I used to be able to program ringtones on my old Motorola cell phone, but then the phone took an arrow to the knee... X3 jk
Actually, I stopped making ringtones when the battery couldn't hold a charge. I knew I should have recorded them while it was still alive... ah well, such is life.
Looks like we have yet another common interest, as I'm big into remixing video game music, as well.
In fact, about 80% of my remixes involve samples from 1980's drum machines, especially the LinnDrum, and FM synthesis of some sort.
Sweetness. :3
Hardware wise, all I have to work with are my computer, a basic Yamaha MIDI Keyboard and a USB MIDI interface, but that combination alone opens up plenty of doors for me, in terms of music composition and sound design. :3
I'm not entirely sure what most of them are, as I haven't used them in a long time, but the ones I do know are a Roland Fantom-X, a rack-mounted synthesizer of some kind, and a few mini keyboards. I've also got a variety of sound cards with older SoundFont-based synthesizers, like the Creative SoundBlaster Live!.
Yeah, MII is a professional grade video cassette from around 1986, and it closely resembles a standard VHS cassette, but it's capable of recording and playing back analog component video (the red-green-blue RCA connectors). It's pretty interesting, imo. :3
Yeah, I know what it's like to be in that kind of predicament... For the longest time before I got my hi-fi VCR, I'd always find mono VCR's sitting on the shelf at Goodwill, some from the early 1980's, and some that were just recently manufactured.
Have you ever heard of a videocassette format called MII (pronounced "em two")?
I have seen many stacks of VCRs at Goodwill. Biggest turn-off for me would have to be the mono audio head. I don't even bother with those due to the lack of Hi-Fi sound, and often poor picture quality. Those things spell "cheap" many times over.
Wow, nice! I've been trying to get ahold of a nice VCR with good picture and sound quality for digitizing tapes to the computer. I've got one that's pretty sharp, but the fast forward/fast rewind is broken for some reason.
Can you believe that I recently found a stereo hi-fi VCR from around 1992? It works pretty nicely, too. :3
Some of the interesting features that surprised me about it, include four different background color choices, and a 1992-2091 monthly calendar, among other things you don't find very often in VCRs of the early 1990s.
Oh, I know you were kidding. I just love old tech.
Yep, they are pretty cool. They're just a bit too large to be usable. I've got a few dozen movies, but I think I might need to get rid of a bunch of them just to cut down on space. They take up more than a milk crate.
I was kidding about my reply being written on a PS/2 Model P70. I don't even have one, but it would be pretty epic if I did. Red monochrome plasma screens ftw. X3
As for CED's... up until now, I've never heard of them before. However, I can say that from what I've seen on Wikipedia, CED's seem pretty epic.
I can write my messages on a computer from '99 (and could technically use one from '96 if I reinstalled the OS), but it'd be cool to get something really old working.
Hm, have you ever heard of the SelectaVision capacitance electronic disc?
*Written using my IBM Personal System/2 Model P70... X3 jk*
Ah yes, the infamous 8-track tape format... I don't really have much to say about them, either, although I have torn a couple 8-track players apart, because they either ate the tapes, or were broken beyond repair.
*eyes working eight-track player and working four-track (but monophonic) recorder* Not really much to say about those things, though.
I do wish my parents were more appreciative of how much I enjoy tinkering with both old and new tech. Pity that some stuff (like desktop computers and television sets) is so large.
I still use videocassettes a bit, but the audiocassettes have mostly phased to "project" applications. What's also fun is taking old tech and using it for modern purposes, like making old computers work on the modern 'net.
As an "analog kid" (pardon the reference to a song by Rush), I really can't blame you. :3
It's like, audio and video cassettes are obsolete, but I still use them. Now, if only I could get my hands on a 1980's drum machine or two...
