RAM Music Machine

Add-on for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC 464/664

RAM Music Machine was a hardware add-on for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC 464/664[1][2] released in 1986.[3] It was more advanced than the earlier SpecDrum and it could play melody samples, drum patterns or be used as an echo machine. One could sample sounds in 19,444 samples a second and use them.[4] It also had MIDI ports to connect to synthesisers.[5][4] By 1990 the hardware was advertised with a price of £50.[6][7]

Notable users include a teenaged Aphex Twin.[8]

## See also

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* SpecDrum

## References

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1. ^ "Music Machine". Amstradbladet. No. 9\. 1987. pp. 22–23.
2. ^ Goodwins, Rupert (March 1987). "Music Machine". Amstrad Computer User. pp. 64–66.
3. ^ Waugh, Ian (January 1987). "RAM Music Machine". Music Technology. p. 39. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
4. ^ a b "Sample a byte of music..." Crash. No. 50\. March 1988.
5. ^ Bates, Jon (November 1986). "The Music Machine". Crash. No. 34\. p. 118.
6. ^ "RAM Music Machine". Music Technology. United Kingdom: Music Maker Publications (UK), Future Publishing. Dec 1986. pp. 58–59. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
7. ^ "RAM Music Machine". Crash. No. 74\. March 1990. p. 35.
8. ^ Noyze, Dave (2014). "Aphex Twin SYROBONKERS! Interview Part 1". Archived from the original on 2014-11-03.

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