In the 80s, who lusted after a set of digital drums, even more so when they had a Midi socket.
The old Yamaha DD5.
Still have mine and occasionally use them now and then, a decent enough sound for early PCM drums but not general MIDI compliant note wise so a bit useless for sequencing, also the the velocity response is very poor compared to say a Simmons kit but they were cheap and did a job I suppose.
In the 80s, who lusted after a set of digital drums, even more so when they had a Midi socket.
Could you not plug them into a spectrum? I'm sure you could, also worked with keyboards as well.
No because they both only have a MIDI out port not MIDI in, so even if you have some kind of 2 way Spectrum MIDI interface all you would be able to do is record the drums MIDI note values into the Spectrum but not play them back on the drum kit itself as it is only a MIDI controller not a playback device, and if you used a MIDI keyboard for play back it still would be useless as the DD5 default note values don't follow the general MIDI standard so would just be a noise and a lot of note value reassigning would be needed either manually on the drums themselves which is a pain to do or alter the recorded note values on the Spectrum if such a program exists to do this.
Mrs. Boozy found me a selection box that has an Animal Bar, a Milky Bar, and a bag of Jelly Tots in it, the last one threw me off a bit. As for Garbage Pail Kids I still have the entire Series 3, 4, 5, and 6......And I still kick myself for the day I stuck the entire series 1, and 2 to my wardrobe door. I would say what was I thinking, but it's apparent I wasn't thinking at all :))
I realised though that the UK printed GPK are probably not worth much in the USA, as they're slightly different. I bought a pack of newer GPK here for a laugh a few years back, and noticed that the American cards are slightly larger, and the stickers are perforated around the character kind of in the shape of an hourglass. Here's the nerd in me coming out, as there is one character actually called G.P.Kay, and it's a character covered in other GPK stickers, and he's peeling himself off his own sticker in the shape of an hourglass. So the US cards were always like this apparently, wheras the UK editions the entire sticker came off the backing. This particular card was from set 5, or 6, which means it was probably printed somewhere between 1986, and 1988, but it caught my eye way back then, as I thought it was weird because the stickers did not peel off like that.
Sad that I got the conclusion to that by buying a pack of Garbage pail kids when I was close to, or already into my 40's :))
I don't much like chocolate, very rarely eat it..but if I did, it would be Black magic...or a giant Ferrero Roche. .but I don't. I do have a love for Sugared Almonds. I don't even remember seeing them for years,..so yeah Sugared Almonds.
Yeah sugared almonds, my mother used to like those, and I remember while she was still alive it got harder, and harder to find them each year. So they may have just vanished off the face of the earth now, as it was 7 years this year since she's been gone.
I don't much like chocolate, very rarely eat it..but if I did, it would be Black magic...or a giant Ferrero Roche. .but I don't. I do have a love for Sugared Almonds. I don't even remember seeing them for years,..so yeah Sugared Almonds.
Tesco. Waitrose, Amazon,Fortnum and Mason, even Hobbycraft sell them.
Well, not in the Tescos up here, I've looked. Mind you, ours are like a village bothy. four aisles, and two of them are tatties. As for Waitrose and Fortnum...we're too poor to have those waaah. We're poorer than some church mice up here. I woudn't touch Amazon with a long pole. Last time I found some was two years ago maybe from Lidl. Anyhoohow. I reckons if ya eat something all the time.. it's not a treat,.. but by all the gods, there'll be pulled faces on xmas day if there is none!
PS. It was an older lady that introduced me to them when I had a wee spell working with old uns. Sugared Almonds eh.
I have a vague recollection that when I was 3 and 4 my nursary school had Bubble pipes. It looked like the kind of pipe and adult would smoke but brightly colored. It contained bubble solution, and when you blew in it, occasionally a bubble would come out the end, but mostly it would just make a bubbly noise.
To think:
1) A kids toy resembling a smoking.
2) All kids sharing the same pipe and just putting it down and other kids picking it up and blowing in it.
Aye i vaguely remember those pipes as well.
Talking of smoking you could buy candy strips that were shaped like cigarettes and came in a box that looked like a fag packet. Think they were taken off the shelf years ago.
Aye i vaguely remember those pipes as well.
Talking of smoking you could buy candy strips that were shaped like cigarettes and came in a box that looked like a fag packet. Think they were taken off the shelf years ago.
Chocolate cigarettes, not candy. Chocolate inside, with (edible?) paper outside.
I was there, too
An' you know what they said?
Well, some of it was true!
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The old Yamaha DD5.
Still have mine and occasionally use them now and then, a decent enough sound for early PCM drums but not general MIDI compliant note wise so a bit useless for sequencing, also the the velocity response is very poor compared to say a Simmons kit but they were cheap and did a job I suppose.
Also still have my Boss DR -55.
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Could you not plug them into a spectrum? I'm sure you could, also worked with keyboards as well.
No because they both only have a MIDI out port not MIDI in, so even if you have some kind of 2 way Spectrum MIDI interface all you would be able to do is record the drums MIDI note values into the Spectrum but not play them back on the drum kit itself as it is only a MIDI controller not a playback device, and if you used a MIDI keyboard for play back it still would be useless as the DD5 default note values don't follow the general MIDI standard so would just be a noise and a lot of note value reassigning would be needed either manually on the drums themselves which is a pain to do or alter the recorded note values on the Spectrum if such a program exists to do this.
Up to the late 1970's it went under this name.
Ooo that were horrible stuff Scottie. Smelled like perfume and tasted same! :))
They do say though that the real stuff tasted nice but have never tried it.
Speaking of perfumed sweets...
Garbage Pail Kids
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in order to collect...
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https://www.luny.co.uk
I realised though that the UK printed GPK are probably not worth much in the USA, as they're slightly different. I bought a pack of newer GPK here for a laugh a few years back, and noticed that the American cards are slightly larger, and the stickers are perforated around the character kind of in the shape of an hourglass. Here's the nerd in me coming out, as there is one character actually called G.P.Kay, and it's a character covered in other GPK stickers, and he's peeling himself off his own sticker in the shape of an hourglass. So the US cards were always like this apparently, wheras the UK editions the entire sticker came off the backing. This particular card was from set 5, or 6, which means it was probably printed somewhere between 1986, and 1988, but it caught my eye way back then, as I thought it was weird because the stickers did not peel off like that.
Sad that I got the conclusion to that by buying a pack of Garbage pail kids when I was close to, or already into my 40's :))
Tesco. Waitrose, Amazon,Fortnum and Mason, even Hobbycraft sell them.
PS. It was an older lady that introduced me to them when I had a wee spell working with old uns. Sugared Almonds eh.
To think:
1) A kids toy resembling a smoking.
2) All kids sharing the same pipe and just putting it down and other kids picking it up and blowing in it.
shudder.
Talking of smoking you could buy candy strips that were shaped like cigarettes and came in a box that looked like a fag packet. Think they were taken off the shelf years ago.
An' you know what they said?
Well, some of it was true!