Amiga Music Preservation -

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

I bet - 1984 or 1985, the year when i first saw a blackbox ZX Spectrum + and
editor called "Wham" (two tracks on simple Spectrum beeper). Amazing (it
was...)! So i began to dream about bouing such sophisticated, beeping
machine :) But You know, in those days in Poland computers was very expensive.
And hard to get. So i thought about something cheaper, like ZX-81... of course
i spend much time in computers clubs working on Timex, Amstrad, finally i have
seen some round machine connected to big, coulour TV, which no one has working
on... So i decided to try. Strange expirience, if you lerarn BASIC on Amstrad
or Speccy. I remember that when i tried well know commands like border, paper...
Commodore said - ?Syntax Error. So i get handbook, and spend a night learning
how to use Commodore 64. Next day i heard ho SID sound... well, i was really
impressed, and then i know which machine i want to buy.

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

My firs machine was C-64 with datasette recorder (new SID). Just after buing
C-64 i changed mainboard (couse i like Old SID). Some years later i bought
Amiga 500 (well well.. first thing i ever seen on my Amiga was a Cryptoburners
3D demo :), and now i have about 20 machines in my room. Maybe i forgot
something but there is a list:

3x C-64, Sam Coupe, Elwro 800 Junior (polish Spectrum cloone), Atari 800 XL
(with HD), Acorn Electron, Acorn Micro, Atari Falcon, Atari 1040STE, Atari
Jaguar, 2x CD-32, Amiga 500, Amiga 600, Amiga 1000, Amiga 3000, Amiga 1200
(with PPC), Amiga 4000, NeXT Turbo Station Color.... & maybe i forgot
something.
Mainy i am using A4000T equiped with slow 040/25, Cybervision 3d and three
sound boards (Toccata, oldest version of Delfina DSP and Sunrize AD516)
and ... C-64. There isn no pc in my home.. but of course i am using pc in my
work...

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

First of all - i spend about 6 years learning to play piano, second: SID. So
why should i draw or code something?

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

I began working with music on Sound Monitor (C-64), then... SoundTracker,
ProTracker, Stone Tracker, OctaMED, Digi Booster, THS and some others. Still I
am trying to learn GBA Tracker, Symphonie... Now most time i spend using Cyber
Tracker (C-64), Digi Booster Pro, THX Sound System and Jeskola Buzz Digital
Composer. I dont know which one is the best. Buzz is most advanced for a
synthezis, Digi Booster - ideal for sample based tunes... and CT & THX -
for chiptunes.

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

Never reached. Still trying.

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

Many... they landed as "unvinished" on some covered with dust CD-R... You
know, sometimes You can write music just in one day.. some songs need a months
of work... some of them are bad at beginig.

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

Real value of the muisc is to be as much atmospheric as demo or game. So...
when You hear the music and remeber the demo that means music was good.

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

Yes. In 1996 with my friend we published commericialy in Poland MC with
electonic music. Record was called "Wladca Pierscieni" (in english: Lord of
The Rings). Now i am working mostly for leisure purposes, couse i like making
music... You can hear my recent songs at http://mp3.wp.pl/p/strefa/artysta/44.html
in mp3 format.

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

Well, mods have its own feeling, but why not to try another "dimension". MP3
with high bitrate (or wave, OGG, VQF) are good if You want to show Your tunes
to people. You know, some of them dont want to know how to play all those
exotic formats...

MIDI is ok, if You work in special environment (i have keyboard conetcted to
Amiga, Octamed and Roland SC-55), but not as a format like mp3, couse MIDI file
sounds pretty bad on most sound boards...

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

Last Ninja 1, 2 & 3 :) Many SIDS (i dont remeber names), Audiomonster mods,
Melomaniac music and music from the game On Escapee.

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

No - most of music is avaiable as mods on Aminet, other as mp3 on web. Who wanna
hear it woulg grab and hear...

12-What bands are you currently listenning to?

Well mostly Paradise Lost & Depeche Mode.

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

Reason to compose and many friends... and of course magic party atmosphere...

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

Yes. I am trying to be on most polish parties.

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

Like in TV-Quiz. So i would like to greet my girl-friend, Monika, who
understand my strange hobbies (scene, many computers in home, making music all
night to dawn...) all scene folks (keep the scene alive!) And averyone who
understand thet in all those oldskool machines is something more than in
most sophisticated, advanced pc...

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