About Saga Musix.
Things you actually don't want to know: 
- Real name: Johannes Schultz
- Born: 3rd of January, 1990
- Location: A small village in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- Music I like: ambient, chiptunes, "demostyle", downbeat, drum&bass, ebm, funk, goa, house, rock, synthpop, techno, trance (to be continued)
- Profiles:
CTGMusic, Nectarine, last.fm, ModArchive, Pouët
I play the piano since I was 6 but I've never composed something "big" until I was 12.
When I started programming in 2002, my musician "career" began - First on the pc speaker, then on the infamous OPL ("AdLib") chip - I used the FM Tracker by Davey W Taylor.
One year later - in 2003 - I programmed my very first MIDI tools. The music that could be made with this program was simple - it was "programmed".
After developing these tools, I programmed my first simple MIDI tracker.
During spring 2004, while originally searching for Scream Tracker 3, I discovered ModPlug Tracker on the web. That was the beginning of Saga Musix - even though I still signed modules with "Saga-Games".
As I also create freeware computer games in my spare time, I write the music for these. You can find them on the Saga-Games website (German only at the moment).
I also write music for my demogroups Nuance and Gravity, but I write most of my music for my own pleasure anyway. 
As indicated before, I am an active member of the demoscene.
Besides writing music for the scene, I'm also occupied at The ModArchive as a crew member where I moderate the forums and screen the incoming modules.
Furthermore, I'm helping in the development of the tracker of my choice, OpenMPT.
As an IRC addict (well, kind of 
) you can find me in the following scene-related IRC channels under the nick "Saga_Musix":
- EsperNet:
#modarchive, #modplug, #mod_shrine (come and participate in our One Hour Compos!), #modulez, #nectarine, #xmplay - IRCNet: #bitfellas #breakpoint, #evoke, #scenemusic, #tum
My tools
All my music is composed in OpenMPT, the successor to ModPlug Tracker by Olivier Lapicque.
It is an advanced, yet free tracker program with support for VST effects and instruments and other neat features like ASIO.
I used ModPlug Tracker since spring 2004 and switched to OpenMPT in 2007.
Many samples that I use in my tracks (at least since my track "Dorian") are from my synthesizer, a Yamaha CS1x.
It's not a pro synth, but I like it anyway. 
I also have an ESI Maya 44e soundcard. It has an ultra-low latency driver architecture, supports DirectWire and has a really great sound quality and signal-to-noise ratio (at least for my requirements). I don't want to miss this card anymore...
I listen to my tunes on a Marantz PM4001 integrated amplifier with a pair of Nubert nuBox 300 speakers or Sennheiser HD 205 headphones.
