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[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [News] More madness: making Flashback in 2025

How we make the podcast episodes in 2025. A crazy story, really.

[ OpenMPT - Open ModPlug Tracker ] OpenMPT 1.32.06.00 released

This small update to OpenMPT 1.32 is mostly a bugfix release.

Here's a list of the most notable changes in this version:

• Fixed a crash when saving IT / MPTM files and shutting down OpenMPT on Wine 10.20 and potentially Wine 11.1.
• Shift-clicking the sample loop start / end spin buttons now moves the loop points finely, instead of snapping to the next self-similar point.
• Some MODs with samples larger than 64k inside PT36 containers were not read correctly.
• Exporting the same module multiple times (or exporting individual instruments / channels) could lead to files differing in length by one sample when using modern tempo mode.
• MIDI Export: Choosing the percussion channel for an instrument and then keeping "Mapped" mode selected and never manually touching the dropdown menu resulted in wrong MIDI percussion notes to be exported.

For a complete list of changes, have a look at the full version history. If you are upgrading from OpenMPT 1.31 or older, read the release notes to get a glimpse of the biggest changes.

libopenmpt has also been updated with the same bugfixes.

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 144. A tracked christmas

Christmas is here and it's time for the annual christmas episode. DJ Daemon gives you one hour with juletide songs never before heard on the station.From Amiga to the retro PC, it covers 4-channel Protracker to 64 channel of Impulsetracker goodness. Enjoy the christmas of 2025!

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio - Time for Flashback, tracks from the past - with your host DJ Daemon
00:06 DJ Daemon presents the obligatory christmas podcast episode.
00:22 Maniac of Crux - Crux-mas
05:10 DJ Daemon presents the first medley of today.
05:35 Mildewy - Chiptune bells
06:09 Jeroen Tel - X-Mas Groove
06:45 HyoChan - Merry, merry christmas
07:31 Wavemaker of Tnl - Adeste fideles
08:21 Juhla - Aamu
09:05 DJ Daemon talks the upcoming talk show with Coreus and the Baron of Dubstep.
09:43 Prime time of Trsi records - Awakening day
15:23 DJ Daemon tells you like it is: Die hard is a christmas movie.
15:47 Trackerartist - Let it snow
16:47 DJ Daemon presents the next song.
17:07 Nemesis of Zenon - Christmas joy
21:02 DJ Daemon tells you he doesn't speak over the songs (thanks!).
21:45 Mad god - 2T2M-Xmas-Song
26:50 DJ Daemon teases an Inercia demo party episode coming up.
27:26 JoeMuc2015 - the hall of fame
29:25 DJ Daemon talks about the newly updated site (ericade.radio).
30:00 Yalek W the Lombax - Holidai
33:51 DJ Daemon talks about another upcoming "only Amiga" episode..
34:28 Arcturus - An arcturus christmas
39:34 DJ Daemon presents the next song.
39:55 Necros - December
44:15 DJ Daemon presents the second medley of today.
44:46 B00mer - Jingle bells (Santa sucks)
46:19 Mr. Jarom - Jingle bells remix
47:51 DanPHTMNight - Silent night
49:26 Gammis of Lemonride - Lonely chrismas
52:03 DJ Daemon tries to talk Spanish. It doesn't work as you probably could guess.
52:25 LHS - Feliz navidad remix
54:57 DJ Daemon thanks you for listening and leads you into that good night...
55:24 Lolodachi - Xmas intro
57:58 DJ Daemon tells you to got to ericade.radio
58:10 HyoChan - Snowflakes

Production notes:
Our annual christmas episode.

Tags: Christmas, Host: DJ Daemon, 2025

[ Wanted! ] Tracker musician looking for ms-dos/amiga group!

Greetings from America! My Name is Keygenism from Moonshine! I'm looking for people who will use my music for the groups I am looking for ms-dos and amiga demos! I use OpenMPT for XM, S3M, MOD (for Commodore Amiga), and IT Feel free to contact me on Discord! Discord: bbtund8

[ Wanted! ] Musician, I need You!

