nickmaynard wrote:

i was just showing this to a few people the other day. they have albums on there that were never even "released" and only exist as cd-r's that i've sold at shows. i think this means someone (most likely someone who bought one at magfest) is specifically uploading these cd's to this site.

This is not necessarily true. AFAIK, these MP3 sites employ some pretty intense data-mining magicks that frequently pull content from file locker sites like, say, Megaupload (R.I.P), so it could be the result of an non-private link or security hole in one those sites.

Too bad the Justice Dept is too busy trying to send children to jail for downloading Justin Bieber albums. But it's not like our rights matter anyway unless we can afford our own personal shill in Washington.

Battle Lava wrote:
an0va wrote:

Who wants to make and sell on bandcamp a Legalsounds compilation? We'll just take back and use the songs that were already taken. tongue

down for the lulz

This might be the only way I'll ever release anything. I'm down.

danimal cannon wrote:

Oh btw, Virt has a Famitracker masterclass panel at like 5pm on Fri.

Yes, excited for this. Lend your ears to the cuddly god-man known as Virt, or wallow in ignorance forevermore.

Moriokun wrote:

I still haven't done this yet. My soldering guy (aka My Dad) hasn't gotten around to help me with it. I will let you guys know how it turns out when I/he gets around to it.

Why not DIY? wink Tried this myself and it works just fine. The only thing you might wanna watch out for is keeping your soldering hand steady near that ribbon cable.

kitsch wrote:

no, this taps the regulated power supply.  you're good wink

Thanks for clarifying, kitsch! Really wish I had seen this thread a bit earlier, as I've been attempting to economize the wiring inside my DMGs over the holiday.

Strange that this is first I've heard about using that capacitor for both solder points -- seems way easier, like it should've been the standard method up to now. Any recommendations on where to stuff that resistor for the kits that don't have them built in?

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LFT is insane.

Seriously though, whole album is absolute murder. B. Shiftz collab is icing on the cake. Well done.

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Thanks for bringing this up, Peter.

I think this is going to be one of the most important problems that chip music will need to address in 2012 and beyond. I'm definitely all for the "de-ghettoization" of the medium, and have recently been pondering ways to make that work both for myself and fellow artists.

Coming from the New York scene's vibrant but sometimes over-saturated market for chip shows I can't agree more with Peter's point about the dangers of sipping too hard on your own kool-aid. Not to get too academic, but if you've ever read criticism of pretty much any kind of nuanced, digital age collectivism (creative commons, social networking, etc) there are actually a number of very lucid arguments about what happens when content starts being made for the sake of a larger organism, whether that's "chip music" or something else.

The "open mic," mentioned earlier, is one unfortunate example. Not to diss anyone who's an OM regular, but it's here that I think the stagnation is most apparent. If larger things like the end of isolationist China are any indication, the creative bi-product of these events starts to congeal into a kind of closed-door collectivist soup. We all have our own influences outside chip music, yes. But I can also say that, at least from my experience, i find it harder to approach a new project with ideas that seem fresh after repeated exposure to the "hive mind." At some point you need to take a risk outside of your self-appointed culture bubble, and perhaps fail miserably.

Of course (and this goes into matters of personal philosophy) I still don't think someone should be pressured into presenting their art in just any alternative context that becomes available. But that is by no means a choice that is unique to chip music, and ultimately I believe any kind of artist or musician should strive for the most rewarding (in terms of personal enrichment, not money) experiences.

Not to pick favorites, but I think the kind of thing that groups like Rochester Chip are doing gives the best of both worlds. MNT DST, the opening act from the show I played up there with Luke recently, had a really fantastic drone/ambient set that was not "chip" in the slightest but still meshed incredibly well with the rest of the evening.

