Electronic Music Software

Electronic Music Software I worked on version 1 for 2.5 years from 1982-1985 When I retired in 2010 I started again.

FASTFINGERS was originally designed to get the fattest most powerful sound out of the SID chip and it has grown to this massive size by adding several features.

08/10/2026

Fastfingers 3U and Fastfingers 2U will be the final releases.

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08/10/2026

I have addressed all of the differences and quarks between C64 and C64U.
Since response has waned, and because I have better things to do, I have decided that Fastfingers 3U and Fastfingers 2U will be the final releases. I will not be making Fastfingers polyphonic. I will be making music with these powerful new tools.

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05/20/2026

After 3 months of headbanging I finally figured it out yesterday. I had a MIDI RESET routine triggered every time a CMDR or CTRL key was pressed. I kept looking at my MIDI SCAN routine rather than even thinking about my Midi Panic buttons. These things weren't a problem for a vintage c64 but for the Ultimate, for some reason. A few lines of code and problem fixed. I'm glad I added other features while looking for this problem AND....the whole thing still works on a stock C64.

05/17/2026

So some light is beginning to shine with my MIDI interface and the Ultimate. I have ONE version of my program working properly ONLY BEFORE I HIT A COMMODORE OR CTRL KEY. Then the same WRONG KEYS are played from the MIDI keyboard.So there seems to be a bit of interference between the CIA for the keyboard and the CIA on the Userport. As I have said many times before, none of these problems exist with a standard C64. I'll be working more on this next week to see if I can come up with a workaround. The thing we all have to remember is that things are much closer together in a FPGA so possibly crosstalk?

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