Stein's Sonix 2 by Chrome
CHROME - LESS IS DEFINATELY LESS.... CHROME - LESS IS DEFINATELY LESS.... - QUICKIE -- THIS WAS TO START WITH BUT UNDERWENT SO MANY DIFFERENT CHANGES AND FIXES THAT IT TRNED OUT NOT TO BE SO QUICK AFTER ALL. THIS IS ANOTHER IN MY SERIES "OOPS, I'VE STUFFED UP THE MELODY SO LETS SYNCHRONISE IT WITH THE GATE ON CHANEL TWO....SOME HARMONIC CLASHES IN THERE BUT IT'S STILL ONE OF MY BETTER TUNES. WELL, I LIKE IT ANYWAY! - THE REVENGE OF EINSTEIN'S SONIX! 1.AMARANTH 2.WHITE MAGE 3.HEART FAILURE 4.ARE YOU CRAZY? 5.LOVE IS NO HEAVEN 6.QUICKIE 7.TEABAG 8.WAVE YSELF G'BYE 9.CROCKETT'S THEME A.POPCORN B.TUBULAR BELLS PT1 C.AXEL F OUR ACTUALLY) FOR ANOTHER CREW UNDER ANOR). BESIDES, IT'S BEEN A YEAR OR SO SINHE ORIGINAL EINSTEIN'S SONIX NEVER REALL ? - BDFHJLNPRTVXZ/^ "$&(*, - THE EINSTEIN SCROLLER -- HO, MISCREANTS! WELCOME, AS ALWAYS, TO THIS NEW PRODUCTION FROM THE OFFICES OF CHROME, CALLED "EINSTEIN'S SONIX II -- THE REVENGE OF EINSTEINS SONIX". YEAH, ANOTHER SEQUEL, BUT WITH A DIFFERENCE. THIS ONE IS DIFFERENT. AS WELL AS THE REGULAR TUNES IN HERE, THERE'S ALSO A FEW CONVERSIONS BY ME. UNLIKE THE USUAL STYLE OF CONVERSIONS, THESE AREN'T "EAR CONVERSIONS" AS IS NORMALLY DONE (WELL, NOT MY EARS ANYWAY), THEY ARE ACTUALLY CONVERTED FROM SOME AMIGA MOD FILES. OKAY, I KNOW IT'S CHEATING BUT AT LEAST THEY ARE ACCURATE ('CEPT MAYBE "TUBULAR BELLS"....) ANYWAY, THOSE OF YOU UNFORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE OF COME ACROSS OUR LAST DEMO, "REVENGE", WILL RECOGNISE A FEW OF THESE WHILE THE REST ARE STUFF THAT HAVE BEEN SITTING ON MY MUSIC DISKS FOR RATHER A LONG TIME AND ARE TOO GOOD TO WASTE (I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY ARE ANY GOOD, HOWEVER). BESIDES, IT'S BEEN A YEAR OR SO SINCE OUR LAST MUSIC DEMO AND OVER SIX MONTHS SINCE OUR LAST PROPER RELEASE (WE CAN'T GO ON PASSING AROUND SAMPLE DISKS FOREVER), SO STYLE SUGGESTED (OR MAYBE WAS ME) THAT WE DO ANOTHER MUSIC DEMO SO I THOUGHT "YEAH, OKAY, WHY NOT?" AND SO IT HAS ARRIVED. SO SIT BACK AND ENJOY THE MUSIC WHILE WE REEL OFF THE LIST OF GREETINGS: PIRATE, MESH (MAYBE), STRIDER, QUETZAL, DEADBONE, CRUZE, MATT', MEGAZZAP, BLACKKNIGHT (WE'LL SEND YOU A COPY AS SOON AS WE CAN!) AND ANYONE ELSE UNFORTUNATE ENOUGH TO KNOW US....WHEEE! UMM, I THINK THAT'S IT FOR THE TIME BEING 'CEPT FOR ONE LITTLE PLUG.....CALL THE CHROME BBS! RUNNING 11PM TO 7AM 7 DAYS A WEEK, RUNNING 300 TO 9600. THE NUMBER? OH, OKAY, (09) 419 5201. REMEMBER THAT, ALWAYS! SEE YOU IN OUR NEXT PRODUCTION..... - THE EINSTE - AMARANTH -- COMPOSED AND ARRANGED BY EINSTEIN/CHROME. I ORIGINALLY WROTE THIS ON GUITAR BACK IN MAY '92 WHILE