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Last Week - 382 . /-[Introduction]------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------/ _ _________________ /_\ \__ / (stoney askee) ____ ______ \____ ____/____________ ______ _/ \ _/ \ \ww_/ \ _/ ________/_/ _ \ __/ \/ \ \/ \/ \ / | \__ ___ ___ _______ _/ \\ \ \\ \\ | \\/ | \_ ___ __ __ ____ /___________\__\_______\________\____|______\____________\ \__\ Welcome to TraxWeekly #32. This week, we present another new area, "SceneWeb," which focuses on music scene related world wide web sites. If the response to "SceneWeb" is positive it will become a permentant feature of TraxWeekly. We also have a "Tracker Survey" involving a new project by Jason Diamond that needs your feedback. FITC presents an interview with Zinc this week, along with another one of those scene "complaint" articles as well as a Not-So-Advanced tracking tips section by Atlantic. On an administrative note, John Townsend (Jtown) has gotten his computer repaired, and will return to heading FITC next week... ...along with the usual stuff. Acromania and Traxculture are also in the discussion. Enjoy the newsletter! Psibelius [TW] gwie@owl.csusm.edu /-[Contents]---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------/ ________ _________________________________________________________________ / ____/_/ __/ \ __/ / _____/ \ __/ __/ ___/_ < \____\ \ \\ \ \\____ __/ __/_\ \ \\____ \_____ \__ \ \ \ \\ \ \ww\ \\ \\ \ \ \ \ \_ _\________\________\\___\____\ \_____\\_______\\___\____\ \_____\_______\ Letters and Feedback No Amigas!...........................................Maelcum Acromania Takeover of #trax..........................Ms. Saigon General Articles 1. The Next Generation...............................Psibelius 2. The 20 Minute Chip Compo..........................AmusiC 3. SceneWeb..........................................Psibelius 4. TraxCulture.......................................Random Lamers 5. Tracker Survey....................................Psibelius Faces in the Crowd Interview with Zinc..................................DennisC Article: Complaints..................................Master of Darkness Not So Advanced Tracking Tips........................Atlantic Group Columns 1. Epinicion Productions 2. eXtreme Terror Corps 3. Kosmic Free Music Foundation Closing Distribution Subscription/Contribution Information TraxWeekly Staff Sheet /-[Letters and Feedback]---------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------/ --[No Amigas!]---------------------------------------------------[Maelcum]-- From moddan@ritz.mordor.comTue Oct 24 22:36:34 1995 Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 00:40:28 +0000 From: moddan@ritz.mordor.com To: gwie@mailhost2.csusm.edu Subject: the PC Music Scene / the Amiga Music Scene This is basically in referrence to Trixter's letter about the pioneers of module music etc.. While it's certainly true that the Amiga crowd were the true pioneers of MODs, it's also entirely conceivable that someone could make a list of their 10 most meaningful, favorite, best, whatever, tunes of all time and not include any Amiga musicians. If I made a list I'm quite sure that Amiga tunes by Amiga musicians would be nowheres on it. the Wright brothers were pioneers too, but their airplane sucks compared to modern ones, and I generally feel the same way about module music. Revolutionary for it's time? Perhaps. But certainly not on the same level as today's best PC music. To say that it IS implies that module music has not advanced in any or every way since then, and that's just not true. I really don't want to see an Amiga column in #traxweekly. Why? Because it took us long enough to get the PC music scene recognized as a largely seperate entity from the PC demo scene. PC Music can stand on it's own. History is fine for the history books, but #traxweekly doesn't need to become the Encyclopedia of music. The more the focus is expanded, the more dilluted the content gets and the more the quality slides downhill. Those who dwell in the past can forget about having a future! - Maelcum kosmic@kosmic.wit.com moddan@ritz.mordor.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --[Acromania Fever]-------------------------------------------[Ms. Saigon]-- From jsmith@UBmail.ubalt.eduTue Oct 24 20:53:31 1995 Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 19:30:29 -0500 (EST) From: "J. Smith" To: gwie@coyote.csusm.edu Subject: letter to the editor Re: Acromania's Takeover of #trax When TV first appeared in the American household, it was an amusing new form of entertainment. However, it soon grew out of control, until it had become the new American pastime. Strange things began to happen: families didn't spend as much "quality time" with each other, kids came home from school and plopped down in front of the tube with a snack, millions of people became couch potatoes, grades began to drop, interest in other activities flagged, the art of conversation began to die. Now, a similar craze has swept the world of IRC -- Acromania. For those of you who aren't yet addicted to it, Acromania is a game in which a bot gives you a random acronym, and you have to create a meaning for it. Like television, it started out as a benign new diverson, but now it's getting out of control. Those of us who have moved from #trax to #acro rarely talk ABOUT anything on IRC any more. The extent of our conversation is "Haha... good one there!" between rounds of Acromania. We are losing the ablility and the desire to talk to one another. I realize that I am just as addicted as anyone else who plays, and that worries me. If the current trend continues, we could see #trax being replaced entirely by #acro. This would be a very sad day indeed. Although I've only been on #trax for a few months, I feel a certain bond of friendship with the people there. However, without some degree of human interaction other than "Wewp! I'm in the lead!", that bond will slowly begin to disappear. Communication is vital, and the current lack of communication dismays me. I'm not saying that you should quit playing Acromania (I find it as entertaining as the next person), but please, take a moment to TALK to each other! Get outside and do something every once in a while. Study for that big test you have coming up. Give your room its yearly cleaning. Don't let #acro become the center of your existence. just my $.02 -Miss Saigon ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- /-[General Articles]-------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------/ --[1. The Next Generation]-------------------------------------[Psibelius]-- "The