The 1992 MIDI Experience: Yamaha "Hello! Music!" Kit for Windows 3.1

[@daudzoss7628]

"LGR: 1.44M" is a subscriber count I've been waiting to see for a while, finally reached it!

[@Chillalil]

Each of us subscribers could be a byte on a floppy disk.

[@grootsChannel]

@@Chillalil or a hz on a good monitor ;)

[@eDoc2020]

Except 1.44 megabytes is a strange marketing figure which assumes a megabyte is neither 10^6 bytes (decimal) nor 2^20 bytes (binary, now known as a mebibyte). It's a weird mix of the two. A "computer" megabyte is 1024*1024 = 1,048,576 bytes and a "human" megabyte is 1000*1000 = 1,000,000 bytes. A megabyte as used on floppies is 1000*1024 = 1,024,000 bytes. To be precise, a 1.44 meg floppy is: 80 tracks * 2 drive heads * 18 sectors per track * 512 bytes per track = exactly 1,474,560 bytes or 1,440 KiB.

[@CptJistuce]

@@grootsChannel 1.44 MHz would be a bit more than a "good" monitor.

[@grootsChannel]

@@CptJistuce haha i meant just 144hz

[@segfault-berlin]

LGR Synths when? We'd all love to see your main synth setup!

[@gregcushing6195]

Come on Clint. Show us yer synths!

[@N0sta1gi4]

third this !

[@Ce1y]

Yes please!

[@ilikemuzik420]

oooooh so that's what he meant by show us his organ...

[@CptJistuce]

Or just MIDI Mountain 2: Electric Blues-galloo.

[@knection1986]

Wow love that "on the fly" you sprung on us at the end. That was fantastic

[@2ero2nin3]

indeed, id love to remix that! can we have the mid file clint please? 😊

[@2ero2nin3]

cmon clint, make a rmx contest! 😊

[@somniloquous0]

That packaging design is the single most early 90s thing I have ever seen

[@UNSCPILOT]

Honestly I'd love to see a brand brave enough these days to make packaging so... loud XD

[@zanite8650]

It just needs a pair of sunglasses.

[@gato23]

better than the minimalist crap of today.

[@bwgti]

2000s graphics card boxes uses to be pretty nuts.

[@HumanPerson_final]

@@zanite8650 It’s not complete until they add a kid skateboarding on a rocket.

[@cromulence]

Also, fun fact - CANYON.MID and PASSPORT.MID were actually written by people at Passport Designs, Inc., the company behind the provided software! I wonder what the originally intended synth was for the tracks...

[@AdhamOhm]

They always seem to sound best on Roland Soundcanvas based synths.

[@BinBintheRiceCake]

That's a pretty cool transition you did there at 12:34!

[@DanielWesleyKCK]

@@patrickglaser1560 Dooo do do do do do do do do dodo do... do do do do! TWELVE!

[@joshm7769]

Really cool! Very retro like you used to see in old television shows about PC's.

[@jweebs1986]

Came here to say that same thing. Super smooth and natural.

[@CaveyMoth]

I love MIDI goodness from LGR! 28:55 DJ LGR in the house!

[@Blurredman]

DJ pendejo!

[@boden_staendig]

DJ Lazy

[@halkdwarf5481]

@@Blurredman what's wrong with you...?

[@AndrewAMartin]

@@boden_staendig Or is that DJ Lay-Z?

[@boden_staendig]

@@AndrewAMartin Oh yeah! Ha ha!

[@TopHatJackStudios]

At first I thought "Hello! Music!" was just LGR's greeting for this video.

[@saxman112]

Same, lol. Either that or a play on "Hello, Nurse!" from Animaniacs

[@cubeflinger]

And I said it in Clint's voice too.

[@jaythomas3180]

Oh hai music

[@Ghostie_Mecha]

@@jaythomas3180 I did not hit her! I did not.

[@MrMG43]

As an aspiring musician I would love to see more videos focused on retro music gear! More MIDI devices, hardware synths, sequencers/tracker software, all of it! Also, we need to see that synth setup!

[@FabTheZen]

I had no clue you were SO well versed with DAW's and just music making stuff! To be honest, I struggled a teensy bit following you on some of the more specific concepts you showed in Trax, but this was a deeper dive into early '90s music making than I expected, in all the right ways! Now I'm in the mood for learning more about DAW's myself, dangit! xD

[@wellfuckyoumr]

You must be new.

[@aaronlippincott7385]

@@wellfuckyoumr you must be smart

[@urmie]

It’s December my friends, Christmas Clint is near. Happiness and joyfulness with LGR cheer. 🎄💾🎁

[@AlidarJarok1]

I can't wait for Christmas Clint. Best time of the year.

