Editing Jochen Hippel

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'''Andreas Jochen Hippel''' (born October 14, 1971) is a musician from [[Kirchheimbolanden]] in southwest Germany. He played one of the most prominent roles in [[computer music]] during the [[16-bit]] [[microcomputer]] era, composing hundreds of tunes for games and demos. He was also an experienced [[Amiga]] programmer and ported many of [[Thalion Software]]'s [[Atari ST]] titles. He no longer composes music for a living and in 2006 he was working in logistics.

Jochen's first computer music was a set of Christmas songs that he arranged in a [[Rock and roll|rock]] style on his school's [[Commodore 64]].

As a member of [[The Exceptions]] under the handle '''Mad Max''', he wrote most of the music for their [[Demoscene|demos]] including the B.I.G. Demo (Best in Galaxy).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=11350|title = The B.I.G. Demo by the Exceptions}}</ref> The demo was essentially a large collection of [[Commodore 64|C64]] tunes that was ported across to the [[Atari ST]]'s [[Yamaha YM2149]] [[sound chip]] using Jochen's own driver to get the most out of it. Jochen then had to fix all the music in order to get it to sound correct on the ST as the YM2149 has no resonance filter, no [[Oscillator sync]], no combined waveforms, no [[ADSR envelope|ASDR enveloping]] and no [[ring modulation]], and it has fewer waveforms than the [[MOS Technology 6581]]. Composers (such as [[Rob Hubbard]]) used a lot of special effects in their music which was difficult to replicate on the ST's sound chip.

Another note of interest is that the B.I.G. demo contained an additional demo screen entitled "The Digital Department" containing 6 digital versions of C64 tunes. The sound routine used each channel of the YM2149 as a 4-bit [[Digital-to-analog converter|DAC]] and played samples for each instrument. This is the first time music using [[Pulse-code modulation|PCM]] sample instruments is heard on the [[Atari ST]], unfortunately only one more piece of music is ever written using this routine, albeit the 16-minute-long Knuckle Busters tune by [[Rob Hubbard]]. This appears as a guest screen in the Cuddly Demos (written by [[The Carebears]]) and was used to torment [[Richard Karsmakers]] of [[ST News]] who was promptly chained to a chair as the disk was formatted before his very eyes!

He worked as a freelance musician, doing music for many 16-bit games. He eventually joined Thalion Software as a programmer and musician.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thalion.exotica.org.uk/corporate/people/pics/hos2/cd2.html|title = Interviews with Jochen Hippel}}</ref> His musical track for the game ''[[Amberstar]]'' is considered among his best works, and the game and Hippel's music acquired a cult following. For in game music on the Amiga Jochen often stuck to chiptune-like sound – that became his trademark – instead of using more "realistic" instrument sounds that machine's support for digitized sound made possible. Title music for ''[[Wings of Death]]'' and ''[[Lethal Xcess]]'' are exceptions.

He has released an album called ''Give it a Try''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Jochen-Hippel-Give-It-A-Try/release/1808727|title=Jochen Hippel – Give It a Try (1990, CD)|website=[[Discogs]]}}</ref> and has composed music for other albums including tracks on ''Immortal 2'' and ''Immortal 3'' [http://www.amiga-immortal.com/ Amiga Immortal].

Hippel was also a programmer, he created all of his own music tools and also ported most of Thalion's early Atari ST titles to the [[Amiga]]. Hippel also created the Amiga 7 voice replay routine which was used in several Thalion and Eclipse titles and later used by [[Chris Hülsbeck]] in his TFMX replay routine for the title music of ''[[Turrican 2]]'' and ''[[Turrican 3]]'' for which he wrote the in game loading music.

