PrOtoCoL - Restless 16 (restless.it)

Track Message:
a funky, relentless 16-beat 134 bpm track sans-melody
10/1997 Protocol (pHluid/ACiD)
.i.n.s.p.i.r.a.t.i.o.n.
Mountain Dew
.s.a.m.p.l.e.s.
Siren's Rhythm Seclusion
Capsom's Super Puzzle Fighter II
Boyz II Men
Macross Plus Soundtrack
Pinball Fantasies
Korg X3
Casio CT-670
.g.r.e.e.t.s.
pHluid musicians (of course), the ACiD crew, #trax, and all the musicians out there on the Net who prove that tracking can make real music.

[@thebarbecube317]

What am I looking at man

[@lrobin-is8dg]

Blue

[@ElBromoHojo]

This music was made with Impulse Tracker. You're looking at the "source code" to the music. Each column is a sound channel dedicated to a specific sound sample, and each row is a "quarter note". Each cell contains either the pitch for playing the sample or some effects to modulate it. It's how people made music to share online back when bandwidth and storage were obstacles.

[@thebarbecube317]

@@ElBromoHojo that’s dope

[@ElBromoHojo]

@@thebarbecube317 Yes you can learn a lot about how to make music this way. If you load up the track in the editor you can sometimes find patterns that the composer decided not to put into the final track, too, which is always fun.