computer errors, impulse tracker

["kevin driscoll" <driscoll@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>> i don't know if this counts, but i get a lot of
> glitches from my old pentium 166 crashing.  once it
> had a virus that somehow garbled all of my sound
> files, so i kept them and used them.  i don't have any
> songs that i would say are based off that (i don't do
> that kind of conceptual work), but i've been using
> datafiles, computer crashing sounds, etc., since i was
> 15 and using impulse tracker, so the sounds are
> melody-ish things.
<<

recently,  i burned a data cd full of mp3 files.   when i took it to my
new machine and played it, i discovered 2 new files which were strange
mixes of dozens of other tracks, mostly guitar-rock music.  i was unable
to replicate this phenomenon but the two tracks i ended up with a
surprisingly good.  who knew my cd burner had such talent ?

i used to put text and image files into impulse tracker as new instruments
and i vaguely remember having interesting results with that.

,, kevin

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