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[ demoparty.net ] Comparade 2025: Live Acts Confirmed!

Get ready for an insane line up! Bacter - Pete - Teo - Drees - always Pope (support)

[ Echtzeit – Digitale Kultur ] Demonights 020: Retrospectives

Twenty Demonights? Are you serious? Who would have thought! Daylight has become little and it’s time to gather in the infamous hackerspace in Bern again: We’ll be looking back at 19 unique Demonights followed by a carefully curated showcase of what we think is the… Weiterlesen

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[ Blog on demonights.ch ] Demonights 020 - Retrospectives

Twenty Demonights? Are you serious? Who would have thought! Daylight has become little and it's time to gather in the infamous hackerspace in Bern again: We'll be looking back at 19 unique Demonights followed by a carefully curated showcase of what we think is the very best of the demoscene from 2025.

[ Blog on demonights.ch ] Demonights 020 - Retrospectives

Twenty Demonights? Are you serious? Who would have thought! Daylight has become little and it's time to gather in the infamous hackerspace in Bern again: We'll be looking back at 19 unique Demonights followed by a carefully curated showcase of what we think is the very best of the demoscene from 2025.

[ Echtzeit – Digitale Kultur ] Autonomy in a Box

«Hey, it seems that Dropbox-link you sent me expired, can you send me that one capture again?» «You can have a look at our project plan in this Google Doc!» «What do you think, should we use Survey Monkey or Microsoft Forms for the registration?»… Weiterlesen

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[ demoparty.net ] Deadline 2025: Music Lineup and Timetable finalized, Party system live, 256b and Animation/Video compos moved to Friday

We again have compiled a great musical line-up for you to dance to and/or vibe with: Check it out here, as well as the full timetable here (subject to changes).

In addition we’re happy to announce that the party-system is live! We know that we said that there is no key for remoter, but if you bring a release we’ll make an exception. ;) Just shoot us a mail and you’ll get a key to upload your entry. We look forward to your releases! Read-up the compo rules here again, and remember that we moved the 256b and Animation/Video compos to Friday, which also means that the respective Deadlines will be on Friday already.

[ Ericade.radio news & podcasts ] [Podcast] 138. The talk show

We generally play the music and tell some short stories in between. But today, Coreus joins DJ Daemon to talk about the new website and the Edison 2025 demo party. Learn why black is the best color for a website, what part of the demo party that was most emotional for Coreus and why DJ Daemon should not be allowed on an electric scooter.

Playlist:
00:00 Time for Flashback, tracks from the past with your host DJ Daemon
00:06 Intro with DJ Daemon and Coreus
01:30 Buzzer - Outschool run
03:19 We talk about the new webite, ericade.radio.
13:58 Danko and Jogeir Liljedahl - I think of you
16:28 We talk about the some of the features of the new website.
30:50 Trackerartist - Demons revenge
33:06 This part covers the Edison party 2025.
44:46 Jakim - At spes non fracta
49:14 We talk about our broadcast and then we delve further into Edison party 2025.
1:14:41 Moogie - In space
1:18:28 Ending notes from us
1:19:30 Jakim - Ortalion dreams

Production notes:
A collaboration between me and Coreus, where we talk about Edison and the website.

No colophon.

Tags: Talk show, Host: DJ Daemon, Cohost: Coreus, 2025

[ Echtzeit – Digitale Kultur ] Demonights 019 – Swiss Castles Day Edition

It’s about time! Welcome to another edition of the Demonights! It’s a special edition even. On the Swiss Castles Day (Oct 5, 2025), we’ll gather in the Castel Grande in Bellinzona for two hours straight of demos, old and new. Bienvenuti in Ticino! Integrated with… Weiterlesen

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[ Blog on demonights.ch ] Demonights 019 - Swiss Castles Day Edition

It’s about time! Welcome to another edition of the Demonights! It’s a special edition even. On the Swiss Castles Day (Oct 5, 2025), we’ll gather in the Castel Grande in Bellinzona for two hours straight of demos, old and new. Bienvenuti in Ticino!

[ Blog on demonights.ch ] Demonights 019 - Swiss Castles Day Edition

It’s about time! Welcome to another edition of the Demonights! It’s a special edition even. On the Swiss Castles Day (Oct 5, 2025), we’ll gather in the Castel Grande in Bellinzona for two hours straight of demos, old and new. Bienvenuti in Ticino!

