"Our hero patiently waits for Player One to coin up. An eternity has passed, and when the battle finally continues, the world has changed. The resolution endless, the sounds crisp and clear… welcome back, Player One!"

This story is a metaphor for my own path in life: stepping away from a youthful dream and a way of living filled with community, games and music. That period never fully disappeared — it lay dormant in the background, waiting to be awakened. In the meantime, life happened: I built a beautiful family with my wife and kids, and I grew a company that now exists for 25 years, achieving incredible things on the digital front.

Still, music has always remained an essential part of my life. The beat and the melody were constant companions, lifting my mood and carrying memories of those early days — the music of Chris Huelsbeck and the soundtracks of Hans Zimmer.

In recent months, reconnecting with the Amiga community has reawakened that inner spark: the urge to create new songs. This track is the result of that awakening — my return to my first love. Player One Returns reflects this journey, beginning with the Amiga and the original ProTracker module To Be Or Not, evolving into a crossover in Electronic / Synthwave that recreates the feeling of those times. 

I dusted off the Amiga 1200, fired up ProTracker, connected the MIDI module to the Korg 01/Wfd, and invested in a new audio interface and DAW controller for the Mac to bring those sounds into Logic Pro. Strangely enough, it all felt familiar, not so different from where it began on the Amiga 500 — only now with far more possibilities. But the lesson remains: don’t get lost in tools. It’s about the melody, the emotion, and simply pressing play.

With Player One Returns I’ve tried to stay as close as possible to my original way of making music, recreating the 80s synths and sounds that bring me back to those days — and hopefully move others too. 

This track is my maiden project after thirty years, and it’s only the beginning. So… let’s coin up!

Player One Returns

Travellling To Greece

Made for the KVR One-Synth Challenge #198 with 32 Instances of the Yamaha DX7 Mk. 1 Hardware-Synthesizer. Every Sound is programmed by myself in Dexed, send as Sysex to the hardware and adjusted on the hardware itself, because the sounds were sometimes a bit off (Keyvelocity. The Attack on the EGs most of the time)

„In a small alley, not far from the bustling market square, lies a very special place for lovers of nostalgic sounds: the Retrothek.
This charming shop is passionately dedicated to restoring and selling antique audio equipment. Whether classic tape recorders, exotic amplifiers, or rare electronic musical instruments—sooner or later, they all find their way to the workshop, where they are carefully restored to their original condition and returned to their old or new owners.“
~ excerp from a payed advertisment report in the local newspaper

Techical Details:
DAW: FL Studio 2025
Instances: 32 (Full RAM Card)
BPM: 127/137

DAW FX:
Channel EQ [9]	
Fruity Delay 2	 [4]
Fruity Limiter	[1]	
Fruity Parametric EQ 2 [3]		
Fruity Reeverb 2 [4]		
Fruity Stereo Enhancer [4]	

COMMERCIAL FX:
Arturia Comp Diode-609 [6]	
Arturia Rev LX-24 [4]

FREE FX:		
Ozone 9 Elements [1] (Was free when I got it)	
TAL Filter 2 (As Auto Pan) [1]	
TAL Reverb 2	[2]				
Youlean Loudness Meter 2 [1]

Thumbnail Credits:
Roll-Up Banner Model: Miklos_Gyorfi (from CGTrader)
Modern Piano Stand Model: Rex Hans [Blenderkit]
Painted Plaster Wall Texture: chroma 3D [Blenderkit]
Wooden Floor Texture: ydd 3D [Blenderkit]
Wood Light Texture: James Middleton [Blenderkit]
Room, Banner-Content (Texture), Yamaha DX7 Modell & Texture, as well as the Rendering itself are done by myself.

Hope you'll enjoy this :)


Die Retrothek (OSC#198 - Yamaha DX7)

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