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System Drift: Intro to the Beeper – ip40

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in this installment of the impulse project, we take a listen to some of the simpler things in life. the beeper (PC Speaker). even though the hardware has extremely limited capabilities, certain artists thrive in the 1bit world and have created some pretty amazing stuff. let’s take a listen.

  • utztape2.tap – irrlicht project (ZX Beeper)
  • System Beeps.wav – shiru (shiru8bit) (IBM PC Beeper)
  • 04_FACTOR6_-_Thirty – Factor6^1-bit Wizards (ZX Beeper)
  • BotB 30624 Ataritufty – Beeperman.tap – Ataritufty (ZX Beeper)
  • Mister BEEP – Interstellar Drift (2015) (Multimatograf 2016).ay – Mister BEEP^1-bit Wizards  (ZX Beeper)
  • CatchingUp.ay – Shiru (ZX Beeper)

download the files here –> impulseproject40.zip

*artwork credit: “utztape #2” by irrlicht project
2011 ZX Spectrum 48K Beeper Music

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Influenza Deprivation – ip39

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some new, some old. mostly new. you’ve been deprived, we’re here to help.

  • mod.silencing-the-storm – mAZE^Desire^Moods Plateau^Void (04 chnl MOD 42kb)
  • nq_dhl19_rt_arp_prism.pt3 – Nik-O (YM, ABC – PT3)
  • INFLUENZA.XM – fearofdark (20 channel XM 224kb)
  • coincollector.nsf – Jakim (NSF, A203 + VRC6)
  • Ramiel.sid – Mibri^Hokuto Force (SID 8580)
  • BotB 30456 kleeder – Sleep Deprivation.mptm – Midori Mizuno & Timo (Kleeder)(18 channel OPL 62kb)

download the files here –> impulseproject39.tar.gz | impulseproject39.zip

Fearofdark: soundcloud
Jakim: soundcloud

*artwork credit: “Aliens Inside Us” by CVM ^ ZeroTeam
1st in the Forever 2019 Zx Spectrum Graphics Competition (Zx Spectrum)

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A Future Ankle: 2018 Highlights – ip37

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off to a great start this year with the best of last year! (at least some of our top picks of 2018, anyway) today we bring you music that either graced the many 2018 demoparties or just hit the right chord with us. hope you enjoy

  • cat and duck.mod – Snoopy^Altair (04 channel MOD 374kb)
  • arpeggiojorssia_kansalle_by_paokala.xm – Paokala (04 channel XM 29kb)
  • overcharged brolin ankle.pt3 – n1k-o (YM ABC)
  • Duri Drøm.sid – Møllpauk^Hoaxers (8580)
  • spacedemic17.mod – notorious (4 channel MOD 227kb)
  • asikwp_-_star-crystals.it – ASIKWUS (22 channel Impulse Tracker file 6,286kb)
  • What_Happened_by_MotionRide_AmipartyXIII_MSX_Multichannel.xm – MotionRide (8 channel XM 1,895kb)
  • BotB 28939 Jredd – 7-Force Presents_ A Future Hope.vgm – Jredd, CosmoBG, Drexegar, Laz, Marcb0t, Tobikomi, and WillRock (308kb VGM) YM2612 + Sega PSG

download the files here –> impulseproject37.tar.gz

Snoopy/X-Ceed: soundcloud
asikwus: soundcloud
MotionRide: facebook

*artwork credit: “The Flow of Time” by Made ^ The Deadliners
1st in the Revision 2018 Oldskool Graphics competition (Amiga OCS/ECS)

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Endless Escape: Forever 2017 – ip28

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we’ve moved onto another great demo party that took place in Slovakia march 17-19 called FOReVER “Mad Max the 8 bit road” -this is strictly an 8-bit party that primarily focuses on c64, zx spectrum, and the 8-bit atari family. there was a ton of great music and we’ve got some of our favorites to share.

