FYI, Chip SID Show today (1/26) at 2 pm EST (20:00 CET) on https://scenesat.com/
There were a couple of nice JMJ covers by Nordischsound aired during yesterday's Chip SID Show...Funny how only a good week ago, Nordischsound released their version:
Great stuff!On the subject of demo scene, in the 90s, there was a famous demo group called Future Crew. One of their musicians was named Skaven (Peter Hajba), who later composed a bunch of game music, including Bejeweled and Unreal Tournament. In early days, he did a lot of tracks in Scream Tracker, and later in Impulse Tracker. He actually still releases music today - he's got this thing called Monthly Music Compo (MMC) where he releases a new track on the 15th of each month. Below is one of his old Scream Tracker tunes as well as one of more recent MMC releases, now done in FL Studio.
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Hehe, that's pretty funny. Here's another one, made on a dual Amiga 500 setup.That's great! I found this thread on another forum discussing artists that leveraged Amiga:
Bands that used the Amiga to make Music - English Amiga Board
Bands that used the Amiga to make Music Nostalgia & memorieseab.abime.net
Dance Nation was one of them, apparently, but they used a later model Amiga, I think, not the lowly 500 that I had...
Nice!I hope this halfway fits here:
Motorola DSP53600 emulation project
The group "Usual Suspects" wrote a DSP emulator that can run various old virtual analog synthesizer firmwares like the Access Virus or Waldorf Microwave series. The corresponding VST plugins are even free downloads, check above website. Honestly, I don't even know how they avoid legal trouble.
My ears are telling me, their emulation is pinpoint accurate. I've had a Microwave XT and MicroQ myself, and am very familiar with the usual Virus factory demos. All of these sound superb - and naturally there's zero noise and DAC influence, since that's taken out of the equation. It's hardly noticeable for the average ear, but I dare say all these synths sound better than ever before on the emulator. Technical perfection.
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Audio Demos
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Check the Virus A and MicroQ factory demos, the first ones especially. Play at highest comfortable volume. So much character that comes out nicely. These Usual Suspect dudes did a great job with the implementation. Any of these synths are utter legends amongst producers and musicians, and they breathed new life into them and provided conservation for eternity, beyond aging hardware. Big thumbs up!
Holy shit, that's serious oldschool beats and serious bass.Hehe, that's pretty funny. Here's another one, made on a dual Amiga 500 setup.
Urban Shakedown - Some Justice
They really knew how to make old school music back then!
Hehe, that's pretty funny. Here's another one, made on a dual Amiga 500 setup.
Urban Shakedown - Some Justice