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So, you want to learn how to make music on your computer. It's easier than you think, but you'll need a few things to get started.

Before we begin, make sure you have the following:

This book provides a tutorial on creating electronic music using Jeskola Buzz (and possibly other programs.)

When you first start Buzz, you'll see a mostly blank screen with a box in the center that says "Master." This is the machine view. From this view you can add, connect, edit, disconnect, and delete machines from your song. A "machine" can be many things: an instrument, an effect, an input, an output. The point is, Buzz works entirely on the metaphor of creating and connecting machines. When those machines connect to the Master machine, their output is sent to your speakers. So, at a minimum, to get any sound you need at least one instrument connected to the Master!

For now, this is just brainstorming zone concepts. Nothing here is set in stone.

-1 - Minus World
0 - The Core
1 - Idylls of the King
2 - The Prince
3 - Nine Tenths
4 - Apocalypse
5 - Too Much of Heaven
5.5 - Subcode
6 - Crusoe
7 - Body of Evidence
8 - Avalon
9 - Tactical Operations
10 - Decimation
51 - Law & Order
66 - Broken History
90 - Under the Sea
102 - Discord in the Garden
119 - The Dark Colony
253 - Dungeons & Dragons
387 - Into the Void

 Totality: Vol. 1, #3

05/23/2010

#3: Consequences

There were few rules in Zone 66, but the single most important one was simple: "When Emperor Washington summons you--run, don't walk."

Each morning brought with it the same repetitive routine. A cup of coffee and a sudoku puzzle. Something compelled him to fill in the little boxes with the right numbers. He'd do them anywhere, anytime--on the bus, on the train, on a park bench. The only thing that really distracted him were the building fires. Every other day, it seemed, some apartment building or office went up in flames. He always ended up passing the charred rubble on his way about town.

But he tried not to think of those.

The Unity Era is long past. The islands in the Net are connected no longer. A million synthetic fiefdoms war for supremacy.

This is the Varchipelago.