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]
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]