SITTING ON A BEACH DOWN IN FALCON AT ABOUT 1:30AM. THE WORD "AMARANTH" MEANS FOREVER....I DON'T KNOW WHY, IT JUST SOUNDED GOOD AT THE TIME I SUPPOSE. I SHOWED IT TO MY BAND AT THE TIME ALONG WITH SOME LYRICS THAT I HAD SCRIBBLED DOWN BUT THEY WEREN'T INTERESTED. I ALSO DID AN AMIGA CONVERSION (WELL, FOUR ACTUALLY) FOR ANOTHER CREW UNDER ANOTHER HANDLE BUT IT HAS YET TO BE USED FOR ANYTHING. OH, WELL....THE AMIGA VERSION SOUNDED VERY DIFFERENT ANYWAY.... - HEART FAILURE -- COMPOSED AND ARRANGED BY EINSTEIN/CHROME. THIS IS RATHER A WEIRD ONE. WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT STARTED OUT LIFE AS AN ATTEMPT AT CONVERTING THE THEME TUNE FROM TERMINATOR II? NO? WELL, IT DID....BUT I MESSED IT UP AND OUT POPPED THIS TUNE AT THE OTHER END. IT TOOK ME ABOUT THREE DAYS TO COMPLETE (RECENT TUNES TAKE 10 TO 30 MINUTES NOWADAYS AND IT SHOWS) AND I'M RATHER PROUND OF IT. IT'S POSSIBLY MY MOST VARIED TUNE TO DATE. IT'S ALL ABOUT A GUY LYING IN A HOSPITAL BED AND GOING THROUGH ALL THE MOTIONS OF PASSING FROM THIS WORLD TO THE NEXT (JUST LIKE MY AMIGA'S INTERNAL DRIVE!) INCLUDING AND OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCE....AND WHY NOT? - ?ARE YOU CRAZY? ('COS I AM!) -- I DON'T REALLY LIKE THIS TUNE MUCH AT ALL. IT WASN'T REALLY SUPPOSED TO HAVE OF BEEN COMPOSED...IT JUST APPEARED ON THE DISK. IT WAS A SPACE FILLER AND NOTHING MORE BUT I LISTEN TO IT NOW AND IT DOESN'T SOUND QUITE SO BAD, THE CHORUS IN PARTICULAR IS QUITE NICE. - LOVE IS NO HEAVEN -- I WROTE THIS ONE FOR MY OLD BAND, "CEREBAL NOMAD" AND THEY QUITE LIKED IT BT IT NEVER REALLY TOOK OFF ANYWHERE. MIND YOU, NEITHER DID THE BAND SO THERE WASN'T REALLY MUCH POINT. IT WAS AN EVIL SOUNDING SONG TO START WITH BUT AT LEAST THE CHORUS TURNED OUT TO BE OKAY (MORE OR LESS). BASICALLY, IT'S ABOUT THE HEARTACHE AND PAIN ONE GOES THROUGH WHEN ONE BREAKS UP A RELATIONSHIP...ANOTHER ONE OF MINE WHERE THE DUDE GETS DUMPED AND LOOSES HIS SANITY I SEEM TO WRITE A LOT OF THESE.... - 08TEABAG -- THIS WAS ONE I WROTE AS A LITTLE TRIBUTE TO STIGS/MSR BUT NEVER SENT TO HIM 'COS I WAS NEVER ENTIRELY SURE IF HE WAS STILL ON THE SCENE OR NOT. TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, HE ISN'T AT THE MOMENT AND MAY NOT BE BACK, EITHER, AFTER THE DEATH OF MSR. A BIT OF A SAD LOSS REALLY. I WAS A BIG FAN OF "WEIRD CRUD".... - WAVE YOURSELF GOODBYE -- THIS IS ONE THAT I'M QUITE PROUD OFF. I ORGINALLY WROTE THIS WHEN I GOT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL (SOMEWHAT THREE YEARS AGO). IT STARTED LIFE AS TWO SONGS BUT THEN I COMBINED THEM TO MAKE THEM LONGER WITH A LITTLE MORE VARIETY AND THIS IS THE END RESULT. IT