753

(90 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Aeros wrote:
Bit Shifter wrote:

Why is this a thread? You're asking, what, if it's OK that you don't know certain artists? Why wouldn't it be OK? Consider your fears dismissed and your human merit validated. As nickmaynard says, you can get 95% of everything off of all the labels e.s.c. recommended for the INCREDIBLE low, low price of $0.00. And as BR1GHT PR1MATE says —

Shit's easy.

you seriously need to lighten the f up.

DID YOU JUST TELL BIT SHIFTER TO LIGHTEN THE FUCK UP?

754

(90 replies, posted in General Discussion)

755

(4 replies, posted in Trading Post)

BEERTUNEMUSIC.ORG

756

(84 replies, posted in General Discussion)

DUDE, SERIOUSLY. ITS GOING TO TAKE LONGER THAN 30 MINUTES ALRIGHT?

757

(90 replies, posted in General Discussion)

wtf is this National Noob Wednesday or something? listen to some damn chiptune music

758

(84 replies, posted in General Discussion)

danimal cannon wrote:
egr wrote:

Damn, Pr1mate serves up more "Quotable Quotes" than Alex Trebek.


AND JUST AS DRUNK TOO

759

(84 replies, posted in General Discussion)

uhhh... nothing mentioned here requires you to disassemble your super nintendo. famitracker is a program for PC. its free to download.

you may be confused as to why you are getting hostility from some of the natives here. it is because chiptune historically has been a heavily DIY community. most of the people/artists on this forum have been experimenting and playing with these things, for fun, loooooong before it was "a thing". now that some artists are becoming visible in the music world, there is a steady influx of new people on these forums asking people to give them step by step instructions so they can emulate popular artists, which annoys all the people who spent years learning these things on their own.

chiptune isn't like guitar center: there are no sales people telling you "you need this or that easy-to-use $500 product to make chiptune and some monster cables." it is a sound aesthetic, and therefore requires one to explore what it is for themselves.

thats probably the best information i can give

760

(84 replies, posted in General Discussion)

for common terms like daw and tracker, google is your friend

as for "how to make chiptune", there are many many many ways, all of them with specific advantages and disadvantages depending on what exactly you want to do. with most of these options there are pretty steep learning curves attached,  and hardware investments to be made, so do some research, listen to artists associated with the different systems/methods, and play with a bunch of techniques before you go all band style

as for anamanaguchi, the reason their music is awesome and notable isn't just that they "used chiptune sounds with a band", it's that they are EXPERT LEVEL tracker musicians... combined with an awesome band. It's something that takes a lot of time. their method, I believe, is that Peter (or occasionally someone else) writes a ballin ass track in famitracker (NES tracker software for PC) and then they load that track onto a powerpak NES cart (a special NES flash cartridge) for live performance. and they they play, as a band, along with the NES track, triggering different song changes and various things using the NES controller.

this works for them really well, because unlike using VSTs or just loading "chiptune-esque" samples into a keyboard, they get all of the sonic details that makes chiptune "chiptune": bends, slides, phasing, tons of channel changes, intricate noise channel effects, etc., rather than just "band playing with square wave keyboard sounds".

eh, food for thought

BAD ASS

SENT! 

I just checked the artist list and this comp is going to rule.

HMMM. well i have a few random new tracks im working on, and i was going to try to finish one for the compo, BUT if you need something earlier i've got plenty of tracks on deck ;]

shriker is a art badass

<------------- I know this

765

(70 replies, posted in General Discussion)

eh, i feel bad for ranting about lazy journalism... iI know these people generally have the best intentions, and if the genre is going to grow, it needs media attention, and the more sympathetic the source the better.  this kind of reporting just happens because the narrative of "omg videogame dance music" is just so easy to fall into.

maybe public perception would change a bit if "those of us who are known to interact with the media" were to make a effort to educate journalists/interviewers/viewers (in a friendly manner) on the genre distinctions. media people just want "a story about this whacky music", so usually they are pretty willing to let you (the subject) set the angle. and often if you don't, they will just ad lib with whatever their preconceptions happen to be.

so take the initiative and educate the people! be the change you can believe in! platitude platitude platitude! platitudinal beliefs. vote primate 2012.

766

(70 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Ughhh. This article proves 10k's point quote well. Why is it that so-called "nerd culture" journlists cant seem to tell the difference between chiptune (as a creative genre) and ocremix type stuff? There is hardly any "mario at a dance party" chiptune. But it doesnt help that the only comment talking about legitimate chiptune artists is referencing daft punk covers -_______-

Its like there are only two public impressions of chipmusic and they are both completely wrong somehow. There isnt really anybody in the scene that fits either of these...

Its definitely becoming more of a problem, because as media exposure grows, i feel like the people who would really enjoy our genre would be totally turned off by how it is being presented. And dont even get me started on the people who WOULD like the description.

767

(70 replies, posted in General Discussion)

10k wrote:
akira^8GB wrote:

I understand that Tom.
Just makes me a bit sad that is our "yank" hmm

It was better than going for the we-cover-real-artists-and-release-compilations-of-them-for-novelty-value angle... haha.

oooooooooh shiiiiiiiiiiiit

768

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

hah! that seems likely then. even with a decent stereo cable, the audio jack doesn't do the best job for capturing full range audio (should that be your goal) and will probably only capture mono. BUT you can get pretty good sound on the cheap.

unless you want to throw in some bucks for a preramp or snazzy audio interface, you probably want some sort of analogue to digital converter or external sound card. I've used this thing a lot and it's like $20 or something: http://www.google.com/products/catalog? … CHgQ8gIwAQ

it's like 4 audio inputs on a single USB dongle. pretty legit. then just get a 1/8" to stereo RCA and you are set bro