Active in the demoscene Amiga/PC during the 80/90, I'm now an old coder who wants to redo demo. If you are not afraid to do musics for demo / B games on Android, Amiga, C64, Linux, Pico-8 Windows, web, just get in touch with me. :) Wywiwic on https://www.pouet.net Latest ugly prods : https://youtu.be/CMADRffnlVY Web: https://www.wywiwic.com/

[ Wanted! ] Graphic designer, I need You!

Active in the demoscene Amiga/PC during the 80/90, I'm now an old coder who wants to redo demo. If you are not afraid to do graphics for demo / B games on Android, Amiga, C64, Linux, Pico-8 Windows, web, just get in touch with me. :) Wywiwic on https://www.pouet.net Latest ugly prods : https://youtu.be/CMADRffnlVY Web: https://www.wywiwic.com/

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 143. Another mix tape

DJ Daemon presents a nice, 1 hour mix tape of tracked music composed on Protracker, Impulsetracker, Screamtracker and Fasttracker.Enjoy the music created by human composers sitting in front of an ancient, but very much alive technology.

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio - Time for Flashback, tracks from the past - with your host DJ Daemon
00:06 DJ Daemon welcomes you to the show and promises there will be no more AI songs.
00:23 Cs127 - Endless facility
06:27 DJ Daemon presents the medley of today
06:42 HBtune - Bless you! Girl
08:01 Hboloid - Tropical pirates
09:24 Milkeyheart - Colour connoisseur
10:52 DJ Daemon talks about improvements on ericade.radio/stats/
11:24 Ether audio - Ambient attack
13:18 DJ Daemon talks about Modarchive slowness that has happened recently.
14:00 Leigh Malpas - Ice heaven
17:43 DJ Daemon talks about the AI song and the response.
18:33 JustOrb - My moronic life
22:48 DJ Daemon talks about Retro.gg's "12 days of christmas".
23:20 Crisps - t6-3
25:52 DJ Daemon talks about the next song.
26:10 Leigh Malpas - Flute lux
29:30 DJ Daemon teases about the upcoming christmas episodes.
30:06 Ether audio - Telepathic
33:25 DJ Daemon notes that we're at the half time of the show.
33:50 Saga musix - Eating your heart
37:20 DJ Daemon talks about the "christmassy" feeling of the next song.
37:37 Platonist - Omnivision
41:29 DJ Daemon talks about Revision 2026.
42:05 Saga musix - The cave of time
46:02 DJ Daemon mentions our Discord-channel.
46:31 Lunari - Entirely overcast
50:51 DJ Daemon hopes for Edison 2026.
51:25 Substance - Light in the dark corner
55:34 DJ Daemon thanks for listening and leading you into that good night.
56:02 Wow25 - Healthy

Production notes:
Just an episode with nice tracks from Modachive.

Tags: Just playing the music, Host: DJ Daemon, 2025

[ Wanted! ] Looking for music for a X16 prod

I'm coding a demo for the X16 and have the 'principle' effects done. I now need some help with music to get the demo coreagraphed. If you dont know of the Commander X16, it has a PSG and YM2151. It also has PCM, but as it has to be fed by the CPU I'm not sure how much we can use that. Maybe scene dependant? The good news is the machine is supported nativley by Furnace, which should make the process much easier. Happy to share what I've got so far if anyone is interested.

[ Demozoo ] Transmission64 2025: Results and releases!

Transmission64 2025 is over! The online C64 demo party that took place on November 29th 2025; it featured interviews (Mason of the Transfer Team and Gideon Zweijtzer), music acts (Zyron with Paramiamix and Goto80 with A/V TXT), plus many quality entries in seven competitions.

Transmission on Demozoo / scene.org / CSDb

Video captures of the whole event including all compos and specials are to appear on YouTube.

[ demoparty.net ] Dream210: Party System now open for remote submissions

To celebrate the beginning of the festive season, our Party System is now OPEN and waiting to be filled with your (remote) entries!

Remote Votekeys can be requested via dream210 [at] farbrausch.de – just send us a mail and a friendly creature will reply in no time.

