In 2006 we started this mission, in 2011 we are still doing it. All this time MODMancer has been a monument to us, one of many indeed, that served to help us remember if not all but many of the great days that we’ve left far behind. Happy birthday to you MODMancer Radio! And at the same time here is the list of novelties. I’ve been busy last 3 months collecting, actually hand-picking mods, going through thousands of archived music pieces in all possible formats and sorting out those which I found most pleasure in listening to. I know it’s a subjective thing, and my personal selection, but who cares – here it is. If you don’t like it, listen to something else.

Another change is the player. I’ve rewritten the modmancer player from scratch (and I’ll be releasing its source code soon) and made it server side app completely. No more downtime (ok, if server goes down, we all go down, but that’s vis maior). It’s using mikmod lib to decode mods, they all should be sounding decently, a bit of stereo expansion and smooth interpolation, couldn’t hurt.
Also, the mod that’s currently being played is cleanly updated in the icecast’s meta data, and you should see it’s title in your winamp, audacious or whatever you like using. Next, I’ve decided to extract the data buried within each of the mods, the sample names and channel/pattern count, and render those on the right side panel, directly under the ‘Click to Listen’ image.
And maybe the most obvious change is the fact that there are no more mp3′s. Only mods. And probably 80% are Amiga mods. I realized I couldn’t care less about being politically correct. I love my Amiga, I code on my Amiga, I listen to my Amiga mods and play Amiga games
) smoke if you got’em.
Enjoy the fresh new MODMancer radio environment!
Yours, Akiko / Almagest.