Next Generation." No, it's not a Star Trek series. It refers to a number of us here in the U.S. music scene. Those of us who are relatively new and inexperienced. The days of older trackers like Mosaic, Firelight, CCCatch, and groups like Renaissance have long since passed. For a number of us, anything before 1992 seems nonexistent. We live in an age where the technology explosion has effected our lives significantly. The music scene as well has endured that change. Tracker music has made many advances since the original 4 channel Amiga ProTracker .MOD and those st-01: instruments. Renaissance's MultiTracker really shook things up back in 1992 with it's 32 channel mod format. Future Crew followed, releasing its heralded "Scream Tracker," which is currently one of the most popular formats. More recently, Triton unleashed FastTracker2 into the scene, a successor to their older creation, FastTracker. Combining 32 channel capability with extended sample sizes and the concept of "envelopes," FT2 has really expanded the horizons. I'm not saying that these are the only tracker programs that are important. Xtracker, Extreme Tracker, ModEdit, UltraTracker, and others all have contributed something to the success of the module format. Here I am just illustrating some of the more recent movements in tracker developments. Also another recent issue: The Tracker Debate. While a number of people (myself included) still stick with the venerated Renaissance MultiTracker, the true competition lies between FC's ScreamTracker3 and Triton's FastTracker2. These two, apart from all the others, define the current standard. ST3's ease of use, options, and popularity is unequaled. No other tracker has gained the acceptance and devoted following that this one has. FT2 on the other hand, brings tracking to a different level. It introduces a number of conveniences and integrates them into an effective, professional, package. No one can say that volume/panning envelopes, a built in sample editor/recorder, and cd-audio/data access is a waste. A number of lines of text have been wasted on this fruitless controversy, so let's put it to rest: use what you want. End of story. The population of people in the music scene is immense. IRC channel #trax is proof of that. In early 1994, only about 10-15 people crowded into the channel at peak times. Nowadays, it's common to see about 30+ people at a time. The intimate "closeness" of the older generation has been lost. I quote Khyron (from his interview in TW #29) "We never had to go into the channel ask 'who the hell are you?'." Will the music scene be a victim of a trendy popularity wave? Groups. BLECHHHH! I hate arguments about groups. More than anything, conflicts between egotistical snots and their groups create the most tension in the music scene. People who rant and rave about how "this group sucks" and "that group sucks" rarely have anything of value to contribute. The people who actually do anything for the music scene have a set vision, and with that vision comes innovation. Renaissance set the cornerstone for the American music scene. Their ideas and popularity ignited the first surge of tracker music. The Kosmic Free Music Foundation (formerly KLF) has also done wonders for the U.S. music scene. Ever since Renaissance went into hibernation, KFMF took the lead. With a large (25+) staff of TALENTED musicians, KFMF set a standard for the number and quality of songs released in a year. Among more recent additions, Epinicion Productions, with a ridiculously large (100+) staff, has promoted a flood of new musicians into the scene. Operating from a platform of "help the new musicians," EPI can be blamed for a number of the overpopulation problems today. =) Along with EPI, Defiance, Digital Muzik Kings, Pure Resistance, Aim Higher, Mazurka, and numerous others define the "mid-range" of groups. Established, but not yet up there with the quality content of Renaissance, KFMF, or FM. FM?!? Five Musicians, or FM, is by far THE premier group. Their creativity and vision is unique among their peers. Even with their small numbers, the QUALITY of their productions easily eclipses ALL the midrange groups. FM represents the TOP of the music scene as it exists right now. This is just an opinion, but their abilities, combined with the technology available now, make them incredible. One can argue that many other great artists of past years easily equal the members of FM. That is true, but they did not have access to the technology we all have now. Basehead, BigJim, Necros, Stalker, and Mellow-D are some of the "idols" of the current music scene. We all feel their influence in one way or another. Just a note to all of us newer people: whenever you have an urge to start yelling at the older people, and claim that the music scene now belongs to "us," the new generation, just pause to remember that it is these groups and people that provide us with the groundwork for what we know and experience today. Being a resident of the United States, I cannot claim to know or claim to represent the opinions of the ENTIRE tracking community. If a European music scene member would write an article to discuss their own aspect of the "Next Generation" I would greatly appreciate it. As you all may have seen, I did not discuss European music groups, or European music scene members at all (except maybe Mellow-D =). I'm still pretty much a newbie to the music scene myself, so please excuse an errors I may have put into this article. I hope some of this provokes some serious thoughts or responses. Have a great day. =) Psibelius [TW] gwie@owl.csusm.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --[2. 20 Minute Chip Compo]---------------------------------------[AmusiC]-- ______ _____ TM __ __ __ __ __ __ \ / \ / / / / / / / / / / /\/\ / / / / _\/ /_ / | \ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / X . \ / <_/ / <_/ -- / / / / / / <_/ / / \ ____X___ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / \/MeEnUhTz\/ \ / / / / \ \/ / / / / \/ AmC A Chip A Day, Holds The Doctor Away MISCHEVIOUS ----------- Whoaa... that was Surely SOME participating. We Broke Another Record.... not only the number of contestants is largest by far, but also largest than the number of voters (DUH!)