Song profile for Shuttle departure

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Shuttle departure

by Sphenx

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Track Details

AlbumOriginalName: spx-shuttledeparture.it Imported: 2022-09-14 (TERN-Sept2022-04).
Tracker TypeImpulsetracker
Duration05:23
Total plays234
Added2022-11-01 07:36:40
Track ID#14003
Integrity
MD5
01f9f8cd242f45ed2d0f49118f49f311
SHA-1
3c8c4cf4ad5c2b1e6a2996e9a4a38b89074292a5
SHA-256
41b77395be42c514b1d5c66efac1c20f4d7aac4feee6b7a75f5274ef94c87613
SHA-384
5f992fc2064f9cfa610e1b0a2460e933dd9fd27aa0e2e704ff382eef1c6a174331057ecf4d825a0cabd5bed64249bf8f
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  • 🕘 2026-10-06 07:23:00
  • 🕘 2026-09-29 00:58:19
  • 🕘 2026-09-22 04:17:42

About the artist Sphenx  View all tracks ›

★★★★★ (5 votes)

An artist from the Netherlands. Not much more is known about him.

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Additional data from ModArchive
Title on ModArchive Shuttle Departure
Credited on ModArchive sphenx2
Module format IT
File size 2.09MB
Added to ModArchive Sun 5th Apr 2009
ModArchive rating 10 / 10
On ModArchive Open the module on ModArchive

Sample & instrument names

Lead:MainGuitar
Lead:Theme3
Lead:Lead Guitar
Lead:Mixed SynthBells
Lead:BellLead
Lead:SynthHorn
Inst:Glockenspiel
Inst:Opening Horn
Inst:SynthLead

Perc:BuffBassDrum
Perc:BashSnare
Perc:HiClak
Perc:ClakHihat
Perc:ShortSnare
Perc:TinyTom
Perc:TinyHihat.2
Perc:Muffled Tom
Perc:HallBaseDrum
Perc:Crash Cymbal
Perc:Merregnon Drum 7
Perc:Open Hihat
Perc:ClosedHH R
Perc:ClosedHH L
Perc:HiHat L
Perc:HiHat R
Perc:RimPower R
Perc:RimPower L
Perc:SnareEdge
Perc:Shan
Perc:Distant Drum
Perc:Large Tom
Perc:QuickCrash
Perc:Tom
Perc:Snare
Perc:RideWet
Loop:Break

Guit:Electric Skorpik
Guit:DirtyDistant
Guit:DirtyDistant
Guit:PowerChords L
Guit:PowerChords R
Guit:PowerChords Fast L
Guit:PowerChords Fast R

Bass:Acid
Bass:LongBass
Bass:Smack Bass
Bass:SquareShort1
Bass:SquareShort2
Bass:SquareShort3
Bass:Smooth Bass

Str:Strings
Str:Strings RL
Str:Strings LR
Str:SearPad
Str:Voice
Str:Voice
Str:Voices Good Ramp
Str:Voices Good
Str:SpaceMix L
Str:SpaceMix R
Str:SpaceMix Long L
Str:SpaceMix Long R
Str:SearPad
Str:Sonix
Str:Sonix Peak

Syn:SmartBrass Short
Syn:SmartBrass
Syn:Hich Peak
Syn:dcclick
Syn:Short
Syn:InnerVision
Syn:MixBottle 2
Syn:MixBottle 1
Syn:MonsterRiff FastOff
Syn:MonsterRiff

Chip:Echoed Triangle
Chip:LFNoise
Chip:Noisy Square
Chip:Sine Fast Off
Chip:Sine Slow Fade
Chip:SquareDrop
Chip:Vibrato Sine

