AlienBreed3D Special Edition


This second version (or special edition) of a tune inspired by the
Amiga game Alienbreed3D, and a lot of Aliens (tm) !

I think this (along with the Uruk-Hai) was one of my last Protracker mods, and
caused much frustration due to the limitations of the format, in this
particular case the lack of samples (31)  Due to the amount of effects I
wanted in the mod, I had to pile several samples into one sample
space, and triggering the various bits by adjusting the start address
to the bit that I wanted.... :P

The basic driving-force behind the mod is the pulsing/throbbing bass, 
which I nicked from John Carpenters The Fog, and it really suited
the atmosphere of the piece.

The mod was also supposed to be my first (deliberate!) track to
feature Dolby-ProLogic Surround (tm) (!) but due to the method to
do that, became impossible as I started piling in the samples.

But the "groundwork" for the effect is there, in the last few
mins of the track, which are just really the bass, and my own
cobbled together "scene" of a last-stand against the alien attack...

I later went on to try and expand this piece using FastTracker,
and later still, Octamed with my synth, but got bored.

One last thing, the original version of the mod (not SE) was quite 
shorter and did not feature the extended effects-scene at the
end, and had a little less *body*.  In this version, I eventually
mixed about 4 sounds to get the opening sound.

Paul 31/3/00