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Making of “Obsolete?” in the studio 5

February 23rd, 2009

Decided to enlarge “Function” switch it up and introduce new ideas, which I am pleased with, will probably do more on it and “More Math” tomorrow if I have time.

Started “Monster” based around the PDP11 and the IRIS (Investigative Radar Recording System) also known as the Green Eyed Monster due to it’s scale and the two circular green screens. It’s to my left in the workshop always humming away and as I pass it back and forth in and out of the workshop, I get a very strong woooshing sound from the fans on the PDP11 so I decided to record several passes of it. Recording it this way gives it a really nice Doppler effect and panning, kind of reminds me of Ben Burts lightsabres in Star Wars. The piece also includes sounds of fans from the PDP8 and the power transformer humm from the Elliott 803.

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Internationally renowned chip tune musician, teacher, designer and published author Pixelh8 / Matthew C. Applegate makes his music from reprogramming some of the oldest and rarest vintage computer systems in the world.

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