Amiga Samplers (technical) - FutureSound / Master Sound / Stereo Master

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Published 2020-02-06
A technical look at 2 cheap Amiga 8-bit samplers from MicroDeal - in comparison to an earlier FutureSound model. What was the included software like? Was it usable?! Plus technical issues and sound comparisons. This is part 1 of 3. (Later parts will look at the high quality offerings!)

All Comments (21)
  • @Brainles5
    I hope you resume this series of videos! They are fantastic!
  • As primitive as amiga sampling may be, its still light years ahead of what pc's could do in the 80s.
  • @telecrate
    This series will be the reference for explaining early 90s sampled computer sound technology.
  • @DannyJonesUK
    YouTube's recommended videos feature has been spot on lately - was shown your other video about the Amiga samplers and trackers and loved it (instant sub of course) - not only that but damn your really can seemingly effortlessly knock out a banger regardless of the age of the tech Awesome subject, great channel tbh - thanks for your time in making these.
  • @axecept2
    Dude, this stuff is great. As a dude who made tracker music, just seeing the actual crap people had to do 'back then' just to be able to create samples and then turn that into music on old computers like the Amiga, really makes me respect my favorite musicians who did this crap a whole lot more. Keep this stuff going!
  • @persona83
    I'm lovin' these series. You should complete that "cheesy" House track.
  • @vix_in_japan
    Dude your latest 2 videos are off the scale interesting! I'm a pixel artist (I do a lot of it on an Amiga at the moment like a nomad thing) not a musician but I love music and this was so so interesting. Can't wait for the DSS8 episode :) thank you for all your effort in these videos.
  • @lonephantom09
    I always appreciate the level of effort you take with these videos - delivered with extreme care and diligence to the small details. Kudos, and greetings from Massachusetts!
  • @SS-hz4jo
    I didn’t realize how easy and economical it was to make sample based music back then. I remember struggling with a Protools digi 001 that never worked out for me. Now I see why people stuck to Amiga, which I really wanted, and Atari.
  • @BlezzBeats
    Dude you can never go too far this rabbit hole, thanks for putting the time in. Made my weekend!
  • @Sheevlord
    15:55 Wow, that demo bundled with the software is quite something. It's like a kid randomly hammering on a synthesizer. Or a CD player desperately trying to play a VERY scratched disc.
  • @tekwon
    Fantastic video! It really brings back a lot of good memories. The Technosound was my first sampler. I remember having to mail order it from the UK (to Australia). I had to actually mail out a bank cheque to the UK and then wait MONTHS hoping something would show up in my postbox. It's amazing what we could do even with those crazy limitations we had. I still use some sampling techniques I learned from those days.
  • @atarig33k
    These have got to be the two best videos I have ever seen on YouTube. Can't wait for the next.
  • @giggipoops
    I extremely love your idea of producing such videos. Simply amazing! Waiting for the next one
  • @VAN17INO6
    man i was blown away by the videos already and then i realized i know your music from 8bc!! keep on with the series, its never too far into the rabit hole when you know your stuff right
  • @ClayMann
    I had one of these as a kid and I loved it. Used it a lot with Octamed which for me was the only music software I ever learned how to use properly. I love all detail you go into here. I had no idea what was inside was so simple.
  • @MadCandor
    Respect for taking the time to make such a great video.