A few weeks of solid work on maxYMiser has yielded "maxYMiser FM" with major advancements:

Four fresh timer effect routines!!
* squarewave FM timer effect
* buzzer FM timer effect
* syncsquare timer effect (with research from Tat/Avena and Ben/OVR)
* syncbuzzer FM timer effect

* marvellous "FMergency" example music from YQN/Hemoroids
* buzzer wave selectable in mixer sequence
* sequences extended from 31 to 63 steps
* minor bug fixes and improvement

Not all the new effects work properly on emulators, details in the manual.

I have just released a Falcon030-version of the well known platform game l'Abbaye des Morts ("The Abbey of the Dead").

More information: https://atari.joska.no/abbayedesmorts/

Original soundtrack by Skuggemannen/Dry Bone Records. Hook your Falcon up to a decent stereo when playing this game.

Gameplay is slightly extended compared to the original version. You will be given some subtle and some not so subtle hints while playing, so pay attention. If you don't you will not be able to complete this game.

Head over to http://d-bug.me/ to download the latest version of Trans D-Bug Express. The #1 disk imager.

New features include - improved speed (fastest MSA reader on the ST), Drive B support, compatible with ST, STe, Mega STe, TT and Falcon, uses low level FDC code (no BIOS routines!), allows BPB to be skipped. More info in the readme contained in the zip file.

We are proud to present "Atari Fan", a brand new printed magazine dedicated to all ATARI computers and consoles. Previously only available in the Polish language, this is the first issue that we are making available to a wider English-speaking audience.

All information about the magazine itself and its history you can read directly on our website www.atarifan.xyz, where you will also find a detailed list of articles available in this first English edition. We hope that it will whet your appetite for the kinds of articles that we will be bringing to you going forward.

Unique to this magazine is the fact that most text comes with additional information available in the form of QR codes, which will redirect to our website, where you can find materials assigned to the articles.

And yes, it's fuji all the way down! The magazine is laid out entirely on Atari computers – an Atari Falcon 030 with a CT63 accelerator card and CTPCI, with support from a rare computer designed specifically for DTP applications, the Hades 060. The whole magazine is composed using the legendary Calamus SLC 2015 "Complete Edition".

Get hyped in the meantime by enjoying this what is perhaps a first for any magazine, an invitation to its release running on a classic Atari 8-bit computer. This was created by the LAMERS group, and presented at the recent "Function" demoscene event in Hungary:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oGTD1TRNrw

You may also enjoy this short video about the history of Atari Fan magazine by Nowy80:

https://youtu.be/lHi81fOFU58

September 23rd is the release date of the magazine and it will be available for purchase for 12 EUR.

All information and details can be found at www.atarifan.xyz, where you will soon enough also be able to purchase a subscription.

We're looking forward to bringing back this classic format with a splash, and hope that you enjoy receiving these issues as much as we enjoy making them!

It is already in webstore:
https://retrohax.net/shop/atari/atari-fan-magazine-issue-1/
or
https://amiga.net.pl/index.php?lng=eng

With Atari greetings,
Editor in Chief

I released a new Atari based chiptune album. This is a bit different to normal since I used other electronic instruments synced to maxYMiser and made a sort of Atari techno.

Also I included some mixes of my normal pure YM stuff as bonus tracks.

Hopefully some will enjoy!