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A Mind Is Born by lft [web]
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release date : april 2017
release party : Revision 2017
compo : oldskool intro
ranked : 1st
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added on the 2017-04-18 08:19:23 by lft lft

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fine small noise thing on the c64
rulez added on the 2017-04-17 17:22:09 by Queen_Luna Queen_Luna
pretty cool!
rulez added on the 2017-04-17 17:27:59 by psenough psenough
Best <256 byte music I've heard, regardless of platform I think.
LFT+SID = magic!
rulez added on the 2017-04-17 17:34:54 by Sdw Sdw
T E C H N O
rulez added on the 2017-04-17 17:49:12 by cce cce
I can't believe it.
rulez added on the 2017-04-17 17:57:38 by Buckethead Buckethead
That is ossom!!
rulez added on the 2017-04-17 18:10:07 by Emod Emod
music!
rulez added on the 2017-04-17 18:15:57 by frog frog
that was cool. bet it would work for ambient as well
rulez added on the 2017-04-17 21:07:40 by 1in10 1in10
256b is just black magic...

Really cool tune !
rulez added on the 2017-04-17 21:22:42 by rem rem
This sounds amazing, even disregarding the file size. Funny. I don't remember this having colors in the stream.
rulez added on the 2017-04-17 21:23:34 by xernobyl xernobyl
Quite a nice sound for the size. :)
rulez added on the 2017-04-18 00:06:56 by Starchaser Starchaser
yes
rulez added on the 2017-04-18 01:39:27 by rudi rudi
love that.
rulez added on the 2017-04-18 08:31:33 by Heaven/TQA Heaven/TQA
Hypnotising
rulez added on the 2017-04-18 08:31:58 by aki aki
Yes
rulez added on the 2017-04-18 10:05:00 by SiR SiR
pure art..
rulez added on the 2017-04-18 12:14:29 by toxie toxie
Massive sound in those 256 bytes !
rulez added on the 2017-04-18 21:24:03 by Kuemmel Kuemmel
Sizecoding masterpiece.
rulez added on the 2017-04-18 21:49:00 by Alpha C Alpha C
nice!
rulez added on the 2017-04-18 23:03:31 by sINk sINk
Black sorcery! Send the wizard to the flames!
rulez added on the 2017-04-19 00:10:58 by ham ham
That how you rock'n'roll.
rulez added on the 2017-04-19 00:28:03 by introspec introspec
Amazing sound in 256b.
rulez added on the 2017-04-19 00:41:00 by Saga Musix Saga Musix
Absolutely uncanny.
rulez added on the 2017-04-19 00:44:23 by ___ ___
actual progression over time. amazing.
rulez added on the 2017-04-19 01:03:00 by cupe cupe
I probably don't even appreciate how brilliant this is.
rulez added on the 2017-04-19 01:03:16 by Zavie Zavie
Well deserved winner.
rulezcdc added on the 2017-04-19 01:12:09 by BoyC BoyC
Nice sound LFT. I hope you stick on the platform for a while ;) We need you @C64 ;)
rulez added on the 2017-04-19 09:51:18 by viscid viscid
I love it when a minimalistic piece like this makes you forget about the restrictions but sucks me in because of its own artistic merits. Much more than "just" a technical achievement.
rulezcdc added on the 2017-04-19 10:02:01 by rp rp
Most atmospheric track in 256b ever!
rulez added on the 2017-04-19 10:14:18 by rloaderro rloaderro
I'd love it even if it were bigger.
rulez added on the 2017-04-19 12:12:44 by Kylearan Kylearan
What Ronny said. Everything's just right with this.
rulez added on the 2017-04-19 15:00:06 by kb_ kb_
youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdaMbGPEXV8
added on the 2017-04-19 15:16:09 by frog frog
Interesting music, very small size. Truly impressive!
rulez added on the 2017-04-19 19:09:55 by nollkolltroll nollkolltroll
The point where the bassline appears is just marvelous!
rulez added on the 2017-04-19 19:23:29 by mad mad
dat track, wow!
rulez added on the 2017-04-19 20:25:26 by a-move a-move
Looking so much forward to the writeup - SO GOOD
rulez added on the 2017-04-19 20:29:29 by ferris ferris
Love this, the mood and tone in the music just really hits the spot for me. Visuals match that atmosphere brilliantly.
rulez added on the 2017-04-19 20:45:50 by djh0ffman djh0ffman
What BoyC said.
rulez added on the 2017-04-19 20:58:31 by toms toms
Voodoo magic in 256 bytes!
rulez added on the 2017-04-20 02:39:51 by ramon ramon
Probably the most intriguing sizecoding I've seen on the C64. This one really grabs you by the brain and never lets go.
rulez added on the 2017-04-20 05:50:39 by Revenant Revenant
Thanks for all the kind comments! A technical writeup is now available.
added on the 2017-04-20 08:21:12 by lft lft
Same as Zavie: I probably don't even appreciate how brilliant this is.
rulez added on the 2017-04-20 09:05:19 by Overflow Overflow
Really cool!
rulez added on the 2017-04-20 10:55:19 by Blueberry Blueberry
Transitions from teeth-grinding to ear-teasing. Greatness!
rulez added on the 2017-04-20 21:05:05 by Hoild Hoild
LOVE!!!
rulez added on the 2017-04-20 21:45:36 by hedning hedning
01 sensory shiat!
rulez added on the 2017-04-20 22:02:16 by gentleman gentleman
Incredible
rulez added on the 2017-04-20 22:57:15 by enigma enigma
Yes
rulez added on the 2017-04-20 22:58:36 by douchebag douchebag
genius stuff !
rulez added on the 2017-04-20 23:18:26 by EviL EviL
Simply amazing!
rulez added on the 2017-04-21 08:28:33 by ilmenit ilmenit
Impressive! You keep surprising me lft!
rulez added on the 2017-04-21 10:18:17 by spiked-maniac spiked-maniac
What zavie and overflow said!
rulez added on the 2017-04-21 11:03:46 by xTr1m xTr1m
Also a really great, illustrative writeup. I felt I learned a lot about the C64 by reading it. :)
added on the 2017-04-21 11:13:12 by Blueberry Blueberry
A mind is blown
rulez added on the 2017-04-21 11:30:36 by teo teo
Let me spoil the cheer-leading soup a little with an unenthusiastic 'meh' :)

