{"id":151064,"date":"2025-11-12T19:01:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T01:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/?p=151064"},"modified":"2025-11-12T19:01:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T01:01:49","slug":"new-documentary-muzix-non-stop-looks-at-creator-of-the-worlds-first-hybrid-midi-multitrack-composition-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2025\/11\/12\/new-documentary-muzix-non-stop-looks-at-creator-of-the-worlds-first-hybrid-midi-multitrack-composition-system\/","title":{"rendered":"New Documentary, Muzix Non Stop, Looks At Creator Of The World&#8217;s First Hybrid MIDI Multitrack Composition System"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Muzix Non-stop | Official Trailer (2025)\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_b6501t0gsA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>A new documentary that looks at the creator of the first commercial MIDI hardware\/software multitrack composing system for personal computers, <strong>Muzix Non Stop<\/strong>, debuts Nov 13, 2025 in New York.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by <strong>Ors Koblicska<\/strong>, the film looks at the life of\u00a0<strong>Andras Szalay<\/strong>, developer of <strong>Muzix-81<\/strong>, a hybrid music system, based on the <strong>Sinclair ZX81<\/strong> home computer. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/EMM_83_11_muzix_81_large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-151087\" src=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/EMM_83_11_muzix_81_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/EMM_83_11_muzix_81_large.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/EMM_83_11_muzix_81_large-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/EMM_83_11_muzix_81_large-476x300.jpg 476w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Muzix Non Stop<\/strong> follows Szalay&#8217;s career from his childhood in a nuclear laboratory to creating more than 50 analog and digital instruments for the international market. The documentary also looks at his musical career with <strong>Panta Rhei<\/strong>, a progressive rock band that achieved fame in Hungary.<\/p>\n<p>The film features interviews with people from around the world, including <strong>David Cockerell<\/strong> (EMS, Akai), <strong>Dave Rossum<\/strong> (E-mu Systems), <strong>Dana Massie<\/strong> (Apple), <strong>Paul Reed Smith<\/strong> (PRS), <strong>Mohini Dey<\/strong>, the bass guitar legend, <strong>Dub FX<\/strong> and many more.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the details on the New York debut:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Muzix Non Stop<\/strong><br \/>\nMuseum of Moving Pictures<br \/>\n36-01 35th Ave, Queens, New York<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">13th November, 2025<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">18:30 Gate opening<br \/>\n19:00 Screening<br \/>\n21:20 Conversation with the creators<br \/>\n22:00 Wines, drinks etc.<\/p>\n<p>After the screening, there are plans to bring the documentary to streaming services.<\/p>\n<p>Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.muzines.co.uk\/articles\/muzix-81\/1759#\">Electronics &amp; Music Maker &#8211; Music Maker Publications (UK), Future Publishing<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new documentary that looks at the creator of the first commercial MIDI hardware\/software multitrack composing system for personal computers, Muzix Non Stop, debuts Nov 13, 2025 in New York.\u00a0&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2025\/11\/12\/new-documentary-muzix-non-stop-looks-at-creator-of-the-worlds-first-hybrid-midi-multitrack-composition-system\/\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New Documentary, Muzix Non Stop, Looks At Creator Of The World&#8217;s First Hybrid MIDI Multitrack Composition System<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":151087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[35987,30572,2920,271,35986,35988,35994],"class_list":["post-151064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electronic-musicians","tag-andras-szalay","tag-documentaries","tag-documentary","tag-history-of-electronic-music","tag-muzix-non-stop","tag-panta-rhei","tag-sinclair-zx81"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/EMM_83_11_muzix_81_large.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151064"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151088,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151064\/revisions\/151088"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}