Rob wrote:
> On Tuesday 05 October 2010 15:01, david wrote:
>> Don't know about that one, but the first digitized audio recording I
>> ever heard had been digitized on a C64. "Why Can't This Be Love?" by Van
>> Halen.
>
> Mine was Flesh for Fantasy by Billy Idol, also on the c64. Don't know
> which demo came first (and I'd be surprised if anyone knew the release
> dates for any of these early demo-scene releases), but the Billy Idol song
> is an older song.
I have no idea which one came first. I was just amazed that a cheap
little home computer could do that while the vaunted PCs couldn't.
The C64's SID (Sound Interface Device) chip was a 4-voice synthesizer
with full control over ADSR. Quite a potent little thing!
-- David gnome@email-addr-hidden authenticity, honesty, community _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@email-addr-hidden http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-userReceived on Wed Oct 6 12:15:02 2010
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