====== CLASS Presentations & Guests =====

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===== Computer DJ Ravi Abbott =====

Best known for playing music on Amiga computers, Ravi Abbott will grace CLASS with a virtual gig on Saturday!  For a taste of Ravi's abilities, see his showreel at [[https://youtu.be/qzkUU8nKWcM]]



===== Jerold Kress' music chip showdown! =====

Jerold has a battle of the sound chips: SID (C64) vs. Ricoh 2A03 (Nintendo NES) vs. Yamaha YM2612 (Sega Genesis)! Using the sound chips with a MIDI keyboard and a combination of MIDI adapters & software, he'll record directly on a laptop and expose the capabilities/limitations of each chip and device.  See his CLASS presentation at [[https://youtu.be/iXnP_DRTYuQ]]

===== Playing Music with the PET 2001 =====

For Sunday only, Jim DiNunzio returns with his very modded PET 2001.  This time he will play music off of the computer with the use of a custom 8-bit audio DAC board and some 1-bit music, too.  You can see his presentation at [[https://youtu.be/-gp7D1d8Eaw]]

===== Marc Rifkin and Amiga Music =====

Commodore Business Machines veteran and Scala developer Marc returns to CLASS! This time he concentrates on Amiga music, attaching a big MIDI keyboard to his Amiga 1200.  See his CLASS presentation at [[https://youtu.be/BpJ8jZC1vxQ]]

===== Sajtron and Keeping Up with the Commodore =====

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Sajtron will be presenting a music remix of "Keeping Up With The Commodore" (CLASS Edition) for the 40th Anniversary of the Commodore 64. His video is now at [[https://youtu.be/4LwvG9cLz-E]]  His website is at [[http://www.sajtron.com]]

===== The Latest C64 Demos =====

Richard Goedeken shows off as many (up to 50) of the best and latest Commodore 64 demos!  Saturday only.  His presentation can now be seen at [[https://youtu.be/YLb4aQAg6Zc]]
===== How I Made Pixel Art for a RPG Game =====
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Simone Bernacchia speaks on making artful screens for the Amiga game, Hired Sword 2.  His presentation is now on-line at [[https://youtu.be/Ha_C-9UeaS4]]
===== Roger Van Pelt, Giga-CAD, and Blender =====

In a video presentation filmed for CLASS, resident C64 CAD expert Roger tells how to convert C64 Giga-CAD objects to Blender running on a Windows 10 PC.  The video is now at [[https://youtu.be/M3LCpUIy-Ek]]

===== Demonstration of the Retro-Printer Module =====

Robert Bernardo shows how the Retro-Printer Module, while connected to a Commodore 8-bit computer, can print to a USB printer!  [[https://www.retroprinter.com/]]

===== Bible Games for the C64 =====

Driving all the way from Kansas City, Kansas, Lenard Roach returns to talk about his latest book, Load/Run.

He gives our first-ever presentation with a religious bent!  These classic BASIC programs have been enhanced with PETSCII graphics and sped up/compiled with Blitz!  Test your knowledge, escape enemies, and search/explore with these educational games! Also a Bible Trivia game and Wheel Of Fortune, the commercial version, modded to be the Bible edition!  His presentation can be found at 
[[https://youtu.be/K3U4c1XPMmo]]

===== A Tour Around the Amiga 500/Vampire 500 =====

Robert Bernardo demonstrates the platform emulators, WHDload games/demos, and native HDMI games/demos/music/MPEG-1 videos which run off his Amiga 500 v8 with Vampire 500 v2.  You can see his presentation at [[https://youtu.be/SJAYWq7BxMs]]