Sfx:Gliss Bell
Sfx:Zaeng

Blip:Blip 1
Blip:Blip 2
Blip:Blip 3

------ Sphenx 2008 ------
AWS:bassi
AWS:Choir
AWS:Choir
AWS:Hrns.wav
AWS:Long Bass
AWS:Smack Bass
AWS:Wind Chimes
AWS:Zaeng
CDV:LeadGuitar
CDV:LeadGuitar
CDV:LeadGuitar
CDV:LeadGuitar
CDV:LeadGuitar
CDV:LeadGuitar
CDV:LeadGuitar
CDV:LeadGuitar
CJA:Crash Cymbal
CJA:Lead Guitar
DEE:Ensq.led
DEE:Jesters.smp
GUS:MarcatoStrings4
GUS:Open Hihat
GUS:RoomTom
JLI:ChipRamp
JLI:Theme3
LTL:DN-PING.SAM
LZK:Bass
LZK:Bass
LZK:Bass
LZK:Short
MER:PERC_07.WAV
PMO:ThunderDrum
SCO:Electric Guitar
SF2:Closed HiHat L
SF2:Closed HiHat R
SF2:HiHat Closed L
SF2:HiHat Closed R
SF2:QuickCrashCymbal
SF2:RideCymbal
SF2:RimPower L
SF2:RimPower R
SF2:Snare Edge Hard 2
SKV:BashSnare
SKV:BuffBassDrum
SKV:D-20-Snare.2
SKV:HallBaseDrum
SKV:Muffled Tom
SKV:SearPad
SKV:SnareLoop
SKV:SonixLead
SKV:TinyHihat.2
SKV:TinyTom
SPX:BottleSpace.C3
SPX:BottleSpace.F4
SPX:Glinglead
SPX:HiClak
SPX:InnerVision
SPX:LowChipNoise
SPX:MonsterRiff-A1
SPX:MonsterRiff-A2
SPX:MonsterRiff-A3
SPX:Noisy Square
SPX:PowerChords1 L
SPX:PowerChords1 R
SPX:PowerChords2 L
SPX:PowerChords2 R
SPX:SatSine
SPX:SpacePad L
SPX:SpacePad R
ST-02:SmartBrass
ST-05:Shan
ST-98:dcclick
TEQ:BassDrum
TEQ:Drum
TIR:Na Glockenspiel C#5
???:AcidBass
???:Tom

Comments on ModArchive

/======================================================================\
  |                                                                      |
  |                           THE SPACE RING                             |
  |                   FIRST RING : SHUTTLE DEPARTURE                     |
  |                   ------------------------------                     |
  |                    Composed by Sphenx (C) 2008                       |
  |                                                                      |
  \======================================================================/

/===========\                                                /==========\
| TECH INFO |=================\       /======================| PLAYBACK |
\===========/                 |       |                      \==========/
  |                           |       |                                |
  |                           |       | You'd better use XMPlay unless |
  | Version : 2.00 - Low Qual |       |  you're  ready  for  trying a  |
  | Running Time     : 5:31   |       | native IT 2.15!   Wanna try??? |
  | Active Channels  :  64    |       |                                |
  | Virtual Channels : 130    |       \================================/
  | Samples          :  77    |
  | Instruments      :  87    |
  | Patterns         :  55    |
  | Resonant Filters : Yes    |
  |                           |
  \===========================/
    |   |
/================\
| THE SPACE RING |
\-------------------------------\
  | 01 / 10 : SHUTTLE DEPARTURE |========================================\
  \=============================/                                        |
    |                                                                    |
    |                                                                    |
    |  In this perishing planet, the confederation of the world states   |
    | started secretly a vast project. Mankind was already doomed by its |
    | foolishness and the planet was only a big terrain for game between |
    | the  confederation and the  so-called rebel states.  These Rebels  |
    | claimed for a new order for the world with a fair distribution of  |
    | the resources  and wealth.  Anyway, it was  too late since  many   |
    | centuries before and all were acting in a brutal way of destruction|
    | for theirselves.                                                   |
    |                                                                    |
    |  The confederation allowed a project to build a gigantic spaceship |
    | that would be  able to carry  thousands of people  and bring them  |
    | far away in space to search a new planet to settle to, in the hope |
    | of giving a chance of survival for Mankind.                        |
    |                                                                    |
    |  Finally that day arrived and the ship was ready for its departure.|
    | It was  supplied  with  an artificial  ecosystem that  required    |
    | most discipline to maintain - and necessary to stay alive while in |
    | space. Leaving their brothers in their dying homeworld, and flying |
    | to   their  destiny,  this  new  crew   would   call   itself      |
    | "The Survivors". Thus, future generations were condemned to live   |
    | onto the great void until their extinction ...                     |
    |                                                                    |
    \====================================================================/
     |  |
     |  |
/=========\
| SAMPLES |==============================================================\
\=========/                                                              |
  |                                                                      |
  |  Samples I use come from these sources:                              |
  |                                                                      |
  | AWS = Awesome                                                        |
  | CDV = Cadaver                                                        |
  | CJA = Chris Jarvis                                                   |
  | DEE = DEE (Nitro & Cube)                                             |
  | GUS = Gravis Ultra Sound Patch                                       |
  | JLI = Jogeir Liljedahl                                               |
  | LTL = Liam the Lemming                                               |
  | LZK = LizardKing                                                     |
  | MER = Merregnon Compo Samples Pack                                   |
  | PMO = Purple Motion                                                  |
  | SCO = Scorpik                                                        |
  | SF2 = SoundFounts                                                    |
  | SKV = Skaven                                                         |
  | SPX = Well ... hum ... shoud I say it?                               |
  | ST-xx = Amiga SoundTracker/ProTracker Disks                          |
  | TEQ = Teque                                                          |
  | TIR = Trackers Instruments Repository                                |
  | ??? = I don't remember ... though it can be from one of above!       |
  |                                                                      |
  \======================================================================/
    | |
    |"|
/=======\
| NOTES |================================================================\
\=======/                                                                |
  |                                                                      |
  | It's about time to release some old tracks I started many years ago! |
  | This Space Ring Cycle was initiated back in 1999, but I've been much |
  | busy with many other projects then I somewhat forgot these musics.   |
  | I recently refreshed them a little bit in the hope of completing     |
  | what was started long time ago.                                      |
  |                                                                      |
  | Let me bring you into that journey around the stars and ... enjoy !  |
  |                                                                      |
  |                                                                      |
  \======================================================================/
   | |\ |
   | || |
   | \| |
/=========\
| CONTACT |==============================================================\
\=========/                                                              |
  |                                                                      |
  | Let your message travels through the netspace towards this place:    |
  |                                                                      |
  |    gb_sphenx_hotmail.com                                             |
  |                                                                      |
  \======================================================================/

