On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 4:26 PM Thomas Brand <tom(a)trellis.ch> wrote:
>
> On 2019-10-25 16:16, Benjamin Niemann wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 3:45 PM Thomas Brand <tom(a)trellis.ch> wrote:
> >> I've tons of Amiga Disks (Sample Disks named ST-01 ... ) and Modules
> >> archived. If anybody has the tools to read them back and eventually
> >> convert to 21st century, I'd happily provide these disks.
> >
> > As in "physical 3.5" floppies"? Might not be necessary to go the
> > "hardware route" to get the data back (at least for the samples), as
> > they are still available on good old aminet:
> > http://aminet.net/search?name=st-&path[]=mods/inst
> >
> Indeed, those. Remaining the 3.5" modules, which is a funky mix of
> ripped (MKII action replay) and hand-crafted/unreleased tunes..
Just in case the ".ch" in your mail address correctly implies that
you're in Switzerland:
There will be the "Vintage Computer Festival" in Zürich in ~1 month:
https://vcfe.ch/doku.php
That might be a place to find people who still have the needed hardware.
-Ben
On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 3:45 PM Thomas Brand <tom(a)trellis.ch> wrote:
> I've tons of Amiga Disks (Sample Disks named ST-01 ... ) and Modules
> archived. If anybody has the tools to read them back and eventually
> convert to 21st century, I'd happily provide these disks.
As in "physical 3.5" floppies"? Might not be necessary to go the
"hardware route" to get the data back (at least for the samples), as
they are still available on good old aminet:
http://aminet.net/search?name=st-&path[]=mods/inst
-Ben
Hey everyone!
My music "career" started with mod music. Nope, not the music and fashion
subculture from the late 1950s, but this mod music
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Module_file>, when people used programs
called "trackers" to produce stuff. It was either this or buying expensive
hardware.
Although people associate MOD music scene mostly with chiptunes, it was
much more than that, and has its own pantheon of musical gods
<https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_chart&query=topartists> who
produced tracks ranging from synth pop
<https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&query=35280> to
jazz
<https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&query=135135>,
from orchestral
<https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&query=120901> to
realistic folk instrumentals
<https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&query=155605>.
Immersed in this music, I severed my link to the mainstream idea of songs
with their standard verse/chorus, and endless drivel about relationships.
That link has not been restored. My mind was opened to music that was so
unlike anything I'd heard before that it felt a bit like walking through
that door in the wall. (Is this H.G. Wells reference
<https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/do…>
too obscure? :) )
My heroes were Elwood, DRAX, Awesome. Who even knows these names? I once
created a Wikipedia page for Elwood and it stayed up for many years, but
recently I discovered that it was removed. And yet Elwood
<https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_artist_modules&query=69004>
is a legendary musician and producer in the MOD scene, who has inspired and
awed several generations of fellow tracker musicians.
Some names have gotten enough traction to stay on Wikipedia. Purple Motion
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonne_Valtonen> is one clear example.
Several producers, famous today, started out using trackers. Here is
an incomplete
list <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Tracker_musicians>. It mostly
lacks artists who made their names in the tracking scene, but did not
become notable outside of it.
It's been a while since I went on a nostalgia tour, but due to my recent
project of putting out an album of old tunes called "Only Slightly
Embarrassing"
<https://louigiverona.com/?page=projects&s=music&t=slightly_embarrassing>,
I decided to cross further into the continent of "back in my days", which
brought me straight to ModArchive <https://modarchive.org/>. Eventually, I
was convinced that I should try making more tracked works, at the very
least because my early works were so shitty that I felt I had to make up
for that.
Long story short, I realized that MOD music is the true Open Source Music.
I mean, think about it. The most widely used software today is GPLed (
OpenMPT <https://openmpt.org/>). The modules you release are open source
too, just like JavaScript. You open your XM or IT file and inspect how the
tune was created. And you learn.
And there is surely stuff to learn. Not all of it is even tracker-specific.
People had no EQs, no compressors, no reverbs. And yet so much of tracked
music sounds just incredible
<https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&query=134387>.
How did they do it? It turns out, there are ways.
Of course, all of that leads to a bit of self promotion. I would like to
draw your attention to the two tunes that I've written in the past month
with OpenMPT and which you can download and see how they were made. (Or
don't. You can instead explore ModArchive's Top Favorites
<https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_top_favourites>.)
- Lid
<https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&query=186854>
- Twizzy II
<https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&query=186855>
You can just use an Online Player to listen to them in a browser, or you
can use almost any modern player to play them. Audacious, VLC, for example.
An interesting thing is that the MOD scene has its own cultural backdrop:
it is primarily melodic oriented, and having melodies means a lot. If you
don't like melodies, you go for trance. I am putting out minimal house,
rominimal even. So, I am sure I will get little love.
But for those of you who enjoy this style of music, I think you might like
these. I am personally very happy with the sound and how both of these
turned out. And yet - no EQing, no nothing. Just volume envelopes, volume
levels and panning work. **a little proud**
It's somehow interesting to me that this is open source minimal house
music. Not a lot of those out there.
p.s.: fuck my tracks, listen to this
<https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&query=34427>
Louigi Verona
https://louigiverona.com/
DrumGizmo 0.9.18 Released!
