The Computer Chronicles - MIDI Music 2 (1992)

30 years later it sounds almost just as good as the real thing

This video is science for producers, they will love it when they see this video

0:51 "It's unlikely it will ever sound as good as a string quartet"

We need DAW developers to bring back the bouncing ball that follows the timing bar!

The amazing thing about MIDI is you can take that exact thing they captured, and run it through the latest software which sounds ultra-realistic (even with human flaws added at random times). Sometimes I download old MIDI tracks and add them to my DAW just to goof around with them.

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Early 90s (1990-1992) still look's like a 80s. Love it!

I learned the piano via the duck arcade game. I became very accomplished in piano, winning an award from the estate of Glenn Gould. I could never shake the habit of slaughtering mallards, however. The horrid shrieks they make when being chased down by my beagle are like music to my ears! Thanks Computer Chronicles, for letting me relive this memory

In 1992 I was using Roland U20, Roland Sound Canvas, dedicated midi card in a 386 SX computer running Cakewalk in Windows 3. I think I still have that computer somewhere.

I was a user of Creator since 1988 and met with Lengeling at Musikmesse in 1993. He showed a demo of audio to midi coming with the next version of Logic. I got into Emagic Logic at version 2 and used it to compose music for a game developer. What a great time in life. 😊 Thank you for the upload.

"almost like a snap to grid" why did that make me smile proudly

Let's cut straight to the chase: 24:51

Nice. Aphex Twin made his Hangable Auto Bulb only in 1994. 2 years after that. Damn we could have breakcore/braindance in the mid-80s.

haha the guy " I can change the string into horns" then the data doesnt load in the table , the dropdown list flashes and dissapears and he exists , saying again " I can change the string into horns" but mentally realized he better just change topic and pretend it worked and hope nobody noticed it glitched , shame. Always so funny when something that you expect to work, that normally always works , then breaks when you want to show it to someone else. anyway so glad these guys paved the way forward. Imgine they could see some modern bedroom set up from this era , electric drums going into a usb powered interface controlling some amazing VST in a DAW that has sounds recorded in the most professional crazy manner imaginable. Where you can even choose exact brands and models or tweak settings like tension , sticks being used to play , room and overhead mic influence ,, im very thankful.

I love to see the passion in these musicians and engineers

It's funny to see how inaccessible this type of software was for the working class back then and how software now can be used by anyone that isn't necessarily a classically trained musician

Better quality microphone than most ppl screaming in games now days lol

1992 was the year Commodore faced by bankruptcy, so ironically this time was the beginning of the end for Amiga (and Atari too).

gosh, Melissa was splendid

Amazing how many of the fundamentals are still there in DAWs to this day.