90's music creation software

mil098 · 20th July 2012, 12:03 AM

Hi guys,

It's been bugging me for ages, but every search I do I cannot seem to find it. So basically asking for your help.

Back in the early to mid 90's there was a software released for the PC that would allow you to create music tracks (much like garage band on the the mac)

You should get pre done samples and arrange them to create a song/track.

For the life of me I cannot remember what it was called. I know it would use general midi as I had a sound blaster card that had the wave table card installed)

I thought it was created by Roland but again I cannot remember.

Anyone able to help?

Cheers
Anthony.

edit: I'm pretty sure it's not a DJ program like dance DJ
edit 2: I remember it was geared towards the home user, not anything professional. I actually bought it and had lots of fun creating tracks.
edit 3: it could be band in a box, but again not sure.
edit 4: thanks for jogging my memory, you could create techno / dance tracks with this software
edit 5:

The software that I used had "pre done" music samples, and all I had to do was arrange them in an order that I thought sounded right to me.

Using fruity loops as an example, I see that fruity loops allows you to make up a sample e.g. a string or guitar sample. The software I', talking about had pre done samples or guitar or strings.

BeanerSA · 20th July 2012, 12:07 AM

Sounds like you are after a 'tracker'.
Can you find it in this list?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_audio_trackers

mil098 · 20th July 2012, 12:10 AM

Thanks for the quick response, I checked the list but sadly it's not there.

I'll edit my OP but I remember it was geared towards the home user, not anything professional.

I actually bought it and had lots of fun creating tracks.

Quote:

Originally Posted by BeanerSA

Sounds like you are after a 'tracker'.
Can you find it in this list?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_audio_trackers

BeanerSA · 20th July 2012, 12:18 AM

Just googled a bit more,

Roland Virtual Sound Canvas? Shipped with GS based cards in the 1990's.

mil098 · 20th July 2012, 12:29 AM

again I cannot be sure.

I appreciate the help, like I said every now and then I get the urge to search for it, but it always escapes me.

I have a feeling it could be "band in a box" but without looking at the s/w running (I know very hard to see as they have modern versions) i just don't know.

I will have to keep looking.

Quote:

Originally Posted by BeanerSA

Just googled a bit more,

Roland Virtual Sound Canvas? Shipped with GS based cards in the 1990's.

IMtech · 20th July 2012, 1:18 AM

Tried to use the way back machine website to look at website from that era? May juggle your memory a bit more...

Mau1wurf1977 · 20th July 2012, 1:28 AM

Something with Magic in the title? Especially for techno / electronic music?

Tekin · 20th July 2012, 2:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mau1wurf1977

Something with Magic in the title? Especially for techno / electronic music?

Argh! I know this one! Used to have great times mashing together some stuff. What on earth was it called again....

I haven't seen it for years - probably the last time I played with it was 99?

It was like Mixmaster magic or something - one of the sample sets was something by smashmouth...

mil098 · 20th July 2012, 7:11 AM

Thank you for the advice and for jogging my memory. I will look at those things later today.

Keep the advice coming.

gcflora · 20th July 2012, 7:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tekin

It was like Mixmaster magic or something - one of the sample sets was something by smashmouth...

Magix Music Maker? (Edit: looks a bit complex though...)

HumbleBum · 20th July 2012, 7:55 AM

Ah the days of tracker. Such a good program.

gcflora · 20th July 2012, 8:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HumbleBum

Ah the days of tracker. Such a good program.

I never actually used it. But I did incorporate tracker code in some of my Amiga programs to playback stuff that other people created

therealoc · 20th July 2012, 8:09 AM

dance ejay?
mixmeister pro?
cool edit 2?
fruity loops?

Mr Blue · 20th July 2012, 8:45 AM

I was thinking maybe Fruity Loops (now FL Studio) '97-98

Or maybe some of the software released by Propellerhead, like Recycle, Rebirth (and now Reason) again, mid to late 90s.

Cubase is the only thing that springs to mind from the early 90s ('89).

Probably not much help

Doh! Cakewalk?

BeanerSA · 21st July 2012, 11:40 AM

I used to have an awesome collection of MOD files. Used to hand em around on a stack of floppies!

20th July 2012, 12:03 AM	#1
mil098 Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Canberra Posts: 67	90's music creation software Hi guys, It's been bugging me for ages, but every search I do I cannot seem to find it. So basically asking for your help. Back in the early to mid 90's there was a software released for the PC that would allow you to create music tracks (much like garage band on the the mac) You should get pre done samples and arrange them to create a song/track. For the life of me I cannot remember what it was called. I know it would use general midi as I had a sound blaster card that had the wave table card installed) I thought it was created by Roland but again I cannot remember. Anyone able to help? Cheers Anthony. edit: I'm pretty sure it's not a DJ program like dance DJ edit 2: I remember it was geared towards the home user, not anything professional. I actually bought it and had lots of fun creating tracks. edit 3: it could be band in a box, but again not sure. edit 4: thanks for jogging my memory, you could create techno / dance tracks with this software edit 5: The software that I used had "pre done" music samples, and all I had to do was arrange them in an order that I thought sounded right to me. Using fruity loops as an example, I see that fruity loops allows you to make up a sample e.g. a string or guitar sample. The software I', talking about had pre done samples or guitar or strings. __________________ 50+ Trades so far, most recent with : jackolow, Soliah, Dogga, evade, Pharcyde, Gruggy, trippinonprozac, Snobility,chrstphr, Matex, Squeezer, DUO, scared&profane, nrvsln, decryption, Makwak, alakdan, Jadzky, St8uS, dabell, 605jimmy, vanlan2010, CoD511, a1ring23, daveyle, Symon, perrm, BluBoy, edr34 Last edited by mil098; 23rd July 2012 at 6:35 PM.

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20th July 2012, 7:11 AM	#9
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20th July 2012, 8:45 AM	#14
Mr Blue Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Perth WA Posts: 119	I was thinking maybe Fruity Loops (now FL Studio) '97-98 Or maybe some of the software released by Propellerhead, like Recycle, Rebirth (and now Reason) again, mid to late 90s. Cubase is the only thing that springs to mind from the early 90s ('89). Probably not much help Doh! Cakewalk? Last edited by Mr Blue; 20th July 2012 at 8:55 AM.