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AudioSystem EWX 24/96
“There once was a time, when music was made by hand... :-)”
BuzZ – ThE tRaCker.
“A freeware toy - with this card?! What is that supposed to be?!” ... you might ask
yourself. However, we have decided to include this software addition because it’s free
– as in free. On the other side we want to introduce it to you because it doesn’t really
have anything to do with the traditional cliché about freeware sound tools. Our
“Freaky Interaction and Work Enjoyment” department has selected to give you BUZZ, a
full-blooded musician with a good sense of harmony and teacher of this somewhat
other way to create sound and music – beyond the common sequencer models.
BUZZ takes you back to the roots of computer supported popular music – with modern
optimised code for use in Windows. BUZZ is a music program that resembles the lay-
out and steering common to the so-called “Trackers” of the mid 80’s – like the Com-
modore AMIGA, and later under DOS PC’s. In BUZZ music is “programmed”, which at
first glance appears worse that it actually is: you choose an instrument (here: “genera-
tor”) and program “patterns”. A pattern consists of a string of 1 or more notes. These
patterns are then arranged in a track list to compose a complete song (arrangement).
