Dusken by Oxygen [web]
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_/\\ This will probably win the award for
=/ \|__ the most ascii-laden doc file in the
-/ _\__ _ \_ history of computing, and that's a
-/- \ ~-v _\\ bit different, isn't it ? People
-|> ___) / _~~. don't do many music disks with only 4
-/- __ <_'' \_.= / channels basically any more, do they
-'.-~~~-\_\_/ - | ? This is probably the last of its
-/- ---...__.~ -" kind, unless some retro-boom
/- -" overtakes the PC scene and people
. -/- _..____..._.~ begin to write 4 channel mods again.
.~/ -|- / / Those days are gone for all but a
- / -/_ | few, and I'm one of the few. Not
/ < -/ / having the hardware to move up to the
/ | / | world of S3Ms, XMs and the like, I'm
| \ - /- stuck in my catatonic little world of
\ ~---~ |> \ four eight-bit channels. Not having
-_ > | the money to upgrade my computer, I'm
~-..___ // one of the remaining musicians who's
\ | been left behind in the world. Far
| \ from stagnating in it though, I
\ | became used to the idea of
/- / constriction. Beginning to realise
/ - - that all those channels were out of
-| -| / my reach, I decided to explore the
/ / / range of sounds I could fill those
\ \ < channels with. There were things
| | L missing from modules that went, taken
- /\- \ for granted, in the real world.
= | \ \ Lyrics. for one. And then there
\ \ \ \ were sounds that nobody had ventured
| --\ | --\ to slot in anywhere. I explored the
<__\\\<___\\\ sounds more, and found that anything
could be anything. The mouth could
become a drumkit, the vocal cords strings. Sound was my partner in life.
Then I chucked all that hippy shit over my shoulder, flipped the bird at
whoever had their head turned my way to see me, and went on to make a name
for myself not as someone with the ability to impress people with technique,
but the imagination to impress people with originality. I found people that
didn't follow my example, but were impressed nonetheless with what I had to
give them to listen to. And so it went on from there. Eventually one of my
friends decided that I was keeping my produce too well hidden, and thus
'dusken' was born.
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|info sector: oxygen | lost,
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| | the night,
|Oxygen AudioVisual was founded in April 1994 from |
|the ashes of a group called FirE. The original | no hope for you.
|members were Jedi, Unique(-One), Kitsune, Get Merry, |
|Dead Ringer, and ToneDef. Our aim was to get the | lost,
|demo scene in Perth and Australia alive a bit more. | not a ray of light.
|The ANSI scene was dying slowly, and new groups |
|began to rise and fall. The elite scene decided to | no hope for you.
|have a party in July - by then Dead Ringer had left, |
|and we'd gained Statix and Refract (later becoming | sometimes, ya know,
|X-Cell, then Excel). Around the release of | gotta step back.
|'Cyanide' - our first demo, which we won a nice Star |
|Trek board game for making - there was a lot of | sometimes, ya know,
|friction between the demo-dedicated half and the | gotta step back.
|scene-dedicated half. Unique-One wanted a scene |
|groOp that wrote 3lit3 d00rs and ut!lz, while I | somewhere,
|wanted a group that produced quality demos. In | at the edge of the
|between the week when we wrote "Cyanide" at an | sky,
|all-week gathering, and the party, we decided to |
|tell Unique what he could do with himself. He took | i'll guide you
|his plans elsewhere, and was heard from only to | through.
|behave like an upstart. Of course, giving Oxygen |
|members unrestricted downloading access on any board | somewhere,
|with lots of goodies to be had is a bad idea, and | at the edge of the
|both Excel and Unique-One found this out the hard | sky,
|way. Unique-One's association with Oxygen ended |
|quite abruptly, while Excel's fizzled out to | i'm there for you.
|nothing. We eventually elicited the help of |
|Mantissa <later Swing> and Trash <later JJJ, then | sometimes, ya know,
|Jase> and pulled another all-week-er, after which | gotta step back.
|"Tedium" was released. Sometime before this, |
|however, Jedi managed to score a second place | sometimes, ya know,
|<behind Trash> in MC2's rookie divison wih his song | gotta step back.
|"Deliverance". Trash joined after taking out the |
|first place in the rookie division. By then, all | - from 'StepBack'
|members were on the Net except me <Kitsune>. I had |
|to wait until I got to Uni to get a free account. | written June? 1994
|<grin> The next release we had was a long-overdue | by Kitsune
|intro for "Star BBS" (which went offline permanently |
|as far as we're aware - Jedi released it out of | probably the first
|cheek at anyone who was complaining that Oxygen | original mod made
|never released anything). Then I changed my handle | which made
|a few times (kitwolf (lame), BlackWolf (taken), then | extensive use of
|to Raphael Blackwolf) and everything settled down a | sampled lyrics.