HAD A COUPLE OF YEARS TO STEW AND IMPROVE BEFORE EVENTUALLY MAKING IT TO THE C64 (INCLUDING AROUND SIX MONTHS WITH MY OLD BAND) AND THEN WAS REWRITTEN TWICE. IF I EVER GET AROUND TO WRITING EOUGH COMPLETE SONGS, I MIGHT RECORD TO FULL VERSION WITHT THE REALLY BEAUTIFUL GUITAR SOLOS..... - CROCKETT'S THEME -- COMPOSED BY JAN HAMMER AND ARRANGED BY EINSTEIN. IT WAS VANGELIS' BIRTHDAY AND I WANTED TO DO A CONVERSION AS A TRIBUTE. "WHY DO A JAN HAMMER THEN?" I HEAR YOU SAY...OKAY, SO I WAS WRONG! IT TOOK ME ABOUT THREE DAYS TO REALISE THE FACT. ANYBODY KNOW WHEN JAN'S BIRTHDAY IS SO I CAN DO A VANGELIS COVER? CAN ANYONE OUT THESE SPELL LET ALONE PRONOUNCE) VANGELIS' SURNAME? NO? THOUGHT AS MUCH... THIS WAS MY FIRST AMIGA MOD CONVERSION AND TURNED OUT EXTREMELY WELL. I'M QUITE PROUD OF IT, ACTUALY. - POPCORN -- COMPOSED BY SOMEONE IN THE ELECTRIC COCONUT AND ARRANGED BY EINSTEIN. NOW, EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS TUNE BUT HARDLY ANYONE KNOWS WHO ORIGINALLY PERFORMED IT. I KNOW THESE THINGS, I HAD THE ALBUM. THEERE'S A COUPLE OF MISTAKES IN HERE BUT I FEEL THAT THEY ADD SOMETHING TO THE TUNES, RATHER THAT DETRACT. ONLY REAL INACCURACY WITH THIS IS THE SUDDEN ENDING, RATHER THAN THE ORIGINALS "BWAAAHP" ENDING. A MINOR DIFFERENCE BUT IT WILL RANKLE THE PURISTS. HAHAHAHAHA! - TUBULAR BELLS PART ONE -- COMPOSED BY MIKE OLDFIELD AND ARRANGED BY EINSTEIN. NOT ONE OF MY BETTER CONVERSIONS THIS BUT YOU CAN AT LEAST TELL WHERE IT CAME FROM AND IT DON'T MAKE YOU WANT TO VOMIT EITHER. I HAVE HEARD SOME BAD CONVERSIONS IN MY TIME (PARTICULARLY SOME C64 TUNES CONVERTED TO THE AMIGA...CYBERNOID IS SHOCKING) AND THIS AIN'T ONE OF THEM. MIND YOU, THE ORIGINAL ARRANGEMENT WAS A LITTLE ON THE STUFFED SIDE TO START WITH...I DON'T ATTEMPT CONVERSIONS WITHOUT HAVING THE MUSIC IN FRONT OF ME! - FAXEL F -- COMPOSED BY M. FALTERMEYER AND ARRANGED BY EINSTEIN. THIS HAS GOT TO BE THE MOST ACCURATE CONVERSION OF AXEL F TO HAVE HIT THE C64. ONLY THE DRUMS ARE MISSING AND THAT DON'T MATTERMUCH. THE ONLY CONVERSION TO COMPETE WITH THIS ONE THAT I CAN RECALL IS THE ONE BY JCH/VIBRANTS. HIS WAS FAR MORE SPECTACULAR BUT ONLY HALF THE TUNE WAS CONVERTED! - WHITE MAGE -- THIS WAS THE THIRD IN MY "MAGIC USER" SERIES (THE OTHER TWO BEING BLACK AND RED MAGES AS WELL AS BEING INCOMPLETE) I'M QUITE PLEASED WITH THIS ONE...IT'S PRETTY MYSTICAL AND GROOVY. DO YOU LIKE THE WAY THE BASS CAN'T DECIDE WHETHER IT IS A BASS LINE OR A TOM-TOM? ADDS THAT LITTLE BIT EXTRA METHINKS.... VERY ATMOSPHEREIC, AND EASY TO COMPOSE AS WELL.... - ?STYLE HERE. JUST A FEW QUICK GREETS AND I'LL BE OFF (MUST BE THE WEATHER!). GREETS TO