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This is the theme song used for the first episode of 8-bit keys. It was created entirely on a Yamaha PSS470 (YM3812) using Audacity to record.  It has 7 tracks.

Project04-PSS470 (8-bit Keys theme music)

Formerly known as Project02, this song is one of my personal compositions.  "Frozen Lightyears" makes me think of a spacecraft traveling for hundreds of years while the crew are frozen in time.

This was created entirely on a Yamaha PSS-470, which is a kid's keyboard from the 1980's based on the YM3812 (adlib/soundblaster) chip.  There is absolutely no post-processing involved, this is what the keyboard actually sounds like (or would sound like if you had 5 of them playing at once)

Frozen Lightyears performed on PSS-470

This is my own custom version of Carol of the Bells, done with 4 vintage and toy keyboards:
Yamaha PSR-300 (1990)
Yamaha PSS-270 (1986)
Yamaha PSS-470 (1987)
Casio SA-76 (2015)

Watch the performance on YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdAeiAIygNY

  Live Long, Toy Keyboards, and Merry Christmas!

Carol Of The Toy Keyboards

This is a little 4-track recording I did from a very primitive toy keyboard from the 80's, the Yamaha PSS-130.  It really only produces different square waves and has 2-note polyphony. Also I had to do a hardware modification so that I could even record from it since it had no line or headphone output.  So I drilled a hole and added an RCA output. Still, it was a fun little song to create.  

Watch the video of this song on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfE7FQaaJa4

Square Waves Delight!

This is a track I made entirely from my Yamaha PSS-125.  It's a very primitive toy synthesizer from 1989.  But it's fun to play with.  This song was inspired by Ultima, although the song is created entirely by me.  

See the video on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdZZCQEA99Y

Oh No! More Square-Waves! Yamaha PSS-125

This music was made 100% on a Casio HT-700 with no effects.  You can see the performance and review on YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx2xBKwZX5w

Casio HT-700 - Groove

Original Amiga MOD by Captain/Image (Markus Kaarlonen) in 1991.
Brought to SID by Flex/Artline Designs (Antti Hannula). Done with Goattracker v2.72. Doublespeed tune.

dave

david powell