[ OpenMPT - Open ModPlug Tracker ] OpenMPT 1.32.04.00 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 several issues around PC events in the Find & Replace dialog.
• Added keyboard shortcuts for toggling sample loop types.
• Sample slicing did not adjust the sustain loop points in the sliced samples, and did not reset the "Keep sample on disk" setting.
• Fixed filter handling of IT effect S7B (disable pitch / filter envelope) when it is applied at the same time as a note is played.
• It was possible that OpenMPT could crash when stopping playback of a module when using bridged plugins in combination with certain ASIO drivers.
• Quick Start Dialog: Collapsed status of item groups is now memorized.
• In export dialogs, the currently active subsong is now chosen for export by default.
• Wine integration now supports RtAudio 6 and works around a bug in Wine 10.13.

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.

[ demoparty.net ] Deadline 2025: Compo Rules and Scheduling - important Announcement

We revised our compo rules and scheduling for this year and have made a couple of notable changes:

• Moved 256b and Animation/Video compos to Friday evening at 22:00 CEST, deadlines for both: 18:00 CEST.
• Added a strict no-GenAI rule, as we want to see your creativity and not your prompting skills.
• PETSCII/ATASCII requires submission of a binary.
• Mate-Light animation duration limited to 30 seconds.
• Increased the number of required working stages in the graphics compos to 6.
• Collages are no longer allowed in the Themed Photo compo but are welcome in the Freestyle Graphics compo instead.
• The theme for this year’s Themed Photo compo is: “B-Movie”.
• The game for this year’s Retro Tournament is: “Jump ’n Bump”.

All details regarding the above can be found on our Competitions page. Looking forward to your releases! Reminder: We are open for remote entries in all compos :)

[ Amiga online magazines ] Evoke 2025 Party Report

some impressions from the Evoke 2025 by Ghandy of Nukleus, images by various sources. Admittedly, I only...

[ Amiga online magazines ] Jogeir Liljedahl – the maniac music maker

an interview by Ghandy of Nukleus, images by various sources. This Norwegian’s first production under the pseudonym...

[ Amiga online magazines ] The Making of ‘Lupus Reditus’: those with wolf blood inside!

text by Ghandy of Nukleus, graphics by Mystic & TRSI, images by Norby/DLG & TRSI. Since Norby,...

[ Conspiracy ] 32nd Reality

Like for many others, Second Reality was more than a formative demo for us, and it was always a bit disheartening to know that even after the original source was released, it never made it to other platforms - so we decided to change it: for the 32nd anniversary, we're happy to present the first Windows port, including source. Enjoy!

[ demoparty.net ] Evoke 2025: Drone Show

In collaboration with LANG AG and Kulturhof Kalk e.V., we’re thrilled to bring you an airborne light spectacle on Friday Night.

Don’t miss this magic moment. See you outside!

[ Demozoo ] How to extract PS2 cracktros

Our friend and resident Playstation expert ps1ch has made a very handy guide right here on Demozoo on how to extract and preserve ps2 cracktros. Hopefully it'll help more people grow skills in these areas, and we can have more classic cracktro history preserved.

Thank you, ps1ch!

https://demozoo.org/pages/preserving-ps2/

[ Demozoo ] Entry submission now open for Assembly 2025

The following competitions are NOW open for you to remotely submit your entry:

• Realtime: 1k Intro, 4k intro, Beginner Demo, Fantasy console, Oldskool Demo, Demo
• Music: Tracked music
• Wild: Short film, Real Wild

Check out also https://scene.assembly.org for voting (with entry ticket) and entry submission.

[ demoparty.net ] Evoke 2025: Remote compos

🛋️ Reminder for our friends far away that we accept remote entries in the One Screen ANSI/ASCII and 3D Scene competitions (but would rather see you in person)!

To submit your entry simply use the form linked here:

https://2025.evoke.eu/competitions/graphics/#competition-one-screen-ansiascii

https://2025.evoke.eu/competitions/graphics/#competition-3d-scene

Deadline is August 13th.

[ OpenMPT - Open ModPlug Tracker ] OpenMPT 1.32.03.00 released

This small update to OpenMPT 1.32 addresses a few playback and accessibility issues.

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

• To improve accessibility, keyboard focus is now only returned to the lower editor views if the last input method before an interaction in the upper view was done through the mouse. If the last interaction was through the keyboard instead, the keyboard focus remains there.
• Wine Integration is no longer offered on Wine 10.11 due to a Wine bug breaking it.
• Since OpenMPT 1.32.01.00, swapping between samples on the rear channels could introduce a click on the front channels.
• IT volume column slides no longer propagate their effect memory to the regular effect column volume slides.
• Some malformed Future Composer modules are no longer rejected.

