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The Secret of Monkey Island Shows Evolution of PC Audio

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the wow-this-is-a-rough-thursday dept.

Normally I don't have much interest in stuff like this, but this history of PC audio is dripping with nostalgia. From the bleeps and bloops of the PC Jr to the Gravis Ultrasound I lusted after while stuck with an Adlib ... it warms the cockles of my old-man heart. Not sure that Monkey Island was the right demo choice, but hey.

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  1. Old Man Heart by c0d3g33k · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Fuck you, sonny. Back then (when I had a Gravis Ultrasound) the newly minted high school grads were already calling me grandpa. Not justified since my daughter was just being born, but whatever. 15 years later, most of the hair on my head is still brown (the salt is slowly starting to creep in, with good reason as any man with a teenage daughter can attest to), so "Old man" still grates slightly. What I've lost in twitch reflexes I've gained in wisdom, so bring it on, young boys. You might be able to kill more zombies than me, but I'm on a first-name basis with the Mayor and our State Representative. Whose mojo has more power in the real world? Hmm? When you're done with your childish little games, come talk to me ...

  2. The real comparison is in music production by macinnisrr · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I remember when I started programming basic on a 386. It had only the pc speaker. I had always been interested in music, so I had started programming with basic little beeps and such to play a melody I had written. At the time you needed to spend $50,000 to record a decent sounding professional album in a studio. Nowadays you can make a recording on par with the hits of the 90s (at least) on a $100 desktop with a $200 soundcard. And major record labels wonder why we're not convinced that the major pop acts are worth the money. The reason is they're not. The old days are gone, and anybody with the willingness to learn and a passion for music making can make just as good a product for a tiny fraction of the cost. One only needs to sell about a hundred albums at $10 each to break even nowadays (of course most mainstream pop artists don't have the first clue how to do any of this work, which is why they're so easily duped into a record contract).

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  3. Re:They missed one... by Disgruntled+Goats · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Mod parent down for posting under the FP to be at the top.

  4. Re:They missed one... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why don't you fucking cry more?

  5. Monkey Island and journalist's fail by aBaldrich · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Someone sent an email to a journalist who didn't check his sources, this is the result http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP5bR1o-elg

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