In this very cool video, David Murray (The 8-Bit Guy) and guest Rob Ivy (The Obsolete Geek) cover three different eras of computer music: the Internal Speaker, FM Synthesis, and PCM Samples – we learned a lot, we hope you do too!
Video source: The 8-Bit Guy on YouTube
If you like this video, check out David’s other video about how 1980’s video game graphics worked.
Source: via 20khz
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In this fascinating video, The iBookGuy neatly explains how 1980’s computer and video game graphics worked – in particular the colour limitations (and clever workarounds used) on older 1980’s computers and game consoles such as the Nintendo Entertainment System and the Commodore 64.