[ Wanted! ] Looking for coders, musicians to the .dot group

Hey! I looking for musicians, coders, graphicians for the group called .dot. There are three coders, two musicians and one graphician. Generally 4 members. If you're interested, please DM me on Discord: znakizodiakulol

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 142. More bubbly songs

AI is coming to the demo scene. Maybe DJ Daemon is late to the show, but the first song he plays today was written by an AI and is brand new.What do you think, is it any good? The rest of the show is guaranteed to be made by human beings. Enjoy some new stuff by artists you haven't heard yet.

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio - Time for Flashback, tracks from the past - with your host DJ Daemon
00:06 DJ Daemon welcomes you to the show and wonders if the artists are worrying about AI yet.
00:22 Peter Clarke - Bubble Bobble AI Remix
02:29 DJ Daemon talks about the recently released AI-tune and then presents the first medley.
03:25 Tz - Woah
04:39 C512w - Bob le cintre (remix)
06:18 C512w - This is for cerror
07:59 DJ Daemon talks about our comittment to the demo scene.
08:43 Lunari - Desolate sun
14:10 DJ Daemon presents Retroic.
14:44 Retroic - Carnival Mayhem R2
17:38 DJ Daemon talks about a new remixed tune on the station.
17:56 Tuna - Point of departure
23:06 DJ Daemon mentions that the station history has been updated on the site.
23:43 Kleeder - Troolary dance mix
25:47 DJ Daemon presents the second medley of today.
26:07 Viraxor - Senka
28:38 Ether audio - The Search in the Ether
31:09 C512w - White clover
33:51 DJ Daemon talks about the Platonist.
34:12 Platonist - Judgement day
39:21 DJ Daemon talks about the artist Nicole.
39:48 Nicole - Orange rustle reverie
44:16 DJ Daemon talks about the artist Archangel.
44:58 Archangel - Sirene song
49:17 DJ Daemon tells you to spread the word and not the disk.
49:43 240-185 - Let me feel
53:27 DJ Daemon thanks you for listening and leads you into the good next with the next songs.
53:52 Archangel - Stalaktos
57:33 DJ Daemon says goodbye and tells you to join us on Discord.
58:02 Nicole - Perception illusion

Production notes:
For this episode, I made something a bit different: I added a song made by an AI. The first song of today is from a YouTube-channel called "It's definitely not stonkers". It was a remix of the old game "Bobble bobble" and was created on an AI. Later I saw that it had surpassed my YouTube channel when it came to number of viewers. Who said life is fair?

I asked viewers and people what they thought of it and it the general response was enormously negative.

Best comment about AI writing songs:
"@DJDaemon The Bubbly podcast episode has an AI song included. While it's good for inspiration, they all suffer from what Baron of Dubstep calls Math Rock - a synopsis where the "algorithms" just put as much variety and mix everything into a soup that has no sense or rhythm nor has it repeating patterns or recognizable chorus segments. The song may mimic the original, but the "overlay added layer of let's see how much craporama techniques can be packed over the course of the song" is extremely discerning. And I agree, that Bubble Bobble "remix" is exactly an example of this."

Tags: AI, Just playing the music, Host: DJ Daemon, 2025

[ Amiga online magazines ] Rest in peace, Stingray!

I first saw Reinhold, also known as Stingray, around 30 years ago at the Mekka & Symposium...

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 141. More popular tracks

Wasn't the next episode supposed to appear in December? Sure, but DJ Daemon still feels like you need more tracked tunes right now. So here you are. Enjoy!

