Category: Machines Are Meant to Spark Joy
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NET-CON-01
This is one of the first tracks I made using OpenMPT, which I found to be a great successor to Furnace Tracker in terms of allowing deeper mixing, and straightforward sample playback. By this stage, I had finally gotten over my fear of Windows-95-looking software, and realized that it could actually be very robust. It…
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TPE-BOY-02
I must admit that, while I like how this track turned out, I don’t think it fits the aesthetic of the album. It was intended to express a handheld tape recorder, but in retrospect this aesthetic diverged from the handheld game console “options menu” type theme. Moving forwards, I will try not to consider a…
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MSG-PAL-98-MkII
Inspired by the resurgence in 90s Jungle music, and the drumming that emulates it, I wanted to use this as an opportunity to get better at drum programming. MSG-PAL-98-MkII is a remix of the first one, and despite its “chill” influences, it ended up staying quite bubbly. I tried to keep all sounds quite short…
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MSG-PAL-98
Held in hand Digital heartCraft to guide toward creative lightForget the followsForget the fightsThese designs are not just toysMachines are meant to Spark Joy. — _software: furnace-tracker_download: MSG-PAL-98.wav_project-files: MSG-PAL-98-SOURCE.zip_samples-used: MechSounds_license: public-domain / cc0 …