Tag: gwEm

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  • gwEm interview pt 2

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    This is the second part of our interview with gwEm, you can find the first part here.

    LB – In the maxYMiser FAQ you make the comment that the other trackers available for the machine lacked in some way, I was curious which limitations encouraged you to start on maxYMiser.

    gwEm – Well, there were 3 different trackers all doing something different, I wondered why.. then I read a deeply inspiring interview (note: links to myatari.net zip of May2003 issue which contains the interview) with the legendary Tao, which went into details about his techniques. I decided to put all the effects into one tracker.

    LB – Did you develop maxYMiser in secret for a while or were you getting input from other Atari experts?

    gwEm – I make most of my projects secret, since I don’t want to disappoint, maxYMiser was a big secret though. I got input just from Dma-Sc on the interface – he tried all the early versions, from the very first mock up. I asked him, since I am a big fan of his music style, he seemed interested in trying a new tracker out, too – he was one of the first to move to Triplex. After the first couple of releases I got advice from 505 instead, since Dma was busy. Except for those two guys, I didn’t really listen to anyone else. But they are, in my opinion, the best two musicians on the Atari ST demoscene.

    LB – How did the ST community react to maxYMiser?

    gwEm -Well, I released some stuff – firstly the song ‘maxYMise’ as a compo tune. ‘maxYMise’ didn’t do that well, which effected motivation. I realized then, its not all about fancy effects. Next thing was ‘The Phatt Demo‘

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  • gwEm interview pt 1

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    Pictures used with kind permission of Bit.Shifter

    I was lucky enough to chat a little to gwEm, author of Maxymiser, hell survivor, Hardcore rave tunesmith and International Rock Star.

    LB – Thanks most kindly for doing this.

    gwEm – No worries!

    LB – What came first for you, music or computers?

    gwEm – Hard to say… Today music comes first though, I don’t care too much for computers. I was very young when I had my first computer, so I can’t exactly recall. Maybe I had a musical instrument before then..?! No idea :)

    LB – What was your first machine?

    gwEm – It was an Oric Atmos 48k

    LB – Not the most popular of machines at the time, did you start coding on it?

    gwEm – Yes, but I was very young, and didn’t do much worth speaking about. It was all BASIC stuff.

    LB – Did you hop from that to the Atari series or was there something in between?

    gwEm – No, the Oric broke, and then our family got an Atari ST.

    LB – Did the sound chip capture your imagination right away?

    gwEm – I’d have to say no – that came much later. The late 80s demo scene didn’t attract me at all. Atari ST was based around the megademo format – which in retrospect is kind of cool but at the time I thought it was an ugly way to present screens. But it only took a couple of years to get into making music on the ST.

    LB – Which trackers did you start on?

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  • This is YM2149 II

    I took my STj, a Technics and my Vestax and recorded a second edition to the hit “This is YM2149” compilation series… I call it “This is YM2149 ii” :)

    Concerto For Acid Band – Jess/Overlanders
    Pacemaker – 505/Paradox
    No Sheep in Outer Mongolia – Mad Max/The Exceptions
    CPU Eater – 505/Paradox
    Funktion – Damo/Reservoir Gods
    Pea – SH3/Reservoir Gods
    Chu Chu Rocket – MSG/Reservoir Gods
    Tetris – gwEm/PHF
    dYManite – Stu/Drop Da Domb
    Killer – Big Alec/Delta Force
    Different World – gwEm/PHF
    Cassiopeia – Floopy/MJJ Prod
    Outlaw – Crazy Q/DHS
    Bubble Days – Dma-Sc/Sector One

    I took mostly hits from active sceners this time, with a couple of classics. Hope you will enjoy this mix.

    Download the mix here:

    http://files.dhs.nu/mpeg/this_is_ym2149_ii-mixed_by_gwEm.mp3

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  • March Pulsewave Videos

    LxN writes:

    Hey Ya’ll! I’ve finally put up the rest (well almost) of the Videos from March’s PulseWave. Nullsleep’s set is in 5 parts, and G&CR’s Live from Hell set is in 4 parts. I meant to do something exciting with them, but it’s been a really rough month and I decided to just put them up. Also have some video of NIN I took at Bonnaroo (I had a pretty good spot), it was their last US show! Anyway, please check out the PulseWave videos, and there will be two more G&CR songs coming later. Hope to make it to July’s PulseWave!

    – Links to PulseWave playlists –

    Nullsleep: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p … 6346C37D51

    G&CR: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p … BB2548BBA7

    OpenMic: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p … 4DB84A59C8