I'm not a fan of the use of it here in this case for the general public.
but played backwards and tweaked Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh! WHY? Just to make it completely obscured?
The sung melody might be OK or at least be recognizable. The IBM computer sang the song. (which interestingly sounds amazing like the SAM voice famously on the C64 and other platforms.) But I wouldn't want to suffer through it every bumper play. On 5/1/2024 12:40 AM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
On Mon, Apr 1, 2024 at 11:11 PM Bob Flanders via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I think it would be enough to have the logo appear without letters then the typing. it's fun the first time, but after a few vids it would get ... uncomfortable.
This tune in this bumper was a "Daisy Bell" from 1892 by Harry Dacre. It was the first singing song on an IBM 7094, but played backwards and tweaked with the tone so it sounded more upbeat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41U78QP8nBk
Full story on this song is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_vDpMz7IZk
We thought it was very historical, but it seems that some people don't like it. We're open to other ideas.
Jeff
On Mon, Apr 1, 2024 at 11:02 PM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
We had a volunteer create a bumper for our future VCF videos. What does everyone think?
Can anyone identify: 1) The computer starting up 2) The song 3) The keyboard making the clicking sounds?
Take care!
Jeff Brace VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner VCF Mid-Atlantic Event Manager Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/> jeffrey@vcfed.org
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