Farbrausch, or Farb-rausch, is a German group of demomakers who became well known in the

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in December 2000 with a

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called "fr-08: .the .product". The demo achieved its small size through the use of

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, a custom MIDI-based

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V2 (controlled through a sequencer called

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), and a modified version of

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executable compressor, ".the .product" is an 11-minute 3-D show featuring complex scenes of

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. The name "Farbrausch" translates literally to "color rush", where rush means variously "intoxication, drunkenness, high, ecstasy, and state of euphoria.". Their work has won numerous awards. In 2004, a subdivision of farbrausch called ".theprodukkt" released a 96 kB first-person shooter game named " .kkrieger", and an earlier version of the tool they currently use to produce some of their demos, named ".werkkzeug", or "Tool". Farbrausch give their releases a "product code", in the format "fr-0#". The numbers do not specify the order of release — the members have stated that they allocate the numbers as they start working on the project, not when they finish it. Non-serious releases receive negative numbers. The group has periodically released improved compositions such as "fr-019: Poem to a Horse", "fr-030: Candytron" or "fr-025: The.Popular.Demo". ''The.Popular.Demo'' and ''debris.'' are among the most highly favored demos on the demoscene index, Pouet. The.Popular.Demo also received the "Public Choice Award" from the 2003 scene.org awards, and ''debris.'' won the 2007 scene.org award for best direction. In 2009, Farbrausch released

.detuned ''.detuned'' is a demoscene project by the German demogroup .theprodukkt (also known as Farbrausch), released on the PlayStation 3. It was initially released on September 17, 2009, in Japan as , and on October 15 worldwide. It is the second demo ...

, an interactive demo for the

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, again under the name .theprodukkt. In 2012 Farbrausch released the

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of many of their demo tools on

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.fr_public
on github.com

Notable demo releases and awards

External links

Farbrausch main website

All Farbrausch demos
on pouet.net

Farbrausch technology

Farbrausch tool source code (with executables for .werkkzeug4)

Farbrausch .werkkzeug1 demotool

A Windows executable for the Farbrausch .werkkzeug3 demotool

Information regarding Farbrausch

* : Features an interview with DOJ of farbrausch who explains the history of "Elitegroup" and of Farbrausch. (MP3 audio)
An Interview with the Farbrausch Group (video, in German)

Making of .the .product

References

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