Huh. Diode had an interview with Vice? That's really cool.

adtrack2 isn't going to run on a 286 though...

jwt27 wrote:

Huh. Diode had an interview with Vice? That's really cool.

Yeah, although it's a bit disappointing that their angle seems to be "omg I just saw this dude on facebook who trolls reddit, and he uses old computers (GASP!) to make music!", as if that was the discovery of the decade and nobody else had thought of it before. They could've mentioned that there's a whole scene of talented and capable musicians composing for OPL3.

I still use Impulse Tracker. ;)

Impulse Tracker under DOS rocks. (And so does Fast Tracker II, i never understood the "Either - or" view on this).
If anyone without a working soundcard is interested in making music under DOS (Even using a C64 emulator under DOS on something like a 33 mhz 486 machine with 4 MB ram 😀),
then look at my post HERE.

i'm a mpt heathen on windows. 🙁

though there IS a Cakewalk for DOS and Trixter made some pc beeper tracking program. you should try that

I too use only ImpulseTracker for MS-DOS, though I run it in DosBOX or a VM running MS-DOS 6 if I felt like experimenting with resonance filters. (Which I don't often, really would be brilliant if these SVN Builds of DosBOX Daum and such could handle MMX properly like VM's do)

I also use ImpulseTracker at a massively basic level, using only commands and effects ST3 had, and using only sample control, never touching instruments.

Gemini000 wrote:

I still use Impulse Tracker. 😉

Do you have a good resource for samples? I have some ideas floating around for some BGM for my YT channel, but I'm struggling to get started without samples.

I just rip samples from Skaven, Necros, Khyron, and Siren.

I do own no.1 instruments from MAZ-Sound Tools but he closed up shop so it's not available for purchase anymore... Wonder why he closed up shop though...

EDIT: I also use the GUS Classic sampleset and the Pro Patches Lite sample set too. And also Eric A. Welsh patches.

SquallStrife wrote:

Do you have a good resource for samples? I have some ideas floating around for some BGM for my YT channel, but I'm struggling to get started without samples.

Early on I just used to rip samples from any source I could get my hands on - game music (from Star Control II to Unreal), various musicians, and even a Roland drum module from which I recorded every single sound (heh). Of course there are professional sample CDs as well as free resources online, but you usually have to know what sort of samples you're looking for first (percussion, electronic, orchestral, whatever).
Alternatively, get one of those free soft-synths/samplers and make your own. 😀

SquallStrife wrote:

Do you have a good resource for samples?

Technically no.

Instead, I've sort of built up my own sample kit over the years, currently containing about 60 samples, picking and choosing new sounds carefully from numerous sources each time I need something I don't have, occasionally cleaning out sounds I never use.

SquallStrife wrote:

Gemini000 wrote:

I still use Impulse Tracker. 😉

Do you have a good resource for samples? I have some ideas floating around for some BGM for my YT channel, but I'm struggling to get started without samples.

If you happen to have an iPad or an iPhone, this app comes with an amazing sample library.

Quest Studios used to host the install disks for Voyetra Sequencer Plus Gold, but it's closed down now and relaunched as something else now. I still have the files, though. Pretty darn good MIDI sequencer for DOS.