==Video game music==
Most songs which are for Atari ST only are conversions while works for both machines are usually Hippel's own compositions.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Game
! Year
! System(s)
! Publisher
! Comment
|-
| ''[[5th Gear (video game)|5th Gear]]''
| 1988
| Atari ST, Amiga
| [[Hewson Consultants|Hewson]]
|
|-
| ''[[Amberstar]]''
| 1992
| Atari ST, Amiga
| [[Thalion Software|Thalion]]
|
|-
| ''Astaroth: The Angel of Death''
| 1989
| Atari ST, Amiga
| [[Hewson Consultants|Hewson]]
|
|-
| ''[[Atomino]]''
| 1990
| Atari ST
| [[Psygnosis]]
|
|-
| ''[[Atomix (video game)|Atomix]]''
| 1989
| Atari ST, Amiga
| [[Thalion Software|Thalion]]
|
|-
| ''Bad Cat''
| 1988
| Atari ST
| [[Rainbow Arts]]
|
|-
| ''[[B.C. Kid]]''
| 1992
| Amiga
| [[Ubisoft]]
|
|-
| ''Battle Valley''
| 1989
| Amiga
| [[Hewson Consultants|Hewson]]
|
|-
| ''[[Chambers of Shaolin]]''
| 1989
| Atari ST, Amiga
| [[Thalion Software|Thalion]]
|
|-
| ''Circus Attractions''
| 1988
| Atari ST
| [[Rainbow Arts]]
|
|-
| ''Crime Time''
| 1990
| Atari ST
| [[Starbyte]]
|
|-
| ''Crush!''
| 1991
| Atari ST
| Budgie UK
|
|-
| [[Cybernoid II: The Revenge|''Cybernoid II – The Revenge'']]
| 1989
| Atari ST
| [[Hewson Consultants|Hewson]]
| Original by [[Jeroen Tel]]
|-
| ''[[Dragonflight (video game)|Dragonflight]]''
| 1990
| Atari ST, Amiga
| [[Thalion Software|Thalion]]
|
|-
| ''Dugger''
| 1988
| Atari ST
| [[Linel]]
|
|-
| ''[[Enchanted Land]]''
| 1990
| Atari ST, Amiga
| [[Thalion Software|Thalion]]
|
|-
| ''[[Ghost Battle]]''
| 1991
| Atari ST, Amiga
| [[Thalion Software|Thalion]]
|
|-
| ''[[Grand Monster Slam]]''
| 1989
| Atari ST
| [[Rainbow Arts]]
|
|-
| ''[[Great Courts 2]]''
| 1990
| Atari ST
| [[Ubisoft]]
| Also known as ''Pro Tennis Tour 2''
|-
| ''[[The Great Giana Sisters]]''
| 1987
| Atari ST
| [[Hewson Consultants|Hewson]]
| Original by [[Chris Hülsbeck]]
|-
| ''In 80 Days Around the World''
| 1988
| Atari ST
| [[Rainbow Arts]]
|
|-
| ''Insects in Space''
| 1990
| Atari ST
| [[Hewson Consultants|Hewson]]
|
|-
| ''Jinks''
| 1988
| Atari ST
| [[Rainbow Arts]]
|
|-
| ''[[The Last Ninja]]''
| 1988
| Atari ST
| [[System 3 (Unternehmen)|System 3]]
|
|-
| ''[[Leavin' Teramis]]''
| 1989
| Atari ST, Amiga
| [[Thalion Software|Thalion]]
|
|-
| ''[[Lethal Xcess|Lethal Xcess: Wings of Death II]]''
| 1991
| Atari ST, Amiga
| [[Eclipse Software]]
|
|-
| ''[[Masterblazer]]''
| 1991
| Atari ST
| [[Rainbow Arts]]
| Original by [[Chris Hülsbeck]]
|-
| ''[[Monster Business]]''
| 1991
| Amiga
| [[Eclipse Software]]
|
|-
| ''MUDS – Mean Dirty Ugly Sports''
| 1990
| Atari ST
| [[Rainbow Arts]]
|
|-
| ''[[Ninja Remix]]''
| 1990
| Atari ST, Amiga
| [[System 3 (Unternehmen)|System 3]]
|
|-
| ''[[A Prehistoric Tale]]''
| 1990
| Atari ST, Amiga
| [[Thalion Software|Thalion]]
|
|-
| ''[[Rings of Medusa]]''
| 1989
| Atari ST
| [[Starbyte]]
|
|-
| ''[[The Return of Medusa|Rings of Medusa II: The Return of Medusa]]''
| 1991
| Atari ST, Amiga
| [[Starbyte]]
|
|-
| ''Roll-Out''
| 1989
| Atari ST
| Procovision
|
|-
| ''[[The Seven Gates of Jambala]]''
| 1989
| Atari ST, Amiga
| [[Thalion Software|Thalion]]
|
|-
| ''Starball''
| 1988
| Atari ST
| [[Rainbow Arts]]
| Also known as ''Spaceball''
|-
| ''[[Stormlord]]''
| 1989
| Atari ST
| [[Hewson Consultants|Hewson]]
|
|-
| ''[[Tangram (video game)|Tangram]]''
| 1991
| Atari ST, Amiga
| [[Thalion Software|Thalion]]
|
|-
| ''To Be on Top''
| 1988
| Atari ST, Amiga
| [[Rainbow Arts]]
| Original by [[Chris Hülsbeck]]
|-
| ''[[Tom & Jerry: Hunting High and Low]]''
| 1989
| Atari ST
| [[Magic Bytes]]
|
|-
| ''[[Tom & Jerry 2]]''
| 1989
| Atari ST
| [[Magic Bytes]]
|
|-
| ''[[Tower FRA]]''
| 1990
| Amiga
| [[Thalion Software|Thalion]]
|
|-
| ''[[Trans World (video game)|Trans World]]''
| 1990
| Atari ST
| [[Starbyte]]
|
|-
| ''[[Turrican]]''
| 1990
| Atari ST
| [[Rainbow Arts]]
| Original by [[Chris Hülsbeck]]
|-
| ''[[Turrican II: The Final Fight]]''
| 1991
| Atari ST
| [[Rainbow Arts]]
| Original by [[Chris Hülsbeck]]
|-
| ''[[Mega Turrican|Turrican 3: Payment Day]]''
| 1993
| Amiga
| [[Rainbow Arts]]
| Credited for "Seven Voice Technology"
|-
| ''[[Warp (1989 video game)|Warp]]''
| 1989
| Atari ST, Amiga
| [[Thalion Software|Thalion]]
|
|-
| ''[[Wings of Death]]''
| 1990
| Atari ST, Amiga
| [[Eclipse Software]]
|
|-
| ''[[Z-Out]]''
| 1990
| Atari ST
| [[Rainbow Arts]]
| Original by [[Chris Hülsbeck]]
|}

