![]() ![]() I love software… but the thought of being able to make tracker music away from the computer excited me. When the polyend tracker was announced, I knew it was going to be an instant purchase. “It’s crazy to think that I’ve been listening to the same artists for almost my entire life.” Why did you decide to create tracker music? What challenges do you face, and what do you like most about this type of music production? If I can help or motivate anyone in pursuing their music, it’s worth it, and this is what arcologies is all about. 99% of my tracks are released under the creative commons license, and I’m always willing to share project files, patches, and samples that I’ve made. I’m a big supporter of open-source software, and I treat my music the same way. So, I started posting my tracks online to see what would come from that. When the pandemic hit, I was looking for something to do to help people in any way that I could. I’ve always been a hobbyist and pretty much just made music for myself for the past 20 years. Music helps me to never forget, and if I’m feeling down… I can put on a favorite track and zone out to vivid memories. They are specific memories too… For example, if I play the Trans-Central Connection compilation album… I’m instantly brought back to driving around Chicago in the late 90s with my brother, visiting Tower Records, and buying whatever new idm or jungle CD that was out. Not just because their songs are timeless, but because they evoke so many good memories of family and friends. It’s crazy to think that I’ve been listening to the same artists for almost my entire life. My personal musical interests haven’t really evolved over the years. These also changed the way I looked at music production and got me into learning more about how to create generative music. I studied art in college and took a media class that focused on max/msp and Reaktor. When I wanted to make my own samples, I’d just load up rebirth or reason and mess around with creating different sounds. ![]() I was especially excited to learn that I didn’t need anything crazy or expensive to make my own songs I could just use the tracker software and some samples. ![]() I remember opening fast tracker for the first time and listening to some songs, and being blown away by the sound. My relationship with music production started at a young age, and I attribute this to three pieces of software: fast tracker, rebirth, and reason. “Sound is a memory.” Please tell us more about your relationship with music and how it evolved throughout the years. So… What are we waiting for? Let’s do that! Let’s teleport all the way to Chicago Suburbs and meet arcologies – audiovisual talent and music producer, who will share his knowledge on creating tracker music, finding your own visual style, and many more. We can learn so much about their personalities and past experiences through their sound. Feelings, thoughts, and sometimes even… memories. Samples are sound recordings that must be imported (and sometimes generated in-tracker) in order to construct music.Artists hide so many important things in their music. Tracks are the vertical strips onto which you construct the music, and whilst trackers of old only had a limited amount of available tracks the modern offerings have vastly improved on this. There are 6 main characteristics common to music trackers: tracks (channels), samples, notes, effects, patterns, and orders. The most noticeable difference between standard audio software and a music tracker is the way the track is constructed - vertically, as opposed to horizontally - but there's far more to it than that. Whilst each tracker is different, the methodology behind making music is virtually identical on each piece of software. However, If you're really serious about creating 8bit music then you're going to want to learn how to use a tracker. A tracker is not an absolute necessity for creating 8bit, and many people get away with using digital audio solutions like FLStudio or Audacity. ![]()
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