Like this:

The comment about adlib gold is correct, I don't know anybody who had one. The wave blaster comment is mostly correct, the expansions remained available for a bit for people who could use them but it wasn't long before you could get AWE 64 cheaper than you could get SB 16 expanded. (Because of this, I never heard SB 16 + Wave in person.) Once the generation of sample-only cards took over, Gravis Ultrasound became the best at that sort of thing, I wanted one but never got around to it.

You may imagine, FM doesn't really have a straight family tree, if you take all the synthesizers, arcade cabinets, and home computers into account.

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Jazzmarazz wrote:

IIRC, that whole episode was mostly about live performances of Hatsune Miku rather than the music or even the program featuring the vocal samples. The narrow-mindedness of these shows lead kids to have the most absurd reactions. Its all about shock value as opposed to educating kids about different cultures or ideas.

That's correct, in the long run we're really just supposed to think the kids are funny. My understanding is that most of them have acting backgrounds and have been in commercials and such, so many of them are overreacting and might even be using a script.

It's just a coincidence but this came up a little bit later https://twitter.com/momoko_f/status/486357290694356992

To me, this is simultaneously comforting and sad, look up one of those "your family and chiptune" threads to understand why.

My understanding is, you have the right idea; find your friends and stay with them for best results. Also, see if you can get yourself some more 円. Beware the exchange rate, bring the right passport, and have fun.

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Kids React (to Hatsune Miku, in that case) is how I discovered... 

Put best, when kids reach their own conclusions on something they feel is "theirs" it is not easy to change their minds.

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BitCruncher wrote:

2.
Do you prefer the modular or integrated approach to music production? How well could you adapt if you had to switch?

My opinion on this is that the answer should be "both."

I didn't answer the first part because I didn't want to seem to sour the results; I have a Nintendo DS and some mp3 players I purposed for live playing, but I found that since my lifestyle doesn't really allow me to play out, it is much faster to make songs on the netbook.

I think something that can reach LSDJ playability whether you have something else along with it or not is important, but something you can easily plug something else into or can rearrange operations on is important as well. If I'm not being clear enough, consider the filter input and documented solder points on Korg Monotron, the patchcord section of Arturia Microbrute, or at the most extreme, the jacks on Korg MS-10/20. You could send and receive clock syncs and note inputs/outputs, and maybe some other things that won't be obvious until you've started building. Good luck.

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It's difficult, because tempo is tied to the screen's refresh rate. If it must be precise, you should strive for tempos that are easily divisible in relation to that refresh rate or just be prepared for some slosh.

These two black guys tried performing Hey Ya at Coachella and it didn't go over well. I think they were called Outkast or something like that.

There was at least one person from Savannah, GA lurking here though I'm not sure he's still around Savannah or the board.

Where I live is about 2.5-3 hours to Charleston, just less than 2 to Jacksonville, FL. Stuff's too far apart.

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Good sounds, don't sell yourself short. wink

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Not save, but play them back. The Sound Canvas "sequencer" was for playback only. The suite were two half width track units that make a whole, the synth is a romper with only chorus and reverb (it is there prototype of the GS-midi standard,) and the sequencer plays GS-midi files from a 3.5 floppy.

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No swing was a main gripe in the review magazines when it was a new product, too. You may prefer the Sound Canvas series.

You're quite welcome. I replied because it happened to me, too.

Twice.

There should be response instructions, regarding the Beethoven piece, you can explain that the composition is in the public domain and they will lift the strike. Regarding the other, it's only an issue if you want to monetize.

Mine runs Windows 7 and can run Schism, FamiTracker, Deflemask, and Renoise without issues.

Also UTAU, Vocaloid, MMD, gimp, Adobe Premier,...

Ateno wrote:

Yeah, being only like 4 hours from the City of Music makes the area I am in particularly barren of any kind of scene, or at least that I have found. Its great that I am that close to Nashville, but the fact that I don't really have any chances to get up there the makes for trying to have any kind of in person collaboration that could last more than a few days, nearly impossible.

You could play The Blues...

Then again, with that logic people might wonder why I don't clone Widespread Panic southern jamband stuff.