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Smash 1 
Handle: Smash 1
Real Name: Karl-Heinz Binder
Lived in: Germany
Ex.Handles: Mash1, Smash1, Mash 1, TAR [The Acoustic Revolution]
Was a member of: Alpha Flight (AFL), Digital SimpleX, The Acoustic Revolution (TAR), The Prophets AG (The Prophets), The Top Boys (TTB), Thrust, Victory

Modules: 18  online
Interview: Read!
Pictures: 1  online

Interview


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    Handle: Smash 1

    Group: TAR

    Date of birth: 17.04.1971


  • 1-How did your interest for computers start? Which year was that?

  • an Atari VCS 2600, an C64 in ~1984, then Sledge Hammer bought an Amiga 500 with a little help of me (less money)in 1987,
    A while later i have to bought my own one.


  • 2-What machines did you previously have? What did you do with them?

  • Atari VCS 2600 for gaming,
    C64 for playing games, but then i discover my love to the
    synthetic sounds. My god, how many time i spent to listening songs by
    Rob Hubbard, Martin Galway, Whittacker, Daglish or Jeroen Tel.
    On Amiga, when the Godfather of Soundtracker, Karsten Obarski brings out his legendary Programm,
    i stardet to make Music on Amiga. We (TAR) made 4 Tunsshows and a lot of Demomusics for varios Groups.
    In End of 1990 we planed to make music professionally for a game. For that we joind Digitgal SimpleX.
    Just bevor the Musics und Grafix were nearly finished, our coders stopped the project. This was not
    so funny for us. So we decidet to stop making music for the first time.
    1991: first x86 machine, a Cyrix 33Mhz 486DLC for doing midi stuff together with an Atari ST520
    for a Home Recording Studio together with Oliver Schlebrowski (Track 41)
    Then I've got a lot of PC updgradings . Now i have a Notebook
    I still have my Amiga 500 for nostalgic reasons.


  • 3-For what specific reason did you end up making music rather than gfx, coding?

  • We loved the music from musicians like Hubbard, Galway, David Withaker and all the others, so we were always
    intersted in making our own stuff but we've got no really good tool. But suddenly Karsten Obarskis
    Soundtracker appeared in the secene. At this time Torsten, Oliver and myself founded "The Acoustic Revolution".


  • 4-Which composing programs have you been using? Which one in particular?

  • We used Soundmonitor on C64.
    on Amiga: Dynamic Drums, Soundtracker, Protracker, Oktalyzer
    We supported Armin Sander with the Oktalyzer. Doing Testing, Demo Songs,
    the Handbook and binging in some cool, fresh ideas.
    Later then an Amiga Midi Sequencer (can't remember it's name) with a Korg 01/W,
    then Cubase 1.0 and later Versions on the x86 machines.


  • 5-With which module did you feel you had reached your goal?

  • Well, on Soundtracker i think it's "Jet to Fly" and "Third Emotion"
    on Oktalyzer "Future Melody" (The First 8-Voices-Song on Amiga) and "V.0.0." are my favorite one.


  • 6-Is there a tune you would like not to remember? For what reason?

  • Some of my first stuff. And "top Time" from Tunsshow 2 (sounds too funny) and some of my First one.


  • 7-In your opinion, what's the value of a music in a demo, game?

  • Without music a demo or game is not complete.


  • 8-At present, are you still composing? For professional or leisure purposes?

  • NO, since 1998. in 1993 me and Track 41 had a Home Recording Studio.
    And did some Stuff for our selfs.


  • 9-What do you think of today's pieces of music such as mpeg,wave,midi,etc...?

  • Great, i wished that we had this opportunity in 1988. Today its much, much easier to make
    musics. Look at Madtracker. There's no compare to the old Originale Soundtracker.


  • 10-Could you tell us some of your all times favourite tunes?

  • There are so many... but to name some: Arkanoid (I made a remake on Amiga), Sanxion,
    Hawkeye, Lightforce..... the most of Hubbard and Galway.


  • 11-Are you planning to make an audio cd with some of your music remastered?

  • In 1993 i made a remasterd recording of our Greatest Hits from the Original Amiga mod´s and okt´s.
    There are 2 Audio-CD´s. If you want to get one, feel free to contact us via E-mail.


  • 12-What bands are you currently listenning to?

  • Depech Mode, Elektric music, Trance, Black music and much more,
    but of course the remastered tunes from C64 and Amigatunes.


  • 13-What does/did the amiga/c64 scene give you?

  • This was the time in my life that gave me the most fun and pleasur.
    So I'am very happy that the scene is still around us for so long time.
    I'am proud to be a part of it. Because we was one of the early pioniers on Soundtracker till Oktalyzer.


  • 14-Are you still active in the scene these days?

  • No, just listing the old tuns and let the old times and memorys alive.


  • 15-Anyone to greet? Anything left to say? Feel free...

  • Read the scroll-text of TAR Tune-Show II - IV. I don't remember all the cool guys at the moment.
    But I really want to greet and thank you guys who make this interview possible, all the guys who
    remastered our favorite tunes and all our fans.





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