W.o.W. Episode 1: Music Sculptor

Published 2024-05-08

So today I introduce a new series: Windows on Wednesday (Name Tentative)! I've been wanting to do a more regular series for a while now and with the interest in my various Windows videos I figured I'd theme it around that. This is the first episode! Today I go over some Shareware that I messed around with a lot when I was younger: Music Sculptor. It's a basic MIDI sequencer that includes a virtual keyboard, support for various MIDI inputs and outputs, and basic editor. I do test with both FM Synth and Wavetable.

NOTE: I attempted to do a screen capture but halfway through it just started glitching out. I included what I could but most is just live recording. Not sure if it's the equipment, the laptop I used, the fact it was Ubuuntu and OBS, or some combination. If I can't figure it out then maybe next time I may do a split live recording and screen cap of Virtualbox/PCem/x86Box/etc.

NOTE2: This video is being uploaded later in the day on Wednesday, and seeing as I'm in the EST time zone, some of you might not see it until it's Thursday, especially those in Europe. This was due to me making a last-ditch effort in trying to salvage the captured video. I'll try to have the next one ready to go earlier in the day.

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Sources:
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ASP: asp-software.org/
ASP June 1996: archive.org/details/cdrom-aspcd9606
Doom Shareare: doomwiki.org/wiki/Shareware
OpenMPT: openmpt.org/
VideoGame Music Archive: vgmusic.com/

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Music Used:
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The Emperor's Army - Jeremy Blake (YT Media Library)
Various Videogame MIDI files

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Timestamps:
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0:00 Pre-Intro
2:00 Intro
2:11 Discussing what this video is about
2:54 Browsing a 90's Shareware CD
6:30 Music Sculptor Intro
7:02 Music Sculptor Demo (screencap)
11:12 What I originally used it for
14:12 Videogame MIDI's
21:08 Conclusion
21:35 Outro

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