Have you tape recorded Amiga game/demo tunes?

Bamiga2002 · 02 March 2006, 00:41

Back in the years i had a habit to record amiga game & demo music to cassette tapes. My favorite songs we're the title song from Double Dragon II, Hostages in-the-building-song when there's enemy nearby, Silkworm title song, Ninja Warriors title song etc. Don't remember so good 'cause i've lost the tapes

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Anyone else had this odd (but nice) habit?

Ironclaw · 02 March 2006, 00:49

Yeah, from some games. but mostly movies

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Mad-Matt · 02 March 2006, 00:56

yeah, many years ago i recorded to tape the tunes from shadow of the beast, turrican 1,2,3 and a few cractros. I remember the music from the legand crack of Ohnomorelemmings quite fondly and the spreadpoint crack of troddlers. Id really like to hear that spreadpoint music in a modern remix with updated instruments, which id do if i had a clue how to use modern music creation software :/

Ray Norrish · 02 March 2006, 02:06

Yea, I did this once.. but for c64 music.. took it to work to listen to it.. people thought I was mad..

musashi5150 · 02 March 2006, 09:55

I used to back in the day as well... but now I use WinAMP to convert them to .wav files so I can have them on CD in the car

Bamiga2002 · 02 March 2006, 19:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ray Norrish

Yea, I did this once.. but for c64 music.. took it to work to listen to it.. people thought I was mad..

Same here too

, those tunes we're just too cool that i took them with me to a tennis camp also

.

stainy · 02 March 2006, 19:12

got 4 cassettes with c64 tunes on them!

Photon · 02 March 2006, 21:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bamiga2002

My favorite songs we're the title song from Double Dragon II, ...

Curiose: Uncle Tom made that module! Nowadays I don't think it really suits the game, but it sure stands out by pure greatness among the rest of the game tunes.

When I was 14 or something I had Crazy Comets, Commando, Monty on the Run etc music in my Walkman. By 16 I had turned square and hardly touched my computer. A few months later Amiga turned me toward the path of the righteous ...

plasmatron · 04 March 2006, 21:43

I was doing this too. Sometimes it was difficult to fet a good sound balance, because in some tunes you have 2 chanels on the left, and two on the right. Especially c64 recordings sound a bit lame on tape.

mr_a500 · 05 March 2006, 05:21

When I saw Shadow of the Beast at a friend's house, I was totally stunned and the next time I went to his house, I brought a tape recorder to record the music.

A few months later, he sold me the Amiga (and Beast). After that, I just recorded my own music - created with DMCS.

Quote:

My favorite songs we're the title song from Double Dragon II

Ha! That music stuck in my head - not as an example of good music, but as an example of annoying music from a game I hated. "Dada...dada...da..da.da..daaaa...da.......dada...dada..da..da.da..daaaa...da"

After seeing Beast and listing to that music, there was no way I'd like Double Dragon. (actually, it does have a little nostalga for me..

)

Edit: Oh wait! That was Double Dragon 1. For years, I've been thinking it was Double Dragon 2 for some reason. The music for the second one is better. (but I only like blocks 16 and 22 in the mod)

Bamiga2002 · 05 March 2006, 23:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by mr_a500

Edit: Oh wait! That was Double Dragon 1. For years, I've been thinking it was Double Dragon 2 for some reason. The music for the second one is better. (but I only like blocks 16 and 22 in the mod)

Noo, not DD 1 sleepy title music

, if the song had lyrics it would sound like "tada tada Jessica Fletcher" etc. you get the drift

JohnnyWalker · 06 March 2006, 00:34

Monkey Island 2 for the Amiga (sad, I know, but I loved that opening tune!). Also Robocop's sublime opening on the Spectrum kept me highly entertained!

Ray Norrish · 06 March 2006, 02:17

Yes, but did you try to convert the "uninitiated" to c64 music or such? I was on a mission.. I failed

blade002 · 06 March 2006, 07:49

Yep, when i bought the game "Knights Of The Crystallion" back in 1990, it came with a cassette tape with all the wierd music from the game in it. So on one side of the tape i recorded some other Amiga games tunes, and i still have the tape to this day and i actually play it when im washing the dishes in the kitchen!. hehehe..

