There's an iconic musical trope in 80s/90s dance music, which I always wondered if came from the limitations of the Amiga. You drop the bass and drums, and pan the chords and lead.
Since the Amiga has four channels, two hard left and two hard right, assuming you use one channel each for drums, bass, chords and lead, you "have" to drop the drum and bass for a few measures to get that spacey panning effect (of course there are ways around it, but it's a very natural thing to do, and it sounds good too).
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There's an iconic musical trope in 80s/90s dance music, which I always wondered if came from the limitations of the Amiga. You drop the bass and drums, and pan the chords and lead.
Since the Amiga has four channels, two hard left and two hard right, assuming you use one channel each for drums, bass, chords and lead, you "have" to drop the drum and bass for a few measures to get that spacey panning effect (of course there are ways around it, but it's a very natural thing to do, and it sounds good too).