Atari Video Music - Early access
I’ve had this one on my to-do shelf for a couple of years, but I’ve finally decided it's time to make a video about it.
A bit of background info......I make a point of avoiding watching videos about the subjects I’ll be covering so that I’m coming into them with a fresh/untarnished perspective. When I tried to research the Atari Video Music online, everything I read said it was a very rare device. So after I managed to buy one in 2014 I went onto youtube and typed in ‘Atari Video Music’ to check if my video would be the first one about this seemingly rare object…and was more than a tad disappointed.
There were already dozens of videos. For something that is supposed to be incredibly rare, it seems that everyone with a youtube channel owns one. So I decided to move it to the back of the queue. There was no point rushing to make a video about something so well covered.
I felt that it was an opportune time to get this video made now because in the last couple of weeks a few things came together that made it possible. I received a cassette of music from a patreon…Anders Enger Jensen http://eox.no that was ideal to demonstrate the device with. I’d also recently bought a new cassette deck and a CRT and could use the amplified speakers I reviewed back in February.
It had also begun to play on my mind a little. The device was working when I bought it but old electronics don’t last forever...so I set about ordering the last few things I needed for the shoot so I could finally record this unusual device for posterity.
Also as a bit of a test run for the upcoming making-of video, I shot a bit of behind the scenes footage for Patreon just before I started editing this video together. Much of this information ended up being incorporated in the main video, so it’s not an essential watch, but if you do want to see it - here’s the link https://youtu.be/GuD1XS-xGJA
Oh and a quick message to Tevo - apologies for the typo on your name in the credits - it'll be right on the next video.
RetroTech: Atari Video Music - The Migrane Machine (YouTube)
Comments (18)
Your Muppets along with the main features in your videos finally got me to sign up for a Patreon account. I'm signed up to give you monthly donations due to your quality videos and the Muppets that add real creative originality to your channel. These are just my opinions. But hey I'm still going to support your channel even if you don't have the time or you have lost interest in your Muppet skits.
Thanks. I haven't got close to losing interest in the Muppets. Unfortunately though the ideas for skits only come to me every now and then. Whenever I try and come up with something on demand I just can't think of anything. I probably fret more over a lack of a good ideas for the outros than I do on the main feature. I will keep trying to think up amusing ideas and whenever one comes along it will be used in a new sketch.
Good to see the details are already corrected in Wikipedia. I loved the video and please keep the muppets and the BTS videos! Thanks a lot Mat!
Yes, the Wikipedia entries might end up being my legacy. If you type Techmoan into the Wikipedia search box, you can find a few articles that people kindly updated after watching my videos.
Unfunny and childish puppets are the best kind. More puppets always!
The new outro is a nice improvement. Really shows the variety and depth of the channel. I also liked this puppet episode :)
Hopefully it will make first time viewers more aware that there's more to the channel than the video they're watching. This is especially useful if they are watching the video embedded on a website or forum.
I have thumbed down 1 or 2 video's because the title and placeholder image suggested something totally different from what the video was about. I hate that kind of click bait. However, again a nice video, Matt. Keep 'm coming.
I think some people just have a fundamentally different (i.e. wrong) understanding of what thumbs up and thumbs down means. Some people just thumbs down any topic they don't like, regardless of the video quality. And I think some people use it as a sort of personal rating system. And of course there are those who do it just to be contrary.
Yes, what's up with people thumbing down videos these days? I mean if you don't like it, just stop watching and move along. I only vote down seriously wrong videos and then mostly with stuff that's in violation with guidelines or the social convention. 🙄
I sometimes downvote when then are just really poorly made. Sometimes if it seems more like spam than anything else, I'll downvote that.
Great video... I too tend to have a habit of purposefully not watching other people's videos on a topic before I make my own. It's a double-edged sword, though. On one hand it helps my creativity and I may find things to talk about that they forgot, but on the other hand I'm bound to miss something that somebody else talked about and so the comments section will be full of moaning about that. I also liked the muppet section. I suspect I have a certain number of followers on both of my channels that have subscribed for the sole purpose of thumbing down my videos. And yes, I hate it when people thumb down a video because they don't like the topic, not just on my channel. But, as an example, if you are looking for something like, say, a car review. Let's say you're watching a review of the Toyota Prius. Even if it is the best review out there, like 20% of the viewers will give it a thumb down. Not because the review was bad, but because they don't like the car. That makes no sense to me.
Really enjoyed this. Was there anything similar before Atari did it? I wonder if any DJs took this out with this to add to their lighting rig. They'd be really cutting edge.
I think this was the first...as far as I know.
Another excellent vid👍. A great product for Disco Stu. Top muppets too - world wide web of wazzocks lol. Is that an Eames chair?
I wish...it's a 'tribute to the classic Eames lounge chair' AKA a (much) cheaper rip-off.
I love those unfunny puppets :) Oh, and I'd never heard of this device, so very interesting.
It's always hard to determine how widely known something is, but over the years I've come to learn that whatever I show there'll be a good mix of people who have seen it before and people that haven't. These videos are always more fun though for latter group.