Midi and the musical micro’s – 1986
Maybe too nostalgic, but for you who grew up with the early software sequencers and micro computers this is a nice flasback from the 80′. I love it especially because …
Back to Basic – BBC programming
The Centre for Computing History informed us: Join us for an introduction to BBC BASIC programming. This is a language no longer used in today’s gaming world, but the fundamentals …
Music Machines – Norwegian Technical Museum
The Norwegian Technical Museum in Oslo has an exhibition with music machines: synthesizers, peripheral hardware, organs, recording machines and more. They introduce this exhibition with: “Where do you draw the …
BBC micro – UMI Midi interface
In a post of some days ago, we introduced the videoclip in which Vince Clarke is working in his studio and using the BBC B computer for midi sequencing. In …
UMI 2B – Midi sequencer for BBC Micro
Long time ago I found this video on youtube: Vince Clarke demonstrating his workflow in the studio 1985/1986. I was intrigued by the fact he used a BBC micro for …
BBC – Speech Synthesis
Published in Acorn User – April 1986. A test of (then available) 3 systems for speech synthesis. Please note: all (c) by the Author Martin Phillips and Acorn User magazine. …
Acorn User – Music System competition 1986
Since we are trying to inventorise (retro) articles and projects where (Electronic) music and Acorn micro computers meet (we know there are fans of both out there), we thought it’d …
BygoneBytes – A perfect mancave?
I was trying to find info about Maplin synthesizers and the so called Maplin 600 note sequencer, which was developed in 1981-1982 and was said to be featured in the …