I’ve realized that all of my favorite songs utilize the Fairlight CMI synth, or at least attempt it’s abilities with a hard hit, with a reverb of the same programmed tune, downtoned with a slight volume envelope shift downwards..

Oh dear.. does this mean… could it be.. have I been downsampled?

I think I’ve just given up. I’ve been trying to discern this song for years! Now that I’ve found it, I think it’s one of my favorite 80s songs. I feel old. Too old.

Take On Me? A-Ha? Well, here’s the one we all know and love:

Ok, now, don’t click below unless you want your illusion shattered (It’s an anime happy crappy pop: read: true, non-enhanced) version:

Despite A-Ha’s true video version, I still feel it’s as good as the original. Their awful 80s synth was as good as it could do, and they were playing their guts out.

However, I’ll still refrain to admitting to it being the same song, by the same band. My rose colored glasses are a deep, cherry red.

I find myself seriously lacking hardware, and soon, to be stuck supporting several new systems of various OS.

How do you support it? Software! I’m in the process of creating several various production systems through the joy of virtualization: Linux, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD. This is nothing new – it’s been done for years. However, in a pinch, when it’s stable, it’s good enough for testing and development BEFORE deployment. (For instance, I recently discovered that the grsec Linux patches against 2.6.x cause quite an issue with some unsigned 2.6 modules.)

DSP Worx has released a wonderful little shim which uses BASS to allow MOD/S3M/XM and other formats to Windows Media Player.