Re: Apple II music?

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Bill Buckels wrote:
> "limtc" <thyechean@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Is there any Apple II-related music that once you hear it, you are reminded 
> > of Apple II?
>
> IMO there is not. Back in those days it was considered pretty cool by "the 
> common man" to play songs through the speaker. Sound cards were pretty much 
> unaffordable by "the common man" and a non-standard luxury so until the GS 
> unless you owned a C64 with a SID chip or had a load of midi gear or a big 
> fat wallet the music was just speaker clicks.

I'm proud to say that I've had a hand in changing that!  ;-)

Check out SOUND.EDITOR, RT.SYNTH, or SYNTH on my website.  They all
produce full-flavored sound from the 1-bit speaker (or cassette port).
In fact, you really need to attach headphones or an external speaker
to hear all the sound.

Of course, that doesn't really address the OP's question--sounds
that we are likely to associate with the Apple II.

Though it isn't "music", I find the Apple II "beep" to be instantly
recognizable when I hear it coming from a back room in a dentist's
office, for example.  Just as I instantly recognize the sound of a
C. Itoh dot matrix printer.  ;-)

-michael

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