1 Reply by Prizmatic Spray

(102 replies, posted in Nintendo Consoles)

Can't wait, dude!  My PowerPak has pretty much been dicking me over lately, not only in private while gaming but also during live shows.  Godspeed!

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2 Reply by Prizmatic Spray

(17 replies, posted in Nintendo Consoles)

NES freezing was a huge problem for Bit Brigade, a VGM project I play guitar in, over the weekend.  We score NES games in real-time as our uber-gamer buddy beats them via a projected top-loading NES.  He has, and usually uses with no freezing problems in six years, carts for our three main games that he regularly cleans.  Recently, however, (the awesome) Ryan8Bit made us some custom sfx-only roms for PowerPak use that allow us to play the music for the games while the sound effects roll through the PA.  About halfway through Ninja Gaiden, the PowerPak froze. 

I have been having other problems with the PowerPak recently as well, but the exhaustive details there are probably for another thread.  Even the top-loader obviously isn't foolproof, but Noah has never had any problems with it before and he actually just loaded up his genuine NG cart, sped through the game up to the point where the PP froze, and the game was completed with no problems.

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3 Reply by Prizmatic Spray

(328 replies, posted in Nintendo Consoles)

Blew some minds blasting litewall as manipulated live by my pal Davey during a PSpray set this weekend!  Great times, thanks so much to everyone who has made this great software possible!

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4 Reply by Prizmatic Spray

(67 replies, posted in Past Events)

Absolutely insanely awesome.  Attendance lacked slightly but energy never did.  If they're going to keep doing chiptunes in the main concert hall, however, I'd like to recommend some kind of smaller on-stage P.A. be brought in for the sets.  With bands, you have huge amplifiers and drums pouring sound directly from the stage, but for something like this there was kind of an airy void of sound if you were near the front of the stage dancing it off in between the significantly-spaced speaker towers (like I was with my fellow Shizzies).

Cheap Dinosaurs are just a fucking great band, period, chiptune or otherwise.

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5 Reply by Prizmatic Spray

(6 replies, posted in Nintendo Consoles)

Should we send them in DMC form, or some other format in particular?

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6 Reply by Prizmatic Spray

(2 replies, posted in Releases)

Wow, c-jeff, thank you for releasing this Darkman007 record!  I had never heard of this guy before, and it's stellar stuff!  Everyone, get to Ubiktune and download everything there!

And for those who are interested in such things, I'd like to point out that the Sky Burial re-release includes lossless WAVs as well as the original Renoise tracker files for the project.

Have fun!

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7 Reply by Prizmatic Spray

(102 replies, posted in Nintendo Consoles)

*goes into old cooter man "I told you so" mode*

It's so incredible (and great) to see some of the people who have been shown the light of the NES in 2010.  I distinctly remember some notable individuals kind of publicly shitting on our beloved old 2A03 just a couple of years ago, person(s) who have been all up in these uber-exciting threads of late.  I guess it takes the magic and genius of a Neil Baldwin, blargg, No Carrier, or/and Batsley Adams to expose something mystical and exquisite (the Family Computer) for what it really is.

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8 Reply by Prizmatic Spray

(224 replies, posted in Nintendo Consoles)

About two years ago, I made this thread on the nesdev forum:

http://nesdev.parodius.com/bbs/viewtopi … 2ee886b383

And it's just so mindblowing (and vindicating) to me to see the developments that have occurred since I posted my initial query.

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9 Reply by Prizmatic Spray

(23 replies, posted in General Discussion)

For me this is all about stuff that is politically problematic (i.e. uber right wing/"nationalist" metal bands, or murderers like Varg Vikernes) rather than musically silly.

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10 Reply by Prizmatic Spray

(114 replies, posted in Nintendo Consoles)

I'd like to be involved with this, but I haven't had any luck getting Famitracker to play nice using Crossover with Mac OSX, though soon hopefully I'll get to take a shot with WineBottler.

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11 Reply by Prizmatic Spray

(10 replies, posted in Releases)

Nestrogen, take heart!  You really made at least one man's day with this release, and I've only listened to like a third of it so far.  You should be proud of yourself!  This is not cookie cutter chiptune!

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12 Reply by Prizmatic Spray

(3 replies, posted in Releases)

Thanks, HPizzle!  That's one of the best compliments I could hope for.

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13 Topic by Prizmatic Spray

(3 replies, posted in Releases)

Sky Burial  is a work of personal combat against the internal engine that pushes me away from dreams.  There is a place between floating aimlessly with your head in the clouds and just scraping by in the mud-realm of men and commerce.  Every song has an adventure behind it.  Every adventure begins with a question.  Sky Burial is what it sounds like when I come out on top against the menial indignities that the scared, frustrated, and weak-of-heart work to impose upon us each day.  Sky Burial is my quest to find a place that feels like Home. 

Sky Burial is 10 songs made without automation or external effects in a tracker using common Nintendo Entertainment System sample loops that I cleaned up and fine-tuned a few cents here and there, with special thanks to bucky for Snare #25 from his DPCM pack and maktone for the kick drum, which I lifted from a mod called "Dogfight."  "Brionic Commando" is a song by my friend Brion Kennedy that I ruined.  Fully analog mastering by Joel Hatstat, who completed the realization of a childhood dream by launching things to the In-Your-Face layer of the stratosphere. 

It has its quirks and imperfections.  Sometimes it distorts.  All in all, it sounds just the way I wanted it to, and I urge you to check out Joel Hatstat's website for downloading (you can get individual songs that way if you'd like) because he put a lot of pro-bono work into helping me with this (the site will auto-play one of my songs, so watch your speakers if you're at work or whatever).  Thank you so much: Shizz, JDDJ3J, Random, virt, and Shnabubula for all of your encouragement early on.  I'm happy to finally put this album to rest in my heart.

Close your eyes and have your own adventure.

(Let me know if there's any interest in an 11x17 print of the artwork.  I may be getting a few of those soon)

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