Hi there, I'm Alan, nicknamed Factor6. I'm one of the few chip music makers from the small country in the heart of Europe, The Czech Republic. My most favourite soundchip is AY-3-8912 inside the famous Sinclair ZX Spectrum 128K computers. I'm also active on Commodore 64 scene as well as other cool old computers like Atari ST, Atari 8-bit, Amstrad CPC, Amiga and I own some other machines like ZX81 and Sharp MZ-821. My musicmaking history begun in 1990 when I tried to make some beeps from my Spectrum. It wasn't really good and when I got Amiga 500 in 1993, I found ProTracker 2.2A very comfortable tool for making music even for me, a newbie. Later my friend started demo making on a Spectrum, so he asked me for a chip music for his demos. So I started to make 8-bit music (I switched from Amiga to Spectrum!). Later then I got a C64 and now I own almost all popular 8-bit computers with interesting sound capabilities. I still focus on Spectrum AY music, but I also try making SID-sound on my 520ST+ and some Amiga 4-channel ProTracking :) It's quite a paradox, that I never liked advanced MIDI software which is totally different of tracker editing and I find it hardly uncomfortable for me. Even the Garage Band on my Mac is pain in my ass :) Software I usually use: - ZX Spectrum: SQ-Tracker v1.03 - C64: TFX v2.8 or newer, SIDWinder - Amstrad CPC: StarKos - Atari ST: MaxYMizer - Amiga: ProTracker (from 2.2, 3.61, etc...) I don't own any music synthesizer because it's not much needed for chiptuning and for sample modules I always find some suitable samples over the internet.