Data provided by Hall of Light,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hol.abime.net/hol_search.php?find=hippel&detail=artist|title=Hall Of Light - The database of Amiga games|website=hol.abime.net}}</ref> Atari Legend,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.atarilegend.com/games/games_search.php?individual_id=88|title=Atari Legend - Legends never die!|date=March 14, 2007|access-date=January 24, 2018|archive-date=March 14, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070314021259/http://www.atarilegend.com/games/games_search.php?individual_id=88|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> Atarimania<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20241213124523/https://www.atarimania.com/pgelstsoft.awp?system=S&type=G&team=2514&step=25 Listing of Hippel's work on Atarimania.]</ref> and Lemon Amiga games databases.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lemonamiga.com/|title=Lemon Amiga - Games, Download, Emulator, Cheats & Forum|website=www.lemonamiga.com}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.ocremix.org/artist/507/jochen-hippel Artist profile] at [[OverClocked ReMix]]
*[http://thalion.atari.org/music/music.html Bio on Thalion Webshrine]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070314021259/http://www.atarilegend.com/games/games_search.php?individual_id=88 Listing of his work on Atari Legend]
*[http://hol.abime.net/hol_search.php?find=hippel&detail=artist Listing of his work on HOL]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130530014148/http://d4p.de/ Jochen Hippel as a member of the band The 4 Penöre]
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2581427/ Jochen Hippel] Jochen Hippel at imdb.com
*[http://www.stniccc.com/html/scenemembers/60.htm Atari Scene and STNICCC News]
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