I'm hoping that in the future we'll see similar infiltrations from both sides of chip threshold because otherwise I fear that any "scene" like this one can turn into one big, featureless culture-goop. The unusual, optimistic side of me would like to think it hasn't already.

invaderbacca wrote:

i guess its too late to start making magfest plans sad((((

Not necessarily; It's at a much bigger place this year, so last-minute reg + rooming shouldn't be so much of a problem.

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Celebrating its 10th anniversary, MAGFest proudly presents a cross-country showdown of veteran and emerging chiptune talent during its upcoming 4-day music and gaming festival in National Harbor, Maryland.

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Both segments of the event will take place at STAGE 1 (main concert hall) from 12 PM - 2:30 PM on Friday, January 6th & Saturday, January 7th inside MAGFest's new home at the Gaylord National Hotel in National Harbor, MD. (map)

FRIDAY, 1/6
Danimal Cannon - 1:40
Revengineers - 12:50
Disasterpeace - 12:00

SATURDAY, 1/7
Virt - 1:40
Knife City - 12:50
Chipocrite - 12:00

**BONUS*1* SHOWDOWN: Help us playtest Die Gute Fabrik's musical dueling game, JOHANN SEBASTIAN JOUST in between sets! • More info at http://gutefabrik.com/joust.html

**BONUS*2* REMATCH: Come to STAGE 2 at midnight after the main concerts on Saturday, Jan. 7th for a special late-night bonus show with INVERSE PHASE, ANIMAL STYLE & more surprise performances, TBA

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Virt

Los Angeles, CA

Jake "Virt" Kaufman is a large, clumsy, soft-spoken man who makes chiptune music which causes fellow musicians of all genders to tear off their clothing and throw themselves at him. One of the few people in today's chip scene who actually wrote music for commercially released Game Boy games (and who has worked on just about every system since), Jake invites you to join in his fantastical rainbow-filled orgy of NES sounds, FM and modern synthesis, orchestra, dance beats, and keyboard shredding. There is a not-insignificant chance that he might collapse and die on stage, so don't miss your chance to see what could be his final performance.

Danimal Cannon

Buffalo, NY

For years Danimal Cannon has painstakingly dissected videogame music in order to serve it justice with live instrumentation with acts like Armcannon and Metroid Metal. After being captivated by the magic of the original chiptune scene, Danimal regressed into making music specifically for these videogame chips. With his Gameboy in hand, and the years of experience deconstructing NSF files, Danimal Cannon has become one of the fastest rising chiptune artists in the scene.

Knife City

New York City

Luke Silas has had the same Game Boy since he was five. Now he uses it to make the most slammin'est, jammin'est club bangers you're likely to ever hear coming from a game console. When he's not doing that, he plays drums for NYC chiptune boy band Anamanaguchi.

Revengineers

Rochester, NY

REVENGINEERS is a Nintendo rock band from Rochester, NY. Comprised of indie rock veterans from a budding chip music scene in upstate New York, they use modified Nintendo gear in addition to guitars and drums to make their music. Some of the people they've played with include Anamanaguchi, Starscream, Fang Island, Peelander Z, Paul Baribeau, and Club Sandwhich. They are currently working on their first record.

Disasterpeace

San Francisco, CA

Disasterpeace is musical narrative rife with themes, sudden harmonic shifts and mathy little figures. Sometimes it happens in a game. This time it's accompanied by Rekcahdam on skins.

Chipocrite

Philadelphia, PA

Chipocrite, a.k.a. Paul Weinstein, uses simple Nintendo Game Boy technology and electric bass guitar to create complex audio masterpieces.  His multifaceted but catchy compositions combine the nostalgic game sounds of his childhood with modern music influences. You might have seen his name credited to the cover of New Order’s "Bizarre Love Triangle" featured in "The Legend of Zelda (1987)
Trailer,” which now has more than 659,000 hits on Youtube. When he's not accompanying his own tunes, you can often find him playing bass for Philly-based chip supergroup Cheap Dinosaurs and/or the band’s VGM-cover side project, Autoscroll.

