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For anyone that just wants to listen to the music in the collection I recommend installing the iOS app 4champ https://4champ.net/ https://apps.apple.com/app/4champ/id578311010 And going to radio mode and toggling it to Radio ON. This immediately starts streaming music from Amiga Music Preservation and playing it. The iOS app also runs on macOS, although its UI is not ideal for use on a computer as it is more geared t…
No android program?
Though having missed the glory years of tracker music, since a young age I have had a strong affection for its sound.
Another treasure trove for tracker music is The Mod Archive: https://modarchive.org/
Some of my favorite tracker music:
- Purple Motion - Starshine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3xHPIuX3s4
- Robert Allen - Epic Pinball Theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqC9yS9oLCY
- Dr. Awesome - Space Deliria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g60hfiO1WY
- 4mat - Chipmusic is dead https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfSoqzkWhF8
- 4mat - Eternity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHzG7OJ76t8
For those who like ambient:
- Jazz Jackrabbit 2: Water https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyHJ7IWBpRs
- Deus Ex: Naval Base https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aj4jfiqiLw
Great to see that the preservation effort is still alive. Though having missed the glory years of tracker music, since a young age I have had a strong affection for its sound. Another treasure trove for tracker music is The Mod Archive: https://modarchive.org/ Some of my favorite tracker music: - Purple Motion - Starshine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3xHPIuX3s4 - Robert Allen - Epic Pinball Theme https://www.yout…
Maybe the mono 8-bit generation will never like stereo 16-bit.
For some reason stereo just makes me nauseus. Maybe the mono 8-bit generation will never like stereo 16-bit. http://csdb.dk
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GrM0hHzM4to
There's a guy who remixes old computer game music on a modern DAW, so you're not actually listening to music producer by the Amiga any more. However, his remix of the Speedball II music is worth listening to...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kyeAX27GDC4
I love the fact that he took in-game sounds and mixed them into the music (like the injured player being carted off, and the ice-cream seller in the crowd)
For the folks that want to make music in that amiga tracker style- check out the Polyend Tracker. It’s a usb(a phone charger battery will run this thing for hours) powered self contained groovebox/synth/sampler with an 8 track tracker style sequencer. I just got mine a week ago and it’s already one of my favorite pieces of kit. I can go outside, lay in bed/on the couch and make music that I would have to be at a desk…
That said, if there's one beef then for me it's the hard limit of 8 channels. That limit makes it very hard to do anything with chords, somewhat limiting the kinds of genres it's suitable for. Growing up with FastTracker 2, it feels a bit like a needless limitation. If my 486DX computer could do 32 channels why can't a modern piece of kit?
Even with that, though, it's a very well thought out piece of gear. I'm impressed with the software UX, they clearly spent a lot of man-hours iterating on that. Once you figure out the button combos and shortcuts it's really quite productive.