Editing Farbrausch (section)

==Group==
The group became well known in the [[demoscene]] in December 2000 with a [[64k intro]] called "fr-08: .the .product". The demo achieved its small size through the use of [[procedural textures]], a custom MIDI-based [[software synthesizer]] V2 (controlled through a sequencer called [[Logic Audio]]), and a modified version of [[UPX]] executable compressor,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soyoucode.com/2011/coding-giant-under-microscope-farbrausch |title=Coding a giant under the microscope: Farbrausch |access-date=2011-03-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430001321/http://www.soyoucode.com/2011/coding-giant-under-microscope-farbrausch |archive-date=2011-04-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ".the .product" is an 11-minute [[3D computer graphics|3-D]] show featuring complex scenes of [[computer generated imagery]].

The name "Farbrausch" translates literally to "color rush", where rush means variously "intoxication, drunkenness, high, ecstasy, and state of euphoria."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://boardgamegeek.com/article/21190211#21190211 |title=Translation for word "Farbrausch" from German rules?}}</ref> This serves as a core theme across the otherwise multifaceted topics in Farbrausch demos, which cover futuristic or abstract technology, [[Dystopia|dystopian]] cityscapes and even [[quantum mechanics]].

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 &mdash; 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 number|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]]'', an interactive demo for the [[PlayStation 3]], again under the name .theprodukkt.

In 2012 Farbrausch released the [[source code]] of many of their demo tools on [[GitHub]].<ref>[https://github.com/farbrausch/fr_public fr_public] on github.com</ref>