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Off-Topic => Off-Topic Discussion => Topic started by: Serge on January 17, 2010, 02:55:10 PM
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demoscene (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demoscene)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiptune (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiptune)
Anyone heard of this? Here's a sample song:
http://venema.q3k.org/mp3/Dubmood%20-%20Toffelskater%20(dubmood%202007%20remix).mp3 (http://venema.q3k.org/mp3/Dubmood%20-%20Toffelskater%20(dubmood%202007%20remix).mp3)
Something a bit more classic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtUVC11ba4g (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtUVC11ba4g)
Something a bit more modern:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uU4BzSQQmY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uU4BzSQQmY)
Here's a webradio that streams this kind of music 24/7:
http://www.scenemusic.eu/demovibes/ (http://www.scenemusic.eu/demovibes/)
with a direct stream:
http://nectarine.q3k.org:1234/necta192.m3u (http://nectarine.q3k.org:1234/necta192.m3u)
or
http://nectarine.q3k.org:1234/necta192 (http://nectarine.q3k.org:1234/necta192)
Basically it's a style of music that replicates the sound capabilities and hardware limitations of early computers and gaming consoles. You'd be surprised what can be accomplished with 4 sound channels (voices / instruments), each only able to produce a sine, triangle, square or pulse wave.
If you haven't heard of this before, check it out and tell me what do you think about it. But anyone that hasn't known the C64 / Amiga era will probably hate it.