[@cs188creations]

Clintmas? 😆

[@AlidarJarok1]

@@cs188creations Ha I love it.

[@poeticsilence047]

Love how he called out EBay sellers who are going to be quick to up the price after this video.

[@BlaBla-pf8mf]

or maybe he called out the dudes that want everything they see on retro KZbin.

[@R3R3T]

@@BlaBla-pf8mf xactly

[@MegaManNeo]

Clint knows the market too well.

[@AgentOrange96]

People were complaining over at Reddit about it, with LGR responding to the subject here: www.reddit.com/r/vintagecomputing/comments/jizyib/these_ebay_prices_are_insane/gabgoio/?context=3

[@sameash3153]

MT-32 used to go for 50-60 before it became famous on multiple KZbin channels

[@thefunkdroid2777]

Is no one talking about the 12:34 transition!?

[@jay1185]

That was CLEAN.

[@stanstaniboy7655]

Does that mean he was typing looking at a green screen and then made the animation from green screen at an angle to fullscreen in post production? Unnecessarily ambitious!

[@jay1185]

@@stanstaniboy7655 It appears to me to be a video capture feed of the computer screen being transitioned into the frame from the center outward. I'm not a professional, I just slowed it down and made my best analysis. Pretty freaking cool looking though. Kudos!

[@willh7352]

yea like how he do daaaaaaaaaaaaaat

[@MrGlere]

You made an 1983 B-side Depeche Mode track!

[@DOSdaze]

LOL Nailed it... this is very "Nothing To Fear", and I need a copy of that .mid

[@MrGlere]

@@DOSdaze haha exactly! Even “christmas Island” and “the great outdoors”

[@MrDuncl]

Using hardware costing a fraction of the hardware Depeche Mode used. For a long time I wondered why the UMI sequencer Vince Clark was a big fan off wasn't more popular. More recently I found out that it cost more than the BBC computer you needed to run it.

[@auvokuustio]

There must be at least some musical talent behind this early Depeche Mode hear-alike!

[@wdd6864]

I want him to upload that somewhere

[@jeisin1]

I remember using this during electronic music class!!!!

[@tempest6027]

You WHAT!? I am so jealous oh my gosh that has been my lifelong dream.

[@appalachianexploration5714]

Lol I call bullshit

[@alexanderstormdahl2562]

During what now

[@grootsChannel]

@@appalachianexploration5714 why

[@SammeLagom]

Such wonderful sound of that midi unit!

[@Molkalda]

Man i could spend hours playing around with that and listening to the samples. Must have been a lot of fun making this video.

[@ericvreeland1362]

Hey Clint- thanks for making this and letting me start my Friday with a smile. Loved your mix too, I hope you incorporate more of your own music into future videos.

[@offrails]

If the MIDI software is titled "PASSPORT", that means you're required to play PASSPORT.MID on it.

[@FoxerTails]

I know, right? Such a missed opportunity. I was holding out for it.

[@TylerComptonShow]

Apparently passport.mid isn't included in Windows 3.1 😢

[@Qardo]

Jokes on MIDI! I got a Multi-Pass!

[@NJRoadfan]

@@TylerComptonShow The rest of the songs included with the Passport software shown in the video also came with the Windows MultiMedia Pack that was bundled with some OEM systems. CANYON.MID was also a product of the artists at Passport Designs.

[@BeastOfSoda]

This. I was extremely disappointed at such a perfectly good wasted opportunity.

[@kyanoang3l0_old]

Sounds awesome. Little me from the '90s would love this.

[@LittleRichard1988]

The souds are still just as good 30 years later.

[@fuzzix]

When that screen zoom kicked in I went : "Oh, yes!"

[@jay1185]

Uhh. That song you put together was fire. ("On the Fly") 28:58. Needs more LGR MIDI Tracks please!

[@wichitaks]

I remixed it! link in the comments

[@titanderp]

That intro was great!

[@icanrunat3200mhz]

Your subtitles are spectacular.

[@SeniorTentacles]

I must be having a MIDI-life crisis because I want to get my hands on one of these...

[@fabian5002]

There's a similar software for Windows called MIDITracker. You can even compose just with your computer keyboard.

[@UNSCPILOT]

Honestly I'd love a modern midi interface with that bank of LEDs on the front running in time to the music, it would be so satisfying.

[@mycosys]

On the bright side at least you arent hankering for an Electone

[@MeghRana]

Got your pun there,lol

[@absalomdraconis]

Honestly, I think I'd just build my own. You can get MIDI boards online (from what I've seen, any wave table board should work), an audio amp, power supply, some extra caps for reduced noise, the connectors & controls, and just stick them all together with whatever case you like.

