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

It all began in the middle 80's when a friend of mine got a VIC-20
and later the very same year got himself a Commodore64.

I got my C64 in 1988. And I used it to play games with in mostly
in the beginning. But my friend was interested in demos.
And I got interested in demos to.. so that's the story ;-)

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

C64 : Learned myself to code basic and later assembler..
got a huge amount of demos etc. (was a swapper)..
I joined a demo/swapper group called "Pain"..

I really love this machine because of it's nice soundchip...

A500 : Played a lot with paint-programs and stuff, got my eyes on
NoiseTracker ( which I didn't understand at all first ;-) )
Got myself a old copy of Octamed and made my first module..
Converted to Protracker a while after, and gosh what a great program ;-)

I start to code in Amos (easy to use, but not as powerful as I want it to be)
Try to code some Assembler (not much like the C64 I knew a little of) ;-(

A1200 : I start to learn more about 68k assembler, but does not do
anything with it (just fooled around with it).
Find another language (Amiga-E). This languge must be sent from GOD ;-)
It's really that good IMO..
I got myself a new version of Protracker which I still use today (3.15).
This is still the best version (it's 5-6 years old you know) ;-)
I release our first Amiga-intro (Winona/Pain) ( Really lame ;-) ).

A3000 : I get my hands on THX by Abyss, Real cool tracker tool....
I join the Oops!-crew (dutch based demo group).
Start making a series of chip-tunes (MOD) (called chip-it) ;-)
Releases my first program (BookCon), a bookmark converter...
Start using Internet on the Amiga... (great machine for it).

A4000 : This is what I use today.. (and has done so for 1,5 years now).
I have done my 2 first THX-tunes on this computer..
And I use it for everything I do..

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

I can tell you that I do all of them ;-).. not only music...
I really like to use my computer for everything.
I just love graphics for example (3D mostly).

I'm not only a musician, so I can't answer this question in a descent way...

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

My favourite tool is Protracker 3.15, but I also like THX 2.x.
It's kinda hard to compare them because they are so different...

but PT 3.15 is a real killer ;-)

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

I relly like my first one (made in Octamed), but when I hear it
today, it sounds like hell ;-)

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

Yeah... lots of them.. But they are not released to the public
what I know of ;-) They lack of inspiration, that makes them suck...

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

Well it's the most important thing (if it's syncronised with the stuff) ;-)
The music creates the atmosphere which can lead the production to
Utopia (well almost)... ;-)

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

[leisure purpose]

Yes I do, but I have done a break now for a while (I lost my inspiration).
So now I play around with Tornado3D and code utilities ;-)
But I will start composing again, as fast I get the right inspiration and
the atmosphere it needs ;-)

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

Well, there are some good piece out there, but none of them can
make you in the mood like the good old SID-tunes by Jeroen Tel or Laxity ;-)

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

Hard to say ;-).. they are many.. but they are all SID-songs...

Laxity/Zetrex's "Laxity Again" and Jeroen Tel/MON's "Orion"
are awsome tunes in my opinium...

Ben Daglish and Matt Gray's "Last Ninja 1 & 2" tunes are also great..

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

No way ;-)...

12-What bands are you currently listenning to?

I'm a real all-eater when it comes to music.. except for rave which I hate...
But I like bands like (Metallica, Def Leppard, Kraftwerk... and others...) ;-)

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

The C64 scene gave me a strange feeling, which where so wonderful ;-)
That must have shaped me to who I am today I think...

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

Yes, where about to release some stuff really soon (Oops!)
I can't unveil to much (the other members will strangle me) ;-)
But I can say so much that a followup in the Beeps-serie is soon
ready (if it's not released when you read this).
And a demo is on it's way... (hope I didn't said to much now) ;-)

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

I would like to thank Scrooge (Bullit) / Pain for get myself
"hooked" on computers, without him, I wouldn't been tapping
this keys today...

And a huge thank to Vacu for helping me with 68k assembler...

PC sucks, where gonna get even some day you'll see..

Check out our productions :

Oops! - http://oops.in.nl
OnyxSoft - http://www.alfaskop.net/~onyxsoft

That's it... ;-)

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