The clips which are presented below were recorded in 44kHz 16-bit stereo, and edited and the
noise reduced in an excellent program called Cool Edit '96.
However the set of clips at the time of writing take 75MB native.
To reduce the download time, and increase the number of clips that I can include, I have done one or
both of the following :
You can usually play the samples by just clicking on the links, if this doesn't work then your
helper applications are up the spout in your browser, or you may not have the necessary sound hardware.
You should also be able to download/save the sounds for later by holiding down SHIFT while clicking
the links. Or right click and Save Link As.
If you want a copy of the native samples then please contact me, details in the
Bits & Bobs part of the site, and I'll try to sort you out.
My audio exploits began after much badgering of my mum (see picture in
Cam's Visual) to buy a cassette recorder.
Goodness knows where the inspiration for this came from, but it did, and the
badgering paid off.
As a present for 'being good' at my sister's wedding in June 1985 (I was 11), my brother and I were
presented with a Matsui Mono Radio/Cassette, cost around 25UKP. 14 years too early it
led the pack and went for a sleek silver finish, which now is mandatory on
audio equipment. However, enough of the rambling about casing fashions.
The first foray into radio type recordings came with the Dixons C60 cassettes purchased, again
after much harranging of my mother, after explaining that the machine was pretty useless
without them. They starred my brother and myself and a Philips record deck running my
sisters disgarded record collection.
I planned to bring you a clip of the first of these particular tapes, but they are
still lodged back at my parents house, so after Easter there will be a link here
It wasn't just re-recording of 7" records though, I discovered ways of pushing that machine beyond it's limits. Early multitracking came by learning that by partially pressing down the record button, the erase head did not erase the previous part of the tape. So some 'rounds' were recorded : 'Biggest Record' WAV - (88K) | 'Biggest Record' MP3 - (32K) or even the better rendition of a DIY store's catchline 'Pop Into Toms' MP3 - (66K) .
Later on, the foray into electronics came, and a failed attempt was made to construct an FM
transmitter using a plan from J. Bull Electrical in Brighton (the coils were prepared
using solid core copper turned around a pencil, with the hope that the coils would not short).
Following this I purchased a 'Tokai' TWM-215 radio microphone from the same establishment for 13UKP
in 1988. Below is what its packaging looks like - what do you think of the lady with the mike?
The range printed on the packaging (500 feet ~ 150 metres) did not seem to be over
specified, but it allowed the device to be used in and around the house, but not far down
the road. I have many recordings of range tests which usually involve horrendous break-ups
of the signal as soon as we leave the front gate.
Despite the limited range of the radio microphone, regular programming began in 1990,
usually on a Sunday evening at the end of the chart programme
on Radio One MP3 - MP3 (73K).
In February 1990 I moved frequencies to 104FM and recorded a set of jingles, (using a Casio
SK1 keyboard the first commercially available sampling keyboard in the UK). The jingles were
to use for my (now daily) programming, and were created using samples of random sound effects
that I created, and the pre-programmed rhythms on the keyboard.
At this stage in the operation I was using the operating station name of 'Radio CPE',
standing for Cameron Patterson Enterprises.
Other 90/60 minute recordings were available on cassette from the existing programmes that had
not been broadcast.
There are 3 jingles recorded from the February 1990 session. They are presented here in
chronological order :
The whole radio project was now becoming larger by now, more people were getting involved,
including my cousin Douglas Noble, and fellow school incumbants, Peter Smith and Jonathan Rust.
You can find pictures of them in the Visuals part
of this website. Together with the new purchase of a new higher powered transmitter kit, this time
from Greenweld Electronics in Southampton, it became
apparent that a name change would be necessary.
It's unclear how the name first came about, but the station was labelled with the moniker
'Satan FM'. 
However, looking at this name,
we find that 'Radio Satan' can be a corruption of 'radio station', and that radio stations of the
time were falling over each other to add 'FM' to their name, witness
Radio 1's rebirth as '1FM'. Perhaps the pirate nature
of the whole affair also had an influence !
Again we tuned the transmitter to around 104FM, and now the range of the station appeared to be
around 2 miles, line of sight - enough to cover the whole town.
