fun, where I shoot for a C64 SID style while mostly using the Nord:
https://soundcloud.com/little-jester/mr-nord
A week later I reused that project to do something for myself: Remake my personal all time favourite Martin Galway's Parallax title screen music!
Always thought that track could only be played from an original SID to do it justice, but now that I could go for 'upgraded sound' I thought, maybe I could capture the magic and maybe add some bells and whistles from the EE library to make it 2015 worthy, making it something I can listen to instead of the much thinner sounding C64 original. The result was posted here:
https://soundcloud.com/little-jester/ma ... tle-jester
It's queued as release for this site as well. So maybe it'll appear here, if accepted.
Anyway, I absolutely loved the process and the result of remaking that track. I now feel like doing at least one other remake in the near future.
At first I thought I'd be doing Green Beret, but I found we already have a nice version from Matt Gray on that one, so that put me on the fence with that. Seems like a waste if there is already something nice out there to fill a playlist with.
So now I was wondering if you guys here have any suggestions of anything that desperately needs remaking that would also fit the style I'm able to go for... I'm asking cause I simply don't know of what has been properly remade already and what not, since I'm relatively new to this remixing scene and all. + I might get a suggestion that totally surprises me as something I have never thought of before, but would really be great to do.
Your input would be really appreciated. Thanks!
