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Some other wild ideas:

Add more members of the family? like the Hybrid Music 2000

Network? viewtopic.php?f=3&t=16565

Video Digitiser? a Pi can have a camera

mouse ?

USB harddisk ?

We can also add at least some of the Music 87 software, i.e. as supplied by Peartree with their rebadged Music 500/5000, which was written in BCPL. Then, of course, AMPLE as supplied by Hybrid with the Music 500 / Music 5000 is a Forth-based language with only the core implemented ...

... Ed (a tradition!) which was a non event - I'd forgotten to plug in the Hybrid Music 5000!! It did happen belatedly, but this appeared to be the theme of the day (forgetting ...

There's only one other query. The Beeb I bought in a joblot with the Music 500, 4000 keyboard and other stuff has the Ample ROM installed. Most ... Big errors and how to get around them. I'm still learning (slowly) the Hybrid system and things like this seem frustrating as there doesn't seem ...

... least a model 2 and 3 to fish out too. Is it useful for me to bring my Music 500 and DataCentre so we can have another look at how they work together? ... much difference. Does anyone play musical keyboard? I could bring my Hybrid Music 4000 keyboard and we could delight in your musical abilities. ...

... asked this question about six months ago it never heard back. Does the Hybrid Music 5000 junior actually exist? It said on the advert coming in Jan 89. I don't ever recall ...

... the box!! There were just two main goals for me: try out my new Midi to Music 4000 adapter from danielj As described in the topic here: https://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=17146 ... ssd on my Gotek - been a while since I'd set that up. IMG_5030.JPG My Hybrid Music set up - includes ...

... a MIDI interface there was a commercial one, the M2000, as part of the Hybrid music system. There were serveral, of which the Hybrid M2000 and the ElectroMusicResearch system ...

As well as project designs for a MIDI interface there was a commercial one, the M2000, as part of the Hybrid music system.

Thinking of which, the Hybrid software can act as a MIDI sequencer too.

... it was time to move on to the next project - checking my newly acquired Music 500. I wasn't sure about the audio cable I'd bought on Amazon, and ... IMG_4499.JPG Music 500 in action! IMG_4512.JPG Ed kindly gave me some Hybrid Music manuals - now all I have to do is source a Music 4000, ha ha ...

... up. I did find a patent for shadow RAM filed by Chris Jordan, known for Hybrid Technology and the Music 500/5000 series. See https://archive.org/details/PatentGB2137382A3rdOct1984ImprovementsInAndRelatingToComputerMemories/ ...

... up. I did find a patent for shadow RAM filed by Chris Jordan, known for Hybrid Technology and the Music 500/5000 series. See https://archive.org/details/PatentGB2137382A3rdOct1984ImprovementsInAndRelatingToComputerMemories/

Hi I just spotted the advert for Hybrid Music Junior! Oh wow does that bring back some excitement. I remember seeeing that advert when it came ...

The original keystrip for the Hybrid Music System is rather primitive so I have recreated it in the Acorn keystrip style, which I find more attractive and easier to read.
Michael.

Dear All, Just checking if anyone has recently refurbed a Music 500 with very similar symptoms to those experienced on Retro-Kit: https://www.retro-kit.co.uk/user/custom/stardot/hybrid5000-borked-early.mp3 vs https://www.retro-kit.co.uk/user/custom/Acorn/3rdParty/Hybrid/audio/InConcert-PilgrimBeart.mp3 ...

... this sounds amazing, I have been looking for a way to get Midi into my Hybrid Music system for ages, I have a 2000 but have never managed to track down a hack to get the ...

... a query from up-thread. Are you rock-hard solid certain that: 30-3F Music 5000 50-5F Music 3000 is correct? Because it makes all sorts of sense ... schematics: https://www.retro-kit.co.uk/user/custom/Acorn/3rdParty/Hybrid/documents/HybridTechnologyHTMusicSynthesiser-Schematic.pdf M5Kdecode.PNG ...

... version. It usually starts and displays: AMPLE Neucleus V1.00 (C) 1986 Hybrid Technology ID 74778 %_ (where _ is the flashing cursor). When it fails ... datacentre with *IMPORT or *EXPORT and even though it takes over from Music 500 for a bit, the playback does carry on. There appears to be no ...

... with about 400mA for one with the 74LS chips. And they run cool, too. music-5x-3x-2x.jpg On to Midi... My prototype M2000 clone based on Colin ... I'll change the layout of the board, so the vestigial (in terms of the Hybrid system) Midi input is on the rear of the PCB separate from the outputs. ...

... as in the original M4000 controller. I got a small PCB made for my DIY Hybrid system. Just added the Midi code and footswitch handling today which ... nicely. Then I saw your post. :D Interestingly I notice the Hybrid music software only appears to react to the 49 keys of the 4 octaves of the ...

Just a quick update to this project... I have built up 5 more of my Music 5000 MIDI Input Interfaces (M5KMIDI) and they go together and work beautifully. ... recordings are here: https://soundcloud.com/hideaway-studio/sets/1984-hybrid-music-5000-synth

... an M5000 to M3000 at https://www.retro-kit.co.uk/page.cfm/content/Hybrid-Music-3000-Expander/ is slightly wrong. The jumper wires go to the correct pins, but the signal ...

... have the frequency response as today's PCM devices, so perhaps the design decision to have such a low cut-off frequency was reasonable. Or maybe Hybrid just had a bucket-full of 15K resistors and 3.3nF capacitors to use up... :)

... I have to say I have been really quite surprised how well my prototype Music 5000 MIDI interface is working for a number of reasons... The whole ... I have made recently: https://soundcloud.com/hideaway-studio/sets/1984-hybrid-music-5000-synth

... deciding on getting a Model B for another project, I learnt about the Hybrid Music system, and got fascinated with it thanks to the excellent archives of material on Chris's ...

... a pal of mine is prototyping a MIDI interface which pretends to be a Music 4000, enabling the Acorn/Hybrid Music 5000 to be played from a MIDI source such as a sequencer https://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-000517595031-e7nsqf-t500x500.jpg ...

And once again I was greeted by some lovely Ample music courtesy of Ed's Music 5000. What a great piece of kit! I had a lovely sunny ... All good things must come to an end! Look closely and you'll see the Hybrid Music system in the background, as well as the trusty A3010! :D

... I introduced myself. I've had a Model B since it came out and got into music with it, adding the Hybrid M5000/M3000 (and, at one time the M4000). I used to make a nuisance of myself at the ...

Thanks for the suggestion guys. I think I may have a go with a CF card and Datacenter then. I have got a rather nice dual Cumana disk drive unit that I recently repaired, it's lovely, and it sounds great :wink: ... but it is rather large and takes up a fair bit of desk space. For general use the Dat...

... the software on a CF card HDD and run it from there rather than from the RAM disc or virtual floppies. The last time I ran my external DC with the Hybrid, I got audio being randomly triggered when accessing the ram based drives and things got quite corrupt quite quickly but running from an ADFS ...