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio - Time for another episode of Flashback - Tracks from the past
00:06 DJ Daemon welcomes you to the show.
00:29 Dexter of Phase distortion - Distorted experience
05:34 DJ Daemon presentes the first medley of today.
05:57 Hbtune - Great Tribulation
07:33 Hbtune - Yo-kai disco
09:04 Radix - Clairvoyance
10:36 DJ Daemon talks about the most popular artists on the station.
11:27 Platonist - Playground
16:31 DJ Daemon mentions the A1200 again.
17:13 Zoon - Soul release
21:54 DJ Daemon tells you to go to ericade.radio.
22:28 Ether audio - Polymeter polymer
26:33 DJ Daemon mentions, well, plastics.
26:56 Viraxor - Hidden paradise
30:45 DJ Daemon struggles to pronounce the next artist.
31:09 Xball121299 Marko.n - Understand me
34:55 DJ Daemon again reminds you to go ro ericade.radio.
35:20 Tito of Plum - Pizza hut
39:04 DJ Daemon notes the problems with finding the name of the artist.
39:48 Ukulele - Copperworld
43:22 DJ Daemon presents the next artist.
43:57 Platonist - I will (Instrumental)
47:23 DJ Daemon talks about the first tracker software there ever was.
48:03 Fajser of Rage - Zenith
51:15 DJ Daemon presents the second medley of today.
51:35 Warhawk - Thoughts
53:19 Rico Z - Monuments
55:48 Jurgen "Jayce" Rotscheidt - Last ohner
57:50 DJ Daemon thanks your for listening and leads you into that good night the next song.
58:19 infra - Just Rock'n'Roll

Production notes:
Just an episode with nice tracks from Modachive.

Tags: Just playing the music, Host: DJ Daemon, 2025

[ Demozoo ] Transmission64 2025: Entry submission now open

Transmission64 has launched the 2025 party system at https://t64.to/register. They can't wait to see your contributions starting to appear! The categories are Demo, 4k, Graphics, Screen Fader, BASIC oneline, PETSCII and Music (all C64, obviously). Submission deadline is Nov 28th, 2025 at 16:00 CET.

Transmission64 2025 starts on Nov 29th, 2025 at 16:00 CET. Rules, timetable and more information can be found at: https://transmission64.com/

[ demoparty.net ] Transmission64 2025: Entry submission now open!

Be like Extend and win a Transmission64 demo competition(*)!

We have launched the 2025 party system at https://t64.to/register and can’t wait to see your contributions starting to appear. Submission deadline is Nov 28th, 2025 at 16:00 CET.

(*) Fishbomb by Extend: https://demozoo.org/productions/360884/

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 140. In the spotlight again

This is a monthly show, but today DJ Daemon felt like making a new show anyways, so here you go. This time it's the best set of tunes from Modarchive's "Spotlit" category of tunes. Stuff that's great and selected from the tunes that you may not always see. In short, many are diamonds in the rough.

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio - Time for Flashback, tracks from the past - with your host DJ Daemon
00:06 DJ Daemon welcomes you to another "unexpected" show.
00:26 Ether audio - Soft Ice Planet
04:35 DJ Daemon the first medley of today.
04:57 Youmaynotdothat - Black Coffee Cat
06:11 C512w - My Birthday!
07:47 Hyperunknown - Goat fiction
09:34 DJ Daemon notes that you get another medley in a few minutes.
09:47 Colidace - The Red Alliance
17:04 DJ Daemon talks about the upcoming christmas show.
17:36 Platonist - Enchanter
23:25 DJ Daemon speaks about hacked demo scene sites including Bitjam.
24:42 Platonist - Blinding light
29:15 DJ Daemon about sourcing new songs from the demo scene.
29:42 Platonist - Final day
35:50 DJ Daemon presents another Platonist tune.
36:50 Platonist - Maintune6
39:37 DJ Daemon Presents the second medley of today.
39:59 Carlos "Estrayk" del Alamo - Ego wings menu
41:57 Thwy - After test
44:05 Hyperunknown - Goatherding
46:22 DJ Daemon presents the next song.
46:31 Bitbear - I Feel You
50:05 DJ Daemon talks about Hyperunknown and his "goatsongs".
50:38 Hyperbased - Arpspoofing
54:01 DJ Daemon thanks you for listning and leading you into that good night is the next song.
54:29 Anders Hamre - Wrath of aphrodite
57:38 Ether audio - Not Scared
1:00:37 Carlos "Estrayk" del Alamo - Else we get mad 2

Production notes:
Just a "spur of the moment" decision to make a new podcast episode before the usual release window.

