Karsten Obarski

Karsten Obarski

Karsten Obarski (born May 11 1965), handle "Obi", is considered a pioneer of the demoscene for the creation of the music creation program "Ultimate Soundtracker", the ancestor of all tracker programs.

Life

Contrary to his significance for the scene, relatively little is known about his personal life. He wrote Soundtracker for his work at ReLINE (located in Hannover/Germany) and Rainbow Arts, where he was responsible for the creation of game music (see the list below) and programming. Later on he worked for a media agency called 'Corporate Media' or COME (also located in Hannover), where he developed Video-Editing Software for Amiga like 'FreezeFrame' (a Remote-Software to control a Laserdisc Writer/Player from Sony) and 'ImageBulk'(a Remote-Software to feed a Lasergraphics Digital Film Recorder [http://www.lasergraphics.com/us/lfr/pages/products.htm] , with RGB 24Bit Data). There was also a Software to synchronize a Betamax Player/Mixer with the Laserdisc Player from Sony.He left the scene somewhere in the mid-1990s and is now working in the electronics business.He still does music in his free time and is planning to release a CD.

Music

The song links all point to their appropriate [http://www.scenemusic.eu/ Nectarine] pages, where you can download most of them.

Game Music

Composed And Arranged By Karsten Obarski

* [http://www.scenemusic.eu/search.php?search=Karsten+Obarski&submit=Search Amegas] (Amiga 1987)
* [http://www.scenemusic.eu/search.php?search=Karsten+Obarski&submit=Search Crystal Hammer] (Amiga 1987)
* [http://www.scenemusic.eu/search.php?search=Karsten+Obarski&submit=Search Rallye Master] (Amiga 1987)
* [http://www.scenemusic.eu/search.php?search=Karsten+Obarski&submit=Search Future Tank] (Amiga 1988)
* [http://www.scenemusic.eu/search.php?search=Karsten+Obarski&submit=Search Sarcophaser] (Amiga 1988)
* [http://www.scenemusic.eu/search.php?search=Karsten+Obarski&submit=Search Oil Imperium] (C64/Amiga 1989)
* [http://www.scenemusic.eu/search.php?search=Karsten+Obarski&submit=Search Dyter 07] (Amiga 1990)
* Black Gold (C64 1991)
* Centerbase [http://www.thelegacy.de/Museum/3922/] (Amiga/PC 1992)
* Snavely (Macintosh 1995)
* Megaforce (Amiga)
* Tennis (Amiga)

Arranged By Karsten Obarski

* Defender Of The Crown (1986)

Composed By Karsten Obarski

* Dyter 07 (C64 1990)
* Legend of Faerghail, The (C64 1990)

Other Pieces By Karsten Obarski

* [http://www.scenemusic.eu/songinfo.php?songid=9202 7] - it's controversial whether this one is from Karsten Obarski
* [http://www.scenemusic.eu/songinfo.php?songid=9204 Blueberry]
* [http://www.scenemusic.eu/songinfo.php?songid=9205 Bluesong]
* [http://www.scenemusic.eu/songinfo.php?songid=9207 Drum03]
* [http://www.scenemusic.eu/songinfo.php?songid=9208 End Theme]
* [http://www.scenemusic.eu/songinfo.php?songid=9213 Jackdance]
* [http://www.scenemusic.eu/songinfo.php?songid=9219 Pretend]
* [http://www.scenemusic.eu/songinfo.php?songid=9222 Sleepwalk]
* [http://www.scenemusic.eu/songinfo.php?songid=14719 Telephone]
* [http://www.scenemusic.eu/songinfo.php?songid=9223 Walker]

References

* Tracker
* MOD (file format)

External links

* [http://membres.lycos.fr/fonzo/weneed.html The Karsten Obarski tribute project]
* [http://eager.back2roots.org/PROG/O/OBARSKI.html The developer page on Karsten Obarski at EAGER (incomplete)]
* [http://amp.dascene.net/detail.php?view=3982&detail=photos Photos of Karsten Obarski, and interview with him]


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