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Watch How Hard It Was To Sequence Electronic Music In The ‘80s

Now that’s lag you can feel.

You might think that your current music production setup is slow, but just wait until you see how bad things were in the ’80s. Back then, producers had to approach their work via cumbersome old-school digital audio workstations run on computers like the Commodore Amiga. And while we hold that system dear to our hearts, these video tutorials reveal just how much better we have it now. In fact, we’re pretty sure you’ll go rushing back to Ableton with open arms.

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