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foosnark · Post by **foosnark** » Wed Feb 03, 2016 5:25 pm

Pretty much the day I got my first computer, a Commodore 64.

Before that, I had a Casio VL-1 and a Magnus organ (the kind with the electric blower and plastic reeds).

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Wed Feb 03, 2016 5:28 pm

In '88 when I got into programming drums on the C64

AsPeeXXXVIII · Post by **AsPeeXXXVIII** » Thu Feb 04, 2016 1:43 pm

If you count when I started composing MIDI songs with Guitar Pro, that'd be around mid-2012.

With Reason, on the other hand, I started making electronic music in late-ish 2014.

Meffy · Post by **Meffy** » Thu Feb 04, 2016 4:02 pm

Late 1960s to early 1970s. Yup, mainframe stuff. Never got to hear any output until around '72; until then it was utterly dry and academic — generating big tables of numbers, then reading sheaves of greenbar printouts to see whether they seemed right.

First audible output I produced used either (1) an AM pocket radio placed at a certain place on the CPU (a box the size of a commercial refrigerator) so it could pick up EMI generated by timed loops, or (2) an IBM Selectric terminal that I programmed to do beatboxing by manipulating its solenoids and other mechanical gizzies. Can't remember which came first.

crazed one · Post by **crazed one** » Fri Feb 05, 2016 3:49 am

In the late 90s. My younger brother had Magix Music Maker on his computer. I made a lot of "beats" on it with the premade loops and samples. I moved out but a few years later I asked him if I could have it and I loaded on my PC. I also played in a few bands and I had a lot of ideas for music back then. Around that time in 2001 I discovered Acid (not sure which version it was back then) and I used that for a while. Then while searching for royalty free samples on Oneshotsamples.com, I came across the term "vst instrument". This spurred me on to search for what that meant. Shortly afterward I bought a Delta 1010 card and Cubase SX and the rest was history.

I don't make anything anymore. I bought a new card a few years ago that ended up being a paper weight on my desk. Maybe all the partying over the years or the stress of life and being a single father has dulled my brain. I have no artistic ability or desire anymore. It makes me sad at times but I can't fight what is natural.

I was kinda close to getting my first Mac (probably a Macbook) and trying something new (I've always been adamantly PC). That's still up in the air though.

goldenanalog · Post by **goldenanalog** » Fri Feb 05, 2016 4:00 am

Atari 800, fully expanded to 48K

http://www.oldcomputers.net/atari800.html

goldenanalog · Post by **goldenanalog** » Fri Feb 05, 2016 4:15 am

Meffy wrote:Late 1960s to early 1970s. Yup, mainframe stuff. Never got to hear any output until around '72; until then it was utterly dry and academic — generating big tables of numbers, then reading sheaves of greenbar printouts to see whether they seemed right.

First audible output I produced used either (1) an AM pocket radio placed at a certain place on the CPU (a box the size of a commercial refrigerator) so it could pick up EMI generated by timed loops, or (2) an IBM Selectric terminal that I programmed to do beatboxing by manipulating its solenoids and other mechanical gizzies. Can't remember which came first.

First demo of computer music I heard *Live* was done by someone I went to Church with in the mid-70's at LLNL - I don't remember how he actually did it, but I believe that he used one of the many PDP-11's they had all over the place there.

I remember seeing CDC-6600's/7600's/Star-100's filling cold, noisy, rooms...

Meffy · Post by **Meffy** » Fri Feb 05, 2016 5:15 am

Good times, good times.

As are these times, natch!

pheeleep · Post by **pheeleep** » Fri Feb 05, 2016 5:16 am

In 1994 when I was in college studying music recording. There was a MIDI lab that I would go goof around in on occasion. It had the Proteus, Mo Phatt', Opcode Vision Midi sequencer, that kind of stuff. I was more into recording and mixing at the time. I really only started producing like crazy in 1999 when I got an Akai MPC2000 and an Alesis QS6.1 keyboard. Then in 2002 I incorporated a computer in my setup and bought FL Studio version 3.56. Been using FL Studio ever since. I still use the Alesis keyboard as my MIDI controller and I still have the MPC.

Meffy · Post by **Meffy** » Fri Feb 05, 2016 5:26 am

crazed one wrote:I don't make anything anymore.

Give it time and stay open to possibility. Inspiration and initiative go and come over the years. Rediscovering music is far easier than first conquering its learning curves.

stillshaded · Post by **stillshaded** » Fri Feb 05, 2016 5:31 am

crazed one wrote:In the late 90s. My younger brother had Magix Music Maker on his computer. I made a lot of "beats" on it with the premade loops and samples. I moved out but a few years later I asked him if I could have it and I loaded on my PC. I also played in a few bands and I had a lot of ideas for music back then. Around that time in 2001 I discovered Acid (not sure which version it was back then) and I used that for a while. Then while searching for royalty free samples on Oneshotsamples.com, I came across the term "vst instrument". This spurred me on to search for what that meant. Shortly afterward I bought a Delta 1010 card and Cubase SX and the rest was history.

I don't make anything anymore. I bought a new card a few years ago that ended up being a paper weight on my desk. Maybe all the partying over the years or the stress of life and being a single father has dulled my brain. I have no artistic ability or desire anymore. It makes me sad at times but I can't fight what is natural.

I was kinda close to getting my first Mac (probably a Macbook) and trying something new (I've always been adamantly PC). That's still up in the air though.

do it brother.

If you do it for 30 min to an hour every day, you will create some shit that you will get into after a bit. That's just how the brain works. Don't convince yourself that it's just that you're "not inspired" anymore or something. That's not how it works. People get 'inspire' because they are working on music all the time so of course ideas are going to pop up more frequently.

Carve some time out for it. It's important to feed the soul. Like really important. I've watched to many suffer because they didn't do that.

The Chase · Post by **The Chase** » Fri Feb 05, 2016 7:22 am

Nice to see all you old bastards so that I'm still one of the younger folk here.

I started with Rebirth in 1999. I was 11, in 6th grade. Around 8th grade I discovered Fruityloops 2.

I really miss the pre-VST days of computer music. Well, I don't actually miss it, but I'm certainly nostalgic about it. Lots of creativity funneled through limitation. I wish I had the discipline to self-impose limits like those that used to be unavoidable.

dune_rave · Post by **dune_rave** » Fri Feb 05, 2016 7:35 am

~1995 , Scream tracker and goldwave

javierpad · Post by **javierpad** » Fri Feb 05, 2016 8:00 am

Voyetra and Soundblaster. 1994.

Mushy Mushy · Post by **Mushy Mushy** » Fri Feb 05, 2016 8:30 am

Fruity Loops 3 and a top of the line audiophile spec Soundblaster

In fact I'm going to reinstall FL3 and see if I can make a track with it 15 years on. Hopefully I've now learned enough in the subsequent ~15 years to allow for this.

When did you begin making computer music?