Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Protracking With Syphus is my occasional (whenever I have the time) Twitch stream where I either give a tutorial on some aspect of Commodore Amiga tracking or just demonstrate my compositional process with a bit of meandering explanation as I go.
Trimmed 30mins of intro blather. The link to the Protracker helpfile that I mention is: github.com/echolevel/bootPT/blob/master/2019_PT_HELPFILE_(Protracker_Manual).md
Protracking With Syphus is my occasional (whenever I have the time) Twitch stream where I either give a tutorial on some aspect of Commodore Amiga tracking or just demonstrate my compositional process with a bit of meandering explanation as I go.
Trimmed 30mins of intro blather. The link to the Protracker helpfile that I mention is: github.com/echolevel/bootPT/blob/master/2019_PT_HELPFILE_(Protracker_Manual).md
![syphus - zennypocket [MS-DOS FastTracker .XM mod]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SH9Q9Pr8Cws/mqdefault.jpg "syphus - zennypocket [MS-DOS FastTracker .XM mod]
Ive been active in the Demoscene and chiptune scene for many years under the name syphus, though occasionally going by silo7, lightbomb, echolevel, and joey&splif. Im a member of the demogroups Up Rough and Space Raiders, and Ive been in BDSE, CpH and some others over the years. Im not as active in the scene as I used to be, but occasionally I still find the time to write a tune or collaborate on a production.
This tune is from an archive of over 130 tunes written since the late 90s using various Amiga and PC trackers, spanning my earliest attempts, my most productive demoscene years, and my more recent middle-aged dabblings. I’ve not dated them, partly because my memory’s not great and also because not all file creation timestamps are reliable.
These tunes are all recorded directly from the trackers in which they were written, with no post production or editing. You can download all the original tracker modules for free from https://syphus-mods.github.io. I usually compose on original hardware, which you can see in some of my other videos and on Instagram, but filming and editing this quantity of tunes on my Amiga/PC’s CRT monitors with a full camera setup would be too time-consuming; I’m very happy with the sound quality and aesthetics offered by WinUAE, SchismTracker, and 8bitbubsy’s fantastic FastTracker clone.
With the exception of tunes clearly labelled as covers, these are all my own compositions and I retain all copyrights. However, I’ve always made my tracker modules freely available under Creative Commons’ Attribution, Non-Commercial, No-Derivatives license, which means that listening, copying and distribution is fine as long as I’m credited (as one of the above names;or Brendan O’Callaghan Ratliff; or both), and they cannot be used for commercial or remix purposes without my express permission. Cheers!
syphus - All Protracker, FastTracker, AHX, HivelyTracker and Impulse Tracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3nfnyxbLRILsBdbRrlTMlau
syphus - just the Protracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3muQwOq3FZmtROydCAYfH0X
syphus - just the FastTracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3nkuE6sky2cdu6NSkSYixlM
syphus - just the AHX mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3k5WZA1xYLtn1E34xFoVIcw
syphus - just the Impulse Tracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3mjimQPmuskRJpUnmOFOiAQ
syphus - just the HivelyTracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3l863FmbqOE9PyzH19XOxg2")
![syphus - HER7 (Estrayk cover) [Amiga AHX mod]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UzQPoQx0mIE/mqdefault.jpg "syphus - HER7 (Estrayk cover) [Amiga AHX mod]
Ive been active in the Demoscene and chiptune scene for many years under the name syphus, though occasionally going by silo7, lightbomb, echolevel, and joey&splif. Im a member of the demogroups Up Rough and Space Raiders, and Ive been in BDSE, CpH and some others over the years. Im not as active in the scene as I used to be, but occasionally I still find the time to write a tune or collaborate on a production.
This tune is from an archive of over 130 tunes written since the late 90s using various Amiga and PC trackers, spanning my earliest attempts, my most productive demoscene years, and my more recent middle-aged dabblings. I’ve not dated them, partly because my memory’s not great and also because not all file creation timestamps are reliable.
