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I was doing some research on tracking and I came across this awesome bit of kit in a presentation by Necros (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_CCpg5VQ4k - well worth the watch, it's pretty much a tutorial for Buzz)
http://www.buzzmachines.com/whatisbuzz.php
Has anyone used it before?
I've been using it for about a week and you can get some great results from it!
ieep! i don't know about the actual status of the software but i have used it a looooot.
i love the modular philosophy, the vst support and all the tracker machines... i remember using the Argüelles(r.i.p) machines (303, trackers, etc).
I thought jeskola had left his development, but I see there is an update dated 2008.
I use Psycle sometimes, it's a really similar tracker, I think it can even use the same Machines (as well as VSTs and samples).
Still using it, and I'm very happy with it. So far I haven't seen a platform that lets me do what I want to an equal degree, suits me like a glove.
And yeah, while Buzz can be bitchy at times, I'll also say this: I haven't had a crash that led to data loss in over two years. Once you know where the traps are, it's easy to avoid them.
Buzz is actually being developed again, after many years of hiatus!
It's a great program and it's 'routing' logic was revolutionary, but I never got used to it because you could only see one track at a time.
Here's the dev's website: http://jeskola.net/buzz/
BUZZ ROCKS! used to use it almost everyday, nowadays i'm on linux, so i use NEIL Sequencer, it's basically a buzz remake (not quite as powerful yet but it's getting there)
I never got used to it because you could only see one track at a time.
Have you tried Psycle? Buzz but with a tracker interface is lovely. 
Buzz rocks. I've been using it occasionally for about 10 years now.
Some cool machines:
-the wave recorders (e.g.Whitenoise, CnG) let you do live resampling
-BTDsys SampleGrid is a fun drum sequencer
-PyBuzz lets you get extremely nerdy by running Python scripts inside Buzz
-the more recent DubDelay is probably the coolest/weirdest sounding software delay I've heard
-almost everything Fuzzpilz and BTDsys made!
ah yes btw the original buzz is a monster and can be a bit tricky to install. try a remake like buzé for a clean install and more or less same functionality. btw i'd say buzz is quite a bit more powerful than psycle. psycle is a really cool tracker though.