Amiga music: Captain - Space Debris

[@ExtremeWreck]

This belongs in a museum. It's *FAR* too incredible to not be.

[@vonzox]

Awesome idea! I would set an Amiga museum. :-) In fact here in Finland is a "retromuseum" if I recall right..

[@GldnClaw]

This and satellite one by future crew

[@PhilDrury]

You may get a free hat for saying this kid. :p And you're right - Ahh, the good old MOD days!

[@gaspode8]

@@PhilDrury Mods are still produced … lots of them.

[@philippeleprohon4823]

So do you! (Do you get the reference?)

[@Vulkans]

It was composed for a demo scene compo back in 1991, won first place if I remember correctly A remake of this song written by Kaarlonen himself is included in the 2011 game "Rochard"

[@Pumpitupfrance]

5 years later ;) You are true : This mod is the Music compo winner at Anarchy Easter Party held in Nykoping(Sweden) - 29/31 March 1991

[@fygarOnTheRun]

@@Pumpitupfrance So the tune will turn 30 in about a year.

[@ExtremeWreck]

@@fygarOnTheRun It just did!

[@althalusian]

The mentioned Spacesynth Remake - kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGGXpGlqfr58la8

[@darkmagicians62]

included in PGEN (Sega Genesis open-source emulator for Playstation 2) too

[@dynad00d15]

This song is what attracted me to become a tracker, back in the day.. Because of Captain, i have 6 releases, one BBS intro, 2 presences at NAID (95 and 96) and a 17th place at Wired 1996, to my name. I had the priviledge to spend time with Basehead, Nekros, DCB, The Zapper and so many more talented trackers and programmers and last but not least, my demoscene hero, Skaven from Future Crew, took time to chat with me on #trax (IRC). Those 4 years in the tracker scene was an experience that i will cherish for the rest of my life.

[@doubledanny2792]

i would really really love to listen your music my man ! i know its too much but there is a way you could upload your music or tell how can i search for it?

[@nintendude794]

@@doubledanny2792seconded

[@andreasoberg2021]

That is really cool. Do you still do music? I was part of Scopex for a while back in the day, did a lot of animations.

[@dynad00d15]

@@andreasoberg2021 I stopped in 2001 because i added a new function in my life, being a dad. :) I still play drums though. :)

[@andreasoberg2021]

Ah. I may also add that function too. :) I just got a Moog One and Im having a blast

[@netspider2]

I dont always listen to this song, but when I do, i repeat it at least 10 times..

[@cyber13337]

What Captain did with 4 channels and stereo is awesome, still the best mod ever made

[@timoloef]

I can't choose between this one and Oro Incenso. Know it?

[@cyber13337]

@@timoloef Oro Incenso is a great mod!

[@emretasdemir8028]

Gem pfp

[@MegaRazorback]

And to think, 4 channels at the time this came out was considered the best of the best and now look at what we have...Come a long way huh?

[@radioactiveentertainment5059]

keyed music taste

[@spearPYN]

1991 -- a great year for Amiga! 30 years ago, we were all much younger back then...

[@gmodderr]

Born in 96, Found this kinda music in 2012, so of course I got myself an Amiga too

[@StephanS]

Its not only a fantastic song... the sound.. the feeling and the "lo-fi feeling" of the samples makes it all... i love it!

[@axelei]

This is known as "amiga sound" after the samples disk that came with trackers of that era. Gotta love the feeling.

[@krecikowi]

There is nothing better then listen to this on Paula :).

[@allan.n.7227]

with a little help by her friends Agnus and Denise :-)

[@lostsynapse]

it's basically lo-fi

[@Sam-oq7rb]

Not only were tracker music samples used in the 90s tunes, lo-fi sounding, the samples' effects and lack of VST like we have now in DAWs, also surely contribute to this unique mood 90s tracker music has.

[@ModderPaulScambaits]

To me this was one of the Commodore Amiga's most memorable creations by an independent artist.

[@RetroGamingMusicCom]

True that! It has such a great flavor to it!!!

[@_nillo]

Essa música é simplesmente maravilhosa!, Sério, não há como não chorar ao relembrar os *velhos tempos* ;)

[@chmtr]

Eu conheci faz pocos dias e queria saber se é de uma banda ou jogo ou programa, a interface que dos mostradores é antiga.

