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I would record the MODs from the family computer on to my cassette player so I could listen to them without hogging the computer. Listening to these again is such a nostagia trip.
"Space Debris" was one of my favourite songs...
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Here's a playlist with all of these songs! Thanks for the great recommendations https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnRRE4-idfADx_BgudiHYizK7...
My pleasure! Let me know which one is your favorite :)
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…
I bought one a few weeks ago and I really like it as well. 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, tho…
Like you though, I worry about the channel limit. While 8 channels would be plenty for sequencing monophonic parts, as soon as you start throwing chords in there, or even just mono parts where you want the notes to overlap and decay naturally, 8 channels seems a drastic limitation. The hardware in there must surely be able to handle 32 channels? An internal battery would also have been a useful feature.
As someone who was involved in the Amiga scene I know how all this stuff works. Without that knowledge the site is very hard to use. It wouldn't be difficult to make an MP3 version of this site with an embedded player but I think the hosting costs might be difficult to pay for.
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…
Purple Motion of Future Crew - Unreal 2 https://youtu.be/Dmhtc5S4atU (composed by a 16 yo)
Making of Second Reality with said Future Crew: https://youtu.be/LIIBRr31DIU
9 fingers - Spaceballs: https://youtu.be/n4M7e79XTYk
And making of: https://youtu.be/WgriMuXZ3QY
Kefrens - Desert Dreams: https://youtu.be/jziQBWQxvok
I have been searching for this track for decades, but I fear it is lost forever. My favorite 'mod' track, created with the Farandole Composer software.