... The Subscribers On The Mailing List Have Reached The number of 32 and still counting... All in all, this contest is growing rapidly, and gaining new fans each day that passes... Kxmode included the 20mc on his WWW trax page... Way to go.. and thanks to Kxmode... The Hand Of Loki ---------------- I'd like to thank Floss for his most precious help during the competition time. He is now one of my partners in this competition, thus forbidding him to compete in any 20mc from now On... Unless of course he still prefers to be a conteststant Providing The Gift ------------------ Lately I've been having problems with my Internet Account, And Soon I'll change it to a better one (faster, convenient, free) So, I'd like to apologise for any inconvenience.. Disqualifications ----------------- This Time We Had 4 People Disqualified... These Were: Khyron, Because He Dropped Out Of The Contest Luvk, Because He Never Showed Up With His Tune.. Aquafresh, Because He Didnt Declare A Contestant, Yet Made A Tune (Which IMHO would Deserve 1st Place, but Lets Be Fair) Mystical, Because He Used 5 Channels Instead Of Four, (too Bad, He had A Nice Entry) Residencial Duties ------------------ As most of you already know, And thanx to Snowman For That, you can find the files of the 20mc on ftp.cdrom.com, under the directory : /demos/incoming/music/20mc/ Each competition's Chiptuneandvoteform file is named after: 20mc_xxx.zip Where xxx is the number of the competition. #6 20mc Concept --------------- I've been mailed by People Saying That I shouldnt Allow People To Use Their Own Samples at all, as well as having only 10 spaces on each voting form, in order to vote for only the 10 most preferable. I'd like your opinion On That... You Know Where To find me.. A New Pointing System Has Been Established. Each Contestant That Votes, Will Be Getting A Bonus Added To His Final Score, equivelant to the number of the contestants Of the current Competition. The Word Of The Mass -------------------- This Week I was Rarely On IRC, and didnt have the chance to ask people what do they think about 20mc. Next Week Fellas.. Place And Time Of Competition ----------------------------- The 20 Meenuhtz Chip-Compo, Is Held Every Saturday On Channel #ChIpCoMpO (The Official 20 Meenuhtz Chip-Compo Channel) We Have Decided To Change The Competition Time From 02:00AM CET (MTV Europe's Time) To 00:00AM (CET). That Way Our European Friends Wont Be Forced To Stay Up Late, (i.e 4 AM) As I And Octoque Did =) Some people complained about the time, because of other duties (music bands, private lessons etc.). I'm sorry fellas, but most people find this time appropriate. Whats The Catch? ---------------- As We Pointed Out On Trax Weekly #26, There Is NO Catch Or Prize, Since The Competition Is Held In Order To Have FUN And Fame. However, I've Noticed That People Tend To Support This Competition And I Am Sure That Somebody Would Think Of Something As A "Catch" +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ ____ \ \ ____ ____ __ __ ______ ____ / / // __// __//\/ // / \_ _// __/ / \// __//\_ \/ / // X__ / / /\_ \ \/\ \\__/ \___/\__/ \/__/ \/ \___/ As Of 13/10/95 +-------------------\/-----------------------------------------------+ .--------------------------------. | Pos | Author | Points | |--------------------------------| Contestants : 22 | [1] | Calvin | 267 | Submissions : 21 | {2} | Balrog | 264 | Disqualified: 04 | {2} | Zodiak | 264 | Active Chips: 19 | (3) | Floss | 247 | People Voted: 18 | (4) | H0llywood | 220 | | (5) | Charlatan | 212 | | (6) | Sikamikaniko | 195 | | (6) | Zeus | 195 | | (7) | Vile | 183 | | (8) | Vector | 167 | | (9) | Nova | 154 | | (10) | Cyberdmon | 152 | | (11) | Fred | 151 | | (12) | Axl | 133 | | (13) | Ender | 127 | | (14) | Pfister | 120 | | (15) | Rompedraugen | 063 | | (16) | Dr. West | 053 | | (17) | HeiZahn | 035 | :_____ _________________ ________: Y Y o . O o Floss Included Mystical's Tune In The Package Although It exceeded the channel limit. People voted for that too!! It's worth saying that Mystical's Song got 274 Points and It would rank 1st if it hadn't been disqualified. Ok people... We broke a record on voters too, but not all contestants voted.. Anyway, here are the voters stranded by the time they voted: Pfister, Mystical, H0llywood, Fred, Zodiak, Axl, Dr. West, Phoenix, Drive, Cyberdmon, Vector, Zeus, Nova, Blackwolf, Vile, Floss, Stil and Charlatan +-----------------------^-----------------^--------------------------+ ____ \ \ __ __ ____ ____ / / //\/ // / / __// __/ / \// / // X__/ __//\_ \ \/\ \\__/ \/__/\__/ \___/ +------------------------\/------------------------------------------+ Now, Lets Review The 10 Basic Rules One More Time... (01) Contestants Should Be Present At #ChIpCoMpO Channel On The Competition Time, And Declare Competitors. No Competitors Are Accepted Before The Competition Time, And After Competition Has Started. (02) Each Competitor, Should Compete With Only One Tune, Which Should Comply With All Of The Following Rules : a) Maximum File Size (Uncompressed) Should Be 20 Kilobytes b) Maximum Number Of Channels Allowed Is 4 (four) c) The Competitor MUST Use The Samples Of The Sample Pack For The Tune, And At MOST 2 (two) Other Samples Of His/Her Choice. d) The Tune Must Be DCC'ed Or Mailed Before The Given Deadline e) The Tune Must Be Uncompressed A Tune Not Compatible With The Above Rules, Will Be Instantly Disqualified. (03) The Duration Of The Competition Is 20 Minutes Plus 10 More For Connecting and Transfering The Tune. (04) The Filename Of The Tune Should Be Comprised Of 3 Parts. A Three Letter Abreviation Of The Competitors Nickname (Or Name), a dash And A Four Letter Abreviation Of The Song's Name (.Extension). ex. If I Made A ChipTune Called Tomahawk, The File Name would Look Like This: amu-tmhk.mod (05) Allowed Formats Are: MOD (Pro/Fasttracker) Format XM (Fasttracker ][ ) Format S3M (ScreamTracker 3) Format (06) All The Tunes Should Be DCC'ed To User AmusiC In Channel #ChIpCoMpO Or Mailed To: amusic@prometheus.hol.gr In MIME Format (Pine's Encryption Format). (07) Contestants Are Not Allowed To Leave #ChIpCoMpO Before The Signal That Initiates The "Bout". Contestants That Leave Before The Signal, Are Instantly Disquilified. (08) Voting Takes Place Right After The End Of The Competition, And Lasts Till Tuesday 00:00AM CET (When No More Voting Forms Will Be Accepted). (09) Competitors Can Vote, But Cannot Vote For Themselves. Voting of The Competitors Is OBLIGATORY. Each Competitor That Votes Will Be Granted A Point Bonus To His Final Score Equivelant To The Number Of Contestants Of The Current Competition. (10) Voteforms Should Also Be DCC'ed To User AmusiC In Channel #ChIpCoMpO Or Mailed To: amusic@prometheus.hol.gr In MIME Format (Pine's Encryption Format). ______ __ ____ \ __/_ __ __/\ / / ________/ / / / / / \/ \/ / / / / / / __/ _ < / / / / / / / / / / X_/ / / / / // / \__/\__/\__/\__/ \/_/\__/\__/\/ \/ YOU'LL NEED IT! Mailing List ------------ Yes! You read right! We now