Because all the clever tech wrangling (and excellent documentation) still leaves me with a glitch intro, were neither video nor audio are particularly interesting or engaging. Not to mention that roughly the same experience (sans thin layers of projected story arc) can be had for a handful of bytes on this machine; I find things like Wallflower to be still miles ahead when it comes to WTF factor and satisfaction of nerd sensibilities. But that might be just me. :)
added on the 2017-04-21 11:35:36 by tomaes tomaes
Oh yes. This is really something!
rulez added on the 2017-04-21 11:49:00 by spkr spkr
I used to think like that ^^^ during the compo, then I realized 256b is still 256b, it doesn't become more just because you have a built in hardware synth.
rulez added on the 2017-04-21 11:49:39 by Gargaj Gargaj
Absolutely mind boggling work. As many before I'm way to dumb to actually *get* what is happening, but this was mesmerising.

Also LFT, I'm totally reading your write-up in your voice and it's great :D
rulez added on the 2017-04-21 11:54:11 by okkie okkie
Impressive. Thanks for the explanation!
rulez added on the 2017-04-21 15:04:00 by jco jco
Quote:
neither video nor audio are particularly interesting or engaging

What? I used to restart the machine just to listen again
added on the 2017-04-21 15:39:52 by douchebag douchebag
Awesome procedural music.. the filter and sidechain effect work wonders. :) Thank you for the byte by byte writeup!
rulez added on the 2017-04-21 18:30:41 by phoenix phoenix
Awesome, thanks for the writeup indeed!
Batshit nuts!
rulez added on the 2017-04-21 18:49:04 by zerd zerd
the part where the bass line changes key dropped my jaw more than the entire 4k and 64k compos of this year's revision combined.

