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DIGITAL - FEEL THE VIBES!!
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WELCOME TO A SMALL INTRO WRITTEN TO
ADVERTISE A FEW THINGS, GIVE SOME
MESSAGES AND JUST LET YOU KNOW WHAT WE
ARE UP TO. BUT FIRST, THE CREDITS:-
CODING BY..............SPOOK
FONT BY................FLAME
INTRO LOGO BY.........QUARTZ
MUSIC BY.................YAZ
THIS INTRO WAS CODED IN AROUND 6 HOURS
ON A BORING SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY
MORNING. IN THIS 6 HOURS, EVERYTHING
WAS CODED FROM SCRATCH!!!!! (EVEN THE
ROUTINE TO CREATE THE BALL DATA WAS -
BEFORE THIS INTRO, I HAD NEVER CODED A
DOT-BALL). THE FONT IS 4 BITPLANES,THE
ZOOMING DIGITAL LOGO IS 1 BITPLANE AND
THE BOUNCING BALL CONTAINS 480 DOTS
(OF WHICH, ABOUT 240 ARE VISIBLE) AND
IT IS 8 HARDWARE SPRITES.
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RIPPED MUSIC DISKS
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I (YAZ) RECENTLY RECEIVED A PHONECALL
FROM DEXTER OF PLAGUE REGARDING A TUNE
OF MINE THAT HE HAD SEEN IN THE RECENT
RAPED MUSIC DISK BY SEPULTURA. A TUNE
OF MINE CALLED "FOLK-SONG" HAD BEEN
RELEASED ON THE DISK. THE MAJOR THING
IS, HOWEVER, THAT THIS TUNE IS TO BE
USED IN A FORTHCOMING DEMO BY LEXICON.
THE VERSION RELEASED ON THE DISK WAS
UNFINISHED AND SOMEHOW, SEPULTURA HAD
MANAGED TO GET THEIR HANDS ON IT!!
ANYWAY, I MANAGED TO GET HOLD OF THE
PHONE NO. FOR SHOCKWAVE SO I RANG HIM
UP TO FIND OUT HOW THE HELL HE'D GOT A
COPY. I WAS TOLD THAT HE'D GOT IT ON
AN OLD SOURCE CODE DISK (ORIGIN ????)
AND THAT HE THOUGHT IT HAD BEEN
PREVIOUSLY RELEASED. I TOLD HIM I'D
BEEN TOLD THAT THE REPLAY ROUTINE WAS
FUCKED UP AND THAT THE TUNE WASN'T
PLAYING CORRECTLY. HE TOLD ME NOT TO
WORRY AND THAT HE'D CHECKED IT AND IT
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ANYWAY, HE APOLOGISED FOR RELEASING IT
AND I LEFT THE MATTER CLOSED.
A FEW DAYS LATER, I RECEIVED THE DISK
IN QUESTION THROUGH THE POST. I STUCK
IT IN MY MACHINE AND LOADED UP MY TUNE
"AAARRRGGGHH!!!! - WHAT THE FUCK HAS
HE DONE TO MY TUNE!!!". HERE ARE A FEW
OF THE THINGS WRONG WITH IT:-
1) NT 1 REPLAYER MEANS THAT ALL THE
VIBRATOS ARE TWICE AS HIGH AS THEY
SHOULD BE.
2) REPLAY ROUTINE CAUSES THE TUNE TO
COMPLETELY STOP FOR 2 SECONDS FOR NO
APPARENT REASON !! (IT DOESN'T DO IT
IN MY VERSION!!!)
3) THE '6' COMMAND ISN'T AVAILABLE IN
NT1, SO THE NOTES DRAG ON FOR AGES
WHEN THEY SHOULD FADE OUT NICELY!
AND ALL THESE MISTAKES ARE AFTER HE
HAS CHECKED IT FOR MISTAKES!!!!! FUCK
KNOWS HOW BAD IT WOULD HAVE SOUNDED IF
HE HADN'T CHECKED IT!!!!! #
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I ALSO LISTENED TO A NUMBER OF THE
OTHER TUNES ON THE DISK, MOST OF WHICH
DIDN'T PLAY PROPERLY EITHER. THIS JUST
ILLUSTRATES THAT TIME AND TIME AGAIN
LAMERS RIP OFF OTHER PEOPLES MUSIC AND
KNACKER IT UP. I NOW KNOW WHY IT IS
THAT SEPULTURA CALL THEIR DISKS 'RAPED
MUSIC' - THEY CERTAINLY FUCKED UP MY
TUNE!!!!!
I PERSONALLY HAVE NOTHING AGAINST
RIPPED MUSIC DISKS - THEY ARE A GOOD
ADVERTISMENT FOR YOUR MUSIC IF THEY
SIMPLY FOLLOW THESE GUIDELINES:-
1) DON'T ASSUME THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU
HAVE A TUNE THAT IT'S RELEASED! MANY
MUSICIANS SEND PREVIEWS OF THEIR MUSIC
TO CONTACTS WHEN THEY'RE UNFINISHED.
IF YOU HAVEN'T RIPPED IT FROM A DEMO
(AND YOU HADN'T, HAD YOU, SHOCKWAVE?!)
THEN DON'T RELEASE IT!