have a mailing list available to you so you can have all the latest news and announcements hot off the press. e-mail to amusic@hol.gr and as subject use the word: "subscribe", and as body write the nickname you are known by. To unsubscribe Use the same procedure, but instead of "subscribe" use "UNSubscribe". Piece Of Cake.. Sponsors -------- Official 20 MeEnUhTz Chip Compo Sponsors Are: - Trax Weekly And Gene Wie (Psibelius) For Hosting This Column. - Hornet And Christopher G. Mann (Snowman) For Hosting The Compo On ftp.cdrom.com Credits ------- Credits Fly Out To All Those People That Have Supported This Brilliant And Pretty Dificult To Acomplish, Idea. DarkHeart And DeathBringer For Giving Me The Idea Of This Competition. Everyone That Respects Him/Herself And Reads Trax Weekly. Every One That Competed And Voted For The 20mc. And Finally Imphobia, For Forwarding This Competition Through The Supreme Imphobia DiskMag. Last But Not Least, Calvin For His Neat Idea. Looking For... -------------- We Need A Bot For The #ChIpCoMpO Channel To Maintain It Open And Clean From Invasions. Bot Providers, Will Also Be Considered As Sponsors And Will Be Credited As Well In Our Announcment And Rule Files. Every Promotion And Advertising is Welcome. Contact ------- To Contact AmusiC (Sotiris Varotsis) e-mail at: amusic@prometheus.hol.gr or amusic@hol.gr Or You Can Occasionaly Find Me On IRC Channels: #trax, #daskmig, #amigascne, #ChIpCoMpO, #coders, #theend Ending Notes ------------ Be Alert For A Surprise On 20mc #10... We Survived Criticism, We Survived Laughters, And We Made It To The Phat Number 6. 10 Is Not That Far Away. Lets Hope For The Best Turnout. Keep The Flame Burning. Thank You. -AmusiC/Bass Productions amusic@prometheus.hol.gr ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --[3. SceneWeb]------------------------------------------------[Psibelius]-- I would like to take a break from music discussions today to bring up a related subject: Music Scene World Wide Web sites. HTML has opened up a great way to represent ideas and information over the Internet, and nearly all prominent #trax-ers are involved with the Web in some shape or form. I'm reviewing some sites here, as well as presenting a few new ones. Eventually, TraxWeekly will publish a "SceneWeb" listing for all those interested. Please mail me with site listings and descriptions if you run a music scene related site. Listed here are a few that people have asked me this week to feature. - The Superunknown ... Flood Myth [acid.epinicion] http://www.csusm.edu/public/guests/fm/su.html The Superunknown is known by many as "The Yellow Pages of the Scene." Started earlier this year by Flood Myth, it serves as an online index of major ansi, vga, demo, and music groups. The page is updated daily, and the site is growing larger and larger as more and more people are drawn into it. There are even special links for the HORNET archive as well as contests and so forth. This is THE net scene site. All other imitations pale in comparison. - Trax Homepage ... KXmode [epinicion] http://www.io.com/~kxmode/trax.html For some reason, we can't find Guitar's #trax page anymore, so KXmode has moved in to fill the gap. This site is brand new, and we encourage all of you to check it out! #trax related material can be found on here, ranging from TraxWeekly to the 20min. compo. As I said before, "SceneWeb" will become a regular feature of TW if I get enough positive feedback for it. Reader contributions as well as suggestions for "SceneWeb" would be greatly appreciated. Psibelius [TW] gwie@owl.csusm.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --[4. TraxCulture]----------------------------------------[Random Lamers]--- - TRAXWEEK NEWSLFASH: IOR IS GOING TO FLY TO NAID BY HIMSELF! " I hear AllState has good rates for life insurance." hey, what happens if you cross into canadian airspace with an unregistered flight plan? mael: they blow your ass out of the sky. =) psib: Hmmm ... would be neat if I had a jet license by then, and could rent a lear ;) mael: like canada has a military we should rent a BLIMP i could like hijack one of the new york city tour helicopters and make them fly me to montreal mael: i think they have 20 60 year olds with pistols karnaaj: yeah, and cesnas for an airforce =) We have the indians :) hahaha, "look, it's the goodyear blimp with the americans!" gooroo: the indians in quebec/st lawrence reservation have more firepower than your military =) "Jeez, eh? those americans travel in style" I'll ride Putt-Putt... My Honda Moped that goes 20 miles an hour tops, gets 90 miles to the gallon, and is the most PHATTEST way to travel.. :) "look eh? the americans are crashing into the lake in the goodyear blimp, wow, those americans really go out with style, eh?" - TRAXWEEK NEWSFLASH: ASSEMBLY 96 PREDICTIONS! ASSEMBLY 96 NEWS: IT WILL BE HELD IN FINLAND THE AMERICAN GOODYEAR BLIMP CRASHED INTO THE CENTER OF THE HELSINKI ICE HALL TODAY ASM95 news: There were really no prizes!! :( news flash: IOR landed in Helsinki airport today. bah, screw bar hopping.. i vote for getting a big hotel suite, having andrewm bring his dj equipment, and having force ten guys bring tons of alcohol.. ior blames the poor navigation on psibelius's directions "didn't you see a whole bunch of ocean?!" "i thought that was the st lawrence!" i think i'm gonna change my handle to Farrakhan =) hehe. just to piss basehead off =) ack, Trax Trek: The Wrath of Farrakhan - TRAXWEEK NEWSFLASH: SHADES OF NIGHT REVEALED! "world of overused samples" base: ahahahahaha... werd to that :) Shades of Night 5 shades of night 69: black holes shades of night - part 104: shit, isn't it morning yet? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --[5. Tracker Survey]------------------------------------------[Psibelius]-- "What do you want in a Tracker?" Here's a subject I know many of you will be interested in. I am fairly certain that the trackers currently out there suit your needs, and that you are happy with them. But listen to this: how would you like to play a part in designing a brand new tracking program, that would feature elements that you desire? Aren't you sick of the limitations or just dumb settings in the current trackers? How about everyone having a say in creating a new tracking program that will satisfy nearly all? Jason Diamond (diamond@deltanet.com) is programming a new tracker. He requested that the people of #trax play a role in its development. Many times, a tracker is built from the standpoint of a coder only, and thus creates inconveniences for the musician. Therefore, in conjunction with TraxWeekly, Diamond has proposed a survey: What do you want in a tracker? TraxWeekly has decided to embrace Diamond's tracker project. This tracker is being developed with the intention of serving the musician. So much good can be done if we cooperate. Therefore, I am asking all of you to step in and lend a helping hand. Please email us with your suggestions, ideas, thoughts, and anything else you want to comment on. In time, TraxWeekly will publish the results of the survey (in any case, you'll see the results in the tracker =). All persons contributing ideas that are implemented will be mentioned in the credits. Please note that upon completion, Diamond will be releasing this tracker as FREEWARE. There will be absolutely no cost, whatsoever. The goal of this project is to expand the horizons of the digital music scene. Jason Diamond can be reached at diamond@deltanet.com for questions and suggestions about his new tracker. Psibelius [TW] gwie@owl.csusm.