anyone that calls this ear rape, you must understand that this was made on a beeper speaker, which was only designed to play a single square wave, and didn't even have a separate sound processor like most hardware at the time
@@notbugberry202 The 400Hz thing is from FamiTracker and is for the NES. This is a ZX Spectrum with no real sound chip. Everything is being done by the CPU.
It's hard to imagine nowadays for people who haven't grown up in a time, when utilizing a computer for artistis purposes (such as music) also meant that you most had to develop the technical solution and execution on your own, with a minimalistic set of tools.
@@porcorosso81 that's not necessarily true. Tools very much existed back then, you only needed to expand them or create new ones when trying to do something outside their scope
yeah, there seem to be kind of "leitmotifs" if you will with his spectrum works! if you also listen to his other spectrum tracks like agent x and agent x 2, you might notice some familiar patterns...
In fact I think this is a musical continuation to both Agent X and Chronos. Imagine a prog album and that are the 2 first tracks. Now imagine this as the track 3 or the final track or conclusion.
this is technically his megabeeper, it starts as subterranean, the first song, then slowly goes through the evolution of his other songs and ends in something sick for this song's style. all his zx songs tie back to the other, like a medley slowly unfolding.
For some reason I don't know why, but this song makes me think of me sitting at an office chair on a PC while looking outside and seeing bright sunny skies and buildings, a docking bay with boats or me walking around a nieghborhood or apartment complex looking for a friend.
If you couldn't tell, all of his songs were built off of each other. He took his favorite parts from his earlier pieces and incorporated them into his newer ones.
t hink my "brain" is replacing these sounds with magical instruments that cannot be described, yet make this sound amazing and now its one of my favorite follin songs for whatever reason idk :)
Yes, using a CPU for sound generation, you can virtually do whatever you want. My question is how cool this tune would sound on a 16bit processor¿? It's amazing, like every tune of this man is a self contained tracker engine
Oh god, youre right, didnt even notice the "cowbell" At first, HOW did he made a beliveable cowbell in this????? Oh yea, he is the Solstice cover art wizard, he just can, gotcha
I'd love 1-bit beeper music to death if it had more than just very thin pulse waves. Surely, if so many channels could be mixed in software, it should be possible to make other pulse widths as well.
Poland coder and musician Graff (Paweł Daudzward) made the remastering for CHRONOS in IT-tracker. I want to hear such remastering for RAW RECRUIT. His e-mail don't work.
Quite a few movements from Chronos. And AgentX, including a 7/8 section. But they're better in this. Al of them. Given that Air repurposed a considerable amount of All I Need when they did Les Professionels, I'm inclined to allow it. ;)
"Many people think that attaching AY chip into ZX Spectrum was a regress." nobody sane thinks that. Recording music and then downsampling it onto a shitty one channel (it's not 'one bit') sound system is in no way superior. it's staticy, low quality, and makes your damn ears bleed.
I think you misunderstand. What you're describing is sampling. This is not sampling, a speccy could never hold such a long sample. No, these are different instruments (sounds!) playing in sequence - it's pretty bloody amazing I think.
anyone that calls this ear rape, you must understand that this was made on a beeper speaker, which was only designed to play a single square wave, and didn't even have a separate sound processor like most hardware at the time
@@UpsilonNova What should have he done.
@@UpsilonNova its not rape if i consent
I consent.
It was clocked a 400hz.
@@notbugberry202 The 400Hz thing is from FamiTracker and is for the NES. This is a ZX Spectrum with no real sound chip. Everything is being done by the CPU.
Literally 1-bit music. It's insane that anything got out of it.
He made this when he was 17...
ok?
i understand that
It's hard to imagine nowadays for people who haven't grown up in a time, when utilizing a computer for artistis purposes (such as music) also meant that you most had to develop the technical solution and execution on your own, with a minimalistic set of tools.
Possibly even end-16, his birthday is in december
@@porcorosso81 that's not necessarily true. Tools very much existed back then, you only needed to expand them or create new ones when trying to do something outside their scope
This is crazy levels of talent to get what sounds like 3-4 channels of audio coming out of a binary beeper. Plus, it's pretty valid musically.
it does have 3 channels tho
@omeg5473That's the 128k. This is the 48k, and it had no soundchip, only this beeper.
@countriescomparisons74 oh
The fact that this even HAS music is pretty impressive.
just learned about 1 bit music and how it's made and it's blowing my mind
"What is interesting, he has never made such great songs for any other music-chip or other platforms."
Suuuuuure.
Plok? Solstice? Anyone???
Roberth Anthony Martinez Rivero Pictionary for NES, Silver Surfer for NES, Time Trax on Sega Genesis.
***** I believe he composed for Contradiction, which is his new game that's soon to release.
Shadow Hog
Indeed. OP sure doesn't know his way around video game OSTs for being a Tim Follin fellow.
+Shadow Hog Dont foorget the C64 Ghouls And Ghosts theme
While you're listening, take a minute to appreciate the hilariously awesome Raw Recruit title screen.
DAAAAMN! Now THAT'S a title screen song!
I expect nothing less from one of my top 3 game composers of all time. Just amazing....
Who are the other two?
@@micahlong9259 asking the same
@@micahlong9259 Alexander Brandon
I guess Rob Hubbard is one of the other two
One of his more underrated tracks
Ever notice all his spectrum stuff uses that same bassline from Chronos at some point in the song?
