2 channel crap (2crap.xm)

Posted by TMA Placeholder Account on Sun 29th Apr 2001, rated 7 / 10.

Despite the tiny file size and dismissive title given to it by its creator, this is a wonderful track and is living proof of how great things can come in small packages. It is also a testament to how great MODS can be in the hands of talented people. The song is upbeat and catchy and while you'd probably not dance to it, you'll certainly be tapping your feet throughout most of the track. A little trick for playing this song in the ModPlug Player: for best results, set it to infinite repeat...more on this below. Kudos to ALL trackers. Evil Jimi +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Evil Jimi's Orifice +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The tech specs of this track are slightly deceptive. While it does indeed, only have 2 channels and 5 samples, it really only has 9 patterns, not 15 and actually runs for approximately 1 minute and 45 seconds, not 1mn07s. The reason for the discrepencies is due to an ingenious way of fading out the track: pattern 9 is repeated ad infinitum and with each repeat the volume fades, until finally, at 1mn45s, it has faded to zero. Now, while this might have been a good way of keeping the file size down, it does have serious side-effects. The track works fine in the ModPlug Player if you play it on its own and looped but if you play it looped in a Playlist, the other tracks won't play and if you play it unlooped, the track ends abruptly and jarringly. Moreover, you have to physically click the stop button or it just keeps repeating and since there is no sound you could forget, leave it running and then wonder why no other sounds are playing. It loses points for these reasons.