Once the name was set further jingles were recorded for the station. This time 4-track recorders and the Roland MIDI module were borrowed from the music department at the High School. Allowing much higher quality than from out home keyboards. By this time Jonathan Rust had also purchased a SAM computer and was busily coding this machine to produce jingles and stings :
In 1991 an 'Order Form' was produced listing all the cassette recordings, and a 'product descriptions' sheet was also made. All were printed by a lovely Citizen 120D+ printer, and produced on my SAM Coupe computer. I have reproduced both these documents within the table below :
| Code | Title.................................................................................................................. | Running Time | Price (UKP) | Tick Here |
| F01 | Satan FM- The Extravaganza (Highlights) -
{ Edited version of a Bank Holiday Monday FM law breaking exercise |
90 | 1.50 | |
| F02 | The Rusting Camshaft Show -
{ Our guide to your local scrapyard where SATANIC rituals are held with Je**y |
90 | 1.50 | |
| F03 | The Backwards Tape Experience -
{ tsirhC-itnA lacol ruoy htiw sgnilbmar cinataS eroM |
90 | 1.50 | |
| F04 | The Girlie Talk Experience -
{ Not for parents, grandad, pe-pubescant males, or for that matter, Girlies |
90 | POA | |
| F05 | Charlie Jimmy's Find the Note Experience -
{ Charlie from Glasgow finds missing notes in MAX-AM piss-take/Scintilating quiz |
90 | 1.50 | |
| C01 | CPE Part 1 -
{ A six part History lesson in which Cameron gets over-familiar with his red |
90 | 1.50 | |
| C02 | CPE Part 2 -
{ microphone, and Piglet and Pooh meet a Heffalump, This, however, does not |
90 | 1.50 | |
| C03 | CPE Part 3 -
{ detract from the overall educational value of these cassettes which should |
60 | 1.50 | |
| C04 | CPE Part 4 -
{ prove invaluable in acheiving an A-Grade in A-Level History. (But not if Mrs. |
60 | 1.50 | |
| C05 | CPE Part 5 -
{ Hill is your teacher) These compact audio cassettes, although analogue, |
90 | 1.50 | |
| C06 | CPE Part 6 -
{ provide much excuse for filling up space on this form |
60 | 1.50 | |
| E01 | The Complete SATAN FM Extravaganza -
{ The complete unadulterated version of the world famous SATAN FM Extravaganza |
270 | 3.50 | |
| F06 | Project Trident Experience 1 & Mok Exam Exp -
{ Our Work Experience experiences experienced for your experiences & How to freeze your bollocks off in a pretend exam, in a hall full of wheezing folk |
90 | 1.50 | |
| F07 | Project Trident Experience 2 & Mok Exam Exp -
{ As above, but with a trip to Spittal beach and a message for all English tutors |
90 | 1.50 | |
| F08 | The Fone Bugging Experience -
{ Bugged Phones ahoy! (Up yours, British Telecom) Not for sale to Buzby, Beattie, Fidel Castro or Bryan Adams without their prior assasination |
60 | 1.50 | |
| F09 | Nolcam -
{ Back in the VERY early days of Satan FM, N. Dalrymple comes to visit(??!!??) |
90 | 1.50 | |
| F10 | Doug & Cam, Live with Dodgy Talkback -
{ Dodgy bzzt-wherple-hsss-fzzp-Radio Borduzz-Sodding Machinzz-Talkback |
90 | 1.50 | |
| F11 | The Sing-a-Long-a-Tom Cruise Tape -
{ SATAN FM stars in shock-horror interview/sing-song with Top Gun actor (ahem) |
90 | 1.50 | |
| S01 | The Andrew McLeod Obituary -
{ After the untimely demise of AD Mcleod, we bring you a tribute to the dead man |
90 | 1.50 | |
| S02 | The Andrew McLeod Mega-mikz -
{ An extended insult.....err....tribute to Scotchy. Inc- Many original piss-takes |
90 | 1.50 | |
| F12 | The SUNDAY after FRIDAY 13th Experience -
{ Odd happenings in live phone-out, including wrong nos. and very strange Smith people |
90 | 1.66 | |
| F13 | The Fabulous 1st of June Tape -
{ 'Cos of the significance of the date,a Satan FM tape just had to be produced |
90 | 1.50 | |
| F14 | The Granma Got Run Over By a Reindeer Exp -
{ In this tribute to SANTA, Grandma gets run over by a Reindeer in the studio |
90 | 1.50 | |
| F15 | The "Waffle Waffle about a Birthday" Tape -
{ If you've Got The Time, then Sit Down and listen to this Satan FM product |
90 | 1.50 |
Queen's 'Another One Bites The Dust - WAV (444K). This is the backward Version, revealing to us all that the late, and some may say great, Fred Mercury was telling us - "It's fun to smoke Marjuana, Woosh Woosh Neggy Neggy". Play it right way round if you don't believe it's true. This was recorded on the 20th April 1991, and proved inspiration for the SFM 'Backwards Tape Experience'.
A live jammed blues (mmmmmm) set - MP3 (930K). This recording was made on Friday 3rd January 1992 on a test cassette which is not otherwise available. Where the subject material came from is still contentded at regular occasions, but 2 days later - I got my gravy courtesy of mum's Sunday lunch.
A 24hr TV marathon - MP3 (43K). This was very lame, and started in the early 1990s as ITV's opposition to the BBC 'Children in Need' and the 'Comic Relief' events. Michael Aspel made a fool of himself (and even nipped off for some sleep in the middle (poor thing) ). Needless to say it's been pulled as they can fill up 24hrs of TV with dross on all channels nowadays. This is unfortunate as the BBC test card was one of the most interesting, and mesmerising ever devised.