The Pixelmusic 3000

The Pixelmusic 3000
Tarikh Korula | Make Vol. 14- 2008 | Pdf | 10 pgs | 4 mb

TV PARTY TONIGHT

Re-create a mid-1970s video trip by
plugging this box into any TV and audio
source. Beneath the fake wood paneling,
a Propeller microcontroller simulates
Atari's classic music visualizer.

In 1976, Atari introduced Atari Video Music, a plugged-in
music visualizer designed by Pong creator Bob Brown that
bridged the yawning gap between consumers' stereos and
their TV sets. The quirky, psychedelic pixelation device never
caught on, but watching it in action today (search YouTube),
one is taken back to another time, long before iTunes and
Winamp visualizers. It was a time when vinyl, denim, Foghat,
mood rings, limited color palettes, and RadioShack's
business model all somehow made sense.
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