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.

[ demoparty.net ] Nordlicht 2025: Live act schedule!

We’re excited to announce that our live act schedule for 2025 is complete. Your feet will be swept away by powerful beats from DREES, your ear’s timbre functions tested during HENNE’s Commodore 64 chiptune act, all your former taste of music trialed with DAS HEINRICH MANÖVER, a five-headed, Hamburg based group specializing in rap infused with psychedelic soundscapes coated in experimental wonky beats, and to round things off, a seriously kicking DJ set performed by PLASMA.

When it comes to Offstage activities, we’ll have the usual vintage retro gaming consoles and VR headsets for your virtual button mashing needs. See if you can beat your opponents in a 4-player Micro Machines II tournament etc.

And for all Amiga and programming enthusiasts, mop will present his Shader Showdown / Bonzomatic inspired tool “COPPER SHOWDOWN EDITOR”.

We couldn’t stuff more into this year’s timetable if we wanted to. It’s going to be a blast! All in an exciting new party environment for all of us to make our new home ;)

Will you be coming, too?

disclaimer: timetable times are still NOT final times and may change even shortly before the party.

[ OpenMPT - Open ModPlug Tracker ] OpenMPT 1.32.02.00 released

This first update to OpenMPT 1.32 addresses a few new and old bugs and improves a number of features.

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

• Since OpenMPT 1.32.01.00, the MIDI input focus remained on the tree view after dragging an instrument to a sample or instrument editor, while keyboard input focus was on the editor.
• Added keyboard shortcuts for expanding and shrinking patterns.
• When saving an ITI file, parts of the volume envelope were damaged.
• Switching between instrument envelopes using keyboard shortcuts didn't update accessible announcements.
• Previewing a sample, instrument or pattern note after pausing playback in a module using synth instruments continued playing those synth instruments.
• Inserting / duplicating / moving sequences reset the default tempo and speed for all sequences.
• Small playback fixes for IT files.
• S3M: Old ModPlug Tracker versions allowed to use the 28th character of sample names to be used. Such sample names are now displayed correctly again.
• MED: When triggering a synth note with a Synth Jump command on the same row, the initial speed command was not executed.
• Small improvements to subsong selection in stream / MIDI / OPL export dialogs.
• FLAC encoding is now multithreaded for stream export by default. Multithreading can also optionally be enabled for saving FLAC samples through a hidden setting.
• Icon groups in the main toolbar can now be hidden as well.
• Added help button to Setup dialog title bar.
• A few more icons are now inverted when using dark themes.
• Added a default key binding for Toggle Between Upper / Lower View (Ctrl + Shift + Tab) to improve accessibility.
• Large parts of the GUI were broken in XP / Vista builds when running them on Windows 10 version 1607 or newer.
• On Windows XP / Vista and Wine versions older 3.13, message boxes there were supposed to only show once were always shown instead.

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.

[ demoparty.net ] Evoke 2025: Website is live

Spread the word, register to tell us that you’re coming and keep your eyes peeled for more super exciting announcements 🎉

[ OpenMPT - Open ModPlug Tracker ] OpenMPT 1.32.01.00 released

It's been two years since the initial release of OpenMPT 1.31 and in the meantime we have provided many updates to make it more stable and add a few new features and improve details.

After far too much time has passed, we are now finally ready to present the first release of OpenMPT 1.32. Looking at the big list of changes, we hope that it was worth the wait!

Here is a short summary of the most notable new features:

General improvements include:

• There is now a quick start "project assistant" view that is shown whenever there is no module loaded.
• OpenMPT is now fully DPI-aware by default, so it will look crisp and clean on all screen configurations. DPI-awareness can be changed in OpenMPT's Display settings to accommodate for older VST plugin editors that are not DPI-aware.
• Stream Export and MIDI Export have been updated to allow all sub songs of a module to be exported to separate files, the same way as it was already possible with VGM export.
• When auto-save is set to save files to a specific folder, this folder is now cleaned regularly and auto-save files older than 30 days are removed by default. Auto-saves are now moved to the recycling bin instead of deleting them permanently by default.
• The main toolbar is now more flexible, allowing you to hide individual readouts, adding a new global volume readout, and it wraps to multiple rows when it becomes wider than the main window. Readouts can now be edited using the keyboard during module playback.
• The keyboard settings have been considerably revamped and cleaned up. Assigning keyboard shortcuts and keeping track of current key assignments and conflicts should be much easier now. Two new built-in default keyboard maps, matching the note entry of Fasttracker 2 and Impulse Tracker more closely, are now available.