These tunes are all recorded directly from the trackers in which they were written, with no post production or editing. You can download all the original tracker modules for free from https://syphus-mods.github.io. I usually compose on original hardware, which you can see in some of my other videos and on Instagram, but filming and editing this quantity of tunes on my Amiga/PC’s CRT monitors with a full camera setup would be too time-consuming; I’m very happy with the sound quality and aesthetics offered by WinUAE, SchismTracker, and 8bitbubsy’s fantastic FastTracker clone.
With the exception of tunes clearly labelled as covers, these are all my own compositions and I retain all copyrights. However, I’ve always made my tracker modules freely available under Creative Commons’ Attribution, Non-Commercial, No-Derivatives license, which means that listening, copying and distribution is fine as long as I’m credited (as one of the above names;or Brendan O’Callaghan Ratliff; or both), and they cannot be used for commercial or remix purposes without my express permission. Cheers!
syphus - All Protracker, FastTracker, AHX, HivelyTracker and Impulse Tracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3nfnyxbLRILsBdbRrlTMlau
syphus - just the Protracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3muQwOq3FZmtROydCAYfH0X
syphus - just the FastTracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3nkuE6sky2cdu6NSkSYixlM
syphus - just the AHX mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3k5WZA1xYLtn1E34xFoVIcw
syphus - just the Impulse Tracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3mjimQPmuskRJpUnmOFOiAQ
syphus - just the HivelyTracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3l863FmbqOE9PyzH19XOxg2")
![syphus - Off Shift [Amiga AHX mod]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VVS8Z1v9CSg/mqdefault.jpg "syphus - Off Shift [Amiga AHX mod]
Ive been active in the Demoscene and chiptune scene for many years under the name syphus, though occasionally going by silo7, lightbomb, echolevel, and joey&splif. Im a member of the demogroups Up Rough and Space Raiders, and Ive been in BDSE, CpH and some others over the years. Im not as active in the scene as I used to be, but occasionally I still find the time to write a tune or collaborate on a production.
This tune is from an archive of over 130 tunes written since the late 90s using various Amiga and PC trackers, spanning my earliest attempts, my most productive demoscene years, and my more recent middle-aged dabblings. I’ve not dated them, partly because my memory’s not great and also because not all file creation timestamps are reliable.
These tunes are all recorded directly from the trackers in which they were written, with no post production or editing. You can download all the original tracker modules for free from https://syphus-mods.github.io. I usually compose on original hardware, which you can see in some of my other videos and on Instagram, but filming and editing this quantity of tunes on my Amiga/PC’s CRT monitors with a full camera setup would be too time-consuming; I’m very happy with the sound quality and aesthetics offered by WinUAE, SchismTracker, and 8bitbubsy’s fantastic FastTracker clone.
With the exception of tunes clearly labelled as covers, these are all my own compositions and I retain all copyrights. However, I’ve always made my tracker modules freely available under Creative Commons’ Attribution, Non-Commercial, No-Derivatives license, which means that listening, copying and distribution is fine as long as I’m credited (as one of the above names;or Brendan O’Callaghan Ratliff; or both), and they cannot be used for commercial or remix purposes without my express permission. Cheers!
syphus - All Protracker, FastTracker, AHX, HivelyTracker and Impulse Tracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3nfnyxbLRILsBdbRrlTMlau
syphus - just the Protracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3muQwOq3FZmtROydCAYfH0X
syphus - just the FastTracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3nkuE6sky2cdu6NSkSYixlM
syphus - just the AHX mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3k5WZA1xYLtn1E34xFoVIcw
syphus - just the Impulse Tracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3mjimQPmuskRJpUnmOFOiAQ
syphus - just the HivelyTracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3l863FmbqOE9PyzH19XOxg2")
![syphus - picking a mushroom [MS-DOS FastTracker .XM mod]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/V_NvUMo0sI0/mqdefault.jpg "syphus - picking a mushroom [MS-DOS FastTracker .XM mod]
Ive been active in the Demoscene and chiptune scene for many years under the name syphus, though occasionally going by silo7, lightbomb, echolevel, and joey&splif. Im a member of the demogroups Up Rough and Space Raiders, and Ive been in BDSE, CpH and some others over the years. Im not as active in the scene as I used to be, but occasionally I still find the time to write a tune or collaborate on a production.
