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recorded sound shifted over a two octave frequency range using the computer's rudimentary keyboard as a piano keyboard. Although
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Cheetah Sound Sampler, although crude and cheap, was one of many such electronic devices that introduced home computer owners to the possibilities of digital recording and the principles of electronic music that was, at the time, still reserved for a relative few who had the resources to buy
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