The pattern editor has also seen several major improvements:

• OpenMPT now has a metronome that can be enabled from the pattern toolbar or via a keyboard shortcut.
• Merge functionality has been extended to support merging into multiple patterns with a user-specified length. This way, it becomes possible to automatically rearrange e.g. 64-row patterns into 128-row patterns in one go.
• When increasing pattern size, there is now an option to duplicate the existing contents to the newly-added rows.
• Instrument / volume / effect column visibility can now be toggled independently, and column visibility is now remembered per-module if "Remember song window positions" is enabled.
• For live playback, it is now possible to queue the next pattern to not only play when the current pattern is finished, but also when the current measure, beat or row is finished.
• To better distinguish whether record mode is enabled or not, it is now possible to set a separate background color for the active row when recording is enabled.
• It is now possible to solo a group of channels at once. The solo shortcut applies to all channels in the current pattern selection.

The following improvements have been made with regards to plugins:

• VST shell plugins are now supported. Most importantly, this allows OpenMPT to use polac's vst3shell plugin to enable the use of VST 3 plugins.
• Improved correctness of PPQ position reporting. The reported PPQ is now also correct when the tempo changes, and when breaking to the next pattern, the position is rounded to the next start of measure. It is also sent to MIDI devices when using the MIDI Input / Output Plugin and the "Send timing messages" option is enabled.
• Plugins can now be solo-ed by holding Shift when pressing the Bypass checkbox. Holding Ctrl instead, only Master plugins are affected.
• All mix modes are now available for instrument plugins as well.
• The MIDI Input / Output Plugin was enhanced with the ability to send initial MIDI dumps on playback start, plus a new extended MIDI macro system realized through plugin parameters. This allows to send MIDI macros of any length through the MIDI I/O plugin.
• The output device list of the MIDI Input / Output Plugin now contains a new virtual MIDI output device that allows MIDI messages to be forwarded to the configured output plugin, thus allowing the aforementioned extended MIDI macros system to work with other plugins beyond just MIDI output devices.

In the sample editor, you can look forward to these changes:

• Greatly improved pitch shifting and time stretching with new high-quality algorithms. Using the Signalsmith Stretch library for both operations, pitch and duration can now be changed at the same time in high quality, with an optional "Akai"-like lo-fi mode available.
• When resampling samples in MOD files, there's now an option to automatically adjust pattern data accordingly.
• To reduce confusion, the default / global volume tooltips now also show the effective amplification based on the sample / synth volume specified in the General tab.

The comments tab has received some quality-of-life improvements:

• In addition to copying sample / instrument texts, they can now be pasted as well. Now you can easily replace your instrument names with a poem you have written in an external text editor!
• Sample and instrument names and filenames are now drawn using the same font that is used for Comments text.

The instrument library in the Tree View received some important updates:

• The tree view can now also be placed on the right side of the window (View → Toolbars).
• The Instrument Library now shows size information for samples in modules as well.

You can also look forward to the following playback and file format improvements:

• In the MPTM format, every sequence now has its own default tempo and speed.
• When creating MOD files, you can now choose if you would like to create a MOD file compatible with ProTracker (4 channels, various ProTracker-specific quirks and the Amiga resampler are enabled) or if you want to use the MOD format with PC extensions (8 channels, bigger octave range, various ProTracker-specific quirks and the Amiga resampler are disabled).
• OpenMPT 1.32 adds support for eleven new module formats: PumaTracker (PUMA), Game Music Creator (GMC), ChipTracker (MOD), TCB Tracker (MOD), Images Music System (IMS), Face The Music (FTM), RealTracker (RTM), EasyTrax (ETX), UNIC Tracker (UNIC), Future Composer (FC / FC13 / FC14 / SMOD), and Chuck Biscuits / Black Artist (CBA).
• Support for synthesized and hybrid instruments in MED files was added, together with several other playback fixes for MED files.
• Better support for automatic slide commands (commands that keep sliding on following rows) in various formats was added.
• "Mupp" instruments in His Master's Noise modules are now supported, as well as command 7 "mega-arp".
• Sub-songs in PSM files are now imported as independent sequences instead of being crammed together into the same order list.
• Various playback compatibility fixes for DTM, MOD, XM, S3M and IT modules.

But this is really just the tip of the iceberg. For a complete list of changes, have a look at the release notes and the full version history.

With the advent of OpenMPT 1.32, libopenmpt also reaches the version 0.8 milestone with some new API additions and the same playback improvements as found in this OpenMPT update.