Well... quite an experiment this one. lol. I naively thought I'd attempt a novelty rock tune which would have a drum solo somewhere along the way. This proved to be the tricky part (I'm no drummer and so it was a case of keep moving around the beats I'd created and editing etc until it worked, lol). Originally the guitaring was going to be more complex...until I came to do it and realised I'm no guitarist either..thus I kept my guitar riffs fairly straight forward.

Just checked it out... damn my eyes hurt now, lol..but worth it! Peace indeed!

Actually, I made the mistake of thinking the title itself was "happy hardcore" The tune I was on about is called "dream sonata" and its on here now. Again, It's one you'll like I'm sure.

Great tune! good to see you here!

Just thought I'd give myself a bit of a proper introduction to you all here.

Firstly, although I don't have an actual background in music I was very enthusiastic about the series of music creation programs when they first appeared.

Consequently, what probably takes some of you more naturally musically minded a few hours or days to complete - probably takes me a week or two, lol. My first few attempts were fairly straight mixes as I got to feel my feet as it were. The more I used the programs, the more experimental I got and the more of my own riffs and music I incorporated and the more I customised and changed any library ones ones. Franky, to make anything half decent that is not just a lego-brick assembly of straight library riffs you have to be imaginative and customise and use your own stuff to get an original soudning tune. I'm so far happy with the results of most of my stuff and there are a few more that got abandoned along the way due to lack of inspiration, lol.

The first music program I ever used was a thing called "Octamed" which was in the days of the old Amiga computers. It was hard to get seriously good quality out of it although I did use if for a few years before the "MUSIC" for PS1 came on the scence.

Fast, Jolly, dreamy! Good one. Which program did you make this one with?

A shorter one this, but good beat etc. Theres a song that shares this title on youtube by a guy called redmistpete, its one of my favourites - I'm sure you'd like it.  

Pretty much all the same sounds, and instruments and most of the riffs were there again on music 2000 / mtv mg and funnily enough many of these were re-used again on mtv mg2 and music 3000 / digital hits factory. Although of course a great deal of new sounds/instruments and riffs were included too.

Yes, I'd stopped using the original music generator after the "sequel" came out.

I remember when I first saw Music (music generator) advertised in a magazine that it was listed under "games" I always disliked that because I felt that labelling it a game demeaned it and did'nt represent it in the correct light. Although it was reasonably simple to get to grips with on a basic riff block building level there was clearly so much more to it if you put the effort in. I still think its great but don't really use it now, but it was - and still is great.

I managed to get a copy of Music 2000 / MTV MG for £2.99 (6$) recently on ebay as a backup copy. I saw one in a games store for the same price a week beforehand and also a copy of the original Music Generator program. They soon disappeared off the shelves though.  

When I made this I had no idea how to end it other than fading-out. I never liked fading if I could help it as it always seemed like a cop-out but in this case it turned out to be exactly the right thing to do.

Only 3 of my tunes ended in fade-outs and in each case it was only used because it turned out to be the right option. For this one I used some library riffs, customised riffs and my own riffs and sounds.

my video version of this can be found on youtube

This would make a good theme for a tv space series! Cool.

I tried a demo version of mtv Mg2 / music 2000 for pc a few years ago but did'nt get the full version and just carried on using the playstation version which oddly I found the controls more user friendly. I bought a playstation mouse thinking this would make the ps1 version even easier but it was far more awkward than just using normal control pad, lol.

I really like this..it reminds me of the kind of music that was used for intro screens and games of the late 1980's on old platforms like the Amiga computer. Something very "shadow of the beast" about it.  

Wow....evil is an understatement! lol. Powerful stuff! I feel truely massacred now! lol. Cool!

In order to keep the sound quality I connected the ps1 to my dvd recorder via the scart socket, recorded everything on dvd then ripped the music off the dvd with the pc. This also allowed me to copy the videos onto dvd too.

What versions do you currently use or have used?

The best place to find these programs at a good price is in the bargain buckets and games stores. Although PS1 games are disappearing fast from these. You can often pick up a copy on ebay cheaply if you keep a eye out for them.

Another tune that I made in 1999 with the first of the Music generator programs. This was in fact the last one I made with that before I moved on to using music 2000 / mtv music generator.

I made a video for this too using its video making program. I actually made videos for all of my tunes which are viewable on youtube. My user name on there is also KalsolarUK.

I believe I made this in 1999 using the first of the music generator programs. Most Quite mellow and changes nicely as it goes along.