Downbeat by Union
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the official union musicdisk - downbeat - september 1th, 1995
coded by the specialist
Disclamer
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This material is not freeware. You are allowed to copy it without
restrictions for non-commercial use. No payment of any kind may be charged
for this product or any combination of products or services including this
product without our authorization and official written license. Commercial
use, especially the industrial manufacturing on any data storage media and
their distribution without the expressed permission of the producer, is
strictly prohibited. This program or the data files contained therein may not
be altered or modified without the permission of the author. You take full
responsibility for the operation of this software and any consequences
thereof. Union Productions cannot accept liability for damages or failures
arising from the use of this software.
What's this
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"Downbeat" is the second musicdisk following "Digital Domination", Union's
first musicidisk. This is a compilation of tracked music from various
composers. It's multi-group, meaning that most of the songs aren't from Union
members. The Union members involved with this disk are: Ded Silence, Future
Assassin, Nova, Lord Pegasus and I (Populus). I hope you will like this
'revival' musicdisk which once again confirms Union's strong place in the
scene.
A third disk is on the way. I can't confirm any dates, but it will be
probably in two months (hopefully). It will include more music from Union
members, since we are accepting new musicians among us. Mail me at:
populus@direktor.voima.jkl.fi for more info, or reach us on own IRC channel
#union.
But I (Populus) is releasing very soon a solo disk titled "Earthfall" which
will include some tunes that were either left out or new ones.
Credits go out to The Specialist aka Pierre-Philippe Stevens who coded the
whole thing in read-mode assembler, except for the music player which is
Midas Sound System .40a. This is his first world-wide release on the
Internet and debut code for Union. Also, thanks to Quisling for the superb
"Downbeat" logo used in the flash scrolling. I (Populus) did the interface
(nothing to get exited about) and the jungle style Union logo. And of cource
all of the musicians that agreed to chip in and help us out make this a
quality product. My thanks to all of you.
Requirements
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"Downbeat Musicdisk" requires general features from your computer, which are:
- 386 CPU
- 640x400x256 VESA SVGA Capabilities
- A sound board:
- Gravis Ultrasound
- Sound Blaster/Pro/16
- Pro Audio Spectrum/16
- 1 MB Expanded Memory (EMS)
General Keys
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"Downbeat" is relatively easy to use. One way is to use the mouse. If you
can't, use the keyboard keys, which are:
ESC ..............................................Exit to DOS
"+" & "-" ........................................Change song
"*" & "/" ......................................Change patern
SPACE .........................................Change VU Bars
Note: Clicking on the huge UNiON logo in the player changes the VU Bars.
Contents
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Union's "Downbeat Musicdisk" contains many different styles of music and from
various regions around the world. It also has music from the Amiga and PC
side of the music scene. It has some rare reason no techno at all. Which is
pretty rare considering the situation of the music scene now. Here is the
discography:
"Timescape" 4m28s................Nemesis [renaissance.kosmic]
"Betrayal of Innoncence" 2m57s....Future Assassin [union.ice]
"Bowling for Fish" 2m57s..........Lord Pegasus [union.kosmic]
"Destiny" 4m35s...........................Populus [union.epi]
"Electronic Corrida" 1m43s........Future Assassin [union.ice]
"Faith" 3m24s............................Jase [oxygen.enigma]
"Firestone" 1m45s......................Sidewinder [megawatts]
"Got to Get it" 2m48s.......................Mystical [purple]
"Kick Back" 3m12s......................Laserlore [anasthasia]
"Lightning Express" 3m11s....................Nova [union.cia]
"Omen" 2m47s.................................Nova [union.cia]
"Particle 99" 4m17s..................Ded Silence [union.time]
"Pointless Feelings" 3m15s................Populus [union.epi]
"Power Grid Theme 4" 1m59s......................Leinad [mage]
"Prelude to Heaven" 2m56s..................Zapper [force ten]
"Shyndou" 5m25s......................Ded Silence [union.time]
"So Far Away" 4m36s...................Krystall [kosmic.astek]
"The Noble Savage" 4m12s.........................Siren [bass]
"Thinking by the Beach" 2m48s.............Populus [union.epi]
World Wide Web
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"Downbeat" Musicdisk has a WWW Page on the Internet. You can get the disk
itself there and also learn more about it. Contact through NetScape:
http://direktor.voima.jkl.fi/~populus/downbeat
Known Bugs
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Unfortunatly, some bugs still exist in the player. Mostly with the mouse
and some SVGA cards. Then you'll have to miss out on the powerful hi-res
interface with comes with "Downbeat" and you'll have to use your own player.
We recommend using Cubic Player 1.4 or Scream Tracker 3.21.
Thanks to
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I would like to thank all the musicians that partipated in creating the second
Union musicdisk (no order): Ded Silence, Lord Pegasus, Zapper, Mystical,
Laserlore, Jase, Sidewinder, Leinad, Future Assassin, Nemesis, Nova, Siren,
and Krystall. I would like to thank to all the graphicians who worked on this
project, even if some of their work didn't get it (due to time and usage).
Of course my friend The Specialist for coding this thing at last minute.
Contacts
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Populus............................populus@direktor.voima.jkl.fi
http://direktor.voima.jkl.fi/~populus
The Specialist.....................3000lmst@vm1.ulaval.ca
Past releases from Union are available on FTP at:
ftp://peace.wit.com/ansi/groups/union/
or through WWW at:
ftp://bigbird.scu.edu/pub/html/union.html
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