Good thing it's such a sick bassline!
Had to go and listen. That's really neat! I love when different songs reference eachother.
yeah, there seem to be kind of "leitmotifs" if you will with his spectrum works! if you also listen to his other spectrum tracks like agent x and agent x 2, you might notice some familiar patterns...
bel Agent X!
Loved that game and music!
In fact I think this is a musical continuation to both Agent X and Chronos.
Imagine a prog album and that are the 2 first tracks. Now imagine this as the track 3 or the final track or conclusion.
this is technically his megabeeper, it starts as subterranean, the first song, then slowly goes through the evolution of his other songs and ends in something sick for this song's style. all his zx songs tie back to the other, like a medley slowly unfolding.
Isn't it time that Genesis toured a Tim Follin tribute concert? Tim Phenomenallin.
I see, Tim Follin is god.
For some reason I don't know why, but this song makes me think of me sitting at an office chair on a PC while looking outside and seeing bright sunny skies and buildings, a docking bay with boats or me walking around a nieghborhood or apartment complex looking for a friend.
This theme really do be the music embodiment of RAW!
subterranean stryker grew up to this dangg
talent! a lot of hard work and programming
grates your ears, but it's worth it.
I like how you can tell this is a remake of his first song
As well as a bunch others like Agent X and Chronos.
If you couldn't tell, all of his songs were built off of each other. He took his favorite parts from his earlier pieces and incorporated them into his newer ones.
@@theblenderfiddler4434
And it still manages to sound fresh.
Another 7/8 piece. Ace !
t hink my "brain" is replacing these sounds with magical instruments that cannot be described, yet make this sound amazing and now its one of my favorite follin songs for whatever reason idk :)
This is amazing!
this is absolutely insane. he got percussion and samples on a beeper.
That switch at 1:14 is so sick
Yeah!
Man the mp3 codec of the video is having a hard time with the percussion clicks lol
Yes, using a CPU for sound generation, you can virtually do whatever you want. My question is how cool this tune would sound on a 16bit processor¿? It's amazing, like every tune of this man is a self contained tracker engine
Now you get me to imagine Tim Follin pulling off multichannel sounds to the old PC CPU speaker.
"TEA-MARTIN"
Теплый, ламповый звук
wow
i didn't know a 1 bit cpu theme would sound so great
🥶wow this is amazing 😱
finally, we have enough cowbell!
Oh god, youre right, didnt even notice the "cowbell" At first, HOW did he made a beliveable cowbell in this????? Oh yea, he is the Solstice cover art wizard, he just can, gotcha
Tim is a little ahead of his time.🤏🥶🔥
Bought this for £1.99 back in the day. Blatant Combat School rip off but still loved it!
still lovin' it. anybody knows about covers on this masterpiece?
i'm considering making one myself :0
@@beltube any update?
I'd love 1-bit beeper music to death if it had more than just very thin pulse waves. Surely, if so many channels could be mixed in software, it should be possible to make other pulse widths as well.
Is that sort of compress an audio file in the lowest frequence?
This is a fucking awesome tune. It sounds WAY better than Tim's AY-3-8910 music.
Я ещё не родился а уже потёк!
ONE BIT! HaaH.
listening to the other 1-bit music, this is clearly the design intention to have it be distorted
Wrong, the technical limitations of the 1-bit beeper are real. You're probably thinking of the Spectrum music that isn't even beeper music.
Wow he real good mmm
Poland coder and musician Graff (Paweł Daudzward) made the remastering for CHRONOS in IT-tracker. I want to hear such remastering for RAW RECRUIT. His e-mail don't work.
Tim Follin is a Modern day Paganini, I swear
Where's the Spectrum-Wave subgenre artists at?
shit i’d be doing this if i had the proper gear! never even knew about 1-bit music till now
1 Bit!
Sounds like it reuses the bass line from chronos.
Quite a few movements from Chronos. And AgentX, including a 7/8 section. But they're better in this. Al of them.
Given that Air repurposed a considerable amount of All I Need when they did Les Professionels, I'm inclined to allow it. ;)
YEA!!!!!!!
Best.
Sort of good
1:14 how do you even come up with the idea to do a time signature change to 7/8 time on a smoke alarm machine I mean come ON
Sounds better than a SID chip. Less high pitched screeching.
U sure?
3:13 is that agent x !?
Not the same exact notes, but the same musical idea. Tim recycles a bit.
Rawr e cruit
Se escucha bien XDDD
Fucking 1-bit...
That sounds horrible! .... and I like it!!
"Many people think that attaching AY chip into ZX Spectrum was a regress." nobody sane thinks that. Recording music and then downsampling it onto a shitty one channel (it's not 'one bit') sound system is in no way superior. it's staticy, low quality, and makes your damn ears bleed.
I think you misunderstand. What you're describing is sampling. This is not sampling, a speccy could never hold such a long sample. No, these are different instruments (sounds!) playing in sequence - it's pretty bloody amazing I think.
@@PooperScooperTrooper How exactly works that?? Is amazing!
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+SkyJuice Orange Eargasm!
Earrape that turned into an eargasm!
slavic sun god productions You Wish!
What should have done instead? If you say it’s earrape?
What a fucking mess.