Tag: Classes of computers
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Grandad, what was it like making music back in the day?
Cheetah Specdrum!!! I still have mine, and my Spectrum and 2 Amigas. Yes this is how you had to create music back in the day, although I have to say The RAM Music Machine on the Amstrad (or other computers) rocked more than the AMS – great for no additional hardware but you were stuck…
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RavEvil (2009 Prodigify Me Remix) – an original tune!
Rave music was my first love…and it will be my last. Music for the future….music made to last 😉 I started making music in 1990 so this challenge is a return to my roots – literally. Inspired and for the GYBO Prodigify Me Remix Challenge, Here’s a very Prodigy ‘inspired’ (ie. you might recognise the…
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Genlock You Don’t Stop: A Journey Through Video
There was an era in the mid to late 80’s where videos weren’t cheap. So when rave and hiphouse/hiphop came along they needed something for MTV and Top of the Pops etc – so enter the stand in front of a screen video, usually with graphics ‘genlocked’ (aka ‘keyed’) ie. placed digitally behind them, or…
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Okay you’ve got 2 Windows PCs right…
…and you’d expect them to talk together over Ethernet if I plugged them together, especially as one is XP? BZZZT! Wrong…it magically worked for a short while then died totally. I have no idea why…tried all kinds of settings but the software helpfully that comes with XP to install onto your other machines works with…