10 Jan
2006
10 Jan
'06
6:09 a.m.
On Mon, 09 Jan, 2006 at 08:20PM -0800, reuben spake thus:
A few months back I posted to this list regarding
running buzz tracker,
which is an excellent piece of windows freeware, on linux. I put
together a quick piece to demonstrate what it does; this isn't
particularly complex musically, but I quite like it. Aside from the amen
loop, which comes in @ approx 1:00, every sound is synthesized by buzz
(the amen is provided by a machine which is dedicated to producing amen
loops, so even that is not from an externally loaded sample.)
Wow! What an ace instrument! Sorry, machine. Amen just can't be
overused.
The ogg and bmx (buzz tracker file) are both here:
http://flavor8.com/index.php/2006/01/09/music-made-using-buzz-tracker/
I like this, but I couldn't help thinking it should build and then
snap into something louder, with more beat and crunchier synths.
As explained previously, unfortunately there will
never be a port of the
software to linux, as the developer lost the source code when his hard
drive crashed(!). There are a huge number of machines (see
buzzmachines.com) written to its API, so it would be highly advantageous
to Linux audio if somebody were to write a client that could use them -
hint, hint.
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