the writeup doesn't make it any less magic.
rulez added on the 2017-04-21 21:41:48 by skrebbel skrebbel
That part at ~1:44...
Quote:
A mind is blown
rulez added on the 2017-04-22 01:02:24 by moozooh moozooh
Sick 256b music that doesn't even sound like chip music.
rulez added on the 2017-04-22 01:08:08 by Sesse Sesse
So amazing! Well done.
rulez added on the 2017-04-22 03:17:13 by marksmanuk marksmanuk
Absolute amazing. Recommend to listen it with good headphones, just great!
rulez added on the 2017-04-22 16:12:06 by Chainsaw Chainsaw
wtf?! again, very slick lft quality!
rulez added on the 2017-04-22 16:24:25 by sensenstahl sensenstahl
Cool
rulez added on the 2017-04-23 00:50:43 by gyabo gyabo
I don't know. It's cool but I'm not exactly head over heels over this despite the technical merits. Still one of the better entries in the compo. A mild thumb.
rulez added on the 2017-04-23 01:08:44 by noby noby
Not too impressed, since i did a similar thing a while ago in 128 bytes ;)

speaCore 128b

But i guess it's harder to pull off on c64, and the write up is enlighting.
(to me, as a not-yet-c64-sizecoder)

and the bass sounds quite cool, so have a thumb :)
rulez added on the 2017-04-23 02:21:41 by HellMood HellMood
state of the art indeed
rulez added on the 2017-04-23 17:17:40 by ton ton
awesome amount of music + progression packed into 256 bytes on a platform that doesn't make extreme sizecoding easy
rulez added on the 2017-04-23 20:11:35 by Kabuto Kabuto
LFT is just killing it (again!)
rulez added on the 2017-04-24 01:33:48 by madMixx madMixx
Best track I've heard in 256 bytes
rulez added on the 2017-04-24 09:23:09 by JvB JvB
what spkr said
rulez added on the 2017-04-24 17:13:24 by citrus citrus
Liked the music, but the visuals was a bit to static.
added on the 2017-04-24 20:15:33 by Frequent Frequent
Impressive!
rulez added on the 2017-04-24 21:08:58 by Mystra Mystra
What most ppl already said, but I want to stress that the music is really, REALLY good! Would loop it in my headphones even if it wasn't 256b!
rulez added on the 2017-04-24 22:00:43 by marcus256 marcus256
This was surprisingly immersive during the compo, and one of the highlights from the compos this year for me.
rulez added on the 2017-04-24 22:58:16 by lug00ber lug00ber
Annoyingly obsessing! :-D
rulez added on the 2017-04-26 19:42:28 by baah baah
great music wrapped around a neat concept
rulez added on the 2017-04-27 14:49:53 by evilpaul evilpaul
the music alone in 256b would be a serious achievement!
rulez added on the 2017-04-28 14:43:52 by edhellon edhellon
insane... music is amazing and thanks for the tech write-up!
rulez added on the 2017-05-01 10:52:50 by bloodnok bloodnok
awesome music progression in that amount of bytes
rulez added on the 2017-05-01 11:05:46 by Triace Triace
the actual music in just 256 bytes
rulez added on the 2017-05-01 11:11:39 by no longer active no longer active
What genre of music is this.
rulez added on the 2017-05-11 14:05:37 by TomoAlien TomoAlien
Winning a 4k compo with a 256 bytes prod speaks volumes.
rulez added on the 2017-05-13 16:48:42 by hitchhikr hitchhikr
music is good
rulez added on the 2017-05-13 19:01:12 by neoneye neoneye
This is a new level for the C64 256b. Very innovative.
rulez added on the 2017-05-16 08:21:27 by TomCatAbaddon TomCatAbaddon
fuck. yeah.!
rulez added on the 2017-05-22 22:54:23 by cslag cslag
Amazing music!!
added on the 2017-05-24 10:24:13 by fdb fdb
love it, and thanks for the tech writeup!
rulez added on the 2017-06-18 20:44:47 by dnes dnes
Yes. Very... well. Good? Dunno. Amazes me for its size... techically.
Good tune as well.
rulez added on the 2017-06-18 21:38:58 by sim sim
this stuff is just awesome and PURE*! no CDC free atm.. ❤️

