I think this is the earliest thing I have. I made it with a Boss SP-202 and a program called Internet Audio Mix. This would have been 2001.
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Actually, this one might be earlier. It would have been around the same time. 2001. Same set up.
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My earliest recording. Made with Jeskola Buzz on a Pentium 233Mhz MMX PC with a Sound Blaster AWE32 around 2001, I guess
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I take it all back. This is definitely the first thing that I have. I had this saved as a real player file. Remember real player? Itās definitely the first thing that I liked enough to share with anyone. I had it saved as a real player file so that it would fit on a floppy disc that I was able to show it to my friends in the computer lab.
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Already shared my earliest recorded music elsewhereā¦
But my earliest surviving recording is a cassette from 1996. I had a toy tape recorder and me and my pal and his neighbour recorded a bunch of sounds from his mumās Mac, we were 8. Only gonna post a short clip because the whole tape is basically sound effects with us talking inaudibly in the background, I keep meaning to sample it 
This is the game we were playing!! 
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@Doug I like all of these, but that first one you posted is an absolute banger.
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Yup, agree! @Doug they sound like the ālost Eminem mixtapeā of the age :ā)
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These are from sometime around 2000-2002 I think. All made with a combo of records, Yamaha SU200 sampler, Casio MT68, Yamaha PSS 470, and Cakewalk Home Studio via a M-Audio Delta 44. Thereās more, but Iāll spare yāallās ears hahaha.
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Digging some of these, some of you lot have been at it for time!
First full tune I made, only last year though haha
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I FOUND IT!
Dusty bullshit from the year 1999 made with Rebirth and Cool Edit Pro on my friends computer before i had any idea how to use those things
I think the drum patterns are 7 over 15ā¦and then i clearly reversed something in cool edit.
Marlon Brando on vocals.
It was tacked on to a cassette of recordings of my improvised noise band from college.
we could really clear a room.
Without further blathering, here it is
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I recorded something for the first time ever yesterday. Well, actually, it was my third take - Iām using the Squarp Pyramid to loop a patch + cc messages on my Bass Station 2, then I play a simple loop on the Volca FM that later gets thrown through the arpeggiator. Drums are coming from a SP404 sequenced by the Pyramid. Recorded directly into the 404.
Levels are a bit fucky and my timing was off in a few places, but overall Iām proud of it. I really like what happened at ~1:18 with the transition out of the drone-y breakdown.
My NY resolution is to start finishing songs. Up until now Iāve honestly been kinda scared to record anything - or, perhaps more accurately, too scared to listen to myself.
This year is about trying to let go of that self-judgement and getting in the habit of finishing ideas then moving on to the next one. So, Iām going to build out this idea a bit, re-record it properly, and then move on 
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7 years ago, microgranny, PO and monotron delay was my intro to making music.
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Really like it.
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Pretty sure this is my first attempt at solo electronic stuff. Probably about 2002 but so long ago I canāt remember how I made it
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This is the earliest export I have in my files, itās from 2019, think I got enamored by the little melody hook that was probably the first hook I had ever created in my life, just kept playing it live so itās boringly repetitive. I had never done any music before 2019 
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Wow, this recording of mine received more attention in this thread than for the past almost 30 (?!?) years.
I simply love you all dear Elektronauts!!! 
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i asked my dear old bass playing friend if he could find the dear old atari stuff from '89ā¦this could get serious
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@blackeegreen I love this! Iād love to see how you iterate on it.
@ViolentMeals I also love this. Itās got great atmosphere.
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A little knowledge is often a creative thing.
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It was 1999 and my friend gave me diskettes with FT2 and samples. I was a gabber and loved Quake and Carmageddon.
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