Remember Part 31Wow, that previous part had an estimated 21-minute reading time, and back then I thought that was really too long for an article about my little nostalgic trip down memory lane. Well now, GUESS WHAT? of this series of articles on Soundtracker?
Those were the days!
I fondly remember writing the following, near the end of that article:
The next parts will focus on each of the two parallel paths that I highlighted above:
- The Fairlight CMI path: finding out how they came up with the idea for their Page R sequencer.
- The « Commodore » path, going down the JMS rabbit hole, and their Multitrack Composer.
Will there be more parts? Who knows? I sure don’t!
Me, the hopeful pessimist.
Good times! Look at me, making sincere promises and everything:
- Sure, I could easily write that Fairlight CMI article, mostly just by copy-pasting the content of email answers dating back from 2019.
- And as for the Jellinghaus (JMS) article, along with a couple other ideas thrown in in order to tie it all together, well it’s a quick road to publication, methinks.
But where’s the fun in that?
I say we go the usual ADHD route: stop at 80% completion, and start something new altogether!2But let’s keep it in the same overall context, so as to not feel too much guilt. Structured procrastination: 60% of the time, it works every time.
Let me therefore add an interlude to this series of articles, in order to tell you a story.
A story of pioneers, of sharing, of standing upon the shoulders of giants, of youth, of friendly competition, and of bad blood.
A story of humans making History without even knowing it.
As with all good, heartwarming stories, it starts with…