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The occasion

by Skaven252

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AlbumOriginalName: occasion.it Imported: 2022-10-29 (TERN-oct2022-02).
Tracker TypeImpulsetracker
Duration03:44
Total plays230
Added2022-10-31 10:00:17
Track ID#13842
Integrity
MD5
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SHA-1
a10a5623d16bcf7fab5bdad84c69b5c3c35eecef
SHA-256
6735287ffe31e7afa94ec11aa269420bdc2e45224f09c5ddd33fa042e630e53e
SHA-384
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About the artist Skaven252  View all tracks ›

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Peter Hajba (born 15 December 1974), also known by his demoscene nickname Skaven, is a Finnish electronic musician, video game composer and graphic artist. His most recent project is with Remedy Entertainment as an animator, sound designer and graphic artist. Prior to working with Remedy, Hajba has been credited on games developed by 3D Realms, PopCap Games, Introversion Software Limited, Epic Games, and Housemarque.Hajba was a member of the widely popular but now defunct demoscene group Future Crew, which produced some highly acclaimed demos during the 1990s. Despite having no formal training, he has won numerous awards for his music, including winning the Assembly music competition in 1993, 1995 and 2002.In 2005, Hajba composed the soundtrack for the Text Mode Demo Contest invitation demo.As of 2012, Peter now regularly releases tracks on his SoundCloud page.Hajba was a member of the widely popular but now defunct demoscene group Future Crew, which produced some highly acclaimed demos during the 1990s. Despite having no formal training, he has won numerous awards for his music, including winning the Assembly music competition in 1993, 1995 and 2002.In 2005, Hajba composed the soundtrack for the Text Mode Demo Contest invitation demoAs of 2012, Peter now regularly releases tracks on his SoundCloud page.

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Additional data from ModArchive
Title on ModArchive The Occasion
Credited on ModArchive Skaven252
Module format IT
File size 1.47MB
Added to ModArchive Sat 12th Nov 2016
ModArchive rating Not yet rated on ModArchive
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Sample & instrument names

CZ101-PhatLooped
CZ101-FatBass
CZ101-Rotox
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CZ101-Dimp.1
CZ101-Dimp.2
CZ101-Dimp.3
CZ101-Dimp.4
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CZ101-Boom
CZ101-Tap
CZ101-Snip
CZ101-Tiz
CZ101-Chap
CZ101-Tizzz
CZ101-Spak
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CZ101-SquealLead.1
CZ101-SquealLead.2
CZ101-SquealLead.3
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N364-MastWorld.CMaj
N364-MastWorld.CMin
N364-MastWorld.Sus4
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CZ101-Observatory
CZ101-Emersonian.1
CZ101-Emersonian.2
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CZ101-Waves aloose
CZ101-Diddle
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        -= Time =-
     -= Diversion =-
    -= Opportunity =-
      -= Occasion =-
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  -= (C) Skaven 1997 =-

 This time I can actually
finally say: ALL SAMPLES
ARE BY ME. There. I've
said it. I feel better.
   (: O :)    (: O :)

 This song is to be used
 in Scope Productions'
 "Opportunity" CD

Comments on ModArchive

Author: Peter Hajba
Handle: Skaven
Email: skaven_remedy.fi / skaven_isis.yok.utu.fi
homepage: http://isis.yok.utu.fi/~skaven

        Song finished August the 30th, 1997

   Consume it
                   Dissect it

                                    Give it a twist

                                                        Spit it back out

         This song has been made entirely with sounds from my old Casio
        CZ-101 phase distortion synthesizer. The samples were originally
        sampled in CD quality (16-bit 44.1kHz), but then resampled and
        converted into 8 bits to give the song at least a little more
        reasonable size. Main thanks for the nice sample quality goes to
        the Spirit Folio Notepad micro mixer I bought a while back; it
        gives excellent results with virtually no noise - provided you
        don't use the internal gain amplifier. :)

         This kind of music, however, is completely beyond the
        capabilities of the CZ-101, as it has only eight oscillators,
        giving only 4-note polyphony in double, and 8-note polyphony in
        single oscillator mode, not to mention it is a mono synth. This
        is where the tracker and a sound card or a sampler come in
        handy. Almost professional quality music can be produced this
        way - again, provided the tracker is good enough. :)

         Any guesses how the Rotox sound was made? Give up? Scroll
        down to see. :)

         Give up? The sound was made out of the 'Whistle' (!) found
        as a preset in CZ-101. It was switched from single-oscillator
        mode to double, added 1% phase detuning, then played in
        CG chord through the mixer with heavy overdrive. A crossfade
        was added with the sampling program to give it a good-sounding
        loop without needing to sample the entire phase 'wavelength'
        (which would have made the sample all too long). Ping-pong
        loop was not used, as when the waveform 'mirrors', it in most
        cases creates an audible click.
         So this is what a whistle can be made to sound like. :)

         The rest of the sounds have been programmed manually, either
        from scratch, or basing on the presets found in the CZ-101.

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Waveform of The occasion by Skaven252, left channel above, right channel below: level in dB against time, 4:37 long.
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4:37
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−9.9 dB
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OriginalName: occasion.it Imported: 2022-10-29 (TERN-oct2022-02).
artist Who made or performs the recording, as it is written inside the file.
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1997-08-31T15:33:37Z
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Author: Peter Hajba Handle: Skaven Email: skaven@remedy.fi / skaven@isis.yok.utu.fi homepage: http://isis.yok.utu.fi/~skaven Song finished August the 30th, 1997 Consume it Dissect it Give it a twist Spit it back out This song has been made entirely with sounds from my old Casio CZ-101 phase distortion synthesizer. The samples were originally [...]
title The name of the recording, as it is written inside the file.
The Occasion
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'it' tracked music file, made with 'Impulse Tracker 2.14', rendered with 'openmpt123 0.6.6 (libopenmpt 0.6.6+r17953, OpenMPT 1.30.07.00 https://source.openmpt.org/svn/openmpt/tags/libopenmpt-0.6.6@17953 (2022-09-25T14:18:16Z) clean)'
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Lavf62.19.101

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