Orrery — Copenhagen

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Yumeo
Japan · 1985 – c. 2005

Ser. H-0455192
1990 · effect

Issued as VST3 · AU

Restored 2026 from 1990 hardware.

Yumeo PT-1 — Home Computer (Tracker)

Yumeo PT-1 · home computer audio · restored from unit no. H-0455192 · Yumeo, Japan, 1990

The restorer's note

The demoscene machine — four voices of 8-bit samples resampled hard off their root, buzzing at every mismatched loop point. The aliasing is not a shortcoming; on this hardware it was the sound, and we have kept it whole.

Acquisition

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Borrow it from the archive for a short time, or acquire it for your collection.

Runs in your studio as AU and VST3 on macOS, and VST3 on Windows.

Download — macOS: installer · zip · Windows: installer · zip

The plate

The restored Yumeo PT-1 — Home Computer (Tracker): its faceplate as issued.
Plate 44 · as issued

Listening

Listening

Demonstration recordings, prepared at the bench.

  1. Eight bits, plainly

    The break runs dry, then through the machine at 16-bit, then — at fifteen seconds — the true 8-bit depth. Quiet tails fall below the eighth bit and simply stop.

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  2. Off the root

    Pitch moves the resample grid off the root — down twelve, up twelve, home again — while the Ceiling falls from 28 to 9 kHz. The aliasing hardens and eases; the notes never move.

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  3. The tracker, working

    The full mix on the tracker's terms: Linear interpolation gives way to None at ten seconds, the Channels go to hard pans, and Loop Buzz rises to 80 %.

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