cr1901 changed the topic of ##yamahasynths to: Channel dedicated to questions and discussion of Yamaha FM Synthesizer internals and corresponding REing. Discussion of synthesis methods similar to the Yamaha line of chips, Sound Blasters + clones, PCM chips like RF5C68, and CD theory of operation are also on-topic. Channel logs: https://libera.irclog.whitequark.org/~h~yamahasynths
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<andlabs>
also I guess I have a Sharp X1 now, and the FM card, which comes with some dinky little speakers that are heavier than they look
<qu1j0t3>
'now'?
<qu1j0t3>
do we need to intervene
<andlabs>
now as in it's in this house
<qu1j0t3>
:)
<andlabs>
anyway shhh I'm talking about on topic stuff here
<andlabs>
the FM card comes with two disks which I haven't seen rips of yet so I'll have to do that
<andlabs>
and I'm curious about whether they're more elaborate than what Yamaha did with their MSX computers or not
<andlabs>
like for instance a full software SDK that would let people write YM2151 music for X1 games
<andlabs>
as opposed to insisting you only use Yamaha's own composing software to only ever write music
<andlabs>
or Commodore's
<andlabs>
or Sequential's
<andlabs>
or [other companies with failed attempts at 80s computer music here]'s...
<andlabs>
my point is that to some extent computer music in the 1980s handicapped itself
<andlabs>
then again int he era of "real musicians play live" no one was going to use computers integrally much anyway unless they were explicitly an experimental electronic musician
<andlabs>
apparently fleetwood mac's tango in the night was made with the help of an atari st but there should really be more than ... one example that isn't obscure
<andlabs>
though on the subject of the yamaha ones
<andlabs>
I also have a copy of the FM Music Composer II with a "demonstration disk" that also isn't dumped yet