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I loved this! It was actually pretty deep and editable. First experience of using software to make music.
I used to sync to a Fostex R-8. The MTC part of it didn’t work with Vision as it used a funny Fostex proprietary format so I switched to Logic v1 which could remote control the Fostex.
Logic Pro X 10.7 still had the preference to use Fostex format MTC! I’m determined to rig up the R8 again and try it! (All of my old gear went into my parent’s loft so I still have most of it).
And ASR-10! Fantastic keyboard.
I still have my old EPS16Plus.
(All my old kit went into my parents loft when I moved into my first flat. I never got around to selling it —even though I needed the cash — as it was all pretty much worthless by then so I still have a load of it now. Prices have since sky rocketed on some of it)
Like Samu, I used to play with Sound monitor but Electrosound was my first actual music purchase after seeing the review in Zzap!
http://www.gamebase64.com/oldsite/gameofweek/8/electrosound/Electrosound.gif
Review
http://www.gamebase64.com/oldsite/gameofweek/8/util_electrosound.htm
Holy shit. Is that the same as MTV Music Generator?
https://www.amazon.com/MTV-Music-Generator-Playstation/dp/B00001QER3
Before I produced music in FL Studio 3 on PC, I made beats on a PS1 with MTV Music Generator, lol.
Do any of you still have these machines or still use older software?
Up until about a few years ago I still had a couple g4 TiBooks running cubase 2.8 (pre-vst) and old os9 software to manage some old gear.
🤟🏼 THIS!
With M1 and Akai rack sampler…..’89-ish.
Yep, that's about the time. Was the coolest back then. SMPT time code enable us to do things that blew our tiny little minds.
Some of those screen shots look very similar but there are some differences. I never had the MTV software. I think maybe it had more options to create and add visuals to your beats, or something? Or maybe it had some kind of DJ mixing type function? They also brought out a sequel to the first Music program called Music 2000 which I also had but I always thought the first one was still better and more editable.
Funnily enough, I keep meaning to start a thread here and upload some of my old tracks made on the first Playstation Music software, just for a laugh because it is very funny listening back to them, and wondering if anyone else here had any recordings they made with this software.
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They sure don't make arrows keys like they used to.....
Amiga 500 with Tracker software and a self-build Sampler (I think it was based on the ADC0804)
Later, on the PC, I used the Turtle Beach Tropez card
Fascinating thread! I know the older I get the more fond of the old stuff I used to use grows in my rose colored nostalgic mind. Of course at the time I was droolin' & dreamin' of the new equipment & technology on the horizon.
If we're going to get technical my first piece of software I used to create music was the WavePad sound editor included in my very first PC, an eMachines 75mhz Windows 95 piece of work with a ONE GB hard drive and a 14k modem. Lol.
The pic is the closest I could find, it's not too far off. But like 4 track PortaStudio's and crude syncing up of MIDI devices, the limitations of the software didn't stop me from having a blast with it.
I would record a guitar loop with a mic or input something (loops, keyboards, vinyl) into the aux in jack and then edit the sounds into something. If it was cool I'd use the headphone out and feed it into my recording set-up, a Tascam 488mkII eight track PortaStudio and a Tascam DA-30mkII DAT machine.
The WavePad program had rudimentary editing and effects. I think reverse, ability to change the sample rates, and stereo or mono was it. The version I used didn't have reverb or compression, etc. I learned to really dig the gritty A/D-D/A converters, being a mid level Best Buy computer meant the RAM, the sound card, the speakers, etc. were pretty low end so imagine the converters were too. But they had a definite sound.
Me too. Controlling the tape machine from the sequencer was crazy cool.
Striping a new reel of Ampex was a little ritual.
This was mine:
https://flic.kr/p/iif7E and https://flic.kr/p/eH29B
I used Yamaha XGWorks and the Yamaha S-YXG50 as a Midi driver. At that time I think it sounded pretty good and I really liked the pianoroll editor in XGWorks 😊
Roland Muse running on Apple II with Voyetra 8, Juno-60, Tascam 38, etc. Within a year I upgraded to the very first IBM PC and Voyetra Gold sequencer, that was the fastest and most rock solid timing wise software I’ve used. Synclavier sequencer notwithstanding.
http://www.muzines.co.uk/images_mag/articles/emm/EMM_86_05_amusement_ar_1_large.jpg
@Spidericemidas and @jwmmakerofmusic just made me recall another one... more "recent"
Rhythm... a homebrew I used to run on PSP
Pop quiz: name this algorithmic composer. (Fun fact: still available and runs on intel macs, OS X.)
Dude. I have all of the original recordings stored safely in Dropbox, lol. I also used to have the Windows version of MTV Music Generator, so I was able to add my voice to the music. Let's just say my singing and voice used to really, really suck. 🤣 Not only that, but since I didn't know jackshit about hard clipping back then, a lot of recordings came out hella distorted.
That, sir, is “M”. Which I still have. I’ve always thought it should be revamped for iOS; it has some features that are unique.
I had the first music software on my C64. I think it was called Advanced Music System. But there are no pictures of it.
The oldest picture I could find was taken sometime in the mid to late 90s. I had a mini studio in my parents' attic.
The software is Cubase on an Atari 1024 ST. I still have the Quadraverb.
Lol that’s great! I stored my stuff on mini disc back then in the 90s. (No PC then...still no PC now haha)
All still working and playing fine. Just have to get it from mini disc deck into iPad and then upload to Dropbox or Soundcloud. Think I’ve got an audio interface somewhere for that.
If I get stuff uploaded and start a thread, I’ll be tagging you for adding links to your old Playstation music uploads! Really interested to know what others made with that old console software in particular. 😉
You are correct, sir!
I had the dance eJay on a laptop but I can’t remember if it was 1or 2. After that I think I had magix.
It's been a long, long time.......
My first foray into anything music, at least electronic was as a very young teenager and using my ZX Spectrum with these. Thankfully I soon got a Roland SH101 and TR606 and forgot these!
Oh yeah, the Amiga was huge for me.
Just like @lasselu : this was mine, cart as well. 1986, a very good year
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(I also had a SC Six-Trak about the same time. Wish I’d kept it…)
Had a pirated really early version of Acid Pro, which spoiled with on how easy it was so early on (for me) to stretch audio clips. My memory of it today seems way ahead of anything I use today -- used to just track bits of guitar and stretch away until they fit together with other elements and sounded good. Didn't even consider at that point how insane that was!