Analog, search for tutorials for "Jeskola Buzz", that's the original that Aldrin, Buzztard and now Neil are cloning.

Also, there's a seperate manual for Buzz/Neil's most important plugin, Matilde Tracker, that you'll probably want to read. (MatildeTracker is the built-in sample tracker, works more or less like protracker)

edit: searched it for ya. here you go, bro.

http://avdl1064.oli.tudelft.nl/buzzmanual/ Jeskola Buzz Manual
http://www.buzzmachines.com/machines/do … newid=1006 -> download this, it contains some dlls and a couple of html files. you can throw away the dlls, just read the html for info about Matilde Tracker

edit2: remembering when i started to learn buzz, i remember there were a couple of traps/ things that are not realy obvious
1) to set the loop end in the sequencer click on a position after the position where you want to set the loop point, and press Ctrl-E
2) unlike generators, effects do not automatically produce their own tracks/patterns in the sequencer. But of course it's possible to control fx parameters over time. to create a fx track, right-click anywhere in the main sequencer window and select "Add Track" and then chose your desired fx plugin.

edit3: Vytautas/Bucket Brigade told me he's currently working on the program every day and he most definately appreciates bug reports.

802

(8 replies, posted in Releases)

Warlord wrote:

same goes for compiling the stuff into a form where it would make sense to distribute in executable format. if there's a lot of demand for that, then maybe I'll look into that. But generally this is marginal stuff enough as is, and I believe distributing it in such format would have even lesser audience.

yes i demand it! A LOT!
actually i think releasing an executable would give you better possibilities of promoting this "marginal" stuff, such as releasing on pouet.net and other demoscene portals.

803

(8 replies, posted in Releases)

XXLcellent!!! One of the best chip releases so far this year.

edit: and yeah, where's the actual musicdisk?

hmmm, i have it running on 9.10. compiled & installed most of the deps by hand like the install walkthrough suggest. it all works fine, except for the fact that the pattern view is a bit glitchy sometimes wink

805

(11 replies, posted in General Discussion)

sounds to me like either your graphics card or your cpu are overheating. have you checked if the fans are working correctly?

806

(13 replies, posted in Bugs and Requests)

Subway Sonicbeat wrote:

I think I signed up as soon as I knew about here (2 or 3 days after the launching, probably) so that wasn't an issue at all.

So did I, but never got a confirmation email. Then I sent a mail to forum support and never got a response either. Then I signed up again without spaces in my username and everything worked out no problem.

807

(22 replies, posted in Atari)

I have kept to myself until now.
But since AMN decided to nekrobump this thread again, please allow me to make a few remarks.

IMHO atarimusic.net is one of the worst Atari-related sites I have ever seen.
Here's what's bothering me:

1) The layout of the site is boastful and pretentious. The quality of a website is determined by it's content, not it's graphics.
2) Speaking of which, half a year after launching this site, there is still hardly any original content that is actually of any information value. There are already many Atari-related sites like the DHS homepage or atari.st that have 10 times more information on the subject. The only thing that's actually decent is the link section.
3) The way AMN promotes this site gives me the impression that the creator(s) actually don't know what they are talking about. Closing the gap between MIDI and YM musicians? What gap??? That's like if I were to create a ZX Spectrum site that aims to close the gap between AY and Beeper musicians. Or did you think YM musicians were stupid enough not to realize that their machine has MIDI? And what's the reason for ignoring Atari 2600 and the Atari 8bit-family?
4) Do we really need a seperate community for the about 50 active Atari musicians out there? I thought the internet was about bringing people together, not seperating them.

I apologize in advance for the hard words, maybe I just fail to see the point in that site. Maybe there isn't one, though.

edit: never mind me rambling, i'm sure the creator(s) of amn put a lot of work into this site.

808

(13 replies, posted in Bugs and Requests)

no fair. chipmusic logs me out ALL THE TIME.
come to think of it, it also didn't let me sign up in the first place, which at first i thought was due to the fact that i put a space between irrlicht and project (which is actually the way it's meant to be), but nowadays there are plenty of people who have spaces in their usernames ...
anyway for the record i'm using firefox 3.5.8.

indeed. i remember you had a very similar one in the good old times on *bc. didn't know this stuff was popular in brazil!?!?

810

(13 replies, posted in Bugs and Requests)

noticed that chipmusic auto-logs out inactive users wayyy to quickly.
sometimes i get logged out while actually composing a forum post.
is there a way of prolonging the session a bit?

811

(2 replies, posted in Bugs and Requests)

same here - is it bug or feature?
using ubuntu 9.10 with ff 3.5.8.

812

(3 replies, posted in Motion Graphics)

this is very nice in terms of graphics, some of the transitions between video game sequences and rotoscope style scenes are executed extremly well. however i feel the movie is lacking a bit in story. overall it's a fun little clip though.

813

(5 replies, posted in Other Hardware)

GIJS FOR PRESIDENT!

judging from the demo tracks you uploaded here i'd say it's a great piece of hardware, capable of producing a unique range of sounds.

Today I was setting up my new Linux music "workstation" as I ran into a common problem:
How do I get our beloved Buzz to work on Ubuntu?

As you know until now there were mainly 3 possibilities:

1) Run Buzz/Buzé etc. in WINE. Slow as hell and not really stable.
2) Buzztard. Nice, but doesn't really have the same concept/feel as Buzz.
3) Aldrin. I loved this one until the developer decided to totally screw up the code and eventually abandon the project altogether.

BUT NOW THERE'S NEW HOPE.

Bucket Brigade decided to start a new project based on paniq's Aldrin. It's called NEIL SEQUENCER.
At the moment it's about as powerful as the old Aldrin, but of course much more stable.
So after 2 years I can finally start working on my old Aldrin tracks again.
Installing this sexy beast was lengthy but simple even for a Linux noob like myself.
So, if you are working on Linux and like Buzz, there is no reason why you shouldn't try out NEIL this very minute (and support the developer by sending bug reports and stuff).

Check it out here

there will be a Micromusic Get-Together in Berlin on July 30-31st.
people willing to join the lineup send me a pm.
beware though that due to the masses of artists expected we won't be able to pay for travel costs etc.

816

(152 replies, posted in Collaborations)

i'm still in, wouldn't mind a little deadline extension though.
too buzy these days.