Tags: Just playing the music, Host: DJ Daemon, 2025

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 139. Comfort in November

November is the least wanted month of the year. In spite of this: DJ Daemon keeps the temperature up by playing some really nice tracked tunes from the past and now. Enjoy one hour of great tracked tunes and some banter.

Playlist:
00:00 ericade.radio - Time for another episode of Flashback - Tracks from the past
00:06 DJ Daemon welcome you to Flashback and... November.
00:31 Bacter, Jeenio, Saga Musix - Do The Dow
04:02 DJ Daemon mentions that this is now a monthly show.
04:33 RayXtray and Rocketmane - Whisper
10:44 DJ Daemon presents the first medley of the day.
11:17 Ant512 - Something sinister
13:15 Jakim - Pure Demoscene Crap
15:20 Tdcham - Beware the Red Moon
17:42 DJ Daemon talks about Revision 2026.
18:38 Ether Audio - State of delirium
21:39 DJ Daemon mentions the Poeut outage.
22:28 SCY of Tscc - 6 Sievert
25:40 DJ Daemon praises Psirius.
25:59 Psirius - Cuckoo's dream
29:46 DJ Daemon talks about the new A1200 coming soon.
30:30 Renmine - Null
34:18 DJ Daemon praises Saga Musix.
34:44 Bacter, Jeenio, Saga musix - 24 Lemonade Grove
38:43 DJ Daemon mentions Retro.gg and the 12 days of christmas.
39:46 elPatrixF - Squarevox
43:48 DJ Daemon praises Drax.
44:16 Drax - Authentic moments
48:31 DJ Daemon wonders what "Tracks in space" once were.
49:13 Psirius - Tracker musicians!
54:15 DJ Daemon thanks you for listening.
55:00 Trackerartist - Soothing Annurism

Production notes:
No special thinking going on here. It was recorded in November, so it's called that.

Tags: Just playing the music, Host: DJ Daemon, 2025

[ demoparty.net ] PTWeekender 2025: DJ set winner

So via a voting poll to the punters, a winner was revealed by the end of the stream The winning DJ set was Cyke! so congrats to Cyke. That means team A won.

Everyone else was pretty much tied at 2nd and 3rd places and is not really good enough source material for an indepth chart like they do on Demozoo.

Apologies about any confusion of this being a .mod entry compo. It wasn’t.

Moderators - you’re free to edit/delete this post. It’s just there was this idea going this was a tracker compo.

[ OpenMPT - Open ModPlug Tracker ] OpenMPT 1.32.05.00 released

This small update to OpenMPT 1.32 is mostly a bugfix release.

Here's a list of the most notable changes in this version:

• Added option to slice a sample at grid points instead of cue points, including a new keyboard shortcut.
• Since OpenMPT 1.31.14.00, fine adjustment of sustain loop start / end was broken.
• Automatically hiding the volume column didn't work for newly-created MODs.
• Since OpenMPT 1.31, having both "Contiunous scroll" and "Cursor wrap in pattern editor" disabled, jumping by beat or measure no longer jumped to the first or last row of the pattern and instead stayed on the current row if it was close to the start / end than a beat / measure.
• Transposing a selection didn't refresh the (potentially changed) default volume display if the selection of the last channel didn't contain the volume column.

For a complete list of changes, have a look at the full version history. If you are upgrading from OpenMPT 1.31 or older, read the release notes to get a glimpse of the biggest changes.

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [News] Listen to our Edison 2025 coverage

Time to listen to our Edison 2025 coverage.

[ demoparty.net ] Moonshine Dragons 2026: Registration ON

We’ve switched registration ON – see you at the party!

https://moonshinedragons.party/registration.html

[ demoparty.net ] PTWeekender 2025: Start Times (updated^2)

• Prekender (Friday 7th) - 18:50 GMT
• Main Show (Saturday 8th) - 13:00 GMT

[ Conspiracy ] wplus

To show our immense appreciation to the 64k intros that came before us, we've been committed to allowing the world to experience them as they meant to be - this time, we had the chance to port the legendary "hplus" by Halcyon to Windows; watch it in its realtime glory after downloading from here.

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [News] Welcome to Discord

Join us on Discord! We have a Discord channel