The tunes on the tape are as follows:

Cadaver
Xenon II
Black Crypt
Blood Money

And 1 other tune... but i cant remember what it is!?. i'll have to play it again to find out.

Ziaxx · 08 July 2006, 13:56

I've been thinking of making an audio CD with some of my old Amiga favorites (various oldskool demo/diskmag mods from the early 90's), but what is the easiest and best way to convert a mod file to a wav or mp3 file, preferably without using WinAmp?

I already made a similar CD with my favorite C64 music and that was really simple, just saving the files as a wav using Sidplay. But is there a similar way to do it with Amiga music? And like I said, I prefer to not use WinAmp if possible.

BippyM · 08 July 2006, 14:09

I use WinUAE to save as a wav.. It plays the mods back more accurately than a PC modplayer might.. It'll also play stuff that isn't MOD

I then just convert to MP3.

Solid Snake · 08 July 2006, 21:20

I recorded the music from the C64 Last Ninja games on to cassette. Some years later I bought 3 CDs called "Best of SID" through mail order. They contain some fabulous tunes from the likes of Rob Hubbard, Mathew Cannon, Ben Daglish and Tim Follin. Many of the tunes are still good today - testament to the power of the mighty 6581 SID chip.

Ironclaw · 08 July 2006, 21:23

I once downloaded a c64 music package (zip), 50mb-ish... tons of tunes in that one I'll tell ya..... listened to them all and kept the best ones.

It's that.. DSCT, DCCSt.... something name of the page/package.... it's still commonly known.. but don't bother looking for it.... but think lots of you know where it is and which one I'm talking about....

quahappy · 08 July 2006, 23:36

Phew! Nice to know that I wasn't the only one who taped music from Amiga games / Demos and I still have them somewhere... some I can remember taping: Pinball Dreams, Leander, Pinball Fantasies, SWIV, Future Shock, to name a few. Many mods from demos too. My old man (rip) was forever playing them in the car, with a Jean Michel Jarre / Vangelis track thrown in every now and again... never did sound right played on a car cassette stereo though (2 channel per speaker). Time to dig out / listen one more time / then ditch those tapes, and burn my favourites to CD.

BuZz · 08 July 2006, 23:51

I taped the music from "Robin of the wood" for the 48k speccy. I was so impressed as it had a few channels sound from the internal speaker/bleeper. 1 bit eat your heart out! It's a great tune.

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Bamiga2002 BlizzardPPC'less Join Date: May 2004 Location: Finland Age: 46 Posts: 3,210	Have you tape recorded Amiga game/demo tunes? Back in the years i had a habit to record amiga game & demo music to cassette tapes. My favorite songs we're the title song from Double Dragon II, Hostages in-the-building-song when there's enemy nearby, Silkworm title song, Ninja Warriors title song etc. Don't remember so good 'cause i've lost the tapes . Anyone else had this odd (but nice) habit? Last edited by Bamiga2002; 02 March 2006 at 00:50.

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02 March 2006, 00:49	#2
Ironclaw Banned Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: ... Age: 46 Posts: 3,313	Yeah, from some games. but mostly movies .

02 March 2006, 00:56	#3
Mad-Matt Longplayer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Lincoln / UK Age: 45 Posts: 1,852	yeah, many years ago i recorded to tape the tunes from shadow of the beast, turrican 1,2,3 and a few cractros. I remember the music from the legand crack of Ohnomorelemmings quite fondly and the spreadpoint crack of troddlers. Id really like to hear that spreadpoint music in a modern remix with updated instruments, which id do if i had a clue how to use modern music creation software :/

02 March 2006, 02:06	#4
Ray Norrish Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Cheshire, UK Age: 56 Posts: 322	Yea, I did this once.. but for c64 music.. took it to work to listen to it.. people thought I was mad..

02 March 2006, 09:55	#5
musashi5150 move.w #$4489,$dff07e Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Norfolk, UK Age: 42 Posts: 2,351	I used to back in the day as well... but now I use WinAMP to convert them to .wav files so I can have them on CD in the car

02 March 2006, 19:12	#7
stainy Zone Friend Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Concord, NC, USA Age: 52 Posts: 1,714	got 4 cassettes with c64 tunes on them!

