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Good memories. I used to be a part of this crew - https://netlabelarchive.org/netlabels/monotonik/ https://netlabelarchive.org/netlabels/monotonik/ Mods were g

Good memories. I used to be a part of this crew - https://netlabelarchive.org/netlabels/monotonik/ https://netlabelarchive.org/netlabels/monotonik/ Mods were great. Zero cost beyond the computer, made with public domain tracker software, the music was freely distributed on BBS's (and the web later on). The mod file format was great - small size downloads - note information and sampler instruments were all in one package, typically a couple of hundred kb for the whole song. You could see exactly how people had put the tunes together, access all the note information/arrangements and samples, and learn from that

cbm-vic-20 7y ago
MODs (and later tracker formats) justified my purchase of the big red Gravis Ultrasound. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravis_Ultrasound https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravis_Ultrasound
molotovbliss 7y ago
B00MER from kfmf (kosmic free music foundation) here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmic_Free_Music_Foundation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmic_Free_Music_Foundation Used to love monotonik releases. One thing I liked about tracker days was deconstructing songs to see how it was made. Not as easy to do these days. ReNoise is pretty much the tracker DAW these days. Now that I'm not as broke as before. More gear just less drive to use it. My younger self would of been in heaven with the gear I've got now. Gus was a game changer though back then.