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2,865 Reply by akira^8GB Feb 15, 2010 8:56 pm

Re: Natty - Emesis (21 replies, posted in Releases)

Damn, you need a beer. If I was close, I'd solve it in a minute.
Chillax, and don't be depressed or I'll be forced to slap you

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2,866 Reply by akira^8GB Feb 15, 2010 7:41 pm

Re: Natty - Emesis (21 replies, posted in Releases)

Dude, take no offense from what I said, I tried to help as best as I could. If you get offended you are a pussy (hey that was a joke too.. Sheesh, anglosaxons! )

Natty wrote:

Unfortunately, I fear that you might be right about something else:
As regards being tone-deaf, that may be a possibility, and a frightening one. In fact, tomorrow I'm going to have a full battery of audio tests because I've seriously damaged my auditory nerve and scarred the timpanic membrane in my left ear.

Even if you have ear damage, that would affect the volume you hear stuff at, I don't think the tone would be affected. But I am no doctor.
One other thing that doesn't make sense either: this doesn't happen in the Gameboy tunes you have. How could it be?
I think this is a "getting used to" problem, and no physical damage, nor being "tone deaf". If you were, you wouldn't get it right by chance. Maybe you are too used to the way the GB sounds and when incorporating new sounds, you get confused. Not everyone can know that a certain tone goes well wit ha certain other since they were born ors something, people train, and very few have what they call "absolute pitch".

As per your problem description, you might be having tinnitus or the beginning of it. You have to take care, and also, keep in mind tinnitus is very influenced by your mind. It could be caused by stress, not only high levels of audio.

It's scary and unpleasant and all I can do is recommend that people wear earplugs in loud places and not be stupid like me. Otherwise you might find yourself on a forum being dressed-down by 8GB, Pseudo, Peter Swimm, and Bit Shifter for being tone-deaf.

Oh snap! No way we're slanting you man! You need to learn to accept criticism.

But DEFINITELY you have to wear earplugs. Sometimes I wear them when I play too, certain audio systems are fucked, specially booth monitors. Don't be ashamed to take care of your ears, specially if you are a musician.

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2,867 Topic by akira^8GB Feb 15, 2010 4:22 pm

Topic: 8GB Europe Tour 2010, help us (8 replies, posted in General Discussion)

The time has come for me to hit Europe one more time, and this will be impossible, as always, without people's help, so here's my plead for help.

The dates:
April 16th->April 29th

The past:
The tour in 2008 went extremely well, hitting well over 30 cities in 10 countries, with good reception of public in varied venues and gigs, among which I could highlight the ZXZW Festival 2008, Mapping Festival 2008, playing at The Sugar Factory in Amsterdam, Fléda in Czech Republic, Sedel in Luzern or Slobberclub in Vienna, the amazing Lisäelämä in Turku or the legendary MicroBCN end tour date... they were all awesome!

A bunch of videos of these gigs can be found throughout internet. Here you can find some of them:
http://vimeo.com/1625329
http://vimeo.com/945280
http://vimeo.com/1209423
http://vimeo.com/4218453
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p … BAA15A43D4

The future:
This time given the timeframe for the tour, the schedule should be pretty hectic.The intended dates are from April 16th to April 29th, trying to hit as many cities as possible. A minimum of 10 gigs have to be arranged for the whole tour to become affordable for everyone.

Here's a live mix featuring many of the songs I play live, the new set will contain a whole new bunch of songs:
*******************

Why?
I am developing a whole new audiovisual set but I can't show anything as of now because it's all WiP.
It's gonna be phat.
I have more releases up and coming, bunch of music for free for you to download, I am from fucking far away, and nobody ever gave me a cent to do this, so all I ask is for help setting up gigs (and a dish of your local delicacy ).

Artist pairing:
Given my style, I go well with other electro and breakbeat artists, also fidget house acts. I can recommend artists in your location if I
know them, it's usually better to form a lineup with likeminded people. This will be up to the promoter (you! ) to decide and
analyze anyway. I usually don't play chipmusic shows, I play at nightclubs, but this, again, is up to you to decide.

