vache
Why Hacker News recommends it
Cited in tracker and black-MIDI threads as an example of dense breakcore made in Renoise.
What it is
A short video of Venetian Snares' track 'Vache' with the Renoise tracker sequencer data scrolling past, uploaded by the artist in 2006 as a demo of the software.
Recommended by 0 HN commenters across 0 different months, 2013 to 2021.
What Hacker News said
Cites JonnieCache · 2013-10 · on “The Impossible Music of Black MIDI”
People have been doing this kind of thing with trackers for some time. Here's Vache by Venetian Snares, from 2006: [LINK] And here's a webcam video of the sequencer data scrolling past: [this video] The techniques are much older. Here's a screengrab of the OctaMed tracker running on an amiga, playing back the original drum tracks from Aphrodite's jungle classic Beats Booyaa from 1994: [LINK] And here's the whole of Beats Booya to hear it in context: [LINK] Real producers chop their beats in hex ;) EDIT: also, most music software includes something called an arpeggiator, into which you play chords, which it breaks up into little sequences of notes according to different parameters. Set the interva
Cites crusty511 · 2020-02 · on “Amiga Samplers: Budget dance music in 1990 [video]”
Not really "budget". I imagine that hardware was relatively expensive. Venetian Snares Renoise > [this video]
Cites Minor49er · 2021-06 · on “Renoise – A DAW with a tracker-like interface”
IDM artist Venetian Snares uses Renoise. Here's a demo track he uploaded back in 2006: [this video] He also uses it to control a gigantic modular synth setup