[@Powerhouse1]

LGR lowkey advertising his mixtape lol

[@GamesFromSpace]

Thanks for reminding me I still "need" to buy a midi synthesizer for DOS.

[@medes24]

"chuckles at dubiously made statement" holy shit your subtitles are god tier LGR lol

[@jimjimson5741]

Hell yeah, early to an LGR video without using notifications

[@scottsyoutubevideos]

same. automatic came up..

[@rick420buzz]

I've always thought that CANYON.MID sounds like it could be the theme for a local newscast.

[@dummptyhummpty]

Doesn’t it?! I used it as the intro to a news cast style video for a high school Spanish class (mid ‘00s) project.

[@Yomom12388]

Holy hell dude, you are incredibly talented. More MIDI stuff!

[@seanwieland9763]

I love these old MIDI device reviews. This is the perfect sweet spot between your usual early-90s nostalgia and for MIDI and synthesizers of the time. Two great tastes that taste great together. I wouldn’t mind seeing you review old Akai MPC60 like DJ Shadow used.

[@Trit34Mtp]

First video for December and not Christmas clone yet? I miss him… ;__; The LGR mix was cool!

[@Carboxylated]

I love it when MIDI tunes sound slightly echoey. Amazing work on this video and in depth analysis, before there was fruity loops. Top notch mate.

[@CrimsonSanX]

And now I'm curious what LGR's Synthwave artist name would be...

[@UNSCPILOT]

My dumb brain wants to say "Woodgrain" would be involved somehow; Woodgrain Vintage or Lazy Woodgrain or something XD

[@SergeantExtreme]

@@UNSCPILOT "Woodgrain Socks"

[@ndm13]

Just... Woodgrain The simplicity

[@iHawke]

@@ndm13 WOODGRAIN

[@spagamoto]

Woodgrain Applique

[@danielberger197]

Much like the flawless transition at 12:34, that intro was one of the best I've seen on any KZbin video, let alone one dedicated to a detailed description of something delightfully digital.

[@NightSprinter]

Ok, I never noticed this, but the X-Com: UFO Defense opening music sounds so damned anime!

[@TalakDroma]

My first pc was from the early 90's bought by parents we use to play dos games. Later we got a gateway and I had unreal tournament on it and I fell in love with pc games. Your video's make me feel nostalgic in such a good way. My mom loved playing sims and I had fun with roller coaster tycoon.

[@diegocella6791]

That intro music was so late '80s early '90s!

[@beardeth69]

I've seen a few people mention the 12:34 transition in the comments, but has nobody acknowledged that brilliant intro? Pure style and class.

[@mrlovespread2006]

that's a really good tune you crated there! I've been humming it in my head now!

[@TomBudin]

never heard canyon with so much clear depth that gives me goosebumps

[@keenanwilliamson5216]

Thanks you lgr for the subtitles I hate that youtube wants to take them away.

[@budgetguitarist]

Blast from the past. I HAD one of these, along with TRAX, which was my first sequencer. I had a Mac LC III in those days, a massive upgrade from my previous Mac Plus. This module had some pretty cool sounding drums. Boy did I love that setup. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!

[@Impossiblah]

"At least until unscrupulous eBayers jack up the Buy It Now prices after this video goes live" I'm crying laughing that killed me

[@orinokonx01]

Duuuuude!! I could watch videos of you messing about with 90s MIDI equipment for hours! I love me some weird MIDI tunes and modules and such.

[@LaineBaker]

Holy crow, I forgot how good the original XCOM score was! :O

[@loam6740]

Oh boy I love your music hardware/software videos!!

[@System509]

Man it’s so cool to know Dunkey watches LGR. I never thought he’d be the type

[@alienalibi2382]

Another dunk fan :D

[@abhrajitpaul2744]

Yeah his video got released just a day ago, and I was a bit sad for him because he said that no one appreciates quality content but veiws misleading clickbait toxic kids channel

[@MrMG43]

He watches LGR? Nice

[@alienalibi2382]

@@MrMG43 yeah he mentions him on his newest vid.

[@LunaTulpa]

Never thought a late 20's early 30's man who's grown up playing games, and still does, would have an interest in LGR?

[@sideeggunnecessary]

Having lights for all the channels makes this the ultimate piece of luxury equipment for any collector looking for the ultimate classic experience

[@UNSCPILOT]

Right? I'd adore a modern midi / music interface with that beautiful bank of LEDs running with the music

[@TrashPanda-2112]

You know you've made it when ebay sellers change their prices after you post a video.

