[RERUNS] C1E52 - "Backtracks" (orig rel 04/01/2020)

About this episode

This episode revisits a previous exploration of backwards video game music and its production history.

2026 Show Notes Addendum: To round out our second (and final) visit to the realm of backwards VGM (and very closely related non-VGM) on Nerd Noise Radio, let's replay the 2020 original series, which was also a two-parter, but instead of being two "equal billing" parts, it was a one part "episode proper" and then a supplemental Ch F "F-isode" bonus.In addition to being one of my all-time favorite projects to work on in show history, the series also marked an important turning point in show history as the first installment was our last ever NNR broadcast on the main feed to be produced in GarageBand on MacOS (except for the deliberate call-back that was C1E75 in 2023), and the F-isode was my first ever production in Audacity and Ardour in Linux (then Ubuntu Studio (KDE), now, Fedora (GNOME)).Original Show Notes below are largely faithful to the original with one MASSIVE exception: the tracklist is now populated with all the relevant track info, where it was originally withheld to keep the mystery and mystique alive.Lastly: in case anyone is wondering what on earth is happening in the outro: I figured since it would be backwards, and nobody would ever hear it forward unless they…

People in this episode

Host: Nerd Noise Radio

Topics covered

• backwards VGM
• music production
• podcast history
• tracklist
• audio editing

Keywords

• VGM
• backwards music
• podcast
• GarageBand
• Audacity
• Ardour
• tracklist

Mentioned in this episode

Products: GarageBand, Audacity, Ardour

Books & works: Backtracks, chocolate chip cookie recipe

Places: Linux, Ubuntu Studio, Fedora

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