Published on Nov 11, 2013 HAXXOR AUDIO·22 videos
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"The Amstrad CKX100 is a quirky / odd 8-bit machine from the late 1980's. It was designed by the same team of people who were responsible for all those SID based devices, which have since become legendary.
The CKX100 does not contain a SID chip, instead it has a little ROM and a fancy DAC which does all the interesting stuff.
To the untrained eye, the Amstrad probably doesn't look too hot, but with some gentle circuit bending, it can be re-envisioned as something truly fantastical -
These particular 'Trance-Gate' Amstrads represent about 5 years of experimentation and hacking.
I am currently working on a new version of 'Strad, with different sounds & features.
There's something very lovable about these bleepy old machines..."
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