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Apple II owners assemble for concert

Apple II owners and enthusiasts in the greater Los Angeles area must clear their calendar this Saturday night. The folks from the Machine Project are trying to organize an evening concert featuring the iconic Apple II.

Starting at 8 PM PT on June 25, a 16-step sequencer developed by Jason Torchinsky will be used to elicit beautiful music from a group of Apple II machines. The original Apple II did not have a built-in sound synthesis chip and sent a precision click to the speaker to generate sound. The result is a very mechanical tone that many find annoying. As you can imagine, the music should be... interesting.

[Via Make Magazine]



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Victor Agreda Jr

Despite the limitations of the Apple II's speaker, people were able to make this happen (loved this "game"):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo46kKaHA3E

June 22 2011 at 2:38 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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