___________________________________________________________________________

Shuttle Departure
(C) 2008 - Sphenx
___________________________________________________________________________

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Mp3 file details

Waveform of Shuttle departure by Sphenx, left channel above, right channel below: level in dB against time, 5:29 long.
Waveform A picture of the whole recording from start to end. The taller the shape, the louder that moment; the left channel is on top and the right channel below it. The scale up the side is the level in dB, the one along the bottom is the time. Select the picture to open it at full size.
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OK
measured from the file itself
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File size How much room the mp3 takes on a disk, and how much data you use when you play or download it. It is roughly the bit rate multiplied by the length.
9.7 MB
10 186 439 bytes
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5:29
minutes : seconds
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116 BPM
a walking tempo
Bit rate How much data is spent on each second of sound. More data keeps more detail when the audio is squeezed into an mp3: 128 kbit/s is acceptable, 192 is good, and 320 is the most an mp3 can hold.
248 kbit/s
good quality
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44.1 kHz
44 100 measurements a second
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Stereo
2 channels
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MP3
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−14.9 LUFS
typical for streaming and podcasts
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3.9 LU
very even
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−1.6 dBTP
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DR 10
10.2 dB · moderately dynamic
Left channel level The average strength of the left channel over the whole recording (“RMS”), counted in dB below the loudest level a digital file can hold (dBFS). More negative means quieter. Compare it with the right channel.
−16.7 dBFS
average (RMS) over the whole file
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−16.5 dBFS
average (RMS) over the whole file
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0.15 dB
balanced
Stereo width How strong the part that DIFFERS between left and right is, compared with the part they share. A very low number (-40 dB or less) means both sides carry the same sound - mono in practice. A higher number means a wider stereo picture; a very high one can sound thin on a single speaker.
−1.1 dB
very wide
Cover art in the file Whether a picture is stored inside the mp3 itself. A player shows it as the album art when the file is played somewhere else - in a car, on a phone, offline.
Yes

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album The album or collection the file says it belongs to. Stations and encoders sometimes use this field for notes of their own.
OriginalName: spx-shuttledeparture.it Imported: 2022-09-14 (TERN-Sept2022-04).
artist Who made or performs the recording, as it is written inside the file.
Sphenx2
comment A free note somebody left inside the file.
/======================================================================\ | | | THE SPACE RING | | FIRST RING : SHUTTLE DEPARTURE | | ------------------------------ | | Composed by Sphenx (C) 2008 | | [...]
date The year, or date, the file says the recording is from.
2009-04-03T23:32:44Z
sourcemedia A text field stored inside the mp3 file (an “ID3 tag”) by the program that made it.
'it' tracked music file, made with 'Impulse Tracker 2.15', rendered with 'openmpt123 0.6.5 (libopenmpt 0.6.5+r17760, OpenMPT 1.30.06.00 https://source.openmpt.org/svn/openmpt/tags/libopenmpt-0.6.5@17760 (2022-08-21T11:52:55Z) clean)'
title The name of the recording, as it is written inside the file.
Shuttle Departure
encoder The program that made the mp3 file.
Lavf62.19.101

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