04 March 2006, 21:43	#9
plasmatron Zone Friend Join Date: May 2003 Location: Germany Age: 48 Posts: 967	I was doing this too. Sometimes it was difficult to fet a good sound balance, because in some tunes you have 2 chanels on the left, and two on the right. Especially c64 recordings sound a bit lame on tape.

06 March 2006, 00:34	#12
JohnnyWalker aka ThunderPeel2001 Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: UK Age: 46 Posts: 303	Monkey Island 2 for the Amiga (sad, I know, but I loved that opening tune!). Also Robocop's sublime opening on the Spectrum kept me highly entertained!

06 March 2006, 02:17	#13
Ray Norrish Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Cheshire, UK Age: 56 Posts: 322	Yes, but did you try to convert the "uninitiated" to c64 music or such? I was on a mission.. I failed

06 March 2006, 07:49	#14
blade002 Zone Friend Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Australia Age: 50 Posts: 2,616	Yep, when i bought the game "Knights Of The Crystallion" back in 1990, it came with a cassette tape with all the wierd music from the game in it. So on one side of the tape i recorded some other Amiga games tunes, and i still have the tape to this day and i actually play it when im washing the dishes in the kitchen!. hehehe.. The tunes on the tape are as follows: Cadaver Xenon II Black Crypt Blood Money And 1 other tune... but i cant remember what it is!?. i'll have to play it again to find out.

08 July 2006, 13:56	#15
Ziaxx Zone Friend Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Sweden Age: 50 Posts: 90	I've been thinking of making an audio CD with some of my old Amiga favorites (various oldskool demo/diskmag mods from the early 90's), but what is the easiest and best way to convert a mod file to a wav or mp3 file, preferably without using WinAmp? I already made a similar CD with my favorite C64 music and that was really simple, just saving the files as a wav using Sidplay. But is there a similar way to do it with Amiga music? And like I said, I prefer to not use WinAmp if possible.

08 July 2006, 14:09	#16
BippyM Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Derby, UK Age: 48 Posts: 9,355	I use WinUAE to save as a wav.. It plays the mods back more accurately than a PC modplayer might.. It'll also play stuff that isn't MOD I then just convert to MP3.

08 July 2006, 21:20	#17
Solid Snake Wonderful World Of Amiga Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 362	I recorded the music from the C64 Last Ninja games on to cassette. Some years later I bought 3 CDs called "Best of SID" through mail order. They contain some fabulous tunes from the likes of Rob Hubbard, Mathew Cannon, Ben Daglish and Tim Follin. Many of the tunes are still good today - testament to the power of the mighty 6581 SID chip.

08 July 2006, 21:23	#18
Ironclaw Banned Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: ... Age: 46 Posts: 3,313	I once downloaded a c64 music package (zip), 50mb-ish... tons of tunes in that one I'll tell ya..... listened to them all and kept the best ones. It's that.. DSCT, DCCSt.... something name of the page/package.... it's still commonly known.. but don't bother looking for it.... but think lots of you know where it is and which one I'm talking about....

08 July 2006, 23:36	#19
quahappy Born again WinUAE user Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: South Yorkshire, UK Age: 56 Posts: 1,667	Phew! Nice to know that I wasn't the only one who taped music from Amiga games / Demos and I still have them somewhere... some I can remember taping: Pinball Dreams, Leander, Pinball Fantasies, SWIV, Future Shock, to name a few. Many mods from demos too. My old man (rip) was forever playing them in the car, with a Jean Michel Jarre / Vangelis track thrown in every now and again... never did sound right played on a car cassette stereo though (2 channel per speaker). Time to dig out / listen one more time / then ditch those tapes, and burn my favourites to CD.

08 July 2006, 23:51	#20
BuZz Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Oxford / UK Age: 48 Posts: 583	I taped the music from "Robin of the wood" for the 48k speccy. I was so impressed as it had a few channels sound from the internal speaker/bleeper. 1 bit eat your heart out! It's a great tune.

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