RAM Music Machine
RAM Music Machine was a hardware add-on for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC 464/664[1][2] released in 1986.[3] It was more advanced than the earlier SpecDrum and it could play melody samples, drum patterns or be used as an echo machine. One could sample sounds in 19,444 samples a second and use them.[4] It also had MIDI ports to connect to synthesisers.[5][4] By 1990 the hardware was advertised with a price of £50.[6][7]
Notable users include a teenaged Aphex Twin.[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Music Machine". Amstradbladet. No. 9. 1987. pp. 22–23.
- ^ Goodwins, Rupert (March 1987). "Music Machine". Amstrad Computer User. pp. 64–66.
- ^ Waugh, Ian (January 1987). "RAM Music Machine". Music Technology. p. 39. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^ a b "Sample a byte of music..." Crash. No. 50. March 1988.
- ^ Bates, Jon (November 1986). "The Music Machine". Crash. No. 34. p. 118.
- ^ "RAM Music Machine". Music Technology. United Kingdom: Music Maker Publications (UK), Future Publishing. Dec 1986. pp. 58–59. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
- ^ "RAM Music Machine". Crash. No. 74. March 1990. p. 35.
- ^ Noyze, Dave (2014). "Aphex Twin SYROBONKERS! Interview Part 1". Archived from the original on 2014-11-03.
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