• Old Roland synthesizer contest winner tapes

    From Nightfox to All on Fri Feb 23 19:03:43 2024
    In the late 70s to part of the 80s, Roland (synthesizer manufacturer) had annual synthesizer music contests where people around the world could submit songs they recorded with their synthesizers, and Roland would choose & award winners. Roland would then sell tapes of the winners' songs. My dad bought the 8th synthesizer contest tape (1984), and he eventually gave the tape to me.

    When I was much younger (a child), I was careless and lost the cassette sleeve, so I lost the information about the winners' names and the names of the songs (and I didn't particularly treat the cassette very well either, for whatever reason). Several years ago, I bought a USB cassette player and recorded the songs digitally on my computer (I've saved them to FLAC format, and have also converted them to MP3). I put it on YouTube, stating that I'm missing the original information. I've since found many of the song names, thanks in part to a kind user who commented with a tip just last week, though there are still a couple I don't know, and a couple I'm unsure of.

    This is the YouTube link to the 8th Syntherizer Contest: https://youtu.be/1sgibLoz9cA?si=eIpGfzgrOZU4EAkw

    A few years ago, I happened to find th 6th and 7th for sale on eBay (while also looking for another copy of the 8th). I also digitally recorded these:
    https://youtu.be/1Bn6I801BhE?si=kIH0YXVH3RFqNc-S https://youtu.be/Gi5JH1ZfZYA?si=KLV42vx03qjwZjk9

    I've also uploaded the FLAC recordings to the Internet Archive (though I should update the track names of the 8th, since I now know more).

    These recordings are very niche, and some of the tracks are IMO not 'great' music, but I think they're still interesting to listen to. Information about these has been fairly hard to find.

    Nightfox
  • From AKAcastor@21:1/162 to Nightfox on Fri Feb 23 19:31:42 2024
    This is the YouTube link to the 8th Syntherizer Contest: https://youtu.be/1sgibLoz9cA?si=eIpGfzgrOZU4EAkw

    Very cool to hear these tapes, I hadn't heard of them before. I am listening to your recording of the 8th annual contest and so far really enjoying the music, this is some really great stuff! Thank you for sharing.


    Chris/akacastor

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  • From Nigel Reed@21:2/101 to Nightfox on Sat Feb 24 05:51:55 2024
    On Fri, 23 Feb 2024 19:03:43 -0800
    "Nightfox" (21:1/137) <Nightfox@f137.n1.z21.fidonet> wrote:

    In the late 70s to part of the 80s, Roland (synthesizer manufacturer)
    had annual synthesizer music contests where people around the world
    could submit songs they recorded with their synthesizers, and Roland
    would choose & award winners. Roland would then sell tapes of the
    winners' songs. My dad bought the 8th synthesizer contest tape
    (1984), and he eventually gave the tape to me.

    When I was much younger (a child), I was careless and lost the
    cassette sleeve, so I lost the information about the winners' names
    and the names of the songs (and I didn't particularly treat the
    cassette very well either, for whatever reason). Several years ago,
    I bought a USB cassette player and recorded the songs digitally on my computer (I've saved them to FLAC format, and have also converted
    them to MP3). I put it on YouTube, stating that I'm missing the
    original information. I've since found many of the song names,
    thanks in part to a kind user who commented with a tip just last
    week, though there are still a couple I don't know, and a couple I'm
    unsure of.

    Did you see this?

    https://archive.org/download/Roland8thAnnualSynthesizerContest_MissingInfo


    or this?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sgibLoz9cA
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  • From Nightfox to Nigel Reed on Sat Feb 24 10:03:32 2024
    Re: Re: Old Roland synthesizer contest winner tapes
    By: Nigel Reed to Nightfox on Sat Feb 24 2024 05:51 am

    Did you see this?

    https://archive.org/download/Roland8thAnnualSynthesizerContest_MissingInfo

    I think that's my upload to archive.org (though I don't remember adding the .ogg files or .png files - I wonder if those were added later).

    or this?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sgibLoz9cA

    Yes, that's my YouTube video, which I shared in my original post about this..?

    Nightfox
  • From Nigel Reed@21:2/101 to All on Sun Feb 25 01:16:42 2024
    On Sat, 24 Feb 2024 10:03:32 -0800
    "Nightfox" (21:1/137) <Nightfox@f137.n1.z21.fidonet> wrote:

    Re: Re: Old Roland synthesizer contest winner tapes
    By: Nigel Reed to Nightfox on Sat Feb 24 2024 05:51 am

    Did you see this?

    https://archive.org/download/Roland8thAnnualSynthesizerContest_MissingInfo


    I think that's my upload to archive.org (though I don't remember
    adding the .ogg files or .png files - I wonder if those were added
    later).

    or this?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sgibLoz9cA

    Yes, that's my YouTube video, which I shared in my original post
    about this..?

    Nightfox
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    Oh sorry. :)
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