Amiga Music Preservation -

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

Well, the first computer I had ever saw was Timex 2048 with green monitor
and 3" FDD. That was shock! Knight Lore, Moon Patrol and Gunfright. I was 9
years old and I loved that!
Later my friend bought C64 and I heard MUSIC! That was my start :)

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

Commodore C64 II (new case, new SID) with Datasette - playing, drawing
Commodore C128D (metal case) - playing, drawing,
textwritting for Commodore&Amiga Magazine,
demoscene (digitalisations, learning ASM, drawing, swapping)
- I STILL HAVE IT!
Commodore A500 (old AGNUS, red LED)
- textwritting, drawing, composing (modules)
Commodore A600HD (2MB Chip) - textwritting, drawing, composing, demoscene :)
- I STILL HAVE IT!
PC 386SX 25MHz -
programming, FM composing
PC Pentium 90MHz - playing, drawing, composing, demoscene :)
PC Pentium Cyrix 150MHz - playing, drawing, composing, demoscene :)
PC Pentium 225MHz MMX - playing, drawing, composing, demoscene :)
PC AMD K6-2 400MHz - playing, working, drawing, composing, demoscene :)
- I STILL HAVE IT!

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

Well - nowdays it's really true, but I'm rather renaissance man - You know :)
I like drawing pictures and composing as well as projecting Softsynths and
programming nice tweaked effects. Especially FM/chip and goatrance music are
my favourite styles.

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

I'm using Fasttracker 2.09 as a tracker :) On Amiga my favourites were
Protracker 3.15 and Quadra Composer

I'm using ATR-303 Wunderwaffe Softsynth too :). It's our own softsynth -
projected by me and coded by Dzozef/Altair. It has almost all needed effects:
- pattern editing
- pulse, saw up, saw down, triangle, sine, noise waveforms
- lowpass, highpass, bandpass, band-reject filters with resonance and
envelope modulation
- ring-modulation, pulse-width modulation, frequency modulation, amplitude
modulation
- synchronisation
- distortion, overdrive, flanger, echo :)
It IS a SOLUTION for goatrance sequences :)))

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

Hmm - the goal is still to be reached!

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

All my modules are just way to.... I don't know what - but to something
better :)

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

Music is essential! Weak demo/game with impressing music IS always better! :)

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

Yes - I still composing - for demo, intro music
and for my own pleasure :)

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

Midi - sucks!
Wave - too big.
Mpeg - for commercial music stored on my HDD :) NOT for sceners -
it's impossible to learning without sources (patterns, notes).
MP3 - like MPEG. Fuck da commerce! :)

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

My own tunes?? Or other musicians?
Music from Barbarian
game by Palace (sword fighting) - C64 SID version!
Commando high-score music.

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

We are planning to make Friendship CD with goatrance music.

12-What bands are you currently listenning to?

Astral Projection, Tromesa, Juno Reactor, Aphex Twin, Clannad, Enya

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

Scene spirit! Thanks to C64 - I falled in love in scene. :)

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

Yes! It's a part of my life.

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

All Altair members, scene musicians and people with passion :)

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