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Paul van der Valk
Interview
`n. .rP' `qb ,dP' TLb. ,dMP' all rite, now you get the chance to read TML.dMMP some facts about some of the major amiga ,nmm`XXMPX musicians. read about their history in ,#MP'~~XNXYNXTb. the scene and their plans in future.yes, ,d~' dNNP `YNTb. that's meant to be read while listening to ,~ ,NN' `YNb their modules. read 'em over and over and over.. dNP `Yb. ,NN' `b. · i n t e r v i e w · ___________ ______dP _____________ \ / \ ,N'\____ _____________. _____ \ \_____. ____\ / \___P___/ .\--\__ __/__ |--\____)---\ _____/__ |--\_ \ _/ | | | \ | | \__| | _ \ / | \__| | /\ | | _| | | _l_ | | \ / _l_ | ___| l___/=l___|====l____/===\______|==l______|\ /l___/===\______l____/ \/ Handle: Paul Van Der Valk Group: -- Date of birth: 24-04-1963 Somewhere around 1978 I saw a ZX-81 in a shop. I was thrilled by the idea of a pseudo thinking box. I got hooked on programming after learning machine code (there was no assembly at that time -- everything was done in hex). 1. ZX-81. Done some game and util programming (Z80). 2. C-64. Mostly game playing and -programming. Some audio too. 3. Amiga 500. Amiga 2000 later on. Mostly game playing and misc programming including audio. 4. (currently) two PCs -- one for generic stuff and a dedicated one for audio (and WinUAE because it is the faster of the two :)). 1. I'm a bad gfx artist. 2. I was/am somewhat obsessed by audio synthesis :-) Just my own routines. I've never really taken the time to dig into other trackers/editors. MsEd. It's the one that's used for the imploder 4 music. It was fairly complete and had a number of useful features like the ability to reuse objects (waves, instruments, tracks, ...) and a bunch of handy track statements like 'random switch', 'loop n times' and 'gosub'. No such thing :) Music (and generally audio) can make or break a product. It's basicly the moodsetter. To some extent: visuals = intellectual and audio = emotional. I enjoy playing with synth gear. Mostly leisure with an occasional project (background music for CD-ROM products for example). But the tracker days are over AFAIC. Very useful media. The contents ofcourse vary. There are some good garage/semi-pro MP3s floating around the web (i.e. www.mp3.com). In a sense, the general midi spec and sampling possibilities have 'unpersonalized' music in the last 20 years. IMHO this also applies to the mainstream amiga mods. Most are basicly sample replay routines. Many tunes lacked the living character of a C64 SID tune with pulse modulated oscilators and a dirty resonant filter. It's good to see a retro trend now with stuff like the SID-Station and other (virtual) analogue synthesis. Generally those from the C64 age. I love those pulse modulated sounds. My favorites are Rob Hubard and Martin Gallway. Not that I have a conservative taste, they just produced great quality. Best score: IK+. (or was it Yie Ar? - don't remember) I might do a CD sooner or later, but I don't see remastered chiptunes happen. I mostly prefer the old fusion stuff like Yes, ELP, Steve Hillage, UK etc. From the current age I enjoy jazzrock/fusion stuff (Mike Stern, Joe Zawinul, ...). House and other trends don't mean much to me. I do listen to techno every now and then, but mostly for the sound ;) Good memories :-) No. Have fun! 8^) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- please note: this interview is ©opyrighted in 2001 by crown of cryptoburners ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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