|bit, aside from Jase winning MC3's veteran division |
|with a massive orchestral tune the name of which :---------------------
|escapes me. Here's what you end up with after all |
|that. No member roles have been added, since we |
|swap jobs around a lot. |
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info sector: running this musicdisk
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To run this musicdisk you will require a few things:
* a 386 or higher computer
* VGA compatible video card
* about 2 megs of RAM
* a 512k Gravis Ultrasound, (44khz 16-bit stereo)
or a SoundBlaster compatible soundcard (mono 8-bit only)
* an open mind
Basically, make sure you have a valid ULTRASND= or BLASTER= environment
variable and run it. If you have problems or want to fiddle with the
various command line options, type: dusken -?
If you have a problem, boot as plain DOS without any memory managers and try
again. Try running ULTRINIT if your GUS doesnt respond. If all else fails
then mail us with a description of the problem.
The actual music files (.s3m format) are included so you can play them using
your favourite player if all else fails...
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info sector: major releases
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dos (electronic programmers tar):
product talent description
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cyanide.zip rb/jd/stx/xc Cyanide Demo for the PC - won the 1994 C-Party
cyndptch.zip stx Cyanide Patch for Lame Sound Cards (SB et al)
starp100.zip jd/stx Starplayer - Best S3M player for the GUS yet.
startro.zip jd/rb/stx BBS Loader for Star BBS
tedium.zip jd/rb/stx An intro about its title - tedium.
starp200.zip jd Starplayer - MOD file support, 100% click free
starp201.zip jd Starplayer - DMA to dump samples, pan bug fix
starp202.zip jd Starplayer - quick version 2.01 crash bug fix
starp203.zip jd Starplayer - continuous play feature plus more
starp210.zip jd Starplayer - new soundblaster support!
starp211.zip jd Starplayer - improved soundblaster mixing
starp212.zip jd Starplayer - MTM support and VU-bars
starp220.zip jd Starplayer - 64 modules, load from shell, menus!
starp221.zip jd Starplayer - alphabetical filename sorting
starp222.zip jd Starplayer - support for playlist files
dusken.zip jd/rb Dusken Musicdisk - 6 songs by Raphael BlackWolf
other interesting releases:
product talent description
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r-delivr.zip jd Deliverance. 2nd Placed Rookie Entry in Music
Contest ][.
My Child jd Module part of 'expOZe', australian music disk.
After Sunset jase Module part of 'expOZe', australian music disk.
????????.XM jase 1st placed vetran module in Music Contest ]I[
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info sector: contact details
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email:
jedi jedi@tartarus.uwa.edu.au -or-
jedi@omen.com.au
raphael raphbw@it.com.au -or-
kitsune@tartarus.uwa.edu.au
jase jlchong@tartarus.uwa.edu.au
swing sjm@it.com.au
statix kimba@it.com.au
world wide web:
http://peace.wit.com/~komsic/oxygen, or perhaps
http://www.it.com.au/oxygen/
official ftp:
ftp://peace.wit.com/kosmic/oxygen/
mailing list:
mail to listserver@unseen.aztec.co.za
with a body of 'subscribe listname your name'
with the lists of:
oxygen-list announcements of the latest oxygen things
oxygen-talk discussion of oxygen matters
i.e. subscribe oxygen-list bill gates
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info sector: 'Psychosis' lyrics
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trapped in a box * a box of pain * wrecking my body * going insane * no way
out * no way in * caught in a web * of endless sin * touch my skin * hurt my
soul * take my wits and regain control * nothing but black * as far as I can
see * who remains ? * none but me * I'm unique * one of a kind * pull my
trigger * blow my mind * touch my skin * hurt my soul * take my wits and
regain control * I like it here * I want to stay * don't let them take it
all away * touch my skin * hurt my soul * take my wits and regain control *
now I'm dead * life is gone * still don't know what the fuck went wrong *
touch my skin * hurt my soul * take my wits and regain control * touch my
skin * hurt my soul * take my wits and regain control
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info sector: Butter and Cheese translation
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Haluaisin voita ja juustoa - I would like butter and cheese
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shouts out to: heretics, werewolves everywhere and people who care.
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