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Re: [motm] MOTM Anniversary

2000-04-09 by thudson@tomy.net

The Old Crow wrote:
>   Computer Experiments is 45 minutes of algorithmic composition as a Paia
> 8700 computer (a 6503 CPU running at 440KHz using 1K of RAM) controls a
> Prophet-5 and various other analog gear.  The program running on the 8700
> is called "Pink Tunes", which I still have and could probably run again on
> my 8700--though I would probably rework everything to use modern
> microcontrollers if I were to make an algorithmic composer as, say, a 2U
> module.
> 
Yeah, I spent hours with that program on my old 4700. I've been wanting
to reimplement it for PC/MIDI. I just ordered an expressionist, so maybe
that will be a good reason to try and do it. I think I still have
the program listing.

Thomas

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