DrumGizmo is an open source, multichannel, multilayered, cross-platform
drum plugin and stand-alone application. It enables you to compose drums
in midi and mix them with a multichannel approach. It is comparable to
that of mixing a real drumkit that has been recorded with a multimic setup.
This release is primarily a bugfix release but a few new features also
managed to sneak in.
Highlights:
* Sample selection algorithm now behaves a lot better when using a
small sample set.
* Error reporting has been drastically improved when loading
drum-kits.
* Sample normalization option has been added.
As usual read the detailed description of all the new shiny features,
including some audio samples [1].
And now, without further ado, go grab 0.9.18!!! [2]
[1]: https://drumgizmo.org/wiki/doku.php?id=changelog:drumgizmo-0.9.18
[2]: http://www.drumgizmo.org/wiki/doku.php?id=getting_drumgizmo
Hey everyone!
When I am playing a MIDI file with Timidity, I would get warning messages
along the lines of:
*No instrument mapped to tone bank 0, programm 11 - this instrument will
not be heard.*
Is there a way to somehow automatically map something to this missing
instrument? If not with Timidity, then with some other MIDI player?
Louigi Verona
https://louigiverona.com/
Just wondering who else will be visiting Sonoj this year.
I finally managed to get travel and accommodation sorted out this year, so I'll
be there as a visitor.
Hmmm...
Hope that doesn't put anyone off :P
--
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk
Say you have a poem and I have a tune.
Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.
Oops, almost forgot this :o
I'm now quite well known by the Synthfest organisers and even had a pre-printed
badge this year :)
I had a hour to set up, but actually managed to get everything up and running
within half an hour, including a Raspberry Pi 3B.
Once set up, I had time for a quick look around the other stands. The balance
was more towards hardware rather than software this year, and I didn't see
*any* windows boxes at all. There was lots of modular stuff, kit form as well as
pre-built.
The big boys, Yamaha, Korg, etc. had their own individual rooms on the lower
floor, and the talks were held in a nearby annex. Unfortunately I wasn't able to
get away to see any of those - I think I need an assistant on the stand!
When the doors were opened, it became very busy indeed. Something like twice as
many visitors as last year, and more seriously interested rather than just
curious. I was kept pretty occupied the whole day. I had the pleasure of two
very good musicians playing on the laptop driven larger keyboard, one of which
decided the 64ft Organ sound was ideal for a quick rendition of Bach Toccata &
Fugue in Dm!
The Raspberry Pi, got a lot of interest, and outright astonishment from quite a
few people. There is a very good chance we'll get more users via this route.
The idea of this as a stand-alone synth 'module' seemed to catch on straight
away.
I had plenty of the flyers from last year and a good number of them were picked
up. I also had 40 laminated 'mini' banners with contact info on the reverse
side - I only brought three of these home!
The guy who got the big banner printed for us brought it with him, but his
train was delayed, and he was only able to get it to me mid morning. He'd been
told they'd actually printed two copies, but didn't realise they were both on
one sheet, and we didn't have the means to cut it in half. We quickly put it
up, but it's not quite how I intended - nevertheless it looks very good.
I love the way the person who produced the artwork came up with the expressions
on all the little robots :)
Photo here - quite good detail if you zoom in :)
www.musically.me.uk/Photos/Synthfest2019/Synthfest2019_12.jpg
--
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk
Say you have a poem and I have a tune.
Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.
Dear Open Source Musicians and Music Lovers,
the submission period for the Open Source Music Nexus 2019 Challenge
has ended and the competition entries are now waiting for your votes!
There are eight submissions to the competition and they are very
stylistically diverse, so there should be something enjoyable for
everybody.
You can listen to the entries here:
https://nexus-challenge.osamc.de/vote/
(If the audio players do not show up in your browser, click the
"Download" button for each track to go to its page on archive.org.)
Voting is open to everybody* and runs until the end of Saturday of the
coming week (2019-10-26 23:59 UTC).
Please honor the labor that went into the competition entries and show
your appreciation by casting your vote!
* (Email registration required. The email address is only used for
logging in and sending out the results.)
--
Christopher Arndt
Open Source Audio Meeting Cologne
https://nexus-challenge.osamc.de/
challenge(a)osamc.de
   My current system is pretty old. It's running
on a five-year old desktop Zareason computer.
   I'll replace the hard drive and want to install
a new distro. What's your recommendation?
with thanks,
jim
Hi,
Having installed Lubuntu 18.04.3 64-bit on my old Laptop, I realized that
the calf-plugins from the distro's repositories were perhaps quite old
(0.60) while the latest available from calfpluginstudio are 0.90. I am
thinking of building from source (unless someone has a good PPA), but
building from source requires the package 'lv2core' to be installed,
where-as it seems that Ubuntu 18.04.3 no longer has this package (which is
supposed to be a 'dummy' package). Any thoughts on whether there is an
alternative dummy package, or if I could ignore it and proceed with the
build ?
thanks,
BD <http://twitter.com/edgeliving>