More data:
You can find a press pack here: [u***************

New site coming soon:
http://8gb.kikencorp.com

Need details? Mail ************** , and I give you booking details.

Thanks a lot,

/ak

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2,868 Reply by akira^8GB Feb 15, 2010 4:03 pm

Re: Video Music Box (99 replies, posted in Motion Graphics)

4mat wrote:

My friends from Peppermelon did that one
http://peppermelon.tv/projects/ab.html

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2,869 Reply by akira^8GB Feb 15, 2010 3:59 pm

Re: Montreal Chip Music Events Google Group (5 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Joined

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2,870 Reply by akira^8GB Feb 15, 2010 3:52 pm

Re: Montreal Chip Music Events Google Group (5 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Very good! Nice initiative, full support!
But where's the link?

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2,871 Reply by akira^8GB Feb 15, 2010 3:28 pm

Re: Natty - Emesis (21 replies, posted in Releases)

If you gonna stick to LGPT, you have some serious issues to sort out, as briefly pointed out by Josh.
Seems to me you can't recognize what note the original sample is in so you just rely in mechanical methods (and here's a wild guess), like reading only what LGPT says the "note" is. C-3 will only be C-3 if the sample you use has its base on C-3. This is easily remedied by listening, but if you can't hear the problem and fix it by ear, you need to develop your sense of hearing. You might even need to use microtonal tuning with some samples, which I think you can't do in LGPT (not sure). I'd recommend getting samples that are properly recorded and sitting on a frequently used note (like C)

This is the best advice that can be given. I'd say you are tone deaf, but the DMG stuff is OK so it's very odd to me that you can match the notes on the DMG but not on the LGPT. I assume what happens is what I described above (which you mean you know what notes you should combine, but not how they sound like) but it's just a wild guess...

I say ditch the DMG and embrace the challenge of a new sound with bravery

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2,872 Reply by akira^8GB Feb 15, 2010 2:45 pm

Re: 8GB - Promomix 2010 (11 replies, posted in Releases)

Yes, Jellica, in a 6 year old tune (and subtle so).

Gear? hmm..well.. each track is different, but the main thing around it is 1 LSDJ'ed Game Boy with different drum machine samples, all mixed and processed in Ableton Live. Other tracks differ more, like the remixes, and East 105 st. (made originally with AHX on the Amiga).

The "cover" is bullshit, just a corruption of the Red October cover

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2,873 Reply by akira^8GB Feb 15, 2010 2:41 am

Re: WTB: PC-Engine (5 replies, posted in Trading Post)

TurboExpress not good for you? (however it's expensive )

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2,874 Topic by akira^8GB Feb 15, 2010 12:43 am

Topic: 8GB - Promomix 2010 (11 replies, posted in Releases)

Didn't know where else to put this shit so here it goes.

8GB Promo Livemx 2010
16'20" sexagesimal measures of pure 8GB action, recorded live from my studio, made to promote the up and coming 8GB Euro Tour in April 2010 (the second one ever, ********** for booking enquiries1).

Listen and download in Soundcloud
(can we get Soundcloud embedding?)

Tracklisting:
01 - 8GB - Untitled [Unreleased]
02 - 8GB - Lemon Prize (Tom Woxom's Commodore Take Remix) [Unreleased]
03 - 8GB - Viking Line [Retinascan]
04 - 8GB - Piolaboy (50hz's Mandando Cualquiera Remix) [Unreleased]
05 - minusbaby - A Large Part of Your Mind Sliced (8GB's Maradroga Remix) [Self-release]
06 - 8GB - Dobstekk (Pulsewvin' Remix) [Unreleased]
07 - 8GB - East 105 st. (50Hz's Get Ready Remix) [Retinascan]
08 - Retrigger - Yeah! (8GB's Brega Remix) [Cock Rock Disco]
09 - 8GB - 61B [Retinascan]
10 - 8GB - Same Thing (Touch) [8bitpeoples]
11 - 8GB - Luton Lameport [Retinascan]
12 - 8GB - Los Andes (Beethoven Vet Skit Mix) [8bitpeoples]
13 - 8GB - Kein Pfand [Retinascan]

Enjoy

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