Making Music with Commodore AMIGA

US 2000 & 3000 MIDI computer programme from 1990 27/03/25

Amiga music making is back in fashion, with users like Pete Canon getting mainstream coverage of his 90s-inspired setup, and the likes of Kanye West and Calvin Harris testifying to using Amigas back in the day. They've been covered extensively on this site, with plugins to replicate their sounds for those without the hardware. Well... here IS the hardware, as it was in the 1990s, in a lengthy look at the Amiga 3000 as a MIDI music making behemoth. More details from the video:

Personal Computing: Commodore AMIGA: Remember Making Music with Commodore AMIGA? Excerpt from "Musical Amiga" film of 1990, in high-resolution. A look back at the historical Amiga technology, a machine ahead of its time. Learn about music making and sound capabilities of the Commodore Amiga, learn about midi files, internal synthesizer, sound recordings through multiple demonstrations and examples. AMIGA 2000, 3000. (Computer History, Microcomputers, Desktop Computing, Graphics, Programming). Excerpt runs 45 mins.

About the author [midierror]: midierror is co-founder of Potato Audio, he makes nifty Max For Live devices, award-winning Sample Packs and hosts the 'midierror meets...' interview series speaking with all kinds of people working in sound & music.

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