Format:

Impulse Tracker 2.14 IT 2.00

Size:

453400 bytes

BPM:

125

Speed:

3

Channels:

24

Song Length:

104

Samples:

62

Instruments:

32

Patterns:

69

Tracks:

7

Track length:

1656

SHA1:

fe3c5a8d0dbf60869426328c4c34148833a98435

MD5:

d8a05fd8b19eddcc0fdfaa3a17ddc9a4

                     The Alchemist - playing time 03:44

           Author's homepage: http://isis.yok.utu.fi/~skaven



         This song was my Music Contest 5 entry. However, it didn't
        make it to the top 20, so I'm releasing it now as it is - with
        the sample texts included, of course. :)

         This song was inspired by the stories of H.P. Lovecraft
        (hence the name). It is an addition to the series of
        attributed fantasy I seem to be doing from time to time.
         Vision-wise, you can imagine a diligent alchemist in
        a dark cavern, working his way closer and closer to the
        forbidden truths, until he invokes ancient evil beyond 
        his control... Tho if you imagine something else when
        listening to this one, I'm not stopping you. :)


      About the samples

         The AlienAhh sounds mighty bizarre, doesn't it? Well, 
        its history is even more such. I downloaded an "Ahhhhhh!" 
        (said by a big hairy lummox digitized from Ren&Stimpy) off 
        the Usenet and flanged it beyond recognition. Like the 
        results? :)
         I've sampled most of the percussions myself off metal tape,
        this may explain the poor-ish quality - all I had to sample 
        with was a Sound Blaster Pro. For the rest of the samples, most
        of the credit goes to NHP, Bruno and a couple of others who
        I'm not sure about whether they've ripped the samples
        themselves or not.



      About the patterns

         The climax-like chord transfer on patterns 23..24 is a rip-
        off. It was originally featuring in a totally bizarre organ
        song composed by a person who suffered from chronic schitzo-
        phrenia (contributing to his creativeness, I take it). I
        thought it was so cool I decided to put it in use myself -
        copying is sometimes a part of the learning process. My
        regards to him, whoever he was.
         You may also recognize the chord progression in patterns 
        49-50, as it was used by Chris Franke in several parts of
        the Babylon 5 soundtrack; before that it was used in 
        Tangerine Dream's 'Miracle Mile' soundtrack - however, Chris
        Franke - a former Tangerine Dream member himself - was not
        involved in the Miracle Mile project. Makes me wonder, did
        HE rip it too? :)


      What else, now....

         Well I hope you enjoy this little production. I'm signing
        off now.


                                                -= Skaven,

                                                August 5th, 1997

• http://ftp.modland.com/pub/modules/Impulsetracker/Skaven
• http://ftp.modland.com/pub/modules/Impulsetracker/Skaven/the alchemist.it

1. SynthPerco
2. Pluck
3. MiniMono
4. MiniA#C
5. MiniG#C
6. MiniGC
7. ReverbPot.lo
8. ReverbPot.hi
9. Marcato
10. EthnoPlonk
11. BrighLead
12. TrackStrings
13. Bright BellVoice
14. BiiiigBass
15. BambooCGC.loop
16. Soft Voice
17. Tsih.1
18. Tsih.2
19. Tsih.3
20. AfroDrum 1
21. AfroDrum 2
22. AfroDrum 3
23. Congas
24. Chink
25. Spak
26. Clatter
27. Baal.Ceremony
28. Baal.Gong
29. RaveHeart
30. Xylitol.2
31. AlienAhh
32. ChipBass