'A Lucid Time' - (c) 1997 Imaginary Unit
So, this release marks my final transition to using IT. Coming from an
Amiga (PT) background, FT was the obvious choice for me, due to the
interface and other things I won't get into here. It has its good sides,
but I have to say I now feel like I've been missing out on a lot, not
having 'converted' earlier.
As far as the tune itself goes, all I feel like I'm qualified to say at
this point is that I'm pleased enough with it to release it. If you're a
hater of 'cheesy' lead lines, you won't like this one, in fact, if you
are, I might suggest keeping away from all my stuff to save some time and
trouble. No IU tune without big leads, not so far at least. People thought
my MC5 entry ('Sweetly Beguiled') had a lot of chord changes. Think again.
I did try to avoid any really abrupt modulations this time though, and I
do think the progression works out pretty well. At close to six minutes,
it's a bit on the long side, but hey, listen to it in two sessions if you
want. Obviously, for the best playback results, you should use Impulse
Tracker v2.13, but MikIT v0.90 seems to do the job nicely as well. CP with
the latest IT player beta might work also, but the Interwave driver
crashes on my system after a while so I can't be too certain. Don't even
try to play this on anything that can't handle NNAs (e.g. the current
versions of ModPlug and YAMP), as the tune relies on them quite heavily.
Oh, and do send me feedback at my hotmail address <iunit@hotmail.com>, or
if you wish to receive a reply, try my 'real' one <vlm@sgic.fi>.
A lucid time? Well, it sounded nice, and it's something I wouldn't mind
having one of these...times, as opposed to everything in life being
horribly uncertain or seemingly meaningless. If you want to know more
about my personal life, um, go get a hobby.
The instruments used in this tune are mostly from various MC5 entries. The
details are as follows:
01,08: 'Goldenrod' (m5v-gldn.it)
02 : 'Twilight Groove' (m5v-twi .it)
03 : 'Above the Eagles' Cries' (m5v-atec.it)
04 : 'The Shadow Exploded' (m5v-shad.xm)
05 : 'Bitter Sweetness' (m5v-bisw.it)
All the drum and cymbal samples used in instruments 7 & 8 are by me. Feel
free to use them, but credit me if you do so.
All of my releases under this silly handle are available on the Hornet
archive. Go to www.hornet.org and do a search on 'imaginary unit'. Here's
the current list.
'Imaginary Unit' (xm, imaginar.zip or iu-imagi.zip)
'Exit' (xm, iu-exit .zip)
'Plasticine Cities' (xm, iu-plast.zip)
'Sweetly Beguiled' (xm, m5i-swee.zip or iu-sweet.zip)
'Out of the Undefined' (xm, iu-outof.zip)
If you're interested in my older four channel releases under various
groups and handles, you're going to have to find them yourself. I have a
bunch of half-decent, unreleased chiptunes from around '94 lying around,
which I might consider putting out at some point, along with a new tune
perhaps, or I may not. No idea.
Blah. What else? Well, like stated above, write to iunit@hotmail.com or
vlm@sgic.fi if you want to get in touch. The latter preferred if you
expect a quick reply. That's all for now. See you somewhere, sometime.
.iu'97.