*real pureness is a myth 256b category.
added on the 2017-09-04 21:12:47 by gentleman gentleman
Why did I forgot to thumb this up?
rulez added on the 2017-09-11 01:56:05 by numtek numtek
a mind is blown indeed
rulez added on the 2018-01-01 21:40:06 by nagz nagz
god bless you!
rulez added on the 2018-01-25 21:30:56 by spritus spritus
sweety
rulez added on the 2018-02-02 21:29:24 by lvd lvd
Not my favourite kind of music, but well done.
rulez added on the 2018-02-08 18:35:23 by Ped Ped
master piece!
rulez added on the 2018-02-08 19:22:10 by zden zden
Awe yea, this is really great. Much thanks and respect.
rulez added on the 2018-02-19 20:23:45 by velusip velusip
yes!
rulez added on the 2018-02-19 21:29:13 by yzi yzi
This is amazing even disregarding the fact that it's 256 bytes
rulez added on the 2018-04-05 12:15:08 by provod provod
Amazing!!
rulez added on the 2018-08-24 23:15:16 by Sir_Lucas Sir_Lucas
Incredible little thing :-) .
rulez added on the 2018-10-20 17:51:24 by tometjerry tometjerry
....how?
rulez added on the 2019-02-07 19:55:41 by slerpy slerpy
very good!
rulez added on the 2019-11-22 22:20:56 by hollowone hollowone
w... t... f...?
rulez added on the 2019-11-22 22:24:42 by rutra80 rutra80
insane.. It's borrowing bytes from not magic but sheer cleverness.
rulez added on the 2019-11-23 10:17:23 by pitapoto pitapoto
Impressive, beautiful, pleasing and C64
rulez added on the 2020-02-10 10:18:37 by Jobj Jobj
yup.
rulez added on the 2020-03-07 02:53:42 by wysiwtf wysiwtf
Great tune
rulez added on the 2020-05-02 21:55:15 by Serpent Serpent
great!
rulez added on the 2020-05-12 15:43:20 by Blast! Blast!
I may not enter demoscene as a coder. No ground has remained to be broken after this production. Greatest of all-time.
rulez added on the 2020-11-30 18:48:25 by Volantis Volantis
I love the music!
rulez added on the 2021-01-11 20:24:19 by PauloFalcao PauloFalcao
so awesome!
rulez added on the 2021-03-14 23:04:43 by RufUsul RufUsul
Unbelievable. I've seen it all now...
rulez added on the 2021-04-08 13:33:59 by Navis Navis
Huh? I was sure I had given a thumbs up to this one. Well, fixed.

This is amongst the best demos of all time to me. One thing that I find particularly interesting in this 256b demo is that it not only has structure, it actually ends! Making this much more than most 256b intros which feel "just" like amazing tricks.
rulez added on the 2021-09-16 22:59:51 by MsK` MsK`
Still a good demo with good music
rulez added on the 2022-10-24 19:58:53 by JohnathanDevelop JohnathanDevelop
Still the best 256B ever. Perfect in every byte.
rulez added on the 2023-04-27 17:44:01 by peskanov peskanov
Never thumbed this? WTH?
rulez added on the 2023-04-27 18:23:12 by gaspode gaspode
where is my thumb also???

anyway, this one is completely mindfuck crazy
rulez added on the 2023-04-27 20:08:18 by blala blala
?No thumb yet error
rulez added on the 2023-04-27 23:12:18 by cruzer cruzer
Wat? No way!
rulez added on the 2023-09-19 15:41:22 by Daniel Daniel
This is so brilliant... The tune SLAPS HARD! How is it even possible...
rulez added on the 2023-09-27 01:10:35 by kot_behemot kot_behemot
All time best 256 bytes yet made on c64!
rulez added on the 2023-09-27 02:50:21 by Dalthon Dalthon
The music is so good, can't believe it!
rulez added on the 2023-11-13 12:22:57 by NinjaKoala NinjaKoala
Cool
rulez added on the 2023-11-13 15:24:55 by bitl bitl
256banger!
rulez added on the 2024-04-20 14:27:10 by Olympian Olympian
This is unbelievable... Visionary... Genius! Thank you so much for this.
rulez added on the 2024-08-28 19:02:51 by jon jon
POWER
rulez added on the 2024-09-12 23:45:57 by orange orange

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