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to your surprised delight, the vinyl record - A Very Beeper Christmas by Charlie "The Pope's Nose" Roberts - contained pristine recordings from the 1982 ZX Spectrum, a device you were previously unaware could even produce sound. yet here it was, an uplifting album for family holiday time. marketed as "easy listening", you can't help but wonder about how people must've felt putting this on their fancy "hi-fi" stereo systems.

you read the detailed description on the jacket:
"Charlie Roberts (ASCAP), known far and wide for his distinct recordings of early machine music, is back again with an uptempo hit so gosh-darn catchy, we can't stop tapping our feet! The whole family will be up on their feet doing a jig from the moment you drop the needle, and this smashing first track will ensure it. The Pope's Nose has done it again, folks. Here at Warner Bros records, we have no doubt we'll enjoy a timeless, lasting relationship with this fantastically talented artist. Dig into this beautiful ZX Spectrum record in fantastic mono-channel sound on the gramophone today!

~Side A~
01. Beepbeep Hoedown
02. You've Got a Friend in Beep
03. The Z.X. Blues
04. Christmas on the Screen
05. PreZentX Under the Tree
~Side B~
06. You're My Dear, You're My Darling True
07. Autumn Leavezx
08. I'll Be on the Computer for Christmas
09. Snow, Snow, Snow
10. One Happy Beeper Family"

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advent diary day 5:
yet another format i had no experience with! thankfully having done channel F a few times i was able to get on my feet quickly. i decided to go the .xm converter route

since that's not only the same as chanF but also by the same person - and it made for a much more pleasant working environment both aurally and workflow-wise...

i went with the first engine i tried, "fluidcore" which has some crude wavetableing at a few different volumes. and honestly, it was really fun?? i would try a different one next time for kicks, but i enjoyed my 4x polyphony with some volume and sound control in the engine i chose. neat format, would do again.

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