Moo Sick Therad

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Mar 10, 2023 2:38 pm

I was obsessed with making music on the Amiga 500, and my tracker of choice was MED. There was also OctaMED, which could handle 8 channels, but at the cost of sample fidelity. I didn't really bother much with sample disks, as I got myself a Microdeal MasterSound sound sampler, and sampled the sweet bejeezus out of every record and cassette I could lay my hands on!

That said, I think FredFish PD used to distribute disks full of sampled sounds.

Post by **Mrak** » Fri Mar 10, 2023 3:30 pm

That all sounds great thanks. I think I was was heading for ProTracker, as that appears to have gotten the most recent developments. I'll grab those sound disks too. I'll look for a sampler in the future. Though looks like I might be able to get one for about £15...

Post by **blombluss** » Sat Mar 11, 2023 10:02 pm

I spent a good 40 minutes today talking to my brother about making Amiga tracker music! This is your ^^^^ fault, y'know!

Post by **Mrak** » Sat Mar 11, 2023 10:47 pm

Good. I never played with that side of the Amiga when I was younger. Unfortunately my brother would always tell me what was boring and would never give me chance to explore

Post by **richschnauzer** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 4:45 pm

Syd Little sings Where Do You Go To My Lovely

https://soundcloud.com/scenehitter/syd- ... al_sharing

Post by **richschnauzer** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 4:46 pm

richschnauzer wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2023 4:45 pm Syd Little sings Where Do You Go To My Lovely.

https://soundcloud.com/scenehitter/syd- ... al_sharing

He sounds genuinely aggrieved.

Post by **blombluss** » Mon Mar 20, 2023 1:47 am

"To Beryl & Mike
Nice to have known you
Be happy
Syd Little"

He probably signed the LP whilst dogging or summat.

Post by **blombluss** » Mon Mar 20, 2023 1:48 am

Linked from that Syd Little page:

Kraftwerk Walking in the Air
https://soundcloud.com/rob-cottam/kraft ... in-the-air

ACES!

Post by **richschnauzer** » Sat Mar 25, 2023 12:38 pm

hey look, it still fits.

Post by **blombluss** » Sun Mar 26, 2023 3:47 pm

Nice!

Post by **blombluss** » Fri May 12, 2023 10:26 am

Telex: Euro Vision
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6USa0zUMmqI

It had to be done...

Post by **blombluss** » Sat Jun 03, 2023 11:50 am

Sol Seppy: Move
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kda63lTbfNM

Slightly unhinged Trip-Hop is the best kind of Trip-Hop.

Post by **endar** » Fri Jun 23, 2023 4:28 pm

Has anyone listened to a super audio cd?

i just got a player, in the form of a sony blu ray player, 30 pouns. Also Brothers in Arms on SACD. I was not prepared for how utterly fucking amazing it sounds, it blew me away. Absolutely a step up from normal "red book" CD

Post by **blombluss** » Sat Jun 24, 2023 10:05 pm

I don't think so, no.

WIKI: The SACD format allows multiple audio channels (i.e. surround sound or multichannel sound). It also provides a higher bit rate and longer playing time than a conventional CD. An SACD is designed to be played on an SACD player.

Cool!

CandyDarling · Post by **CandyDarling** » Sun Jun 25, 2023 12:13 am

blombluss wrote: ↑Sat Jun 03, 2023 11:50 am Sol Seppy: Move
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kda63lTbfNM

Slightly unhinged Trip-Hop is the best kind of Trip-Hop.

This is good! I don't know why, but it reminds me of this for some reason:

Nick Nicely - Hilly Fields

BTW - SACDs seem to have been replaced with "HD" audio downloads, like really high bitrate and sample rate FLACs and the like. It's a shame SACDs didn't take off, but streaming etc etc etc

Post by **endar** » Sun Jun 25, 2023 1:14 am

i've got a small handful of 24bit flacs and wavs, but they sound nowhere near as good as the SACD. They seem to be pretty popular in Japan, a lot of remastering and production seems to be happening there.

The recent resurgence in physical media gives me a glimmer of hope that they'll make SACDs more popular, cheaper and more readily available. I feel like the world wasn't ready for them 20 years ago, but their time may come

Post by **blombluss** » Sun Jun 25, 2023 11:00 pm

CandyDarling wrote: ↑Sun Jun 25, 2023 12:13 am
blombluss wrote: ↑Sat Jun 03, 2023 11:50 am Sol Seppy: Move
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kda63lTbfNM

Slightly unhinged Trip-Hop is the best kind of Trip-Hop.
This is good! I don't know why, but it reminds me of this for some reason:

Nick Nicely - Hilly Fields

Ha! I can understand where you're coming from, there!

Post by **dng** » Mon Jun 26, 2023 9:55 am

wow. i've never heard that before and itrs incredible

CandyDarling · Post by **CandyDarling** » Wed Jun 28, 2023 10:01 pm

Yeah, it's quite obscure but influenced some notable 80s musicians, most namely XTC who went and did an entire faux-60s album under an assumed name with the producer of the first Stone Roses album.

https://youtu.be/r8f8K6TNtXI

Post by **endar** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 7:42 pm

this is wonderful

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpMMwc0Mn0Y

his previous video on amiga music making was great too. I may have linked in the past

Post by **dng** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 8:36 pm

that is wonderful

Post by **dng** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 8:36 pm

makes me wish i had an ST, and also a keyboard, and also knew how to use at least one of them

Post by **blombluss** » Tue Jul 11, 2023 9:50 pm

endar wrote: ↑Mon Jul 10, 2023 7:42 pm this is wonderful

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpMMwc0Mn0Y

his previous video on amiga music making was great too. I may have linked in the past

Hurrah! I'm watching that ^^^ and making gentle cooing sounds, as I write this!

