145 Reply by Brother Android

(16 replies, posted in Releases)

Alright, they're up! Sorry the pictures are kind of bad, it was a headache even getting these ones.

https://brotherandroid.bandcamp.com/merch

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146 Reply by Brother Android

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I've been working on making CDs AND floppy disk editions of the 4 EPs that make up the release. They're basically ready, but I haven't been able to take pictures of them yet, on account of I just moved and have no idea where my camera landed. But stay tuned, they should be up any day now!

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147 Reply by Brother Android

(147 replies, posted in Nintendo Consoles)

Serious question, why would one want to sequence on an NES instead of sequencing in Famitracker and exporting tracks in iNES format? The controls on console-based trackers have always felt very awkward and unintuitive to me (but of course, that's coming from someone who learned to track on a computer). Is it that it gives options for live performance?

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148 Reply by Brother Android

(41 replies, posted in Other Hardware)

Fair enough. I think "semi-irresponsible" is harsh, though. We're all just speaking from our aesthetic and workflow preferences here, and presumably the OP would be asking about digital equipment if he didn't think cassettes had some unique value.

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149 Reply by Brother Android

(41 replies, posted in Other Hardware)

herr_prof wrote:

In my experience, thick tape is nice, cassette tape is mostly garbage (but tracking to cassette in realtime sounds way nicer than commercial tapes which where burnt using super high speed dub) and most of what people hear as warmth on consumer cassettes is mild analog clipping and the huge noise floor muffing up the definition on higher pitch sounds.

you're trying to be right but it won't work

Sorry, i don't REALLY mean to be a troll, but there's no need for this "what people hear as warmth" business, as if a sound could really be objectively "warm". I know exactly why cassette tape is an objectively worse representation of the source than thick tape or, for that matter, digital, but I still like it best for certain kinds of music. We disagree about what sounds nice and that is that.

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150 Reply by Brother Android

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what models of Yamaha 4-tracks are you using? In the way of 4-tracks, I've got a Tascam 414-mkII and a Fostex X-12.

Oh boy, we get to talk about tapes.

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151 Reply by Brother Android

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arlen wrote:

that shitty lo-fi sound

them's fighting words.

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152 Reply by Brother Android

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danimal cannon wrote:

TalkBoy

As something of a tape recorder enthusiast I am surprised and delighted to learn that this exists.

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153 Reply by Brother Android

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If you ARE interested in a portable unit, the Marantz PMD-221 and 222 are good; they have a stereo aux in as well as a decent built-in microphone for field recordings or whatever else. If you don't care about portability or microphones or anything, chunter's suggestion will be the cheapest and best.

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154 Reply by Brother Android

(16 replies, posted in Releases)

I think I'll leave it up to each customer. Getting the stuff together now; they'll be mostly hand-made. Hopefully will be able to start selling them next week or so.

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155 Reply by Brother Android

(16 replies, posted in Releases)

Thanks!

I'm thinking of making CDs. 24kbps or high-def?

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156 Reply by Brother Android

(4 replies, posted in Software & Plug-ins)

I have nice memories of playing Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Commander Keen, Chip's Challenge, and Ultima I-V on my grandparents' Windows 3.1 computer. We tried playing Ultima VI but the system requirements were too high.

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157 Reply by Brother Android

(13 replies, posted in Releases)

I love your website so much.

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158 Reply by Brother Android

(16 replies, posted in Releases)

thanks, guys! No one's really weighed in on the "new" material specifically - how does it compare/mesh with the old material to you?

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159 Reply by Brother Android

(11 replies, posted in Releases)

I'm really enjoying this direction. Kinda minimalistic but really evocative.

C'mon guys, you should all back this game if you can. The stretch goals are really awesome.

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160 Reply by Brother Android

(14 replies, posted in Nintendo Consoles)

It almost feels unfair for this to be real.

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