PIRATE,MESH,STRIDER,ANTHRAX, QUETZAL (KSP RULE! LOOK OUT FOR MY GAME! START WRITING ANOTHER ONE NOW SO WE CAN ALTERNATE RELEASES THROUGH KSP!). BYE FOR NOW GUYS.... S. HAHAHAHAHA! HANG ON!! I'VEJUST FOUND MYSELF A HEAP MORE MEMORY SO I CAN DRIBBLE ALOT MORE!! YAHAY! THE ORIGINAL EINSTEIN'S SONIX NEVER REALLY GOT FULLY RELEASED, BECAUSE MOST OF THE MUSIC WAS LAME AND THE GRAPHICS SUCKED! I QUITE LIKED MY CODE FOR IT HOWEVER (SMUG!) COS IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I USED WHAT I CALL 'BACKGROUND PROCESSING' WHICH BASICALLY ALLOWS MAJOR PROCESSOR TIME SUCKING TASKS TO HAPPEN IN THE BACKGROUND WHILE THE INTERRUPTS CONTINUE TO HAPPEN. IN THIS WAY EVERY TIME YOU CHOSE A TUNE, THE RELEVANT PIECE OF MUSIC WAS COPIED DOWN FROM MEMORY TO $1000 SO IT COULD BE PLAYED. ALL THIS HAPPENED AND YOU WOULDNT EVEN REALISE! WITH THIS DEMO HOWEVER, I DIDNT BOTHER WITH THAT THINKING IT WOULD BE EASIER JUST TO RELOCATE THE TUNES FIRST. I WAS WRONG! A VERY SIMPLE DEMO HAS TAKEN WWWAAAYYY TOO LONG DUE TO STUPID BUGS! (I WAS REALLY TIRED WHILE WRITING IT AT 'STEINS HQ..I'D BEEN UP ALL NIGHT SO I MADE SOME REALLY STUPID MISTAKES!). I'M ACTUALLY SICK WITH THE FLU AT THE MOMENT (ALL FLOWERS AND CARDS TO THE USUAL ADDRESS!) SO I FEEL LIKE EXCREMENT, BUT I SHALL BATTLE ON SO THOSE OF YOU WHO ACTUAL BOTHER TO LOAD THIS CAN LISTEN TO THE FUNKY TUNES FOR A MINUTE BEFORE SWITCHING OFF,NEVER TO RELOAD THIS AGAIN....... I BETTER GO, MY OTHER 64 IS SITTING THERE WAITING FOR ME TO EDIT AND REASSEMBLE THE SOURCE CODE....REMEMBER: CALL IT SEQUEL AND YOU'LL LAND FLAT ON YOUR BACK! .... GEEE, IM SURE IVE HEARD THAT SOMEWHERE BEFORE! I THINK ILL GO PLAY IK+ ON THE AMIGA (LETS FACE IT,THATS ALL AMIGAS ARE GOOD FOR!) ..... BYE FOR NOW.... KSP RULE! A=A8A - FGGHHIIJJKLMMNOPQRSTUWXZ[]_ "$')+.147:> - THE EINSTEIN SCROLLER -- HO, MISCREANTS! WELCOME, AS ALWAYS, TO THIS NEW PRODUCTION FROM THE OFFICES OF CHROME, CALLED "EINSTEIN'S SONIX II -- THE REVENGE OF EINSTEINS SONIX". YEAH, ANOTHER SEQUEL, BUT WITH A DIFFERENCE. THIS ONE IS DIFFERENT. AS WELL AS THE REGULAR TUNES IN HERE, THERE'S ALSO A FEW CONVERSIONS BY ME. UNLIKE THE USUAL STYLE OF CONVERSIONS, THESE AREN'T "EAR CONVERSIONS" AS IS NORMALLY DONE (WELL, NOT MY EARS ANYWAY), THEY ARE ACTUALLY CONVERTED FROM SOME AMIGA MOD FILES. OKAY, I KNOW IT'S CHEATING BUT AT LEAST THEY ARE ACCURATE ('CEPT MAYBE "TUBULAR BELLS" - .D) ANYWAY, THOSE OF YOU UNFORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE OF COME ACROSS OUR LAST DEMO, "REVENGE", WILL RECOGNISE A FEW OF THESE WHILE THE REST ARE STUFF THAT HAVE BEEN SITTING ON MY MUSIC DISKS FOR RATHER A LONG TIME AND ARE TOO GOOD TO WASTE (I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY ARE ANY GOOD, HOWEVER). BESIDES, IT'S BEEN A YEAR OR SO SINCE OUR LAST MUSIC DEMO AND OVER SIX MONTHS SINCE OUR LAST PROPER RELEASE (WE CAN'T GO ON PASSING AROUND SAMPLE DISKS FOREVER), SO STYLE SUGGESTED (OR MAYBE WAS ME) THAT WE DO ANOTHER MUSIC DEMO SO I THOUGHT "YEAH, OKAY, WHY NOT?" AND SO IT HAS ARRIVED. SO SIT BACK AND ENJOY THE MUSIC WHILE WE REEL OFF THE LIST OF GREETINGS: PIRATE, MESH (MAYBE), STRIDER, QUETZAL, DEADBONE, CRUZE, MATT', MEGAZZAP, BLACKKNIGHT (WE'LL SEND YOU A COPY AS SOON AS WE CAN!) AND ANYONE ELSE UNFORTUNATE ENOUGH TO KNOW US - E! UMM, I THINK THAT'S IT FOR THE TIME BEING 'CEPT FOR ONE LITTLE PLUG - ECALL THE CHROME BBS! RUNNING 11PM TO 7AM 7 DAYS A WEEK, RUNNING 300 TO 9600. THE NUMBER? OH, OKAY, (09) 419 5201. REMEMBER THAT, ALWAYS! SEE YOU IN OUR NEXT PRODUCTION - AMARANTH -- COMPOSED AND ARRANGED BY EINSTEIN/CHROME. I ORIGINALLY WROTE THIS ON GUITAR BACK IN MAY '92 WHILE SITTING ON A BEACH DOWN IN FALCON AT ABOUT 1:30AM. THE WORD "AMARANTH" MEANS FOREVER - .DI DON'T KNOW WHY, IT JUST SOUNDED GOOD AT THE TIME I SUPPOSE. I SHOWED IT TO MY BAND AT THE TIME ALONG WITH SOME LYRICS THAT I HAD SCRIBBLED DOWN BUT THEY WEREN'T INTERESTED. I ALSO DID AN AMIGA CONVERSION (WELL, FOUR ACTUALLY) FOR ANOTHER CREW UNDER ANOTHER HANDLE BUT IT HAS YET TO BE USED FOR ANYTHING. OH, WELL - DTHE AMIGA VERSION SOUNDED VERY DIFFERENT ANYWAY - HEART FAILURE -- COMPOSED AND ARRANGED BY EINSTEIN/CHROME. THIS IS RATHER A WEIRD ONE. WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT STARTED OUT LIFE AS AN ATTEMPT AT CONVERTING THE THEME TUNE FROM TERMINATOR II? NO? WELL, IT DID - .DBUT I MESSED IT UP AND OUT POPPED THIS TUNE AT THE OTHER END. IT TOOK ME ABOUT THREE DAYS TO COMPLETE (RECENT TUNES TAKE 10 TO 30 MINUTES NOWADAYS AND IT SHOWS) AND I'M RATHER PROUND OF IT. IT'S POSSIBLY MY MOST VARIED TUNE TO DATE. IT'S ALL ABOUT A GUY LYING IN A HOSPITAL BED AND GOING THROUGH ALL THE MOTIONS OF PASSING FROM THIS WORLD TO THE NEXT (JUST LIKE MY AMIGA'S INTERNAL DRIVE!) INCLUDING AND OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCE - ?ARE YOU CRAZY? ('COS I AM!) -- I DON'T REALLY LIKE THIS TUNE MUCH AT ALL. IT WASN'T REALLY SUPPOSED TO HAVE OF BEEN COMPOSED - .IT JUST APPEARED ON THE DISK. IT WAS A SPACE FILLER AND NOTHING MORE BUT I LISTEN TO IT NOW AND IT DOESN'T SOUND QUITE SO BAD, THE CHORUS IN PARTICULAR IS QUITE NICE. - LOVE IS NO HEAVEN -- I WROTE THIS ONE FOR MY OLD BAND, "CEREBAL NOMAD" AND THEY QUITE LIKED IT BT IT NEVER REALLY TOOK OFF ANYWHERE. MIND YOU, NEITHER DID THE BAND SO THERE WASN'T REALLY MUCH POINT. IT WAS AN EVIL