[@lustechsource5197]

The games sounded good even though they weren’t composed for that Yamaha interface. Since I never owned a MIDI module back then and by the time I had a sound card with wavetable on it, the CDROM era already took off. So my ear doesn’t know how non-FM games were “supposed” to sound. I remember reading about MIDI modules back in the 90’s and always wanted to hear how they sounded. You sir have helped out in helping me hear the authentic sound. Thank you!

[@Tigrou7777]

9:10 DOOM not only run on anything, it also sounds good on everything

[@soldadoryanbr7776]

Look at the sega genesis or Atari Jaguar soundtrack

[@Ash0512]

Sega 32X

[@Stout936]

@@Ash0512 good ol' diarrhea doom

[@SomePotato]

Except the AWE32/64.

[@4485afcsguy]

You've got a hit! With a little editing, that on-the-fly midi tune of yours at the end of the video could be a commercial hit. I'd buy it! Keep up the work and if you ever create a MP3 or midi download of the tune, let us know. Thanks!

[@TheSubnetMaster]

Was expecting Phil Collins at 0:01 but I wasn't disappointed

[@backwardsface3046]

Was expecting Rick roll

[@milklordnomadic]

Clint, you deserve all the good things, man! This is such a great video. I've been watching for 11+ years man, and I just wanna say bro: don't you ever change.

[@MonamiTech]

8:30 I didn’t know that X-Com’s intro music was good until now. Great..

[@MikaelMarius]

The entire X-Com soundtrack has always been great.

[@MonamiTech]

@@MikaelMarius Yeah .. That’s right. I mean, Instruments.

[@ElectricNikkiGames]

I just can’t get over how good the transition was at 12:34 Great editing work

[@Simon-ui6db]

the basic distortion guitar sound on this is the same as the gm one on my yamaha tyros. Thank god for the revoice option.

[@biollante879]

I friggin love all the MIDI content. The sounds just take me back to my youth where this was basically how everything sounded. Even if I know as much about this stuff as an earthworm, I love seeing and hearing it. Please keep covering it!

[@shukterhousejive]

"Joel, what's a MIDI?" 10:17

[@M4xPower]

It's what you mix with clorians to make a jedi.

[@robpascual1684]

My mom was a church musician throughout my childhood, and we often had the church keyboard, a Yamaha PSR-SQ16. We bought a joystick -> MIDI adaptor and MidiSoft Recording Session to do transcriptions of songs. That keyboard also had GM support, so I frequently repurposed it for Doom and Descent music. Dunno if the Vicar would have approved, but it was glorious 😈😈😈

[@s8wc3]

10:52 sounds like space quest 3: christmas special

[@Vanessaira-Retro]

Awesome job LGR. Loved all the recent MIDI stuff you have been doing.

[@notprops]

I simply LOVE Tyrian OST 😍

[@IanDunbar1]

Fun fact (unless I'm very much mistaken), the soundtrack for Myst was composed using Passport Master Tracks, the professional version of TRAX.

[@Di3mondDud3]

That intro gave me vibes of Phil Collins' drum solo from In The Air Tonight.

[@rangoononline]

Respect for people that used to make music this way. Great video!

[@jdatlas4668]

Omg all the MIDI that my life has been missing, yes plz

[@JasonZakrajsek]

I think you meant “missing”

[@jdatlas4668]

@@JasonZakrajsek Indeed. Autocarrot has foiled me once again.

[@tomyyoung2624]

i hed yes clue you were math

[@FrontSideBus]

Missed a trick there Clint! As soon as I saw that IBM PS/2 set up on the back of the box, I was sure that you was going to recreate that scene exactly in real life😎

[@LGR]

I was seriously going to if I found some of those Yamaha speakers. No luck yet!

[@remasteredretropcgames3312]

@@LGR Please Obi Wan Kenobi, you're our only hope.

[@remasteredretropcgames3312]

@@LGR Seriously. You might be the only person findable on the internet that would be helpful. Look at my yamaha xg driver sound emulation video or final fantasy vii video. Its obvious the most love went into the complete xg hardware experience. I think ive done a meaningful job fixing us being forced to use the general driver option with modern machines interpolating up to a silk 32bit studio sample rate at that.

[@TheRealLetharos]

Your song was a banger. Felt like some NIN in there.

[@thereseclairecreates]

Also dannggg Clint! That was a sweet tune at the end! Also, god I love the sounds coming from all this old tech. It’s soooo good. And so nostalgic.

[@saxman112]

All I could think of when I saw "Hello! Music!" in the title was "Hello, Nurse!" from Animaniacs

[@BrotherRoga]

We are Aaaanimaaniacs! With some brand new MIDI tracks!

