Coming out when ReBirth was climaxing in the late 90’s this would’ve been my choice OVER ReBirth by far & at a savings as well…
The built-in DreamStation Synth was quite phenomenal for the time & still sounds good now…NOW!! It has always garnered high praise & ratings at KVR-
Soon after licensed to Cakewalk for a time then after that released as a freeware DXi plugin by Audio Simulation what in 2008 or something…
I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT SOUNDED BEST IN THE TRACKER!!..conspiracy perhaps…
Doing a fair business back in 1999-2001 selling at $89.00 there was plenty of talk about DreamStation II…But…BUTT!!..It would not happen till late 2007!!..By that time everybody went everywhere else…
Even today with all the ReBirth nostalgia going on I always suggest DreamStation I as a much better alternative sonically & visually as ReBirth easy enough to make a BWomp-BWomp-BWomp-BWomp-BWomp-BWomp tune but a complex one you gotta take NOTES on what you are doin’ on what patterns as there is no tracker view whereby you can see a range of notes being triggered on numerous tracks…Uhhh, BETTER!!
Nowadays the higher rez screenz make the tracker ‘smaller’ so harder to see pattern info…ReRezing screen a pain & make other stuff not work right. I use a magnifier called FatBits to project a view window of where I am working-
The DreamStation I page on the wayback is here (Jan 2001)-
DS1 has been freeware for many years available in couple spots a direct DL-
Only real gripe I have is the limited function pattern editor, which is setup a bit different…For me I rather use the automation rather than pattern commands as such…Most the demo tunes use the synth for all instruments except for imported drum WAVs…With a few exceptions…
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Couple fart around vids be Ronan Fed-