SOUNDING SONG TO START WITH BUT AT LEAST THE CHORUS TURNED OUT TO BE OKAY (MORE OR LESS). BASICALLY, IT'S ABOUT THE HEARTACHE AND PAIN ONE GOES THROUGH WHEN ONE BREAKS UP A RELATIONSHIP - .ANOTHER ONE OF MINE WHERE THE DUDE GETS DUMPED AND LOOSES HIS SANITY I SEEM TO WRITE A LOT OF THESE - 08TEABAG -- THIS WAS ONE I WROTE AS A LITTLE TRIBUTE TO STIGS/MSR BUT NEVER SENT TO HIM 'COS I WAS NEVER ENTIRELY SURE IF HE WAS STILL ON THE SCENE OR NOT. TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, HE ISN'T AT THE MOMENT AND MAY NOT BE BACK, EITHER, AFTER THE DEATH OF MSR. A BIT OF A SAD LOSS REALLY. I WAS A BIG FAN OF "WEIRD CRUD" - WAVE YOURSELF GOODBYE -- THIS IS ONE THAT I'M QUITE PROUD OFF. I ORGINALLY WROTE THIS WHEN I GOT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL (SOMEWHAT THREE YEARS AGO). IT STARTED LIFE AS TWO SONGS BUT THEN I COMBINED THEM TO MAKE THEM LONGER WITH A LITTLE MORE VARIETY AND THIS IS THE END RESULT. IT HAD A COUPLE OF YEARS TO STEW AND IMPROVE BEFORE EVENTUALLY MAKING IT TO THE C64 (INCLUDING AROUND SIX MONTHS WITH MY OLD BAND) AND THEN WAS REWRITTEN TWICE. IF I EVER GET AROUND TO WRITING EOUGH COMPLETE SONGS, I MIGHT RECORD TO FULL VERSION WITHT THE REALLY BEAUTIFUL GUITAR SOLOS - CROCKETT'S THEME -- COMPOSED BY JAN HAMMER AND ARRANGED BY EINSTEIN. IT WAS VANGELIS' BIRTHDAY AND I WANTED TO DO A CONVERSION AS A TRIBUTE. "WHY DO A JAN HAMMER THEN?" I HEAR YOU SAY - .OKAY, SO I WAS WRONG! IT TOOK ME ABOUT THREE DAYS TO REALISE THE FACT. ANYBODY KNOW WHEN JAN'S BIRTHDAY IS SO I CAN DO A VANGELIS COVER? CAN ANYONE OUT THESE SPELL LET ALONE PRONOUNCE) VANGELIS' SURNAME? NO? THOUGHT AS MUCH - . THIS WAS MY FIRST AMIGA MOD CONVERSION AND TURNED OUT EXTREMELY WELL. I'M QUITE PROUD OF IT, ACTUALY. - POPCORN -- COMPOSED BY SOMEONE IN THE ELECTRIC COCONUT AND ARRANGED BY EINSTEIN. NOW, EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS TUNE BUT HARDLY ANYONE KNOWS WHO ORIGINALLY PERFORMED IT. I KNOW THESE THINGS, I HAD THE ALBUM. THEERE'S A COUPLE OF MISTAKES IN HERE BUT I FEEL THAT THEY ADD SOMETHING TO THE TUNES, RATHER THAT DETRACT. ONLY REAL INACCURACY WITH THIS IS THE SUDDEN ENDING, RATHER THAN THE ORIGINALS "BW - AHP" ENDING. A MINOR DIFFERENCE BUT IT WILL RANKLE THE PURISTS. HAHAHAHAHA! - TUBULAR BELLS PART ONE -- COMPOSED BY MIKE OLDFIELD AND ARRANGED BY EINSTEIN. NOT ONE OF MY BETTER CONVERSIONS THIS BUT YOU CAN AT LEAST TELL WHERE IT CAME FROM AND IT DON'T MAKE YOU WANT TO VOMIT EITHER. I HAVE HEARD SOME BAD CONVERSIONS IN MY TIME (PARTICULARLY SOME C64 TUNES CONVERTED TO THE AMIGA - .CYBERNOID IS SHOCKING) AND THIS AIN'T ONE OF THEM. MIND YOU, THE ORIGINAL ARRANGEMENT