Magnetic Pages Article | 1993-02-25 | 36KB | 43 lines
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Title :Sound Of Silents
Disk Number:CyberCraft #29
Category :Music
Publishers :Silents
Authors :Jesper Kyd, Mikael" Balle and The Crux - apparantly" better known as Ruvan Fernando.
Country :Denmark
Conditions :Public Domain
Released :1990
Opinion :78%
REQUIREMENTS
Drives :1
Memory :
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COMPATIBILITY
A500 wb 1.3.2 :Yes
A600 wb 2.05 :No#Multitasks :No - Only autoboots.
Display :NTSCN This disk of seven songs by Jesper Kyd of the Silents kicks off with anNintro worthy of a science fiction movie and then presents the user with theNmusic selector. The graphics used for it aren't as good as those used in theNintroduction but it's saved by an animated colour-cycling center which changesNit's style as each new song is loaded. Instrument and speaker volumes are
also shown and animated.' Considering music disks, and not'just this one, shouldn't the whole'screen change now and then? It's not'good practice to have the same display'on the monitor for long periods of time'yet if the music is any good you may'want to listen for quite a while. It's'OK if you have your Amiga hooked up to'a stereo so you can turn the monitor
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[3mConsidering music disks, shouldn't the whole screen" change now and then?
'off but otherwise you're stuck with'having the display showing. Of course'if they all made these things'multi-task then it wouldn't be a'problem. We could even get on with'something else then. But that's some
hope.' Back to the disk and Jesper Kyd's'music. After the intro tune you've got'the choice of "Apocalypse", the nice'and moody "Next Decade", "China Girl"'which to me is the stand-out track,'"Highlands", the rather funky "Slide",'another moody one in "Spirit" and'"Space Song". All are reasonable tunes'but only "China Girl" and perhaps'"Apocalypse" give me that feeling ofNrecognition on hearing them again. Proof they've trained a few synapses I
guess.N The only glitch on the whole disk is at the end of each tune when, as theNnext track is loading, you get a few seconds of the start of the previousNone. When you have to get this picky to find a criticism you know you've gotNa well made disk. And it would make good background music too, if only it