Shot97 | Making Music On The Amiga - Retro Goodness @Shot97 | Uploaded March 2017 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
Upon having a back and forth with the talented creator of Music-X, Talin, I set off to make my own music on the Amiga. I used his very own software to do this and ended up creating an entire album of 13 tracks. That's how much fun I had. I think you can have that kind of fun too. Here's how I did it.
More on the KA-12 interface I used here: rastport.com/products/KA12
Talin on the Comptuer Chronicles: archive.org/details/amiga_2
My written article on making music with the Amiga: shot97retro.blogspot.com/2017/08/making-music-on-amiga-full-amiga-album.html
Video for my full Amiga album: youtu.be/xBDCS_xNmpI
Download the album in MP3 here: dropbox.com/s/j4ac3cqdic15xas/Riding%20With%20The%20Amiga.zip?dl=0
00:00 - It's too simple he says...
00:18 - Introduction/Inspiration from Talin
01:03 - Most Amiga music is made using trackers/Not much heart
02:17 - Hooking the Amiga up to a music keyboard
03:02 - MIDI "processing units"
05:00 - Crossing wires, the cheap and proper solution
06:08 - All you need is this cable
07:35 - Music-X by Talin
08:31 - Loved it so much I made an entire album
09:39 - Computer hobbyist market in America
10:40 - Heart, benefits all
12:05 - Limitations of the Amiga produce something special
13:18 - Putting it all together
14:08 - Useful splitter cable you may want
16:18 - Turning the keyboard on/starting up Musix-X
18:10 - Using the Amiga to store music but play on a keyboard
20:47 - Fairy Tale Adventure through a keyboard
25:11 - A recording studio is nice but we want something else
26:36 - Putting samples onto the Amiga
27:20 - Playing music through the Amiga's sound chip
28:01 - Limits with octaves in some samples
29:05 - Using some samples from Deluxe Music
32:00 - The Amiga's audio filter
33:15 - The Amiga sounds so awesome compared to anything at the time
34:20 - Recording a piano from the Amiga
35:31 - Switching channels through remapping for some keyboards
36:44 - Electric Piano sample
38:05 - Recording part of track 3 of my album
40:43 - Internal note limits on the Amiga/Cutting notes off
44:50 - Playing tracks on keyboard while recording on Amiga
46:00 - Getting around limits with chords
47:44 - Playing around with samples
48:23 - The other screens of Music-X - Edit screen with bars
49:10 - Moving or deleting notes/entire blocks
49:48 - Sweet electric guitar sample
50:26 - Event editor sort of looks like a tracker program
52:34 - Playing your heart through the Amiga
53:44 - Final thoughts, having fun
Riding With The Amiga, my full Amiga album: youtu.be/xBDCS_xNmpI
Retro Goodness Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_W3r-eAOdMyS-oipcdYsIu7sQyR2V24g
Retro Goodness - Ep. 3x1 - Making Music On The Amiga
Upon having a back and forth with the talented creator of Music-X, Talin, I set off to make my own music on the Amiga. I used his very own software to do this and ended up creating an entire album of 13 tracks. That's how much fun I had. I think you can have that kind of fun too. Here's how I did it.
More on the KA-12 interface I used here: rastport.com/products/KA12
Talin on the Comptuer Chronicles: archive.org/details/amiga_2
My written article on making music with the Amiga: shot97retro.blogspot.com/2017/08/making-music-on-amiga-full-amiga-album.html
Video for my full Amiga album: youtu.be/xBDCS_xNmpI
Download the album in MP3 here: dropbox.com/s/j4ac3cqdic15xas/Riding%20With%20The%20Amiga.zip?dl=0
00:00 - It's too simple he says...
00:18 - Introduction/Inspiration from Talin
01:03 - Most Amiga music is made using trackers/Not much heart
02:17 - Hooking the Amiga up to a music keyboard
03:02 - MIDI "processing units"
05:00 - Crossing wires, the cheap and proper solution
06:08 - All you need is this cable
07:35 - Music-X by Talin
08:31 - Loved it so much I made an entire album
09:39 - Computer hobbyist market in America
10:40 - Heart, benefits all
12:05 - Limitations of the Amiga produce something special
13:18 - Putting it all together
14:08 - Useful splitter cable you may want
16:18 - Turning the keyboard on/starting up Musix-X
18:10 - Using the Amiga to store music but play on a keyboard
20:47 - Fairy Tale Adventure through a keyboard
25:11 - A recording studio is nice but we want something else
26:36 - Putting samples onto the Amiga
27:20 - Playing music through the Amiga's sound chip
28:01 - Limits with octaves in some samples
29:05 - Using some samples from Deluxe Music
32:00 - The Amiga's audio filter
33:15 - The Amiga sounds so awesome compared to anything at the time
34:20 - Recording a piano from the Amiga
35:31 - Switching channels through remapping for some keyboards
36:44 - Electric Piano sample
38:05 - Recording part of track 3 of my album
40:43 - Internal note limits on the Amiga/Cutting notes off
44:50 - Playing tracks on keyboard while recording on Amiga
46:00 - Getting around limits with chords
47:44 - Playing around with samples
48:23 - The other screens of Music-X - Edit screen with bars
49:10 - Moving or deleting notes/entire blocks
49:48 - Sweet electric guitar sample
50:26 - Event editor sort of looks like a tracker program
52:34 - Playing your heart through the Amiga
53:44 - Final thoughts, having fun
Riding With The Amiga, my full Amiga album: youtu.be/xBDCS_xNmpI
Retro Goodness Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_W3r-eAOdMyS-oipcdYsIu7sQyR2V24g
Retro Goodness - Ep. 3x1 - Making Music On The Amiga
