=============================================================================  NEWSFLASH CHIT-CHAT ============================================================================= Quite new on Newsflash is this chit-chat article which will be our communi- cation-channel with our readers. Even if you normally don't read the textfiles on Newsflash please consider reading this file in the future to avoid missing interesting information and UGA announcements. Many people ask us questions which are often already answered on Newsflash. So please read it..... CONTENTS - Editorial - CD Allister Brimble (YEAHH) - Competition winners issue 29 - Newsflash Special disks - Mail - Shows EDITORIAL Beste lezers, Op dit moment is het 27 april en het lijkt wel zomer. Temperaturen rond de 25 graden en veel zon. Op zo'n moment vind ik het moeilijk om veel tijd aan de computer te spenderen. Maar het is nu eenmaal mijn werk en dit moet gewoon op tijd worden ingeleverd. Ik heb deze keer genoten van de nieuwe muziek en zie een opleving wat betreft muzikale bijdrages aan Newsflash. Op utility gebied blijft het echter magertjes. Zijn er nog wel goede program- meurs in Nederland aktief ?? De kloof tussen de oude groep kickstart V1.3 gebruikers en de V2.0 bezitters wordt nu steeds groter. 90% van alle nieuwe utilities die uitkomen is uitsluitend voor V2.0 of hoger. De consequentie van dit gebeuren is dat Newsflash ook langzamerhand naar V2.0 zal over- gaan mbt utilities. Uiteraard blijven muziek en tekst compatible met Kickstart V1.3. We zijn weer over gegaan op 3 diskettes ipv 2 ivm de vraag naar de derde (muziek) disk. U kunt deze disk bijbestellen voor Fl 7.50 + Fl 2.50 verzendkosten. U kunt ook de complete uitgave via UGA in Zeist voor Fl 24.95 bestellen. Intussen heb ook ik een A1200 aangeschaft en ben hier zeer tevreden mee. Helaas lopen enkele veel gebruikte utilities niet meer (oa textpaint en jrcomm). Maar ja that's life en ik zal hopelijk weer snel vervangers vinden. De snelheid en nieuwe grafische mogelijkheden maken deze machine tot een waardig opvolger van de A1000/A500. Helaas is de AMIGA in veel winkels verdwenen en vaak alleen via speciaal winkels te krijgen. Maar ja we kennen Commodore's marketing beleid intussen. Jammer maar Atari heeft er nog een grotere puinhoop van gemaakt. Er ligt een unieke kans voor Commodore om dit gat op te vullen en marktleider te worden op de entertainment markt. Laten we hopen dat Commodore Nederland zijn tanden laat zien en de jongeren aan- spreekt met goede promotie campagnes. Ik wens u alvast een prettige zomer toe en ik laat in Juli weer van mij horen op Newsflash uitgave 31. Enjoy the work of freaks, Ron Fonteine UGA Software & Newsflash Magazines Allister Brimble goes CD.... Yes it is sofar. Allister Brimble is the fourth AMIGA musician who produces his own audio Compact Disc. And the endresult is worth listening too. If you like instrumental / synthesizer music like Kitaro, Vangelis etc etc you will enjoy this masterpiece. The first 5 songs could easily be used in a TV production as background music for a nice nature journey. And then there is the studio version of the soundtrack of Team 17's game Project X also released on Newsflash 29. If you like house listen to this hifiversion. I can only say I really like this one and it deserves to be a winner. Good work Allister. Title: - Sounds Digital Composer: - All songs: Allister Brimble Equipment: - Kurzwell K2000, Korg O1R/W, Yamaha TG77, Akai S950, Alesis SR-16 - Roland D110, Alesis Quadraverb, Microverb III, Aphex aural exciter - Ibanez GE3101 - Seck 1882, Fostex B16, Casio DA7, Casio DA-R100 Tracks 1,2,3,4,5,7 & 8 were recorded directly from synth to DAT. Contents: - Voyager 5:32 - Himalayan Sunrise 5:04 - Assassin 7:11 - Drifting to heaven 4:52 - Creation 6:31 - Magnetic Drops 5:56 - Project X 4:54 - Thesmorphoria 4:04 (my favourite) - Full contact 5:50 - Wildwest Kid 5:18 - Mid Summers Heat 2:58 For more information: --------------------- - Allister Brimble Hill House, Lapford Crediton, Devon, EX17 6QE United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0)363-83207 Exclusive distributor Holland ----------------------------- - UGA Software Postbus 881 3700 AW Zeist Phone: 03404-53531 Price in Holland : Fl 35,-- + Fl 5,-- (mailcosts) COMPETITIONS Every issue we will choose "The utility of the month" and "The song of the month". If you like to join these competitions: - Send exclusive material only (include this statement). - If you send music please include a small doc-file. First price Utilities >> Fl 250,-- First price Music >> Fl 250,-- To the public: We like to give you a chance to help us find the winners. Please send us a postcard with your opinion and we will credit your name in the next issue. The winners of issue 29: UTILITIES - Clock Guardian J. v Leeuwen MUSIC - Deliance Daniel Tippmann Exclusive material in this issue: Utilities > Nicedir A1200 Patrick Huitema Intromaker Mirrorman (special disk) Music > Simplicity Sidewinder Eclipsed Tatlin Raveomania Allister Brimble Solar III Solar Swingrock O.Bloemberg Mystic Fever Darklight Elightment Otis/Infocorner Fotonia Otis/Infocorner In the eyes Sidewinder Summer love Rudy v Etten Rhythm Remix Stephan Stoop Fast Remix Rudy v Etten Swingin Jam Jeroen Valenkamp NEWSFLASH SPECIAL DISKS On the Newsflash Special disks we will release extra EXCLUSIVE material which is contributed to us by artists who want extra attention for their work. Material is ofcourse always welcome (EXCLUSIVE only). Available in May 1993 --------------------- Special 6 - EXCLUSIVE artwork (Raytraced) - Lorenzo Colloreta [ITALY] Special 7 - EXCLUSIVE music - Sidewinder [ USA ] Special 8 - EXCLUSIVE music - R v Etten [ NL ] Special 9 - EXCLUSIVE Intromaker - Mirrorman [ NL ] MAIL We like to receive mail and suggestions from our readers. I know that every letter stands for 1000 readers but some feedback would be appri- ciated. We need some motivation every now and then as well. Received mail will 100% be answered and interesting letters will be published in our mail-area in coming issue. So keep those letters coming..... The mail this issue: - = letter * = answer - Tatlin from Italy wrote us to tell he likes the new Newsflash but he misses the artwork. * To compensate this we will release special artwork disks for the fans of this type of material. - Mr S. Oakland did let us know that he really like the new Newsflash style and hopes we keep up the good work. He was also very in- terested in our 'Hifi-streamer'. * We like to thank Mr Oakland for his loyal support of Newsflash by sending us huge textfiles with summaries of American news. Ofcourse newsfiles from other countries are still welcome. The hifi-streamer was sadly a 1-april joke but perhaps we have started a chain reaction by stimulating real hardware developers. Let's wait and watch if someone picks up this idea. COMPUTERSHOWS 07-09 May - Amiga Format Live '93, Wembley London 12-14 May - Europe Software, Utrecht, The Netherlands 16-20 Sept - Live '93, Olympia, London 19-21 Nov - International Computer Show, Wembley London =============================================================================  NEWSFLASH CHIT-CHAT =============================================================================