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- /-[Faces in the Crowd]------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------/ [new ascii under development by White Wizard!] News .................................. Staff Interview ............................. DennisC with Zinc COMPLAINTS............................. Article by Mdark Not So Advanced Tracking Tips.......... Article by Atlantic CORRECTION............................. LuvKohli -===================================================================- N E W S -===================================================================- We are sorry that the nature of this FITC article does not befit that of recent weeks. Unfortunately due to unforseen problems, we could not do the reviews. Once again we apologize for this weeks appearance, and next week we'll be back on track. - Staff -===================================================================- I N T E R V I E W S -===================================================================- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---====[ Faces In The Crowd <> Interview #10 ]====--- Interviewer: {DennisC} = DennisC / FITC <> dennisc@community.net Interviewee: {zinc} = Zinc / Radiance <> ??? ............................................................................. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name, handle, affiliations, country, etc? alrighty Justin, Zinc, Radiance is the music group in Canada.. i'm 18. kewlio... how long ya been tracking? I'm been tracking since January 95, but I don't think I was any good until March =) cool. what tracker do you prefer? heh.. I love Scream Tracker.. I learned to use Fast Tracker but the editor was so much better in St3. instead of asking "what styles do you like," I'm going to present you with some situations after which you must hypothetically track something, ok? okay! .. I'm read. 1. You see a pregnant cow get hit by a bus. what style would that be? Industrial! hehe.. 2. Someone you've known for a very short time but like A LOT suddenly disappears off the face of the earth. what kinda tune might this produce? I'd probably write a piano tune. Anybody who knows me will agree hehe... but a sad piano. 3. You overdose on drugs and get f***ed within an inch of your life. What tune would you be tracking in the hospital bed? gee! If I was able to compose anything in that case.. It would be another piano tune! but seriously. ambient I guess.. 3a. What would it be called? ambient is pretty relaxing. I'd call it... Paronoptic 4. Everyone in the world will hear a song by you around them, and then you will die and never be heard from again. a) what kind of tune b) what would it be called c) any voice samples in it? c1) what would they say? a: well I seem to have my own style, and it would stand out so people say "Zowie!" b: I'd call it.. Retronegative... or.. Alabaster c: I don't like voice samples but if It was my last one, I might put some sappy sample at the end of the song saying farewell.. heh =) you have a cool talent with titles :).... back to the real world, what would you consider your tracking strengths to be? thanks .. My strengths are probably being able to mix samples that most people wouldn't think of using together. Like pianos and electric guitars with rave buzzes.. also, I think i do quite well with melody. (back to piano again!) who are your "real" and tracked influences? influences.. Acidfrog, most definately. After that, I've learned from Skaven (as has everybody else). I have a lot in influences, because I try to appreciate many different styles. when you start out tracking a song, what do you do first? do you think up the entire thing beforehand, or piece it together as it comes? naw.. I usually find a short melody, with a few cool samples, and build on that. As you might guess I find a place to work in a piano in at least half of my stuff =) now to your views on the scene: what are your opinions on (a) sample ripping (b) tracked music vs. real music and (c) OJ? a: I think it's okay if you don't already have the equipment to make your own, cuz if you do and you still rip, you're lazy. But credit should always be given if it's an original sample/ b: I like both. I can't say one is better than the other, except that sometimes I like to hear actual singing as opposed to overused voice samples. C: oj... hehe... I had a big debate on this on my bbs already =) I'm not touching it! back to b, do you think tracked music would be better overall if more people had "real" music backgrounds and knowledge of theory? do *you* have a knowledge of theory or play an intrument? first, I play guitar.. I never learned theory, and I hear mixed comments about it. I'll probably learn it one day, but I'm in no rush. I think a lot of people jump right into tracking without prior knowledge, so for those people it would benefit them. on to #trax itself... how long have you been on it? what do you think? have a position/opinion in the popcorn vs. the world (or so it seems) debate? heh.. funny you ask. I was on #trax 12 hours straight last night. Only got 3 hours sleep.. yawn.. but I started almost a week ago =) It's pretty cool, and people don't act with the elite attitude I thought they would, for the most part. As for popcorn, I never judge a person by what others say. I have to experience firsthand.. trax can be quite addictive.... I personally think that the whole issue of ops creates "popcorns" (sorry to label him as lame, but...) i think I got a new record! =) yes, I can't stop calling.. My BBS is going to be dead pretty soon, cuz I'm on the same line =) hah... hahaha :) what is your favorite element? (yes, like periodic table type elements :) hehe.. well I like Zinc, of course =) but I liked xenon too cuz that was an alias I thought of for somebody. back to the scene, how do you think new trackers are treated by the masses? (I personally like Beryllium and Lead :) well as for my local area scene, new trackers get a lot of help (BC canada) but it trax you tend to get ignored a bit until people notice your work and like it. you'll find that people stop ignoring you if you simply hang out there enough (case in point: me... no releases yet) :) * zinc likes this interview so far :-) hmm... well, what else haven't I covered? yeah, I have been here for so long already I feel like I know some others.. werd fred! =) my music group? yeah! What's Radiance all about? Well it started back in July or June of this year, and I got 2 other musicians together, along with a vga artist, and now an ansi artist. We release singles as well as packs; the latest one being RADPACK2.ZIP (plug here =) which we think is pretty darn good! =) give us names! :) who are these other dewds? Jake Blues is the funky XM d00d, Acidfrog is the masterd00d of jungle, trip hop, etc.. and me, master of Zinc-style hehe. Dead Pool does ansi now, and he's very good at it. anything else you'd like to say about this eleet group? our styles are very unique and difinitive, and that's one of our strengths.. cool... if that's all (no rush or anything), the best part comes... * zinc likes Fred's rad s3ms... You get to list all your releases, where to get them, filenames, everything. Plug EVERYTHING :) Okay! All of my stuff will start with ZNC, latest good ones being ZNC-N&I.ZIP, and ZNC-AT.ZIP.. packs are RADPACK2.ZIP and RADPACK1.ZIP. they should be available on cdrom.com and who knows where else. We put a list of released in our latest stuff, so check in there. Also, radiance wants to thank DJ Moses and the rest of HFR for the help! oh yeah, RADPACK2.ZIP is recent and has 3 of my best songs. Get that if nothing else! coolarific... that's all i guess... okay dodilly... thanks for the interview, meng.. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- COMPLAINTS ---------- Complain, complain, COMPLAIN! It seems thats all people are doing these days with respect to music in the scene. But is there reasonable meaning behing these complaints? Are they acceptable and fair? Frequently - myself included - groups pressure their members into quickly doing tunes that are not necessarily of the highest quality - and just to meet a deadline. Indeed this is sometimes a harsh reality, but in order for groups to survive in the scene today the ability to produce MORE has overshadowed the ability to composer WELL. But what if the member cannot comply with the deadline given to him/her? The group complains. FAMILY MATTER/ILLNESS Obviously over the internet it is impossible to tell whether somebody is sick or has domestic matters, but I think its suffic to say this is as valid an excuse as any. To challenge this 'excuse' would be to questions one honesty and integrity, and that in itself isn't worth one measly song. Give them of the benefit of the doubt, they'll come around. NO INSPIRATION This seems to be one of the biggest problems slowing down the production of music today. Indeed recently I've seen it with my own members as well as various people I have chatted with on #trax. The ability to compose is almost always based on some sort of inspiration or emotion. I must admit I did not fully accept this until, I myself, went through a dry spell. So it's another valid excuse for not composing - and for not doing a great many other things as well! :) BROKEN COMPUTER/MODEM Again it's apaprent - especially if the person isn't local - that a broken compuiter or modem will prevent him/her from doing any composing at all. Keep in mind of course if people use this as excuse and it's not true, I don't think they deserve to be in the group if they can't be honest. SCHOOLING/HOMEWORK Gimmee a break. The average age of composers in the scen right now is about 15-26. The MAJORITY of these people have homework and go to school everyday. And if that's the case, then they OBVIOUSLY still find time ti compose. If you've made te responsibility to a group, I don't believe you can use this as an excuse - most groups give plenty of time IMHO for you to finish homework AND compose. But Note a few things. On the contrary to the above, i ALSO believe that this is a valid excuse if the group does not run deadlines or hold and major responsibilites (such as Epinicion & AIM Higher). So it goes both ways. Just depends on whether you feeling like honouring your commitments or not. OF course though education is more important than music almost without a doubt. (Sorry For Jumping Around So Much There :) ) NO POSITIVE FEEDBACK/NO FEEDBACK AT ALL Tell me something. Are you composing to please somebody in particular? Or ar you composing for yourself, and for fun where feedback is a bonus? Given that nobody likes to get negative feedback of course. But these days I only see constructive criticism for the most part, so that's a step in the right direction. I don't think this is a valid excuse. Far be it for me to tell you waht to do, but I'm gonna do so anyways so live with it :). It's the same old thing I always say. You should compose for yourself. Take feedback as a way to improve, not as an insult. Just because one or two people might not like your song, doesn't mean everybody feels the same way. There are 10s of THOUSANDS of composers out there - or listeners :) One person's view - while important if they can convey their thoughts into intelligent, constructive criticism - isn't going to (or shouldn't) effect you that much at all. So don't worry about it so much. If you like your music, don't let anybody put it down. And by all means try not to use this as an excuse :) SO my advice to EVERYBODY out there (including myself) is simple: LET PEOPLE DO WHAT THEY WANNA DO WHEN THEY WANNA DO IT (Unless it's hurting you in some way, shape, or form in which case you should discuss it with the individual privately and try working something out, rather than ragging on them to compose and complaining if they don't.) It works for me, I hope it works for you. * These views & this advice is my opinion and mine alone. * If you DON'T agree with something you've seen by all means * E-mail me at maz@io.org and uh... complain :) - Mdark -Not-So-Advanced-Tracking-Tips----------------------------[ Atlantic ]- For about a year now I've been helping new musicians improve their music. I'm no expert myself by any means. On the street, my instrument playing abilities wouldn't get me enough change for