49 Reply by Psynaptik

(12 replies, posted in Other Vintage Computers & Consoles)

Oh okay, I'll take your advice and give it a go then. Thanks!

(Just finished setting it up: Note to others - install Retroarch 1.3 on your PSP. 1.3.6 crashes with Gambatte (and I'm not the only one, bug report is in the repo).)

I'm waiting for new headphones so can't really test yet, but it's running now at least, plus I can play with Retroarch filters!

Anyway, I finally found where Retroarch puts its saves, but noticed they're in .srm format (as opposed to the .sav format in RIN). Is there any way to get .savs that I've downloaded from the web/bandcamp/etc. into Retroarch?

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50 Reply by Psynaptik

(45 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Yes, Spectra, Instellaria and Super Hexagon are all game music albums.

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51 Reply by Psynaptik

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I've got LSDJ running on RIN on a 2000 and the sound is pretty good. It's a little muddy compared to original hardware but the bass/volume is somewhere inbetween the pocket and the DMG I find. Plus, no hiss/hum!

So how is Gambatte different? Sound is more accurate? I already thought RIN was quite good...

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52 Reply by Psynaptik

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Well that's an awesome list of artists to go check out - thanks all!

re: Trey Frey, yeah, I stumbled across him via a video recommended to me on YouTube of him doing a 4 gameboy mix ("This week in Chiptune" I think) which was mind-blowing!

Herr_prof: That's a real shame in a way. I'm sure that her new stuff will sound great, but I was always impressed by how good she made a gameboy sound by itself.

For me, it's not that I'm a purist or anti-fakebit or whatever, but I'm kind of more interested in the restrictive design of the gameboy and LSDJ and what can be done with it, rather than the chip sound per se (not even for nostalgia purposes, although I'm MORE than old enough!). I find the idea of making full-blown music with just a gameboy quite amusing in a way - that's the fun and interesting part for me.

To use other more professional gear like modern synths, drum machines or sequencers just seems a little cheating in a way (although it's not - it's just different) and removes that fun aspect for me. Ah well, I'll always have Phonetic Symphony!

Keep them coming if anyone else has 'similar to Chipzel' reccs.

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53 Topic by Psynaptik

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Hi there,

Fresh in to chipmusic after stumbling into a Chipzel set recently in London (V&A in London if anyone else happened to be there).

Been listening to her stuff a lot, particularly Phonetic Symphony.

Also Zef's Ground Zero EP.

Found a few more artists by searching here and googling a little (Fantomenk and Sabrepulse are pretty cool). But since they use stuff in addition to Gameboys (and I understand that Chipzel doesn't), I was wondering if anyone could recommend the kind of banging melodic house type music (NOT hardcore/techno) that Chipzel does, whilst still using just Gameboys?

Off the back of getting into Chipzel et al. I've also gone about getting LSDJ (running on PSP at the moment till I get it on GB cart) and going down the modding route (I like tinkering!) and I was looking for some more music to inspire me with what can be done with JUST a gameboy.

Thanks!

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