Comments on: Computer music tech history and me https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2023/01/13/computer-music-tech-history-and-me/ All about electronics and circuit design Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:10:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.14 By: Tomi Engdahl https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2023/01/13/computer-music-tech-history-and-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1864963 Sat, 08 Nov 2025 01:04:40 +0000 http://www.epanorama.net/newepa/?p=193033#comment-1864963 If interested:
https://www.sciencealert.com/this-was-the-first-music-ever-played-on-a-computer

]]> By: Tomi Engdahl https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2023/01/13/computer-music-tech-history-and-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1860623 Sat, 23 Aug 2025 13:14:07 +0000 http://www.epanorama.net/newepa/?p=193033#comment-1860623 Roland TR‑808: History, Sounds, and Why It’s the Most Iconic Drum Machine Ever
The Roland TR‑808 Rhythm Composer, an analog drum machine that, despite its rocky start, became a legendary sound source for generations of musicians.
https://www.thomann.de/blog/en/bass-beats-and-legend-the-roland-tr%e2%80%91808-and-what-makes-it-so-iconic/

]]> By: Tomi Engdahl https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2023/01/13/computer-music-tech-history-and-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1858703 Sat, 02 Aug 2025 09:25:44 +0000 http://www.epanorama.net/newepa/?p=193033#comment-1858703 DOS game music
https://youtu.be/R14XeuTXwaU?si=lvBEYxSi1xyDl70J

]]> By: Tomi Engdahl https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2023/01/13/computer-music-tech-history-and-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1858043 Mon, 21 Jul 2025 12:36:37 +0000 http://www.epanorama.net/newepa/?p=193033#comment-1858043 https://keygenmusic.tk/#

]]> By: Tomi Engdahl https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2023/01/13/computer-music-tech-history-and-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1858042 Mon, 21 Jul 2025 12:35:52 +0000 http://www.epanorama.net/newepa/?p=193033#comment-1858042 https://hackaday.com/2025/07/20/remembering-chiptunes-the-demoscene-and-the-illegal-music-of-keygens/

]]> By: Tomi Engdahl https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2023/01/13/computer-music-tech-history-and-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1855365 Sun, 08 Jun 2025 10:07:02 +0000 http://www.epanorama.net/newepa/?p=193033#comment-1855365 https://archive.org/details/DrumBlaster

]]> By: Tomi Engdahl https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2023/01/13/computer-music-tech-history-and-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1854386 Sat, 24 May 2025 17:58:03 +0000 http://www.epanorama.net/newepa/?p=193033#comment-1854386 Drum blaster

https://youtu.be/d_1E_0J7cCc?si=LM0TF2hSQBcvpLl8

Drum Blaster (with extra sound libraries)
by Epic MegaGames; hmvh

Room-shaking sound effects and music for your whole family! Requires Sound Blaster card. Turn your PC into a drum pad with loads of digitized sound effects and background music!

https://archive.org/details/HDBLAST

https://archive.org/details/HDBLAST

]]> By: Tomi Engdahl https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2023/01/13/computer-music-tech-history-and-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1848796 Mon, 17 Mar 2025 18:54:30 +0000 http://www.epanorama.net/newepa/?p=193033#comment-1848796 Making dance music 90′s
https://youtu.be/6OaBkvwx7Hw?si=76bKvZ117RvVPG0w

]]> By: Tomi Engdahl https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2023/01/13/computer-music-tech-history-and-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1843772 Tue, 14 Jan 2025 18:34:15 +0000 http://www.epanorama.net/newepa/?p=193033#comment-1843772 Computers in Music
http://articles.ircam.fr/textes/Boulez88c/?fbclid=IwY2xjawHrjohleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHUdkt9gv_8bVr-bDJo2ZvukW7Oi7NiqGHqqWgfD6bbT-O1Qrx0KtkPeSVA_aem_H-XGdyB1zonuVIIoWKS61w

]]> By: Tomi Engdahl https://www.epanorama.net/blog/2023/01/13/computer-music-tech-history-and-me/comment-page-1/#comment-1843085 Thu, 02 Jan 2025 21:41:25 +0000 http://www.epanorama.net/newepa/?p=193033#comment-1843085 https://www.facebook.com/share/p/gr6Av9xJzbiy9C4b/

The #Yamaha #DX7 was an important milestone in #synthesis—the first mass-marketable #FMsynth
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Don #Buchla had been experimenting with FM concepts for decades, and Yamaha themselves made the GS-1… but the DX7 was FM Synthesis’s “Fender Telecaster” moment
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In the DX7, a preexisting technology reached maturity in a way that came to dominate the market and shape the sound of music for decades
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In FM synthesis, multiple oscillators interact with one another. As long as they have a harmonic relationship with one another, harmonic timbres result. But using oscillators of inharmonic relationships allows new timbres—metallic, percussive aspects that can be layered in
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At the time, these were frequently used to make metallophone-like sounds, or in more subtle ways to replicate the inharmonicity of instruments like acoustic pianos
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After falling out of favor for a couple of decades (probably just due to ubiquity!) the DX7 is now a bona fide #vintagesynth

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