{"id":20,"date":"2022-10-18T14:45:24","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T14:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chipsidshow.co.uk\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2026-02-25T12:07:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T12:07:32","slug":"chip-sid-show","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chipsidshow.co.uk\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chip SID Show"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/chipsidshow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ChipSIDLogo.jpg\" alt=\"Chip SID Show logo\" class=\"wp-image-28\" style=\"width:587px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chipsidshow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ChipSIDLogo.jpg 512w, https:\/\/chipsidshow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ChipSIDLogo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chipsidshow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ChipSIDLogo-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Blasting SID beats from the arse end of a Commodore 64!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This website hosts <strong>all<\/strong> of the episodes of the Chip SID Show as created and presented by Max Hall originally on Radio Free Matlock, but it is now hosted on <a href=\"https:\/\/scenesat.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SceneSat<\/a>.<br><br>They used to be hosted (back in the early days) on <a title=\"Mug UK's website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mug-uk.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mug UK&#8217;s website<\/a> using various free cloud accounts. See the <a href=\"#backintheolddays\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#backintheolddays\">Back In The Old Days<\/a> section below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, as of <strong>1st November 2022<\/strong>, this is the new home with its own swanky domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This website is kept updated by Mike Mee (aka the afore-mentioned Mug UK).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Latest News<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/218173905721443\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">There is a Facebook page where all the latest news appears first.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We also have a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chip_sid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Twitter presence<\/a> (or Twatter as Max prefers to call it!) run by Richard Tappenden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For a full breakdown on what happens for each episode, check this page out: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chipsidshow.co.uk\/?page_id=261\" title=\"Who does what each month?\">Who&#8217;s behind each episode?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-accent-color has-text-color\"><em>Not that we&#8217;re saying that the majority of the people involved are old, but the only &#8220;hip&#8221; part of this website is the replacement kind<\/em>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"backintheolddays\"><strong>Back In The Old Days<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-3a19293b-0467-47f1-87ec-6e047ec34487\">The episodes were originally hosted via a combination of two cloud solutions \u2013 Dropbox and Box \u2013 <strong>but<\/strong> the shows were only available in MP3 format. This was purely due to the file sizes of the original FLAC versions that Max supplied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-3f3444f8-47fe-4b19-97fd-3686d9d2f0b8\">In April 2019, after 9 shows were published using the above methods, Mike got his arse into gear and created an \u2018official\u2019 sub-page within his <a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mug-uk.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> to host the shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In October 2022, Mike upgraded the site to have its own <em>reet &amp; proper<\/em> domain and storage space. We should have enough space to store a few more years&#8217; worth of future episodes, as well as the existing ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<link type=\"application\/rss+xml\" rel=\"alternate\" title=\"The Chip Sid Show\" href=\"https:\/\/feeds.soundcloud.com\/users\/soundcloud:users:797705362\/sounds.rss\">\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-473e1a5e-aa39-4895-b867-617533fb5aff\"><strong>A Quick Preview<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-34a7f845-eaf1-46a1-98f0-d1bfe9b8b409\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCWLS4G73pup1Z27lvOGhZGA\">The Retro Engine<\/a> released a quick 10 minute preview of an example episode back in February 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CHIP SID SHOW \ud83c\udfb6 December 18th 2019 Max Hall RadioFreeMatlock Ten-Minute Excerpt\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GvHo7v6JAFI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-37d0ade6-8106-4922-99c3-04403bb0daea\"><strong>Max Hall&#8217;s Chip SID Show C64 Demo<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-5781bcb4-0d7e-462b-80bc-d76470d8427b\">In August 2021, Max coded and remixed a classic tune for a little demo, so <a href=\"http:\/\/mug-uk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Chip-SID-Show-Demo.zip\">grab it from this link<\/a>. Or view it below \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"C64 One File Demo: Chip SID Show Demo by Flat 3 Hackers! 15August 2021!\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2GWqFFHa-Go?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Interviews<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Max was interviewed back in 2019 by the <a href=\"https:\/\/commodoreformatarchive.com\/the-chip-sid-show-a-radio-programme-that-plays-c64-music\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Commodore Format magazine<\/a> (the unofficial online version).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blasting SID beats from the arse end of a Commodore 64! Introduction This website hosts all of the episodes of the Chip SID Show as created and presented by Max Hall originally on Radio Free Matlock, but it is now hosted on SceneSat. They used to be hosted (back in the early days) on Mug &#8230; <a title=\"The Chip SID Show\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/chipsidshow.co.uk\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Chip SID Show\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chipsidshow.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chipsidshow.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chipsidshow.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chipsidshow.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chipsidshow.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":44,"href":"https:\/\/chipsidshow.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":690,"href":"https:\/\/chipsidshow.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions\/690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chipsidshow.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}