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Amiga Music Tracker in JavaScript

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Re: Amiga Music Tracker in JavaScript

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Post by puzzle »

baldfat wrote: post #6
degenerate wrote: post #5

GitHub link: https://github.com/steffest/bassoontracker Everything about this makes me giddy with excitement, from the cursor to the faded out numbers in the digital display. I "miss" these times, yet I was born too late to enjoy it in real time. I hope the demoscene lives on forever and we keep seeing it pop up in future tech.

When I opened it I swear I got teary eyed. Things were so much harder that when you finally got something decent it just made you feel like you were king of the nerd hill.

I was bummed when I clicked on "Space song" thinking "Cool, they have the demo tune by the Silents!" and got something else instead. Luckily, it took just a few clicks to get to the real thing by Jesper Kyd (who later scored Hitman and Assassin's Creed):

https://www.stef.be/bassoontracker/?file=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.m...

And so's 4mat's classic 28KB chiptune, aka L.F.F.:

https://www.stef.be/bassoontracker/?file=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.m...

Memories! All that's missing is a way to build a playlist, although, of course, a lot of MOD songs never end, technically speaking...

[I wrote a MOD player back in the day, IIRC it supported most of the standard commands and it was less than 8KB of 68K code.]

Re: Amiga Music Tracker in JavaScript

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Post by puzzle »

exogeny wrote: post #29

Oh man, this is amazing. I'm teary-eyed with nostalgia, too. For anyone who is unfamiliar with the demoscene and tracker music, here are some recommended old-school tunes to spin up to get a feel for the art at the time. (Someone more in touch than me will have to lead you to the new school!) Just keep in mind the technological limitations on some of these songs: 4 channels, maybe 100k all-in for such wonderful music…

The in-game metal-ish music for Psygnosis' The Killing Game Show, by Ray Norrish: https://www.stef.be/bassoontracker/?file=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.m...

Tim Wright's percussion-rich Shadow of the Beast 2: https://www.stef.be/bassoontracker/?file=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.m...

Frederic Hahn's Dear Rob, quintessential chiptune dedicated to Rob Hubbard: https://www.stef.be/bassoontracker/?file=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.m...

Fleshbrain's Graveyard #2, kinda spooky, kinda Art of Noise: https://www.stef.be/bassoontracker/?file=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.m...

The Alibi, originally by Laxity: https://www.stef.be/bassoontracker/?file=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.m...

Then there's Chris Huelsbeck's music for Turrican and co., but he had his own format, TFMX.

Re: Amiga Music Tracker in JavaScript

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Post by AceJohnny2 »

exogeny wrote: post #29

Oh man, this is amazing. I'm teary-eyed with nostalgia, too. For anyone who is unfamiliar with the demoscene and tracker music, here are some recommended old-school tunes to spin up to get a feel for the art at the time. (Someone more in touch than me will have to lead you to the new school!) Just keep in mind the technological limitations on some of these songs: 4 channels, maybe 100k all-in for such wonderful music…

Karsten Koch - The Blue Valley (darn, S3M can't be played on Bassoon) https://modarchive.org/module.php?37685

Skaven - Catch that Goblin!! https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&qu...

Skaven - 2nd Reality (from the absolute classic demo) https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&qu...

Uplink, the hacking video game, actually used a bunch of classic tracks as its OST: https://youtu.be/8Esv7RPM--c

Re: Amiga Music Tracker in JavaScript

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Post by AceJohnny2 »

exogeny wrote: post #29

Oh man, this is amazing. I'm teary-eyed with nostalgia, too. For anyone who is unfamiliar with the demoscene and tracker music, here are some recommended old-school tunes to spin up to get a feel for the art at the time. (Someone more in touch than me will have to lead you to the new school!) Just keep in mind the technological limitations on some of these songs: 4 channels, maybe 100k all-in for such wonderful music…

> Captain - Space Debris

Actually part of the sample set on this tracker :)

Re: Amiga Music Tracker in JavaScript

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Post by walterstucco »

exogeny wrote: post #29

Oh man, this is amazing. I'm teary-eyed with nostalgia, too. For anyone who is unfamiliar with the demoscene and tracker music, here are some recommended old-school tunes to spin up to get a feel for the art at the time. (Someone more in touch than me will have to lead you to the new school!) Just keep in mind the technological limitations on some of these songs: 4 channels, maybe 100k all-in for such wonderful music…

CANNONFOD.MOD

Re: Amiga Music Tracker in JavaScript

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Post by egypturnash »

akx wrote: post #17
snvzz wrote: post #13

Since it plays modules made for the Amiga, linking this is mandatory: https://bel.fi/alankila/modguide/interpolate.txt

This bit made me go "wat" out loud. > Additionally, it is possible to engage a low-pass 12 dB/oct Butterworth filter tuned at approximately 3.2 kHz by turning the Amiga power LED brighter with a special protracker command.

This didn't happen on the earliest Amigas. It just changed the power LED brightness.

I had one game (Psygnosis "Baal", otherwise fairly unmemorable) that flickered the LED with the beat of the title track just because it looked cool. It sounded awful on anything besides an A1000.

Re: Amiga Music Tracker in JavaScript

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Post by EamonnMR »

I've been trying to get into trackers for sequencing for a while, but the learning curve is very steep. Has anyone got resources to learn how to sequence one of these beasts with a keyboard? They seem to be the key to making lots and lots of intricate breakbeats.

Re: Amiga Music Tracker in JavaScript

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Post by aphrax »

exogeny wrote: post #29

Oh man, this is amazing. I'm teary-eyed with nostalgia, too. For anyone who is unfamiliar with the demoscene and tracker music, here are some recommended old-school tunes to spin up to get a feel for the art at the time. (Someone more in touch than me will have to lead you to the new school!) Just keep in mind the technological limitations on some of these songs: 4 channels, maybe 100k all-in for such wonderful music…

One more to add - Hired Guns soundtrack, amazing. Still Listen to it regularly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AddWUtIuFu0

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