  • Endless Road.gbs – AceMan^Dreamweb^Appendix (GameBoy)
  • Furiosa’s Escape.pt3 – Quiet (ZX Spectrum, YM)
  • Helicoid-Uctumi-PVM.d64 – Uctumi^PVM (C64 8580)
  • xagon-stay_chiptuned.sqt – X-agon (ZX Spectrum)

download the tracks here: impulseproject28.tar.gz | cue sheet

Image credit: “Just Mad” by LCD

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Beyond the Overdrive: Intro to YM2612 – ip15

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breaking out the sega mega drive/genesis for a spotlight on the YM2612 and its space (albeit tiny) in the demoscene. we’ve got a great showcase of music from some pretty awesome demos as well as some original tunes using the yamaha OPN2 chip. guest hosting for this episode is the wonderful Aaron Hickman and he’s got some tunes for us too.

  • Beyond the Stars.VGE – Jredd
  • Chora.VGE – Dya
  • TRAVEL.BIN – Nainain^Resistance
  • datastorm_2014_invitation.bin – MCH^Genesis Project
  • TiTAN – Overdrive (Rev1.1-106-Final) (Hardware).bin – strobe^TTN – medo^TTN – saxxonpike^TTN
  • BotB 20388 ap0c – Vitriol Hammer.vgm – ap0c

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Dya’s Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/diagamblic

Dya’s Bandcamp: https://dyamusic.bandcamp.com

Nainain’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/_Nainain

MCH’s Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/mch64

Strobe’s Demozoo Page: https://demozoo.org/sceners/9926/

Ap0c’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/a_p_0_c

Jredd’s Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/jredd

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Eternal Storm (FOReVER 2016) – ip11

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today we’re featuring music from FOReVER 2016 – Defender of the 8 Bits that took place March 18-20, 2016 in Horná Súča, Trenčín Slovakia. FOReVER focuses on the 8-bit scene and has numerous compos for gfx, music, and more. there were a lot of strong entries but we’ve picked out 4 of our favorites. enjoy!

  • The_Adventures_of_Dr Sid.d64 – Vegard^svenonacid (8580)
  • Eternal Defender AY FORMAT.ay – Lamer Pinky ^ Gemba Boys (ZX Spectrum)
  • c0z-TheFirstStorm-8580.sid – c0zmo^BLiSS (8580)
  • heartsease.ay – buzzkej (ZX Spectrum)

download the files –> impulseproject11.tar.gz

hosts: @dokidokipanic @ruiner9

artist links
Lamer Pinky – soundcloud
buzzkej – soundcloud
[FOReVER 2016, demo party, demoscene, ZX Spectrum, C64]
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39kb Spaceship: Intro to AY/YM – ip10

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introducing the AY-3-8910 and it’s twin sister YM2149F. these chips produce awesome tunes and have a strong foot in the scene so it’s about time we add cpc, speccy, msx, and st in the mix from here on out.

  • Spaceship.pt3 –  Laser Genius  (ZX Spectrum)
  • Back 2 Reality (1997).pt2 – Jaan^Phantasy (ZX Spectrum)
  • C-jeff-lovers.pt3 – c-jeff (ZX Spectrum)
  • “heppe” 39kb shock intro.ay – Kangaroo MusiQue (Amstrad CPC)
  • House[Boa].stc – YERZMYEY (ZX Spectrum)
  • turbo.pt3 – Darkman007 (ZX Spectrum)

download the files –> impulseproject10.tar.gz

hosts: @dokidokipanic @ruiner9

artist links
YERZMYEY – yerzmyey.i-demo.pl | ay-riders.speccy.cz
Darkman007 – untergrund.net | soundcloud | bandcamp
C-jeff – facebook.com/cjeffmusic/ | c-jeff.com/
Jaan – jancho.livejournal.com (just in case ;))
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Project Intro – ip01

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the ‘kickstart’ episode to set the show. enjoy!

  • trainer2.mod – estrayk of paradox (4 channel 59k)
  • StarChip.xm – by dubmood and JosSs (4 channel 66k)
  • gatecrashing.mod – subject (4 channel 51k)
  • phantasmagoria.mod – 4-mat of anarchy (4 channel 134k)

download the files –> impulseproject01.tar.gz