NO CARRIER

New York City

Don Miller is an artist and educator based in Brooklyn, NY. He performs live visuals in real time under the alias NO CARRIER. Miller works with nearly obsolete repurposed electronics to create high energy low resolution abstract video art. Part of the 8bitpeoples artist collective, he performs, exhibits, and lectures worldwide. In his hometown of Philadelphia Miller organizes and curates 8static, a monthly showcase of low-bit music and video. He also serves as a Director of Playpower, a non-profit organization that works to bring low-cost educational games to developing countries.

Batsly Adams

Long Island, NY

Andrew Reitano [Batsly Adams] is an electrical engineer / programmer / visualist based in NY. He creates visuals using a combination of two Sega Genesis consoles and a hand-built video synth circuit. His style involves pushing the limits of the Sega video processor (VDP), utilizing hardware tricks to produce images beyond the expected capability of the system.

Pixelseed

Baltimore, MD

Pixelseed is the creation of Sean Smith. As a Visual Artist, he performs with musicians and creates a kinetic wall of light that expands beyond a low bit abstract using new and recycled gear. He is one the founders/promoters of Byte Nyte, a chip music event for the Mid-Atlantic region.

Animal Style

Philadelphia, PA

Joey Mariano [Animal Style] has been most know for his guitar and gameboy musical integration since 2005. He is also a key member of Cheap Dinosaurs / Autoscroll, but now he's switched to the visual side for the MAGfest X chip music showcase to create low bit graphics alongside of some of the great masters of the art form  ...think Sega Genesis vrs. animated GIFs in a mutating organic cellular pixel bath.


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http://magfest.org/

MAGFest, The Music And Gaming Festival, is an annual event in the Washington D.C. area dedicated to the celebration of videogames and videogame music. MAGFest offers 24-hour console, arcade and PC game rooms, over ten live videogame cover bands, a vendors area and guest speakers from the videogame industry and fan scene.

MAGFest X (10) is scheduled for January 5th--8th, 2012 and will proudly host legendary game composer Nobuo Uematsu and his band, The Earthbound Papas, as well as numerous other panels and activities scheduled for each day. As usual, it will also feature its famous "JamSpace," a ready-made concert space available to all attendees for impromptu music performances throughout the weekend.

If you or your organization still has not registered for MAGFest, please visit http://magfest.org/prereg to reserve your space -- The pre-registration deadline is currently scheduled for this Friday, December 16th at 11:59 PM. More badges will be available at the door. Stay updated by following @MAGFest on Twitter.
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Jazzed to play this. Working on some ~*~*special things~*~* 4 my WNY holmies heart

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Insane. Love that so much quality video got caught this year.

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Bringing this thread back from the dead.

Have been attempting this method:

TechFalcon wrote:

-Load GB Camera ROM (acquired legally) onto flash cart
-Put flash cart in one Game Boy and camera with pictures into another
-Transfer pictures from Camera to flash cart
-Upload .sav to your computer and us GB Camera pic dumper

As mentioned previously, the pictures are garbled when viewed on the flashcart  -- the entire frame is filled with vertical lines.

I dump the sav and load in KiGB and the emu crashes. I know that it's crashing because of the sav file because it loads the ROM fine when the sav isnt present in the root.

Are there special settings necessary for reading these gbc sav's? VBA doesn't work either. Using a v2 (dual-LED) bleepbloop cart.

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µB wrote:

I guess this is his other bandcamp account: http://firestarman.bandcamp.com/
Wait, didn't that one pop up before? I think I remember something about it. Can't find a thread, but I remember the guy got busted before because of a stolen Lady Gaga cover or something.

Edit: Yeah, I think the thread was nuked in one of the 8bc hickups. Someone with a better track/artist memory should check the two releases there and report them if something stolen is on them tongue

Yes, it was Active Knowledge's Lady Gaga cover of "Poker Face" that was stolen. Same douche, different name. This mothershitfuck just doesn't give a care, hm?

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The 'Press Start' font must die.