[@chmtr]

@@nhehguy Valeuuu

[@RacerShooterFighter]

@@chmtr ela foi feita pra um concurso de demos em 1991 e ganhou ele depois disso vem sendo usada em tudo que e tipo de keygen/loader essa interface e de um tocador de musica mod do Amiga o compositor e o Captain (Produtor/Tecladista) da banda de rock finlandesa Poets of the Fall to compartilhando esse monte de informacao porque to a dois dias cacando essa musica e deu um certo trabalho pra achar ela

[@PedroHCF37]

@Fallen PUTA MERDA SABIA QUE JÁ TINHA OUVIDO ISSO ANTES

[@darkmagicians62]

@@RacerShooterFighteralém de ter sido usada no PGEN, o emulador de Mega Drive para PlayStation 2

[@hobbesthecat4551]

First heard on a Gravis Ultrasound in the early 90s. It came on the demo disk. Been looking for it for decades.

[@rogerwennstrom6677]

Same here I think :)

[@tonymurphy30]

The days when just four channels was enough!

[@_Killkor]

Limited environment always pushed the artists to work outside of the box. Limited options meant that when you mastered the program, you knew it like the back of your pocket and moving though it was done on instinct pretty much, thus such masterpieces were created. Plus the fact alone that this was a completely new undiscovered frontier, pushed those young artists forward. Notice, how nowadays we have the most sophisticated DAWs this world has seen, yet nothing really big coming out of this all. There are too many options, programs are often difficult to grasp and to move around, and there's no cultural push to create such music anymore. And if anything comes out, it is often bombarded by a ton of criticism, compared with hundreds of other tracks by other artists, basically killing all the inspiration and drive this artist might've had, instead of just... taking it in and saying "wow, that's actually fantastic! Keep it going!". Nowadays, nobody is really a pioneer. The great ones of the past century carved the paths for other artists to follow. And even, if you release a great track, there's a very slim chance, someone big will notice you and your work, and perhaps offer you something bigger (f.e. work as a music composer for a game), unless you actively throw yourself left and right, just to be noticed. Artists are drowning in a sea of artists and the bar is set too high.

[@distar7471]

@@_Killkor It's crazy. I began my own composing career in 2015 and even though I don't consider myself a professional, I've already built such talent not even using professional software as FL studio or ableton. Renoise or sunvox.

[@ltva8781]

@@_Killkor I've always thought about "what if SID had 12 channels" or similar things. Would there be all those amazing songs from Jeroen Tel, Rob Hubbard and younger composers such as lft? Genesis showed that more possibilities can't force composers to make better music BUT what would we have if this constraints existed but weren't so tough?

[@mikosoft]

Funny enough, the limitation of four tracks was cicrumvented by sampling chords as is the case in this tune as well, the pads are sampled major, minor and other chords.

[@OninDynamics]

It wasn't enough, which was good.

[@zamdee]

Easily one of the best mods ever

[@rabitsspielbude3834]

Totally agree... It stunned me back in the days as it does now. Timeless piece of art.

[@UserX860]

Yes. A very good one! But he did better... Beyond Music.

[@cantankerousclankingcontra8295]

You may also want to checkout the Turrican soundtrack if you haven't heard it. Fantastic music. kzbin.info/www/bejne/boTVc3qmha2ce7M

[@Thejebe]

Huge respect for Markus Kaarlonen. Personally I prefer the Spacesynth Remix, but you must always honor the original. It's the giant's shoulders for the remix to sit on! 👏

[@grunt140]

It was thanks to his space synth version that i even discovered the genre back when rochard launched.

[@descore7578]

Awesome song, one of my favourites from the Amiga days. All hail Soundtracker.

[@HardDiskLover]

This is my absolute favorite AMIGAAAAAA!!!!!! Tune of all time!! I just love the awesome sound of the old Commodore computers.

[@Aron_Lee1]

So ridiculously catchy omfg

[@brostenen]

Yup.... And it is made in 1991, by an amateur. It is from when I was around 14 years old and Amiga was the best you were able to buy for the money. Now I am 43. Still using Amiga on a hobby level.

[@spearPYN]

@@brostenen Same here. Late 80s and early 90s best times in the history of mankind. I love Amiga and early classic PC's.

