Released on Ubiktune: http://ubiktune.com/releases/amplitude-problem-the-frequency-modulators-orchestra-vol-1

Read more on Ubiktune Blog: http://ubiktune.com/blog/2017/introducing-amplitude-problem-s-frequency-modulators-orchestra

"Armed with synthesizers and an nostalgic affinity for '80s video game soundtracks, Irming conjures an artificial world of high-tech joy, pop music for Donkey Kong to jam to." - All About Jazz

"... exhilarating blast of jazz fusion, synth-pop, and electro funk ... Imagine Kraftwerk composing a theme for an Atari 2600 cartridge." - JazzCorner

"... sets the bar higher, pushing the boundaries of electronic music ... a musical journey across various textures, ideas, and melodic invention ... a winning combination of atonal experimentation and harmonic richness" - No Depression

"... this album is a one stop shop for all sorts of tasty treats ... honestly one of the coolest things I've heard this year." - Chiptunes = WIN

"... radiates the 80s feel ... iconic sound and hooks ... face melting solos throughout ..." - Chip Bit Sid

A retro-electro-jazz concept album consisting of songs created exclusively using FM synthesizers and lo-fi drums. An exploration of the degree to which cold, digital synthesis can be transformed into the warm, human grooves and nuanced, improvised language we expect from the great art of jazz. A zany chiptune adventure down the pixelated rabbit hole. The synth-funk soundtrack to your brain.

Composed, performed and produced by Amplitude Problem, LA 

Mastered by Grammy Award winning engineer Don Grossinger, NY 

Artwork by Mythical Vigilante

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The Frequency Modulators Orchestra, Vol. 1

A concert version 2016, Yerzmyey & Pinokio at Riverwash 2016 party: 
https://youtu.be/qAaCJUdbN24

This time a regular chiptune: ZX Spectrum 48K with AY-interface. 
One AY chip, 4 bits, 3 channels.

Made in 2015.

The full album "DEATH SQUAD" with this song - is here: http://yerzmyey.i-demo.pl

Yerzmyey - Trip to Japan

I've just finished a small test of Amiga1200 working with MIDI. 
Hardware: Yamaha QY70 + Amiga 1200 (MIDI).
Software: OctaMED 4.00.

Amiga 1200 - a computer launched in 1992. 14Mhz of Motorola CPU on-board. Mine has 10Mb of RAM. The song surely would work on standard 2Mb, without problems. 

Yamaha QY70 has been released in 1997. It's a very small synthesizer with sequencer (but can also work in MIDI mode), similar in its look to Atari Lynx handheld game-console. 
Sound generation method: AWM2.

OctaMED 4.00 - the series generally has been closed in 1992 (later the program became freeware). 
You can use 16 channels here, in the MIDI mode, however it still works as a tracker, so - for example - You cannot put a chord into one channel: You have to use 3 separate channels to make the chord. 

The full album "DEATH SQUAD" with this song - is here: http://yerzmyey.i-demo.pl

Yerzmyey - Ceres' Pyramid

2nd EP from JAMATAR 2016 (c)

Purchase: https://jamatar.bandcamp.com/album/journeys

Journey

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It's a Game

Keep Up with Me

This Mutant Mind of Mine

Ghosts in My Medicine Cabinet

If I had a Band (We'd Tour the World)

This sucker was stuck in remake hell for quite some time. Sometimes there's just no magic, and I struggled for a long time with getting the groove to feel punchy but with some depth.

The secret, in this case, was adding the clav-like synth to make the groove a bit more in-your-face. I also added the solo section at the end and took some bigger swings with the harmonies.  Still a very short song (the original was around 2:20 I think), but I really think it's fine that way. It's more of a short story than a novel, if you will.

Oh, and the name. Another one of those silly puns. I just wish I had thought of "beer mitzvah" back then.

Original XM: https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&query=152078

Pray Bar

New Track composed for Chimeras Chipdisk Bits'n'Pieces 2.

Prod:
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ko0x - Caramel Condition

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/oROtZvkkvvc

This is a remix or remake of the old and slightly famous demo song made for the Roland SC-55 range of GM modules. Adrian Scott initially wrote the song in 1989 as a demo for the W-30 Music Workstation, sampling the guitar with playing noises. He also needed a melody and his friend and vocalist, Penny Dryer did a vocal part. However, since the W-30 had limited sampling memory, he could only record the "doo" sound plus a line at the end of the song.

