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IceDigger - Dec 28, 2003

		IceDigger		Dec 28, 2003
			After years of searching I have finally found my favorite module track. Thought it was lost. Heard it in 98 and not since. Crystal Hammer... Do you have any favorite module tracks?

		it290		Dec 28, 2003
			My favorite MOD tune is an old Amiga module called Beta5... it's a FutureComposer tune and was used in a few cracktros and the like. There are a few other cracktro tunes that really stand out for me as well. Other than that, I really like the tunes from the classic demo 3D Demo II, and anything by Da Jormas.

		Curtis		Dec 29, 2003
			Heh - I love tracking. I've got quite a few favourites. Northern Sky (Chris Jarvis of the Kosmic Free Music Foundation) is up there. Also a really cool Impulse Tracker filter demo emulating the Roland 303 - simply 303.IT - is pretty incredible. Maybe I'll upload some of my few completed tracks.

		antime		Dec 29, 2003
			Point of Departure... by Necros is hands-down the best module ever. Crossroads... is IMO the best 4-channel mod.

		Pearl Jammzz		Dec 29, 2003
			I am lost, what are module tracks? also, where is the quick reply option?

		antime		Dec 29, 2003
			"Modules"... are wavetable synthesis music formats that originated on the Amiga. The programs modules are made with are called trackers.

mal

Dec 29, 2003

	
	
		
		
			Originally posted by BJammzz@Dec 29, 2003 @ 11:45 PM



 also, where is the quick reply option?

It's right where it should be.

		ExCyber		Dec 29, 2003
			Module tracks are similar in principle to MIDI, except that the file contains the sound samples so that you hopefully always hear it the way the composer intended (crappy speakers and player implementations notwithstanding). They originated on Amiga, and there are different formats that each originated with a program for composing modules (called a tracker). If you hear someone refer to the number of "channels" in a mod, that's how many sound channels it has, and therefore how many sounds / effects can be mixed together at a time (without pre-mixing them into a sample, which is often done for chords). The first trackers were 4-channel, because the Amiga's sound hardware natively supports 4 output channels. Later trackers added software mixing to support more channels. And I've gotten rather attached to Ice Frontier... by Skaven / Future Crew for some reason.

Flakvin

Dec 29, 2003

	
	
		
		
			Originally posted by antime@Dec 29, 2003 @ 12:42 PM



Point of Departure... by Necros is hands-down the best module ever.

I agree with Antime... 'Point Of Departure' is awesome!!!

(some more of Necros stuff is on this site: http://necros.gibdon.com/...)

Also, most of the mod music from Unreal and Unreal Tournament is pretty decent too

		it290		Dec 29, 2003
			Favorite SID tune anyone? Mine is '64er Intro' ... by Markt & Technik. Also, for anyone who likes this type of music, I highly suggest you point your browser here: http://www.scenemusic.net/... , and tune in to Nectarine radio!

		IceDigger		Dec 29, 2003
			Point of Departure is really cool. I love it. Still like Crystal Hammer better but its good stuff. Also the old tunes that they used to put in the cracks/installers to the old games in the zeraw scene were totally kick ass.

		Ratamahatta		Dec 29, 2003
			Anything by the tracker "Tarantula" tends to be up in my favourites. ALso Betrayer has some pretty good stuff. Remixes of old metal songs.

		Scared0o0Rabbit		Dec 30, 2003
			mal is my favorite mod, he's a great magician!

		scorch56		Jan 23, 2004
			My favorite mod tune was the one that played in the background while you were installing Crusader-No Remorse (or was it No Regret? the FIRST game anyway). In fact.. I had to go out on the net in those days and learn what a mod was.. since I could never find the song on the CD.. until I did. I still have that song archived on a CD-R somewhere. Kinda' "Satriani-ish".. awesome guitar riff.. haunting & spooky..

		Curtis		Jan 23, 2004
			It'd be good if you could dig that out - I'm always on the lookout for good guitar mod tunes. Incidentally, here are a couple of my own compositions that I promised (threatened?) to upload. Neither really count as "mods", but the idea is the same. http://users.tpg.com.au/eccurtis/laydbak.it... A layed back (hence the name) hammond/guitar jam. I'd regard this as my best work in Impulse Tracker. 1.85MB. http://users.tpg.com.au/eccurtis/slap.it... A bass groove I made years ago. DOn't recall where I ripped the bass/keys from, but the drums are original samples (originally sounded good, later badly mutilated ). ~600K They should play fine in winamp - quite a few of mine dont.

		Flakvin		Jan 23, 2004
			Ye olde Modplug Player is the best for playing module music... winamp's mod plugin, just doesnt work properly with all mod files. http://www.modplug.com/modplug/download.php3...

		it290		Jan 23, 2004
			Nahh... the best thing for playing mod files is an Amiga 500, or for Screamtracker/Impulsetracker files, a nice Pentium machine with a Gravis Ultra Sound (best soundcard made, heh).

scorch56

Jan 23, 2004

	
	
		
		
			Originally posted by Curtis@Jan 23, 2004 @ 02:02 AM



 It'd be good if you could dig that out - I'm always on the lookout for good guitar mod tunes.

Curtis,

It'd been a LONG time since I'd dug this up or had anything to do with "mods". I had to go back clear to a '98 archive disc to grab my players; and then drag out the Crusader game (equally as old). At any rate.. I couldn't find the song except for off the CD and it turned out to be an AMF (Asylum Music Format) file. Don't remember how I converted it to a MOD format back then.. but when I download the latest ModPlug Player tonight.. it played it.

To make a long story short.. while playing it I looked up the embedded info and it turns out.. this was one of Necro's tumes as well! It's called rebel base 2 and can be gotten here as well:

http://www.gibdon.com/necros/scene/necros-rebel_ba...

.. in mod format (sounds even better). The guitar part is rather short (more piano) but for some reason.. still reminds me of Satriani.. and a girl I once knew.. and a shower.. but I won't go there.

I really, really like.. this song.

		ratfish		Jan 23, 2004
			I like the Vodoo Peoples mod. I'm pretty sure it's available somewhere on the ModArchive. edit: It might have been an .it or .s3m file now that I think about it... I'ma go check the mod folder on my Mac now. Heh, it crashed on me, but I found another MOD I like, it's called "Elysium" and I think it came with the ModPlayer I'm using on it. it290, favorite SID? One word M.U.L.E.!(well, one acronym I guess )

		Curtis		Jan 24, 2004
			Thanks scorch! It's a top shelf tune, that's for sure. I wish I had the talent/patience for something like that...