[@brostenen]

@@spearPYN Yup. It was a golden time back then. The 1990's as a whole, was not bad eighter. And we ended it with a big party on the 31'st of december 1999 that lasted well into the 1'st of jan 2000. I sure remember what I did that night.

[@spearPYN]

@@brostenen yes, I collect computers from that era now. Have a few setups: Atari 8-bit, Amiga, classic PC DOS era (1990-1995), and late 90s (Half-Life, Unreal Tournament) era. I really think it was a special time, the technology back then was fresh and fascinating. Now it appears everything is boring and uninteresting...

[@brostenen]

@@spearPYN Same here.... I have C64's, 286's, 486's, Pentium-1's, and then A500, A600 and A1200. Got one of them TheC64's as well, because why not. And then I am building my own C64.

[@onlineamiga]

My brain hurts to think this was over 30 years ago. OMG I am getting old!

[@tailsots]

pgen é maravilhoso, tempo que nunca mais vai ser o mesmo

[@lunagabriela829]

Bons tempos que não voltam

[@CaptainDave05]

One of my favorite all-time Amiga songs - I've listened to it hundreds of times if not more over the years.

[@tubeMonger]

I remember this song requiring extra memory due to the high quality samples. Funny how a group such as Image had one of the best musicians in Finland at that point.

[@kenflagg]

This is transporting me directly back to 1991.

[@nintendo1889x]

That intro is definitely an eargasm

[@rafaellima83]

Shit, I remember this. I haven't heard this for more than 20 years, when the first note second of video was played, I remembered it!

[@GerardPinzone]

Same.

[@japa3953]

Uh, so much memories. Couple of months ago my friend made a phone call me and told that he found Amiga 500 from yard flea market, "Look what I found" he text me. I send him a text back: "STOP! Buy it for me". And he did it. In that very moment my hidden and imprisoned Commodore heart got freedom again. Today I have Amiga 500, -600 and -1200. A1200 is modified that I can use USB, HDD or Floppy drive. My plan is to start make protracker metal with A1200. I used the Amiga and Protracker making music a lot from late -80's to 1999. Mostly making drum tracks. I tried to fight against PC's but in 2000 I gave up and I bought my first PC and that very same time I captured my Commodore heart deep in the dungeons of myself. I am almost done with Amiga. I still need Protracker and samples to HDD. Ok, samples are not an issue.

[@edshift]

I remember this mod. Fantastic. A of people are calling this chiptune music which I think is inaccurate. The mod files contained the base waveforms as well as the tune. It was wavetable synthesis. To me chiptune music is purely using the onboard synth of whatever chip your using. My opinion but there you go. Great stuff.

[@TheOnlyToblin]

While I agree with your core definition, I do believe a lot of people use "chiptune" to describe the general sound and feel of this kind of music. The sort of 80's-90's tracker/Amiga/Atari-esque sound.

[@PedroHCF37]

So how do you call it?

[@ianedmonds9191]

@@PedroHCF37 Just MOD music or maybe demoscene music.

[@Melechtna]

I frankly defined chiptune as music that primarily featured that "chipped tone" that's frequently associated with the Famicom, where anything with long sustained notes are "chipped" into multiple concurrent notes that barely makes it sound like a longer one. I'd classify this as Wavesynth.

[@enderjed2523]

That would make the sample based sound chips in the Amiga, 32X, SNES, GBA, and PS1 as chiptune, by your definition.

[@xandagaur]

Legendary Protracker!

[@flonkplonk1649]

Soundtracker, Noisetracker, Protracker, Impulsetracker... the 4 first ones?

[@gbaughma]

I used to have HUNDREDS of mod files.... what great memories... and thank you so much for one of the BEST MOD FILES EVER! Space Debris FTW!

[@kumbah2006]

Greg Baughman - you can play these on Android with XMP, and even get random songs via the latest version. Welcome to the internet ! smiles

[@jilmarit]

Why not STILL have hundreds of mods? Go to mod archives!

[@tcozzol]

A true classic!

