{"id":550,"date":"2008-05-26T16:38:18","date_gmt":"2008-05-27T00:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.modd3d.com\/articles\/?p=550"},"modified":"2011-07-14T16:42:27","modified_gmt":"2011-07-15T00:42:27","slug":"cynthcart-commodore-64-synthesizer-cartridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.modd3d.com\/articles\/item\/cynthcart-commodore-64-synthesizer-cartridge","title":{"rendered":"Cynthcart- Commodore 64 Synthesizer Cartridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Slocum has released a new version of his Commodore 64 synth cartridge, called <a href=\"http:\/\/qotile.net\/cynthcart.html\" target=\"_blank\">Cynthcart<\/a>. If you have an old C64 lying around this would be a cheap and easy way to make SID music.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few features of the cartridge:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3 Note Polyphony<\/li>\n<li>Works with the common C64 piano keyboard overlay<\/li>\n<li>No latency<\/li>\n<li>Adjustable vibrato<\/li>\n<li>Portamento effect (sliding notes)<\/li>\n<li>Can change patches and settings while playing<\/li>\n<li>Support for 2nd SID chip (stereo chorus effects)<\/li>\n<li>Filter, pulse width, vibrato, and pitch via paddle controllers<\/li>\n<li>Whammy (space) bar<\/li>\n<li>Control of attack, release, and many other sound parameters<\/li>\n<li>Tuning adjustment<\/li>\n<li>Psychedelic rave color patterns<\/li>\n<li>On-screen help<\/li>\n<li>SID hex editor for advanced users<\/li>\n<li>Can turn off video chip to reduce noise<\/li>\n<li>PAL and NTSC tuning tables with automatic selection<\/li>\n<li>Designed to be used easily without a TV\/monitor<\/li>\n<li>Copies itself to RAM (cartridge can be removed after loading)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note: Don&#8217;t stare at the background on Paul&#8217;s web site too long; It will make you dizzy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-551\" title=\"Cynthcart with keyboard overlay\" src=\"http:\/\/www.modd3d.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/cynthcart-keyboard.jpg\" alt=\"Cynthcart with keyboard overlay\" width=\"368\" height=\"224\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Slocum has released a new version of his Commodore 64 synth cartridge, called Cynthcart. If you have an old C64 lying around this would be a cheap and easy way to make SID music. Here are a few features of the cartridge: 3 Note Polyphony Works with the common C64 piano keyboard overlay No [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-synthesizers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.modd3d.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.modd3d.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.modd3d.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.modd3d.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.modd3d.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.modd3d.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":553,"href":"http:\/\/www.modd3d.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550\/revisions\/553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.modd3d.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.modd3d.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.modd3d.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}