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Re: Good examples of Apple II built-in sound?



On Sat, 20 Oct 2007, Michael J. Mahon wrote:

Simon Williams (who also frequents csa2) used DAC522 to
implement a sequencer called TIMELORD.

Not as "frequent" as I used to be these days <sigh>

A few examples can be found online...

MICRO.MUSIC - Simon Williams
Experimental music performed on the Apple II computer. Approximately 30 minutes of music is contained on a single 140 KB floppy disk. Each song is comprised of 24 KB of digital audio (16 samples) and uses 1 KB of the audio stream to generate the composition.
http://www.archive.org/details/MICRO.MUSIC

Geometry For Lovers - J.Warden / S.Williams
Mathematically-derived instrumental compositions performed on the Apple II computer
http://www.archive.org/details/Geometry_For_Lovers

Serial Dub EP - Framebreaker
8-bit dub / techno / reggae played on a 1979 Apple II+ computer. Framebreaker uses primarily homebrewed software. This EP was conceived and realised as an entry into the January '07 Old Computer Challenge.
http://www.archive.org/details/Framebreaker-Serial_Dub

Night Driver EP - Nova Styrene
8-bit Apple II Robo-punk.
http://www.archive.org/details/Nova_Styrene-Night_Driver_EP

Binary Star - Nova Styrene
Experimental Apple II music.
http://www.archive.org/details/Nova_Styrene-Binary_Star

"Serial Dub" is probably the closest to conventional music, whereas "MICRO.MUSIC" is the most pure example of the A2 built-in sound, being recorded directly with no effects or overdubs.

-s

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