[@Shiro_Fubuki]

Por mais que o pgen seja obsoleto, sempre será o emulador mais lendário de todos. Eu na época achava wue os jogos tinham saído pra ps2 mesmo kkkk hoje sou muito grato ao que o retroarch fez, mas alguns outros emuladores passaram na minha vida e isso é simplesmente lindo. Essa música foi criada e foi campeã de um concurso de música, e com todos os méritos foi muito usada de lá dos anos 90 pra cá. Falo do PGen pq não sei se fora do Brasil esse cd super coleção existiu, mas aqui ele foi uma das coisas mais maravilhosas do mundo dos videogames. Pro ps2 aqui no br só não foi maior que Bomba Patch e talvez os mods de GTA San Andreas.

[@SomeBlokeOrWhatever]

O B R I G A D O por mencionar o pGen, eu tava aqui bugado tipo "de onde eu conheço essa musica, krl?"

[@lunagabriela829]

Finalmente encontrei gente que veio pelo PGEN, ele é uma das minhas memórias mais lindas do PS2 ❤

[@bocolatebhipbookie]

Anyone else here just because they like Amiga music?

[@nintendo1889x]

Very unique soundfont for sure

[@justchris.8720]

i come for the PGEN emulator

[@outrun2outnow]

Of course!

[@outrun2outnow]

@@nintendo1889x we all love amiga music!

[@rockettaco]

Yup.. I am.

[@andyknowles666]

it's probably been 20 years since I listened to this, it still gives that wonderful feeling it used to.

[@Noxedwin]

I listened to this song and a lump developed in the pit of my stomach. Sort of like a bittersweet nostalgia feeling. I don't know where I know this song from, but it makes me happy for some reason. Maybe I heard it on a Warez loader or something... *Edit:* Comments seem to indicate that it was the idle music for the PGEN Emulator. It checks out.

[@MagnusRender]

2024... Dang this is so cool. An inspiration for my own music career in computer games that peaked with VVVVVV in 2010 :)

[@Vitorio582]

Whoa, that's so cool. I can definitely hear how your soundtrack for VVVVV was inspired by Amiga music

[@tatsujincorp]

listened millions of hours to this great tune in my tracker. even until today :)

[@sky173]

OMG. I can't believe I just stumbled on this! This was one of my favorites back in my youth. Reminds me of the old Future Crew demos... those were some great days! That's for sharing!

[@pvc988]

Amiga ♥ If we could only have Commodore back…

[@brostenen]

Fuck commodore. They blew it on mis management. The people who actually designed the stuff, engineers that is, are the heroes. Hail haynie, fish and the others.

[@Jebbidan]

Commodore can go and fuck themselves to hell because commodore treat amiga like it was their cash cow

[@mark12358]

@@brostenen True. Still, want Commodore back with Tramiel, Chovaniec, Porter, Andrade, Haynie, Nesbitt, Mical,, the Father and all the Vic20 marketing genies. That was the team to promote Amiga.

[@brostenen]

@@mark12358 It needs to be run, like before Tramiel left. That gives all cost savings directly to the benefit of the user. One reason why they were more succesfull than Apple would ever be.

[@ExtremeWreck]

@@mark12358 Jack Tramiel destroyed Atari though, so I don't think that guy should come back.

[@emshomar]

PGEN ?!

[@BetaMaster2]

+Snagglebee Umm, what even is PGEN?

[@emshomar]

Sega Genesis / Mega Drive emulator on PS2

[@BetaMaster2]

oh okay

[@R3NH3]

Paperclown weaboo

[@sebastiann.8088]

Bernardo Chaves Renhe Ramos u gay m8

[@Brandbox23]

I was trying to find this song for years!!! I heard it as background music of a sega genesis emulator on the ps2... good times!!!

[@intellectus2826]

Oh boy! Remembering my 386 MS DOS Mod Player

[@robwebnoid5763]

Here in January 2022. This was singularly the first mod song that I really liked, back around 1990-91. I even changed a couple of the samples to my liking back then. And then played this & other mods onto speakers using a build circuit on breadboard that interfaced out of the printer port, in the days when most people did not have sound cards yet as that was still in its infancy or were too expensive.

[@JohanEQUIXOR]

3:24 : just epic !

[@leliobevilacqua2173]

Todos os dias virou meio que um Ritual Matinal ouvir esses clássicos... Faz bem manter a Sanidade mental 😂😂.. eu não sei o que seria de mim sem essas Maravilhas.... Comecei a ouvir trilhas sonoras em 2008 e é simplesmente incrível isso! Você sai dessa bolha.

