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Date of birth:

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

In 1986 I got a Commodore 64 + 1541 disk drive, this started my interest

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

That C64 stopped working in 1996 or so, I use it for spareparts for my
current working C64. I also have an Amiga500 sitting mostly unused...

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

Well, I also do gfx and coding for my own productions (especially on C64)
but I guess I'm a musical personality.

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

For the C64, various selfwritten editors (Sadotracker, Ninjatracker,
Goattracker-which is a crossplatform prg.), as I like to always have full
knowledge of what the playroutine is doing :)
On Amiga I used Protracker, and on PC, FastTracker II and nowadays
ModplugTracker.

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

Hard to answer for C64, music for the game Metal Warrior II has probably
my most successful use of melodies so far.
On PC it was probably the first time I used guitar riff+vocal samples
effectively (Forest of Evil, 1996 :))

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

Not really

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

It creates immersion and atmosphere, and can also raise various emotions
in the listener.

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

Yes, on C64 and PC, I guess they're leisure purposes as I'm not making
money out of it :)

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

Wav is of course an ineffecient storage format :)
Midis tend to be too dependent on the system they're played on (sounds
different on different soundcards)
Of Mpeg audio I have no specific complaints. Of course, all audio-stream
formats lose the original source information of notes/patterns and such,
so I prefer formats with them intact.

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

On C64, the Sanxion Loader
On Amiga, Shadow of the Beast & Turrican I-II music
On PC, tunes from tracked metal artists such as Samael, Skarf etc.

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

I feel no need for that :) I rather continue making new music on C64
& PC

12-What bands are you currently listenning to?

Agent Steel, Gamma Ray, Iron Maiden, Manowar, Immortal, Isengard, Burzum,
Mayhem, to name just a few.

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

Lots of inspiration, great productions, sustained interest in taking the
most out of aged hardware (c64 scene especially), nice people (c64 scene
especially, I don't really know much Amiga guys)

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

Yes, mostly in C64 tools creation & gamedevelopment.

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

Greetings to CreaMD/DMagic, TMR/Cosine, R.Bayliss/TND, Hoild/CID,
Cybernator/Cybertronic Studios, Pixman/Paradise/AOD, Big User/PTV + rest
of Protovision crew, Ninja/TheDreams, Goat/Laxity, Jazzcat/Onslaught,
Taper/Triad, Nafcom/POL, Six/DLoC

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