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Re:The Demoscene -- an Overview by thunk on Wednesday May 19, 2010 @01:42PM (#1361690)
"The demoscene" can also refer to the largely overlapping subculture of tracker [1] musicians. There're a few well known electronic artists still using trackers today, like Venetian Snares [2], Bogdan Raczynski, and enduser.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracker_(music_software)

[2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjAwxG3q3Yo

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Re:The Demoscene -- an Overview by elblanco on Wednesday May 19, 2010 @05:32PM (#1362424)
Writing music in trackers is like using a great programming language. A super fast way to get your thoughts into something you can listen to. I've never found a more efficient mechanism since.
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Re:The Demoscene -- an Overview by anatta on Wednesday May 19, 2010 @06:41PM (#1362621)
Who could forget FastTracker 2! I was about 13 or 14 when I discovered it. There is something intoxicating about composing with the computer in that way. Granted, there was and are a ton of corny .mod files out there but I feel like mod tracking is where I fell in love with the aesthetics of editors and code.

Thanks so much for bringing this to attention! :)

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Re:The Demoscene -- an Overview by nitrogen on Thursday May 20, 2010 @03:03AM (#1363423)
FT2 and Impulse Tracker were amazing pieces of DOS software. Impulse Tracker somehow eventually supported DirectSound audio output when running in a Windows 98 DOS box, IIRC. IT did all of its graphics in pure text mode by reprogramming the VGA card's font table.
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