[@TonHet1]

Vai fazer 1 ano que escuto Tracker Music e até hoje não achei algo melhor que isso.

[@Majhone]

This mod / dos tracker software is the reason im into music as much as I am today. Something about visualizing what was going on in a composition changed the way I listened to all genres forever.

[@leehwduk]

Still sounds every bit as epic today!

[@nobbynobbynoob]

Best .MOD - ever. Bar none.

[@manny-77]

Never heard that, wonderful! Amiga rulez! I have my old Amiga waiting to be turned on after many years! Love it

[@toddoroi4947]

Again people are getting wavetable confused with sample based synthesis. Wavetable is simple waveforms as used in the Famicom disk system, Pc-engine, gameboy etc. Sample based uses advanced waveforms, used by the Amiga, Neo geo, SNES etc.

[@brostenen]

I think you have gotten wavetable and synth chips mixed up there. Wavetable is not the same as SID and OPL. Wavetable uses sound banks compared to synth chips that are modulating the sounds.

[@nilista38]

Top d+ essa música, q nostalgia, joguei esse emulador muito 👍😭😀

[@jannelaitinen5425]

no need for latest technology if the song and the melody is priceless

[@tatsujincorp]

one of the best mods ever. was my daily music right after i came back from school. amiga on, star tracker on, space debris GO!!

[@bryede]

I remember this one being a hard one for non-Amiga trackers to get right because it uses so many effects.

[@juhanapikkarainen9822]

Came here from Ahoy's video. Brilliant piece!

[@andremiller9617]

This sound would go wonderfully with Jazz Jackrabitt 4 or a cool new Sonic part.

[@guyh3403]

Ooh, the memories! I still have my 500 and 1000 fully modded. Guess I need to recap the PSU though.

[@Skirlippa]

Tiukkaa. Kiitos. Back on the memory lane!

[@LogainAblar]

Brings back so many great memories of the Amiga heyday. Fantastic song, expertly produced. I miss that platform.

[@Shiro_Fubuki]

Essa música me dá uma vontade de chorar, pq o tempo passa tanto?

[@MuffinHop]

This song is using tracker module, that's the same technology that Epic MegaGames used later on in their Jazz Jackrabbit game. It even might be they used some of the same samples.

[@PurpleSnake]

I LOVE this song!

[@bronysimpson3250]

WOW!!! THIS SOUNDS SO EPIC AND BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ralph8237]

Masterpiece ... nothing else like that.

[@karmagirl7858]

Random but I came from an LGR video!!! 😄

[@andreafusco9416]

Karma Girl I came from an furry porn

[@andreafusco9416]

Karma Girl 🦊

[@morganrussman]

I think I did from one of the 8 bit guys videos.

[@Eliminaattori]

Awesome piece of music. It puts smile on my face every time.

[@mhide31415]

I sometimes listen this music. I'm really love it!!

[@Aikisbest]

3:24~onwards. I had to get sweater. Got so many goosebumps i almost froze to death! EDIT/ADD: Actually...i think 0:00~4:57 is more correct. Love this song!

[@SammyRockett-y9r]

Q deliçia de musica! Sega genesis emulador! Eram top!❤😍

[@tonymurphy30]

When computers were great - tingles down the spine listening to this for the first time in 20 odd years

[@Catonzo]

Nostalgia is a hell of a drug. The computers were factory made jury rigged nightmares that were priced like they were made of gold at times. And it was a gold mine for sure.. with dozens of producers grabbing a pickaxe and hacking away to make computer hardware. But were they great? Eh.. from my experience in early 90's and onward (with ample playing on Amigas and commodore well past their time since.. well.. we had them. Why not use them?) they were not exactly what I'd call 'great'. Better than consoles at the time though.

[@Cyber_Akuma]

Oh wow, blast from the past. I remember I used to listen to this all the time years ago, had completely forgotten it existed until recently a chiptune station played it. Even though it had been nearly two decades since I had heard it, I still remembered the entire thing from just the first seconds of it being played on the chiptune station. Glad I got to remember this exists again.