WAS A LITTLE ON THE STUFFED SIDE TO START WITH - .I DON'T ATTEMPT CONVERSIONS WITHOUT HAVING THE MUSIC IN FRONT OF ME! - FAXEL F -- COMPOSED BY M. FALTERMEYER AND ARRANGED BY EINSTEIN. THIS HAS GOT TO BE THE MOST ACCURATE CONVERSION OF AXEL F TO HAVE HIT THE C64. ONLY THE DRUMS ARE MISSING AND THAT DON'T MATTERMUCH. THE ONLY CONVERSION TO COMPETE WITH THIS ONE THAT I CAN RECALL IS THE ONE BY JCH/VIBRANTS. HIS WAS FAR MORE SPECTACULAR BUT ONLY HALF THE TUNE WAS CONVERTED! - WHITE MAGE -- THIS WAS THE THIRD IN MY "MAGIC USER" SERIES (THE OTHER TWO BEING BLACK AND RED MAGES AS WELL AS BEING INCOMPLETE) I'M QUITE PLEASED WITH THIS ONE - .IT'S PRETTY MYSTICAL AND GROOVY. DO YOU LIKE THE WAY THE BASS CAN'T DECIDE WHETHER IT IS A BASS LINE OR A TOM-TOM? ADDS THAT LITTLE BIT EXTRA METHINKS - .D VERY ATMOSPHEREIC, AND EASY TO COMPOSE AS WELL - ?STYLE HERE. JUST A FEW QUICK GREETS AND I'LL BE OFF (MUST BE THE WEATHER!). GREETS TO PIRATE,MESH,STRIDER,ANTHRAX, QUETZAL (KSP RULE! LOOK OUT FOR MY GAME! START WRITING ANOTHER ONE NOW SO WE CAN ALTERNATE RELEASES THROUGH KSP!). BYE FOR NOW GUYS - US. HAHAHAHAHA! - )HANG ON!! I'VEJUST FOUND MYSELF A HEAP MORE MEMORY SO I CAN DRIBBLE ALOT MORE!! YAHAY! THE ORIGINAL EINSTEIN'S SONIX NEVER REALLY GOT FULLY RELEASED, BECAUSE MOST OF THE MUSIC WAS LAME AND THE GRAPHICS SUCKED! I QUITE LIKED MY CODE FOR IT HOWEVER (SMUG!) COS IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I USED WHAT I CALL 'BACKGROUND PROCESSING' WHICH BASICALLY ALLOWS MAJOR PROCESSOR TIME SUCKING TASKS TO HAPPEN IN THE BACKGROUND WHILE THE INTERRUPTS CONTINUE TO HAPPEN. IN THIS WAY EVERY TIME YOU CHOSE A TUNE, THE RELEVANT PIECE OF MUSIC WAS COPIED DOWN FROM MEMORY TO $1 - 0 SO IT COULD BE PLAYED. ALL THIS HAPPENED AND YOU WOULDNT EVEN REALISE! WITH THIS DEMO HOWEVER, I DIDNT BOTHER WITH THAT THINKING IT WOULD BE EASIER JUST TO RELOCATE THE TUNES FIRST. I WAS WRONG! A VERY SIMPLE DEMO HAS TAKEN - Y TOO LONG DUE TO STUPID BUGS! (I WAS REALLY TIRED WHILE WRITING IT AT 'STEINS HQ..I'D BEEN UP ALL NIGHT SO I MADE SOME REALLY STUPID MISTAKES!). I'M ACTUALLY SICK WITH THE FLU AT THE MOMENT (ALL FLOWERS AND CARDS TO THE USUAL ADDRESS!) SO I FEEL LIKE EXCREMENT, BUT I SHALL BATTLE ON SO THOSE OF YOU WHO ACTUAL BOTHER TO LOAD THIS CAN LISTEN TO THE FUNKY TUNES FOR A MINUTE BEFORE SWITCHING OFF,NEVER TO RELOAD THIS AGAIN - .G I BETTER GO, MY OTHER 64 IS SITTING THERE WAITING FOR ME TO EDIT AND REASSEMBLE THE SOURCE CODE - DREMEMBER: CALL IT SEQUEL AND YOU'LL LAND FLAT ON YOUR BACK! - E, IM SURE IVE HEARD THAT SOMEWHERE BEFORE! I THINK ILL GO PLAY IK+ ON THE AMIGA (LETS FACE IT,THATS ALL AMIGAS ARE GOOD FOR!) -