[@denzy_lolol]

the rise of the triad on this midi kit was astronomical still come back every month or so to get that vibe again

[@Dukefazon]

29:47 - Totally Trent Reznor!

[@Krieglied]

That was my thought too, the opening for 'Only'.

[@coolelectronics1759]

"frequently modulated day" nice one. I have an fb01 looking right at it now sitting on my desk. It was a gift from my college music professor. Its a cool little synth and its great for punchy basses.

[@ash36230]

I was totally expecting to be rick rolled with that intro and I don't know why

[@skvaderarts7009]

I'm a music producer, and I'l kill for something like this. It's just awesome. There are just some songs you can't replicate anymore, and having the physical thing is pretty amazing. Also, that intro is just the most epic thing I've seen all week!

[@MrDuncl]

Back in the early 1990s every music shop in town was pushing this sort of gear. Meanwhile professional music producers were still using Fairlights (look it up if you don't know what that is).

[@Photo0021]

The 5th Grade school band be like: 10:18

[@Fir3Chi3f]

I am impressed with the amount of time you've put into this! I feel like I could watch you and learn about midi recordings!

[@whosonedphone]

I still want my color dot matrix printer "GREETINGS" hot dog. I'll pay almost any price.

[@enilenis]

So glad I got into retro MIDI before Clint started covering it, because as he points out, good luck finding anything on ebay that he reviews. Everything gets cleared out or prices quadruple. On one hand, without reviews, how else are people to find out what existed before and was cool, but at the same time, the moment LGR tells you about a thing, you're immediately out of luck. Was able to pick up a mint condition MT-32 for $40 before retro reviewers went gaga over it. Prices went up 4-10x since then.

[@OtterBops]

Hey LGR how about offering a MP3 download of your track, I want to add it to my jukebox in Two Point Hospital.

[@Evgenii_Fedorovskii]

Music in SimCity is awesome !!! 12:34 pm - beautiful transition from monitor to full screen. You can be proud of your track! It remains to agree with David on its implementation in PlanetX4 =))) Thank you!

[@zenek2536]

19:30 What are you doing step-editor

[@joshuaiyer1434]

I really enjoyed this video! I never grew up with these '90s things, but it's always fun to look back to the past with retro tech, especially music tech. Thanks for sharing - lovely tune :)

[@NaCh0Ox]

the intro of Driving.mts sound like a Devo Song!

[@meanmole3212]

Damn, that midi composing software brings back memories. Used attend a course in high school that was called "midi composing course" where the entire course revolved around on learning how to compose midi song using ancient Macs. This was in mid to late 2000s so the Macs used in the course were really ancient. The teacher said they were from the 80s, no color display and pretty small screens. I am not 100% sure it was the same software but looks very similar with its monochrome GUI. Best course I ever attended, period. Got me started on exploring other music composing software such as 90s trackers and later modern DAWs.

[@W4iteFlame]

Next up: LGR music channel

[@djviperx]

Damn you Clint! I'm a Synthwave producer, and now thanks to you I NEED THIS!!!! Wow, it's insanely cool!

[@The__Mask]

That intro music reminded me of Civie 11's outro music.

[@partycatplays]

That's because it is lol I think Civie recorded it on an (emulated) OPL3 via DOSBox

[@CRAZYWHITEGUY123]

Excellent as always! - Looking forward to the next oddware

[@user-vn7ce5ig1z]

13:00 - They totally ripped off AdLib's Jukebox. 😒

[@vivanecrosis]

GREAT VIDEO - got me all in the fired up for the 80s. I ran, jump and dived into Spotify, and found an 80s TV/Film Soundtrack playlist with over 12 hours of 80s luscious blissful nostalgic overload music! :D

[@shriramthirumavalavan6115]

LGR has 1.44M subscribers. So he is a floppy disk. LOLLLL

[@Jptoutant]

I love midi sounds

[@cdscissor]

I thought Hello! Music! was a slice of life anime or something... Guess not.

[@fastpoke42]

Thank you for your awesome videos! Best content on KZbin. And the song in the end sounds great! There were several moments when I wanted to pause the video and press the like button, but I've already done so in the first minutes. :)

[@tudorcotoi7011]

Now that you mentioned the MU80, it can also do Roland GS in the TG300B mode. Further more, when it receives a GS rest SysEx it goes in TG300B mode. Great vid! Can’t wait for the FM synth in some other “frequency modulated day” ;)

[@System.10]

Man, I love this video so, so much. I had no idea you were so experienced with music-related things! Also, Trax looks extremely similar to Master Tracks Pro, which I've used in the past, and is also made by Passport. I loved the song at the end!