Tag: fasttracker
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Keep Tracking: Trackers and 16 bit music
I have covered the musical history of trackers and 16 bit music before on the podcast, but this is a great in-depth historical look at the ‘sound of software piracy’ – although I’d argue that the early Amiga demos like the 1988 classic Wild Copper were more coding brags and weirdly computer shop adverts (?)…
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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…