a phone call. My musical background is admittedly thin. Nonetheless, I have heard a great deal of pc music, and have noticed some common problems worth pointing out. I've been liberal here, and I'd guess that some wouldn't agree with me on some points. If so, let me know. I'll admit right-off that this is a confession as well, I've made a lot of the mistakes that I'm mentioning. I took a seemingly long time to get to the level that I'm at (and if you've heard my recent stuff, it's not much to marvel at) because of them. But that is, of couse, why I wrote the article. So, you can decide whether or not I'm worth paying attention to. (1) Indulgers Indulgers are what I call those trackers who believe that complicated means better. This might come from them listening to music written by experienced pc musicians and seeing the great sample variation, use of effects, and complicated (yet smooth) melodies. Let the word go out: writing music at that level is not easy, and you simply can't just pick up a copy of St3 (okay, or ft2) and try to duplicate it right off. The K.I.S.S. principle applies to music - get the best musical quality with as little sound as possible. Don't try to go "over your head" to sound like Skaven or Basehead. Start small. (2) Hotshots These are the people who don't care to figure out that a chord is. I was guilty of this for awhile, and in retrospect, I was kinda wasting my time prior to learning a little more musical theory. I think the central cause of this is that a helluva lot of trackers out there are really not at all serious about music. That's not to say that it's a serious thing - I enjoy tracking, and if I did not have fun doing it then I wouldn't. Yet a lot of trackers are solely out to achieve some sort of "fame" (As lame as it sounds, there are loads of these ppl), and don't compose for whatever artistic value is present in pc music. It seems to me that these people generally write bad music. You must understand basic musical concepts like harmony, melody, counter-melody, scales, chords or time signatures to name-off a few. If you don't know about this stuff, then you're music is likely to be devoid of quality, and as a result, painfully boring. This problem is the cause of many others, a couple of which I'll mention here.. (2.a) One problem with not knowing chord theory is that you are guessing which combinations of notes fit together, and which rake your spine. Writing good music in this trial & error fashion is difficult and painstaking. Music done this way often shows flaws - little auditory clashings of sound that stand out at you. (2.b) Frequency spreads. To give music a depth of sound, it helps to have low-end (low-frequency) sounds playing simultaeneously with high-end (high-frequency) sounds. This (very generally) makes tunes more interesting, and pleasing to the ear. Entirely bass-rich low-end songs can be too noisy and loud, and overly high-end songs have potential to be profoundly irritating. (2.c) Time. This issue is related to the motivation of "fame" in so many trackers. My advice: spend time on each piece until you are happy with it. This is especially important with new musicians. If a new tracker isn't happy with his work, then chances are other people won't be. I see multitudes of people releasing like bloody mad. Take it easy. Work on a song for a month. If you have as much time as I do for tracking (especially lately), then that doesn't really amount to much anyway. If you spend lots of time on each song, then you don't look back on music you've written a while ago and think "man, I really blew chunks back then." It's cliche, but do your best in your work. (3) The Sample Happy Yes, it is great to have your own samples. It makes your music feel a lot more like your own creation. A lot of pc musicians, however, just don't have the equipment to do their own sampling. This would be fine if they didn't try anyway. Don't try and make a song out of crappy samples just for the sake of originality. I've never considered ripping to be the crime that a lot of other musicians do. Just GIVE CREDIT where credit is due - always. Otherwise, use the best damn samples you can get your hands on, who cares. Yes, I'm guilty of this one too, but fortunately I was too obscure at the time for many to have noticed. :) (4) Trackstackers Start with something in 1 channel, go for 2 patterns. Add another sam in channel 2, go for 2 more patterns... ad nauseum. --> This gets seriously tired. Music that just builds one channel at a time, slowly, is boring. It's too predictable. Now I know that some musicians don't have the ability in their early days to put together an attention-grabbing melodic theme, but just think of some level of variation. Try doing bridges, try starting a song in the midst of the action, try different things. Be creative, that's what it's all about. Nobody wants to hear that progressive stuff. (5) Sheep We all have our preferred musicians. I really like the music of Fencer for example. He has an ability to embed a mood within a song that I aspire to match. I often go as far as to load st3 to look at exactly how Fencer got a certain track to sound a certain way. I have learned many techniques like this. It only becomes a problem when I want my music to sound like Fencer's. Learn their methods, learn how they get something to sound good. But don't try to turn yourself into them. That, again, is boring. I have listened to several songs by some trackers, and you can plainly tell that they are trying to sound like Necros or Purple Motion. Give up guys. Only those musicians sound like those musicians, and that's the way we all want it to be. I really hope some of these things make you think. If you've got any thoughts or comments for me, send 'em to "as566@torfree.net". tanks a whole bunch. - Atlantic of Neophyte, Aim Higher & Fitc ps. If there were some other things you would've liked me to ramble about, let me know. I like rambling. :) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CORRECTION Here is some corrected information from last weeks FITC: I was wondering: could you add a correction in the next FITC? My interview appeared in TraxWeekly #31, but my email address, lkohli@ids2.idsonline.com, was not included. Also, it was not mentioned that all of Empyrean's songs are on the Freedom data CD. Luv Kohli / Empyrean ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- /-[Group Columns]------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------/ --[1. Epinicion Column]------------------------------------------------------ ___ _______ _____________ ______ ______ _______ ______ _______ ___________ | // \\ \\_____) \\_____) \\_____) \\ \\ | : / o \ o \ \ \ \ \ \ o \ \: // _____// / \ : / \ _____/ \ / : \. \\_______/ _//______\\_|__//______\\_____//______\\_____//____| /: : \\____\\ ______________________________ oT /___//| |________________________// e p i n i c i o n \\________________| Some more songs in by Aradia, Czar and Frankenstien this week, which will be released shortly. Epinicion released it's sixth music disk, "BLT" on October 16th, 1995, featuring 42 songs by countless numbers of excellent musicians. You can find "BLT" on our ftp site, listed below. Epinicion now has released a total of 160 songs for 1995, surpassing our previous record by about *100*. Needless to say, we're very happy. =) Preparations for the Epinicion annual Holiday Music Disk are under way. Members and guests alike, please submit your holiday tunes to Psibelius at gwie@owl.csusm.edu (mime or uue), or via IRC-dcc. The Epinicion annual Holiday Music Disk will feature a new vga-based Epinicion Sound Interface (ESI) coded by Zoltar, and VGA artwork by Maelcum [KFMF/EPI]. NOTICES: ALL of Epinicion's 1995 releases can be found through ftp at: kosmic.wit.com /kosmic/epinicion. Epinicion WWW Page: http://www.csusm.edu/public/guests/gwie/epi.html New interface, new graphics, a new look. UNDER CONSTRUCTION (so some area are either not working or really screwed up =). Psibelius (Gene Wie) Epinicion Founder gwie@owl.csusm.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --[2. eXtreme Terror Corps]------------------------------------------------- -= X . T . C =- wake up ascii artists! -grin- Would you believe it. Spiritual Mindworks 1 is turning out to be the biggest succes ever on my bbs and i think in the entire scene in Holland. Everyone here is downloading the info files like crazy. If you want to know what's going up, look for the files SMX-INF*.* everywhere. SMX-INF3.ZIP is the most recent to date (10/21/95). Everywhere? Yes indeed, because GamesNet/SDC has decided to give us a ride on their global network. From now on you can download all the eXtreme Terror Corps and Spiritual Mindworks productions from every single SDC bbs in the world. An SDC bbs is a bulletin board connected to the Sound Distribution Channel on GamesNet (zone 100). Mail thr@xs4all.nl for more info about the SDC on GamesNet. You can also talk to him on IRC (SDC_ is his nickname i believe). This also means that every XTC production will also be released on every USRNet server. I would like to thank Mr. Data nils@djo.wtm.tudelft.nl of SDC for taking the time to connect us to the SDC. Please write him if you want more info. And Mr. Data: a big THANX from all the XTC members, what you did was simply GRAND. :) Now about the name. There have been a lot of rumours that we are about to change our name. Now i can not tell you anything yet, but y'all might be up to a big surprise. Even most XTC members do not know what is happening, only Deniax and me. Yes, we admit, something is about to happen, something BIG. Maybe we will reveal the news in the next TraxWeekly. Due to school we have not been releasing anything for a few weeks, the most recent song was done by Phonc(ie), a rave-style song. Anyone out there who likes Dune (hardcore vibes), Dj Paul and some of his happy remixes (rainbow) and songs like that? Be sure to download his productions because that is Phonc(ie)'s style altogether. Or simply email him: W.Langenhuijzen@nl.cis.philips.com Be sure to mention the name PHonc(ie) or Rolf as more people use this address. So far so good. From next week i'll try to review some +31 songs and upload them to ftp.cdrom.com, too. Respect goes out to: Mr.Data of SDC for putting us online over there, Softlord of TraxNet (received my mail?), Ray of SDC (made my dir already? grin), Deniax (no time eh, sucks! call me voice!), Morphine/RBi, Slackjaw/DTN^NLB, Spinoza/SG, Dopey Cc/TNL, Beasty Bass/NATURE/\BEAT!, Dark/MTB and offcourse Prance/Phoncie/Jinx/brain surgeon/Alex/PSC/DeepBass, and all downloaders of our files. From next week on no-one will be greeted anymore, because i just found out greeting people sucks. ;-). ohyeah ... email me: outlandm@netland.nl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --[3. Kosmic Free Music Foundation]----------------------------------------- . . .:.........:.. ... . + _:_______ : . + . . \ /__:__ . . . + . .:::. . \ / / . ... ... ````` ...... / _/ ___/_____________.__...:::::::.:::::::. ::::: .:::::'''' + / \ \ _ \ ___.::::::: :::: :::::: .::::: :::::: / /\ \__\_\ \____ \ `::::: :::; :::::'.::::::.::::::. ..:. . /_____/ \_____________________\..::::; ``` :::::::::::::;:::::::::::::; : : \ \___.._ ......:;:::: __ _ ``:::::::``` ```:::::::`` : : \___..__.. .::::::::::: __._ . . . (WW) . . .:............ .. . ``````` .+ . . : : + ... .... ...... a constellation of stars! We say hello to a Vivid, our new musician from Germany. K_HARDY is his first release. He is also a member of Radical Rhythms. We say hasta la vista to Maral, Lurch, and Young (the memberlist was getting huge again, sorry!) The Kosmic home page has been updated again, now with a nice imagemap! Be sure to fill out the Kosmic Listener Survey at http://kosmic.wit.com/ ~kosmic/survey.html. Our future products depend on your input! Last 5 Kosmic music releases: 101 More Than Meets The Mind . Chuck Biscuits. 16 .S3M - 5m:44s - 128 -10/14/95 (K_MIND.ZIP) - Another ChuckB squarewave trance mix a year in the making. 102 Earthtones ............... Mental Floss .. 16 .S3M - 8m:49s - 150 -10/17/95 (K_ETONES.ZIP) - Excellent acid-trance tune, club-mix quality. 103 Django ................... Hollywood ...... 4 .MOD - 2m:33s - 150 -10/23/95 (K_DJANGO.ZIP) - Jungle tune, 3rd place at Digital Symposium '95. 104 Song Without Voice ....... Maelcum ........ 8 .MTM - 4m:26s - 138 -10/25/95 (K_SONG.ZIP) - Bite-sized acid-techno snack. 105 Hardy Small (acid hop mix) Vivid ......... 16 .XM - 6m:07s - 142 -10/25/95 (K_HARDY.ZIP) - Strange acid with a phat rhythm, debut release. And now, back with a vengeance, tonight's top ten list! TOP TEN REASONS WHY ACROMANIA IS BETTER THAN 20MC 10. You can be a lot more expressive with 3-5 words than 3-5 beeps. 9. You never get spam points or chip-addict points in 20MC. 8. You don't even need to know how to track to play. 7. The material you're given is slightly less crappy. 6. 19 less minutes of pressure. 5. If your entry sucks, you can redeem yourself a lot sooner. 4. Get results in 45 seconds instead of next week. 3. When you get bored, go over to #thecafe, they got chicks over there! 2. Bot doesn't crash when everyone is ready. 1. 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