Future Music | December 2017
RETRO DIGITAL
The 1980s were a truly remarkable decade for music technology. Digital sampling, new approaches to sound synthesis, the industry-wide adoption of MIDI as a control protocol, the workstation concept, multi-timbrality, the list of groundbreaking developments is impressive. But there are horror stories from the period, too, with clumsy interface design and a questionable drive towards ‘realistic’ sounds high on the lists of the era’s biggest mistakes. This month, we’re going back in time to the pioneering sounds of the DX7, the D-50 and the M1.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Future Music December 2017.