ANTIC Interview 72 - Ed Rotberg, Rotberg Synthesizer
Ed Rotberg, Rotberg Synthesizer
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\nEd Rotberg worked programmer in Atari\u2019s coin-op division, where he worked on Atari Baseball, Battlezone, Blasteroids, Hard Drivin\u2019, and other coin-op games. He consulted for the Atari consumer side, where he created demos for the Atari 800 \u2014 including working on the music for the in-store demo \u2014 and the Rotberg Synthesizer music software.
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\nCheck the show notes atAtariPodcast.com for downloads of the Rotberg Synthesizer and Rotberg Scrolling Marquee software (which I acquired and uploaded toarchive.org after this interview took place.)
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\nThis interview took place April 28, 2015.
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\nTeaser quote:
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\n\u201cMy good friend Dan Pliskin wrote a tune called Disco Dirge that we programmed into the earliest version of the Rotberg Synthesizer to play at the bachelor party, as kind of a joke. Because Chris who was getting married was a disco fan, he was a disco buff and we all *hated* disco.\u201d
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\nLinks:
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\nRotberg\u2019s sound article in Antic magazine
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\nVersion of the same article in Softside
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