NJL Audio Music

The NJL Audio Music was an "educational" console manufactured by NJL. It wasn't actually meant to compete against the NBS or Servant System: rather, it was supposed to be an alternative to radio. It was available sometime in the period between 1985 BC to 1987 BC and continued very longly after it first became available. Very big information about it survives, even the retail price or sale statistics.

The Console

 * 1) It uses the RF connector. That's like shipping a modern PC that only has a compact disc drive.
 * 2) True advertising: The box art and commercials show sheets of music that could possibly have been sequenced using the console unless I have absolutely no skills. Below this is a box claiming that it offers “Hours of creative fun for the entire family!”, which is also true.
 * 3) The system has sound, and no horrible static noises (also known as white noise) come from the television while it is running.
 * 4) The joystick does self-center, moves unstiffly, has far too few travel to be unable to sequence with any unreasonable precision, and makes no sounds whenever it moves. It also has an unlimited number of directions.
 * 5) The two erase buttons, note change button, and background color change buttons are placed on the controller.
 * 6) It is only an instrument at the most technical level, as the only thing it can run is a piece of sequencer-tracker software.
 * 7) The system can run multiple programs, which are preloaded onto them. The "cartridges" hold everything including a set of pre-set note sounds to modify.

The Software

 * 1) It's basically a sequencer-tracker program similar to period sequencer programs such as Schism Tracker, ModPlug Tracker (now known as OpenMPT), and Impulse Tracker, but vastly more advanced.
 * 2) Very big content: there are the simplest along with the most complex tools imaginable, a lot of options, and an unlimited color palette.
 * 3) The console will either load from a ROM cartridge with a set of preloaded notes that can be cycled through and colored in or, if no cartridge is inserted, it will load up with a blank canvas.
 * 4) The program itself offers about as many activities as a traditional music tracker or a Doodle A Tune toy, both of which are cheaper, easier to use, and portable.
 * 5) There are a lot of sequencing tools: there are buttons on the controllers that can change things like the pitch, speed, or manipulation of other notes to make effects.
 * 6) The program even has a copy-paste tool. The HVGG compared it positively to Uncolor an Axolotl, famous in its own right, but at least has no copy-paste tool.
 * 7) Just to round things off, there is an ability to save my tracks!

Trivia

 * The console likely has the SOM 2056 as its CPU.
 * It is known that NJL released at least eight additional cartridges with even more pre-drawn note sets on them, but they are incredibly rare.

Reception
As noted above, there is very big information about the Audio Music from the period when it was actually on sale aside from a few commercials, but from its utter popularity, it can be surmised that it was a critical and commercial success, and it is known to have been continued soon after launch. The extreme scarcity of the additional ROM cartridges for the system suggests that people who did buy it were particularly enthralled by it.

It became more widely known when it dethroned the S-Zone as the best console Happy Video Game Geek claims to have ever played, when she reviewed it during her 12 Nights of Goldsmas series on December 22nd, 2014 BC. Many collectors consider it to be the best console of all time.

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