Post by **dng** » Wed Jul 12, 2023 9:50 pm

tonight i watched ears, eyes, and throats (restored punk films 1976-1981), which had a lot of weird american punk video stuff from the 70s, some of which i'd heard of (residents, devo), and lots which i hadn't.

https://mubi.com/films/ears-eyes-and-th ... -1976-1981

one i'd never heard of was mx-80 sound

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMXbQRnbZ9M

which is wonderful and i love it

Post by **dng** » Wed Jul 12, 2023 9:52 pm

also this piece of amazing ultra horror

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLLo-cDzKlc

(somehow it's even more terrifying with the MTV logo in the corner)

Post by **blombluss** » Wed Jul 12, 2023 10:15 pm

dng wrote: ↑Wed Jul 12, 2023 9:50 pm one i'd never heard of was mx-80 sound

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMXbQRnbZ9M

which is wonderful and i love it

I rather like that also. Hurrah!

Post by **blombluss** » Wed Jul 12, 2023 10:17 pm

dng wrote: ↑Wed Jul 12, 2023 9:52 pm also this piece of amazing ultra horror

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLLo-cDzKlc

(somehow it's even more terrifying with the MTV logo in the corner)

They should replace BBC News with that!

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Jul 13, 2023 12:16 pm

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/164307460362 ... olid=10050

Where's me royalties!?!

Post by **dng** » Thu Jul 13, 2023 3:46 pm

I hope this is real

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/ ... d-pressing

Post by **vom** » Thu Jul 13, 2023 4:47 pm

haha, brilliant

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Jul 13, 2023 7:28 pm

The first Taylor Swift album I've ever coveted, there.

Post by **blombluss** » Mon Jul 17, 2023 9:02 pm

Johnny Cash sings "Barbie Girl" (A.I.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyfQVZHmArA

Post by **endar** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 9:10 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJFt03a1PsE

more amiga sound wonderfulness

Post by **blombluss** » Sat Jul 22, 2023 12:43 pm

Why do you do this to me, Daz?

Good man!

Post by **blombluss** » Mon Sep 04, 2023 1:45 am

Rush: Tom Sawyer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auLBLk4ibAk

I'm not sure I've ever knowingly heard a Rush song before, but that's ^^^^ pretty good in my book (and that book is Atlas Shrugged).

Post by **endar** » Mon Sep 04, 2023 12:22 pm

I have one album, A Farewell to Kings

it has an amazing sci-fi song, called Cygnus X-1

i must needs acquire more

Post by **blombluss** » Tue Sep 05, 2023 12:48 am

I gave Cygnus X-1 a whirl, earlier, and I rather liked it! Ta for the tip!

CandyDarling · Post by **CandyDarling** » Mon Oct 09, 2023 3:09 pm

The gnome vocals from Bowie's The Laughing Gnome, at normal speed

https://youtu.be/mri8hjEJ98s

It really should have been released like this in the first place

Post by **dng** » Mon Oct 09, 2023 4:26 pm

beautiful

Post by **blombluss** » Mon Oct 09, 2023 7:17 pm

Oi likes!

Post by **endar** » Mon Oct 09, 2023 7:45 pm

Yes that's amazing.
i think there's some missing bits though
like "'ere, 'aven't you got a gnome to go to?" "No, I'm gnomeless"

CandyDarling · Post by **CandyDarling** » Thu Oct 12, 2023 8:58 pm

In a weird turn of events, I myself have (re)uploaded something that is effectively a follow up to the previous video

David Bowie - The Laughing Gnome (TOTP Bowie-less promo, 1973)

This has sort of accidentally fallen in my lap. It was uploaded by someone else earlier this month, I saved it off of Youtube, and then just now I went to see it online again and discovered it had been made private. Anyway, I've made it available once more.

Basically when The Laughing Gnome was re-released in 1973, Bowie understandably didn't want to go on TOTP to promote it. So they made this half-stop-motion promo with some sort of ogron standing in for Bowie. It was the source of some strange dimly recalled hauntological memories for decades until now, and I thought it was a shame for it to just disappear again after all that time, so here you go.

(Reverse Kyle is my "other people's things" channel on Youtube, btw. It's named after someone mistyping the name of a Yorkshire TV announcer...)

Post by **dng** » Thu Oct 12, 2023 9:34 pm

hooray. how amazing

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Oct 13, 2023 1:51 pm

An interestin' watch! Ta!

CandyDarling · Post by **CandyDarling** » Fri Oct 13, 2023 5:15 pm

Annoyingly I've had to delete that video as someone claims it's "stolen and not intended for public viewing" or something. Not sure what the deal is precsiely but I'm not taking any chances. Gah.

Post by **dng** » Fri Oct 13, 2023 6:04 pm

Wankers

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Oct 13, 2023 7:22 pm

Gatekeeping much? The dick.

Don't blame you for taking it down, though.

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Nov 02, 2023 3:22 pm

It's pretty decent, that 'new' Beatles song, isn't it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW55J2zE3N4

UNLESS YOU THINK DIFFERENTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111111

Post by **endar** » Thu Nov 02, 2023 8:20 pm

I haven't heard it peace and love peace and love

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Nov 03, 2023 10:49 pm

The b-side consists of a random 3 minute chunk of Ringu's Thomas The Tank Engine narration, over the top of a breakbeat Macca found on an Amiga floppy disk.