# Atari Video Music Story & Restoration

> Join me as I embark on a mission to restore my Atari Video Music, Atari's trippy music visualiser from 1977. In this 2-part special I'm going to be replacing the woodwork, designing an s-video output mod, and converting the device to run on a UK 230V power supply.

- Canonical URL: https://ctrl-alt-rees.com/2020-11-25-atari-video-music-story-teardown-restoration-and-s-video-mod-part-1.html
- Published: 2020-11-25
- Last updated: 2022-01-30
- Author: Rees (ctrl-alt-rees)
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GShDIkdpq58 (21:46)
- Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0 UK (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/uk/), unless stated otherwise below

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GShDIkdpq58

**Note that as of 2022-01-30 this video has been superseded. The original title and description remains but the link above has been updated to point to the new video. :)**

Join me as I embark on a mission to restore my Atari Video Music, Atari's trippy music visualiser from 1977. In this 2-part special I'm going to be replacing the woodwork, designing an s-video output mod, and converting the device to run on a UK 230V power supply.

Thanks to John from [Amigos Retro Gaming](https://www.youtube.com/AmigosRetroGaming)  / [This Week in Retro podcast](https://anchor.fm/thisweekinretro) for your voice acting contribution!

Also big thanks to h0ffman for allowing me to use his track "5k Reese" to demo: [https://soundcloud.com/h0ffman](https://soundcloud.com/h0ffman)

Relevant Links:

RMC Discord ctrl-alt-rees Room: [https://discord.com/channels/431348664489738251/735847458000863252](https://discord.com/channels/431348664489738251/735847458000863252)

Paul Rickards composite mod tweet: [https://twitter.com/paulrickards/status/901505157074210817](https://twitter.com/paulrickards/status/901505157074210817)

Atari Video Music schematic: [http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/dedicated/videomusic/videomusic.html](http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/dedicated/videomusic/videomusic.html)

Video Music patent: [https://patents.google.com/patent/US4081829](https://patents.google.com/patent/US4081829)

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Music Credit:

Royalty-Free Music From Epidemic Sound: [https://www.epidemicsound.com](https://www.epidemicsound.com)

Music By h0ffman: [https://soundcloud.com/h0ffman](https://soundcloud.com/h0ffman)