This tune is from an archive of over 130 tunes written since the late 90s using various Amiga and PC trackers, spanning my earliest attempts, my most productive demoscene years, and my more recent middle-aged dabblings. I’ve not dated them, partly because my memory’s not great and also because not all file creation timestamps are reliable.
These tunes are all recorded directly from the trackers in which they were written, with no post production or editing. You can download all the original tracker modules for free from https://syphus-mods.github.io. I usually compose on original hardware, which you can see in some of my other videos and on Instagram, but filming and editing this quantity of tunes on my Amiga/PC’s CRT monitors with a full camera setup would be too time-consuming; I’m very happy with the sound quality and aesthetics offered by WinUAE, SchismTracker, and 8bitbubsy’s fantastic FastTracker clone.
With the exception of tunes clearly labelled as covers, these are all my own compositions and I retain all copyrights. However, I’ve always made my tracker modules freely available under Creative Commons’ Attribution, Non-Commercial, No-Derivatives license, which means that listening, copying and distribution is fine as long as I’m credited (as one of the above names;or Brendan O’Callaghan Ratliff; or both), and they cannot be used for commercial or remix purposes without my express permission. Cheers!
syphus - All Protracker, FastTracker, AHX, HivelyTracker and Impulse Tracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3nfnyxbLRILsBdbRrlTMlau
syphus - just the Protracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3muQwOq3FZmtROydCAYfH0X
syphus - just the FastTracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3nkuE6sky2cdu6NSkSYixlM
syphus - just the AHX mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3k5WZA1xYLtn1E34xFoVIcw
syphus - just the Impulse Tracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3mjimQPmuskRJpUnmOFOiAQ
syphus - just the HivelyTracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3l863FmbqOE9PyzH19XOxg2")
![syphus - baschip [Amiga Protracker mod]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VlJNJ4y--Kw/mqdefault.jpg "syphus - baschip [Amiga Protracker mod]
Ive been active in the Demoscene and chiptune scene for many years under the name syphus, though occasionally going by silo7, lightbomb, echolevel, and joey&splif. Im a member of the demogroups Up Rough and Space Raiders, and Ive been in BDSE, CpH and some others over the years. Im not as active in the scene as I used to be, but occasionally I still find the time to write a tune or collaborate on a production.
This tune is from an archive of over 130 tunes written since the late 90s using various Amiga and PC trackers, spanning my earliest attempts, my most productive demoscene years, and my more recent middle-aged dabblings. I’ve not dated them, partly because my memory’s not great and also because not all file creation timestamps are reliable.
These tunes are all recorded directly from the trackers in which they were written, with no post production or editing. You can download all the original tracker modules for free from https://syphus-mods.github.io. I usually compose on original hardware, which you can see in some of my other videos and on Instagram, but filming and editing this quantity of tunes on my Amiga/PC’s CRT monitors with a full camera setup would be too time-consuming; I’m very happy with the sound quality and aesthetics offered by WinUAE, SchismTracker, and 8bitbubsy’s fantastic FastTracker clone.
With the exception of tunes clearly labelled as covers, these are all my own compositions and I retain all copyrights. However, I’ve always made my tracker modules freely available under Creative Commons’ Attribution, Non-Commercial, No-Derivatives license, which means that listening, copying and distribution is fine as long as I’m credited (as one of the above names;or Brendan O’Callaghan Ratliff; or both), and they cannot be used for commercial or remix purposes without my express permission. Cheers!
syphus - All Protracker, FastTracker, AHX, HivelyTracker and Impulse Tracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3nfnyxbLRILsBdbRrlTMlau
syphus - just the Protracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3muQwOq3FZmtROydCAYfH0X
syphus - just the FastTracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3nkuE6sky2cdu6NSkSYixlM
syphus - just the AHX mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3k5WZA1xYLtn1E34xFoVIcw
syphus - just the Impulse Tracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3mjimQPmuskRJpUnmOFOiAQ
syphus - just the HivelyTracker mods playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJTg89-ZF-3l863FmbqOE9PyzH19XOxg2")