Roland's team back then was thrilled and wanted the song and the doo sample. And thus the famous «Voice Oohs» was born, which have been a fixed sound in every GM compliant module, synth and soundset ever since. You can hear Adrian talk about all these and more in this video from Roland: https://youtu.be/gWRy81QuOEU

The song was made as a homage to a great demo that had a huge impact on every kid who listened to the Sound Canvas series back in the early 90s. The premise is: "What if Leya grew up and had a daughter?".

Leya's Daughter

Old tune from 2008 lightly remastered because reasons.

Eighties Lullaby (xm)

Expander (KORG Gadget)

Downtown

Track listing:

1. (0:00) Stemage http://www.stemagemusic.com/ - Slellin Realm - Card of Darkness Original Game Soundtrack (https://stemage.bandcamp.com/album/card-of-darkness-original-game-soundtrack)
2. (2:36) EX-LYD https://twitter.com/ex_lyd - Spaceman (https://ex-lyd.bandcamp.com/track/spaceman)
3. (4:42) Masikus https://twitter.com/Masikus - Stay Home (https://masikus.bandcamp.com/track/stay-home)
4. (7:23) BLUE NAVI @blue-navi - TETSUO - The Little Things (https://bluenavi.bandcamp.com/album/the-little-things)
5. (9:08) Watch Out For Snakes https://open.spotify.com/artist/4YfuCTKTW5IKTnffVXAUXp feat. Let Em Riot letemriot.com - Cry Little Sister (https://watchoutforsnakestheband.bandcamp.com/album/cry-little-sister)
6. (14:04) CoolAm7 https://www.coolam7.com/ - A Knight on the Dance Floor (Chiptune Remix) - A Knight on the Dance Floor (https://coolam7.bandcamp.com/album/a-knight-on-the-dance-floor)
7. (17:10) MrGamer @gamermachine - Gamerman (https://mrgamer.bandcamp.com/track/gamerman)
8. (20:06) ChronoWolf https://www.chronowolfmusic.com/ - See You in the Next Life - ARORA (https://chronowolf.bandcamp.com/album/arora)
9. (24:41) Yoann Turpin @acclion - Marble's Madness - Castlevaniesque (https://yoannturpin.bandcamp.com/album/castlevaniesque)
10. (28:01) Zackery Wilson zackerywilson.com - What the 'L? [Earthworm Jim] - SNESQUE II (https://zackerywilson.bandcamp.com/album/snesque-ii)
11. (31:06) Jamphibious https://twitter.com/JamphibiousFM - FRONK (https://jamphibious.bandcamp.com/track/fronk)
12. (34:05) Joshua Morse jmflava.com - Here Comes Landon! - CHIPSET Volume 1 (https://joshuamorse.bandcamp.com/album/chipset-volume-1)

Chipmusic/Videogame set - 2020 Afterhours Reunion Show

I make anti-fascist cyberpunk music.

#Cybersynth, #synthwave, #chiptune, #VGM, #demoscene and #nerdcore madness. #Cyberpunk #hiphop producer for @ytcracker. #Jazz on @ubiktune.

Amplitude Problem is Juan Irming, a Los Angeles producer, composer, sound designer and keyboardist with a focus on synthwave, chiptune, soundtracks, hip hop, video game music and sound effects.

Juan got his start on the European demoscene in the late 80s as the composer for world-famous and humble Atari ST demo crew SYNC, placing first in several demo music contests. Since attending Musicians Institute in the early 90s, he has composed and produced video game inspired synth and chip soundtracks for a number of projects and records such as legendary geek rapper YTCracker's cyberpunk album Introducing Neals. Credited on 11 LPs, he has been featured on albums alongside artists like Mitch Murder, Lazerhawk and GUNSHIP. Juan has appeared live at events and venues such as Comic Con and Game On Expo alongside acts like The Gothsicles, The Minibosses and Future Holotape. He also writes themes for video games such as Power Drive 2000.

Influences include first-generation chip composers Rob Hubbard, Ben Daglish, Martin Galway and Maniacs of Noise in addition to electronic, industrial, jazz and hip hop acts such as Damokles, Kraftwerk, Jean-Michel Jarre, Alphaville, Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, Herbie Hancock and Public Enemy.

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