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The Technics SL-1200 is used by DJs all over the world to entertain millions. What is the amigs used for??

kristopolous 6y ago
Techno and electro by artists which you may have not heard of but who have prestigious awards and Wikipedia pages. Along with the Prophet, Roland SH-101, TR-808 and TB-303, the Amiga is coveted vintage equipment. (For instance, this coldwave producer: https://www.discogs.com/artist/3805670-Equinoxious https://www.discogs.com/artist/3805670-Equinoxious ... That's almost exclusively 35 year old equipment) This album for instance, was produced on an Amiga and even has it in the album title https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=35Lv8J1VMog https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=35Lv8J1VMog Might not be your thing, sure, fine. That's not the point. There's a significant scene that uses amigas for this. Vintage Commodores have a fanbase all on their own in the electronic music world and get featured prominently in some videos such as (1:50) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-UdW-lmHSNY https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-UdW-lmHSNY There's after market hardware, such as an Amiga 500 SCSI -> SD bridge because at one time old 50 pin SCSI drives were going for hundreds of dollars and people in this community started making modern retrofits so they didn't have to pay high prices for failing hardware.
- robin_reala 6y ago
  There was a great video on jungle production by Pete Cannon where he demonstrates his Amiga setup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDn7ZDcx9w0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDn7ZDcx9w0
  - kristopolous 6y ago
    Oh absolutely. Amen break slicing and sequencing on Amiga trackers was essentially THE junglist instrument. Amen style has fallen out of fad but it's not dead by a longshot. (ex, 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRkfrpgLpeQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRkfrpgLpeQ and 2020: https://youtube.com/watch?v=D4y0X2zzzXM https://youtube.com/watch?v=D4y0X2zzzXM - compare to 1995: https://youtube.com/watch?v=GhopRCAFQ2k https://youtube.com/watch?v=GhopRCAFQ2k). I'd be shocked, literally shocked if these weren't done in a protracker-style piece of software. It was also the hardcore tool of choice for classic rave (ex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PcHOHfwdOs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PcHOHfwdOs) ... you can almost visualize the vertical scroll.
    - EamonnMR 6y ago
      I assumed that rognvald used a tracker but his Rognmashine plugin seems to run only on Max for Live: http://rognvald.com/Rognmashine.html http://rognvald.com/Rognmashine.html which suggests that Live is his Daw of choice (though I can't independently confirm that.)
mycall 6y ago
Breakcore in particular.

Techno and electro by artists which you may have not heard of but who have prestigious awards and Wikipedia pages. Along with the Prophet, Roland SH-101, TR-808 and TB-303, the Amiga is coveted vintage equipment. (For instance, this coldwave producer: https://www.discogs.com/artist/3805670-Equinoxious https://www.discogs.com/artist/3805670-Equinoxious ... That's almost exclusively 35 year old equipment) This album for instance, was produced on an Amiga and even has it in the album title https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=35Lv8J1VMog https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=35Lv8J1VMog Might not be your thing, sure, fine. That's not the point. There's a significant scene that uses amigas for this. Vintage Commodores have a fanbase all on their own in the electronic music world and get featured prominently in some videos such as (1:50) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-UdW-lmHSNY https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-UdW-lmHSNY There's after market hardware, such as an Amiga 500 SCSI -> SD bridge because at one time old 50 pin SCSI drives were going for hundreds of dollars and people in this community started making modern retrofits so they didn't have to pay high prices for failing hardware.

robin_reala 6y ago
There was a great video on jungle production by Pete Cannon where he demonstrates his Amiga setup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDn7ZDcx9w0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDn7ZDcx9w0
- kristopolous 6y ago
  Oh absolutely. Amen break slicing and sequencing on Amiga trackers was essentially THE junglist instrument. Amen style has fallen out of fad but it's not dead by a longshot. (ex, 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRkfrpgLpeQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRkfrpgLpeQ and 2020: https://youtube.com/watch?v=D4y0X2zzzXM https://youtube.com/watch?v=D4y0X2zzzXM - compare to 1995: https://youtube.com/watch?v=GhopRCAFQ2k https://youtube.com/watch?v=GhopRCAFQ2k). I'd be shocked, literally shocked if these weren't done in a protracker-style piece of software. It was also the hardcore tool of choice for classic rave (ex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PcHOHfwdOs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PcHOHfwdOs) ... you can almost visualize the vertical scroll.
  - EamonnMR 6y ago
    I assumed that rognvald used a tracker but his Rognmashine plugin seems to run only on Max for Live: http://rognvald.com/Rognmashine.html http://rognvald.com/Rognmashine.html which suggests that Live is his Daw of choice (though I can't independently confirm that.)

mycall 6y ago

Breakcore in particular.