[@TyphinHoofbun]

I'm a simple derp: I see Space Debris, I click like. I will basically never turn down a chance to listen to Space Debris. ^_^

[@souhailla10]

great music .. and very easy and relaxing to listen to .. thankyou !

[@CommanderZoom]

This was one of the first MODs I ever downloaded, and it's still on my HD and "One With Everything" playlist, 30 years later.

[@DemonTomatoDave]

Oh, damn. At one point I was watching the bassline go by, and tried to click off the other three tracks just so I could see if it was really doing what I thought it was doing by looking at the numbers. I haven't loaded up Protracker (or any tracker) since about 1998. I should, I had no idea looking at those dancing waveforms was going to make me this happy.

[@goodoldmodules2215]

A true classic ! Amazing stuff. No wonder Captain got professionnal since then !

[@nevadahamaker7149]

This remains the finest 4-channel MOD I've ever encountered. It puts a lot of S3M tracks to shame. Not surprising considering that Markus Kaarlonen is now the keyboardist for Poets of the Fall.

[@shankar4510]

what is the name of this tracker sir?

[@ChrisHorswill]

A cracking song, one I remember well from my Amiga days! Great memories - thank you Captain!

[@OfficialFingazMC]

Finding a whole new set of chiptune from related videos about 3 hours back lol, found some classics including this one!!

[@thraxx5184]

Love is too meager a word to describe how i feel about this absolute gem

[@dailacera]

Only 4 Channel.... Amazing!! Ciao from Monza!

[@FaustoM7432]

This was (or is) AMIGA !!! and a lot of music skill of course...

[@toddspeck9415]

Awesome tunes!

[@soyunbonus]

Aaaaaan Rochard was a damn fine game. I was amazed when I recognized this mod, it was incredible to hear to this with song JUST 4 TRACKS!

[@tonymurphy30]

Brings back the memories

[@bluedotdinosaur]

It's 2023 and I'm still in space and still hauling debris.

[@stigwestnes1329]

Amiga

[@SouseMouse]

I just got Rochard two days ago, and it's a damn fine game. I played it through in two sittings, then played it again. But yeah, the casino music was eerily familiar. It was bugging the hell out of me. I was relieved to find that I'm not (totally) crazy.

[@user-vr6ze9lc5j]

oh what an incredible and nostalgic sound....

[@Tjousk]

! I forgot about this one, was one of my favourites, still is.

[@ChaseMC215]

Pure tracker goodness.

[@horokeusensei]

kek it reminds me of PGEN (Genesis emulator for PS2)

[@christianbrown6322]

Oh this brings back great memories from my Amiga days.

[@toddoroi4947]

Correction: ch0 is 75% to the left, ch1 is 50% to the left, ch2 is 50% to the right and ch3 is 75% to the right. None are completely panned to the left or right, which is helpful for smooth position changes.

[@semirecumbentoneYT]

Way above the rest at its time, certainly elaborate work behind with Amiga tracker mod fiddling work (only 4 channels, 2 per speaker), distinguished by its high quality synthesizer samples way beyond the mainstream modules, so, of course, will be remembered as one of those who stood out from the crowd and used Amiga hardware technology to its full potential, just like games such as Shadow of the Beast. It was an incredible machine just like Atari ST at its time, comparable to arcade quality, but only flawed by its lack of sprite hardware power.

[@Kuokka77]

Sound output in Amiga 500 is handled by a coprocessor called Paula, which means the main CPU (MC68k) doesn't have to stress itself in that regard. Amiga can play this kind of music right out of the box without any additional addon-hardware.

[@cafectio]

Oh god, i love this music so much! Gives me nostalgia :)

[@tomr9493]

I had it when I was young 😁. it was fantastic program where everyone could create the music

[@TyphJazz]

Great Amiga!

[@ruffus313]

I love Amiga. Super Music...

[@paulikxp]

I remember having this on my 20MB PC harddrive as a WAV file (or similar), taking up about 1/4 of the entire space 😆 But I loved it and played it through my Soundblaster music card all the time 😇

[@doclmoreno]

I´ve just watched the new Ahoy! video and it led me here... sweeeeet

[@marcelcevani5688]

Captain my Captain :)

[@DocteurE5150]

Rochard brought me here. Both old and new version are awesome!