These days you can make amazing music on your home computer with a variety of powerful software packages and hundreds of incredible plug-in effects. It hasn't always been this way though - check out this vintage clip from long lost BBC technology show Micro Live:
Who would have though that high street chemist Boots would be the first place to shop for virtual drum machines?
If you're after those classic C64 sounds features later in the clip, keep your eyes peeled for a very special addition to the CM Studio, arriving with issue 113 on May 9th.
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