Wanderings of the Steffest mind
As you might already have deduced: I like to draw. And maybe harder to believe for a Nerd like me. I also enjoy sitting outside in the sun. Combining these 2 proves a challenge though ... The best drawing experience I find on the iPad, but that is totally not suited to be used outside: the screen is barely visible. I solved that by using a device with an eInk display: a Boox Note Air 4C. Lovely…
Another RSync - another demo. I made "RUBBUR" Released at RSYNC 2026 Source code on Demozoo on Pouet on YouTube The starting point was this track I made in Ableton Live. I was playing around with the very nice " The Mouth " VST plugin, not knowing what I was doing, and suddenly out came this funky wobble bassline with this rubbery synth on top. I couldn�t reproduce it if I wanted too, haha. I made…
Another demoparty, another demo ... I made NAPHTA! Released at RSYNC 2025. An OldSkool demo for Amiga OCS inspired by a live performance I attended and captured of NAFT , a Belgian Live Analog Techno band. The music is partially based on, or at least HEAVILY inspired by "Paroxysm" by Naft. If you want to check out the MOD file -> here in Bassoontracker . It runs on an Amiga 500 with 512k fast ram…
New project! Turn an old iMac into the Ultimate Amiga Game Experience More info, images and downloads @ https://www.amigaclub.be/projects/arcade Leave a comment
[video src="http://blog.stef.be/5/Bassoontracker05.mp4"] I picked up one of my old projects again: BassoonTracker ! BassoonTracker is some sort of music sequencer in the "tracker" tradition. Very retro, very geeky - I love it :-) Most people - including me - use it more to listen to other peoples� songs than to create their own, so I polished the "playing experience" a bit and added playlists,…
I participated in another Commodore Amiga demo, released at the " Gerp " demoparty this weekend. Happy to say it took 1st place in the Amiga 40k compo. I provided some graphics (logos, sprites) and some overall design. All credits to GigaBates , though ... quite amazing what he manages to squeeze out of a humble Amiga 500 (and squeeze in only 40 kb!) And mA2E provided an excellent groovy chiptune…
I went to my first "demoparty" this weekend. RSYNC in Leuven , hosted by some random scrubby guy called fRAnKY. It�s super amazing how many super amazing people can be at the same place at the same time! Of course a demoparty is only a demoparty if you release a demo, and I didn�t want to show up empty handed. I made "Ordo", a visual story about the endless cycle of ORDER and CHAOS. The first demo…
The past few weeks I have been collaborating with GigaBates and mA2E to create an "Amiga Demo". For those unfamiliar with the demoscene, it�s a geeky gathering, usually with some friendly competition, to show off creative and technical skills by making "demos": a short media production combining graphics, music and cuttin edge programming into 1 showcase. Specifically in the retro computer scene,…
The trend of enhancing retrocomputers with new hardware expansions is still going strong. Nowadays we can "implement" hardware designs in software and use FPGAs and raspberry PIs to replace and improve old and aging components. The newest star is the PiStorm32 : a bridge between the expansion port of the Amiga 1200 and a raspberry PI. This means you can use the modern features and speed of a…
I Ik voel mij precies niet meer thuis in deze wereld. Aan de ene kant heb je de tirannieke dictator. Op papier leidt hij een democratie, maar hij weet wel beter. Hij is een narcist die niet maalt over "de waarheid", die de media manipuleert en uit is om zelf aan de macht te blijven. Of misschien vooral nog om zijn persoonlijke rijkdom uit te bouwen. Hij overtuigt zijn land om - met hulp van de…