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It's Christmas, and it's raining gifts, gifts, gifts. 🎁

The following is a commercial project that costs a few dollars, but it's so good that we can't hide it from you, even without any form of sponsorship.

What's it about? Soundwaves. But not just any soundwaves – digitally generated, harmonically arranged, and melodious ones that transport us on another journey to a bygone era. Few sound chips have influenced the history of chiptunes as much as the MOS 6581 – or SID.

Many attempts have been made to emulate or simulate the SID in its numerous incarnations, in both hardware and software, all with considerable success. But what Plogue, known as @wwwPLOGUEcom, presents as an early gift under the 8-bit Christmas tree, eclipses nearly everything that has come before.

Chipsynth C64 is an AAX/AU/VST3/CLAP-compatible plugin that packs a punch.

It features a beautiful, user-friendly interface, MIDI support, Scala tuning, and presets by renowned chip musicians, envelope generators, precision control, and programmable filters, 3 oscillators, PCM with multiple waveforms, up to 12-voice polyphony, ring modulation, pulse width, an arpeggiator, and effects like chorus, reverb, and stereo delay. It includes a modulation matrix with math options, step sequencers, envelope generators with graphical editing, and emulation options for tweaking the sound... the list of features goes on and on. ❤️

Not convinced yet? Check out the intro video. And if you want to know more, take a look at Peter Kirn's introductory article.

What. A. Beast. 🎶