Q: Which version of SoundTracker introduced MODs?
A: Master SoundTracker 1.0, but you could not load them.

Link: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=34745

#amiga #amigamod #chiptune #retromusic #retrocomputing

Thank you to all who showed up for the SoundTracker stream. Hopefully this will stand as a canonical example of using the very first Amiga tracker, and how we had to convert songs to MODs. #amigamod #retrocomputing #retromusic #commodoreAmiga https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKwWNGRhFFc

Ever wanted to see how the very first Amiga tracker worked? I am spending a chunk of my Friday (starting 10am CST) putting together a cover of Gazuzu's "Go Go Gorilla" (1983).

The system itself is an emulated Amiga 500 running WorkBench 1.2 in WinUAE, using a copy of The Ultimate Soundtracker version 1.21.

The resulting track will then be upconverted using NoiseTracker, while also updating the effect commands, to be able to save a MOD version of the song, that can be downloaded.

Stream: https://youtube.com/live/pKwWNGRhFFc?feature=share #retrocomputing #amiga500 #amiga #amigamod

Am in the middle of working on my little challenge to cover Gazuzu's "Go Go Gorilla (1983)" using the very first #commodoreAmiga tracker The Ultimate SoundTracker, and its preset sounds. This is how I construct a single pattern and add it to the song. https://youtu.be/PaenE838K0o #retrocomputing #retromusic #amigamod

Working my way through the next pattern of Go Go Gorilla, first adding the notes, then the arpeggio commands. Eagle eyed viewers will notice that the arpeggio command changed early on... #soundtracker #amigamod #oldschool #italodisco #st01

In this video, I show what it was like to write music inside the first publicly released version of The Ultimate Soundtracker, the very first #AmigaMod tracker, with a small bit of comparison to ProTracker 1.1b. #amiga500 #retromusic #protracker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv5FawXQHfk

Giving myself a little challenge to cover Gazuzu's "Go Go Gorilla" using the very first #CommodoreAmiga tracker: The Ultimate SoundTracker, using only its preset sounds. First pattern. #italodisco #amigamod #oldschool.

The spring of 1991 saw the release of "Space Debris" by Markus "Captain" Kaarlonen. It had won first prize in a music competition in Sweden (Anarchy Easter Party), and was making its rounds across many different BBSes (now all lost to time.).

I had downloaded a copy, and was immediately awestruck at just how well it was put together. Here was someone who was determined to transcend the four channel, 8-bit, small sample constrained format and make something that sounded much bigger than its container.

With careful use of sample offsets, volume fades, and sample crossfades, he was able to make something that flowed, and did not sound like it was put together with 8-bit sample fragments. Here, finally, was a module that demonstrated what #Protracker 1.1A, in the right hands, could achieve.

As someone who loved to write music in trackers, it also intimidated the shit out of me. :)

#amiga #commodoreamiga #tracker #amigamod

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKfmHy4n_o4

Body Blows AGA Intro Tune - Amiga.
By Allister Brimble.

Original MOD - Digitally Remastered.

#amigalove #musicelectronic #amiga #AmigaMusic #AmigaMod

Agony Intro Tune - Amiga.
By Tim Wright.

Original MOD - Digitally Remastered.

#amigalove #musicelectronic #amiga #AmigaMusic #AmigaMod