2) FOR GODS SAKE USE THE RIGHT PLAY
ROUTINE OR THE MUSIC WILL SOUND
TOTALLY FUCKED UP! (AS MINE DID!). IF
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ANYWAY, I'M SORRY TO HAVE TO PICK ON
ONE GROUP IN PARTICULAR WHEN SO MANY
OTHER PEOPLE DO EXACTLY THE SAME
THING. THIS IS NOT MEANT TO BE SEEN AS
A FUCKING TO SEPULTURA, THEY WERE
MERELY THE CULPRITS ON THIS OCCASION
(SO NO HARD FEELINGS GUYZ!).
THE MORAL TO RIPPERS IS - BE MORE
CAREFUL! COZ IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN I'LL
CODE SOMETHING MYSELF TO SAY IT !!!!
- YAZ OF DIGITAL -
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MEMBERS OF DIGITAL IN THE U.K. ARE:-
ACID...........CODER
COLUMBO........CODER
ENGINEER.......GHOST SYSOP
FLAME..........GRAPHICS + MUSIC
HIT............CODER
IMAGE..........MUSIC
LEXICON........CODER
LONESTAR.......GHOST CO-SYSOP
NO.5...........MANAGER
PANIC..........CODER
PARADROID......CODER + GRAPHICS
PIXEL SLAVE....GRAPHICS
QUARTZ.........GRAPHICS
RAVEN..........GRAPHICS
SHRIMP.........CODER
SPOOK..........CODER
STREAMLINE.....CODER
SYNC...........MUSIC + GRAPHICS
TURBO SLUG.....CODER
YAZ............MUSIC + CODER
Z80............CODER
COSY IS NO LONGER IN DIGITAL. HE LEFT
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MEMBERS OF DIGITAL IN GERMANY ARE:-
ANDY + RAY.......MODEM TRADERS
DEVINE...........GRAPHICS
DR. MASTERMIND...MANAGER
FLAXX............GRAPHICS
FLINX............GRAPHICS
HARVEY...........GRAPHICS
SOURCE...........GRAPHICS
SKAGA............CODER + MUSIC
X-ACT............GRAPHICS
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN ANY OF THE
EXISTING DIVISIONS OF DIGITAL, OR IF
YOU WOULD LIKE TO SET UP A NEW
DIVISION, THEN WRITE TO:
NO.5/DIGITAL
122 LAUDSDALE ROAD
EAST HERRINGTHORPE
ROTHERHAM
S65 3NS
ENGLAND
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OK, DUDEZ - IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT
WE ARE UP TO, READ ON...
WE WILL BE RELEASING OUR USUAL INTROS
OVER THE COMING MONTHS, BUT ALSO, WE
HAVE VARIOUS BIG DEMOS READY FOR
RELEASE OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. THEY
ARE AS FOLLOWS...
1- THE PUNISHER
CODING BY SPOOK AND ACID, GRAPHICS BY
FLAME AND MUSIC BY YAZ AND FLAME. THE
"UNOFFICIAL" FOLLOW-UP TO "HYSTERESIS"
WILL BE RELEASED VERY SOON (MAYBE AT A
FORTH-COMING PARTY???) AND WILL
FEATURE MANY NEW AND INNOVATIVE
EFFECTS, WHICH I AM SURE YOU WILL ALL
LIKE.
2- MAGNETIC DREAMS
CODING BY HIT AND Z80, GRAPHICS BY
RAVEN AND QUARTZ, MUSIC BY FLAME. MUCH
DELAYED DEMO (OVER A YEAR LATE!!!).
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3- CHAMELEON
CODING BY LEXICON, GRAPHICS BY QUARTZ
AND MUSIC BY YAZ. THE FIRST EVER DEMO
BY LEXICON, CODER OF THE "INTERFERON"
BOOTBLOCK (PROFESSIONAL VERSION) NOW
WRITES HIS FIRST DEMO.
4- VIRTUALITY
CODING BY STEAMLINE, GRAPHICS BY
QUARTZ, MUSIC BY YAZ. FIRST PRODUCTION
FOR DIGITAL BY A NEW(ISH) MEMBER. EX-
MEMBER OF FLASHING BYTES UK, NOW A
FULL MEMBER OF DIGITAL.
5- HYPNOTIC
CODING BY PANIC AND COLUMBO, GRAPHICS
BY QUARTZ, MUSIC BY YAZ. A NEW DEMO
FEATURING THE LARGEST VECTOR-WORLD IN
A DEMO TO DATE. ANIMATED VECTORS AND
COMPLEX MOVEMENT ROUTINES WILL MAKE
THIS DEMO STAND OUT FROM THE OTHER
VECTOR-WORLD DEMOS.
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6- MUSIC DISK (UNKNOWN TITLE)
CODING BY SPOOK, GRAPHICS BY FLAME AND
RAVEN AND MUSIC BY FLAME,YAZ AND SYNC.
WE HAVEN'T THOUGHT OF A TITLE YET, BUT
WE WILL RELEASE THIS EARLY IN 1992. IT
WILL FEATURE HIGH QUALITY TUNES AND
STUNNING GRAPHICS BY FLAME AND RAVEN.
IS THIS THE FIRST MUSIC DISK TO ALSO
INCLUDE A SLIDESHOW???
7- MUSIC DISK 2 (UNKNOWN TITLE)
CODING BY SKAGA, GRAPHICS BY DEVINE
AND SOURCE, MUSIC BY SKAGA AND
DR. MASTERMIND. FIRST RELEASE BY THE
GERMAN DIVISION OF DIGITAL.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE QUITE A LOT OF
RELEASES PLANNED AND ALL OF THESE WILL
BE HITTING YOUR AMIGA SOON!!!
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