do a free how-to-chiptune workshop. it works very well if you want to built a scene. also, if you have the resources put on a festival/meetup weekend where you invite all known nz chiptuners (and maybe some friends from australia/indonesia/malaysia) to come.
721 Aug 14, 2010 1:20 pm
Re: Got any tips for boosting the chip scene in your area? (52 replies, posted in General Discussion)
722 Aug 12, 2010 12:39 pm
Re: AY-RIDERS: "ATARIDERS" new album (Atari covers) (6 replies, posted in Releases)
omfg a new ay riders release after 3 years!!!
and it's full of oldschool greatness!!!!!!!! i have a feeling this is going to be my favourite ay riders album. 
edit: hey yerz, why didn't you make a track for this?
723 Aug 8, 2010 4:54 pm
Re: famitracker 0.3.5 beta out (7 replies, posted in Nintendo Consoles)
since nobody has posted it here yet, i thought i'd let everybody know that famitracker 0.3.5. stable is out. also if you sniff through the ft forums you might find the link to the 0.3.6. beta (nothing new to see there, just a couple more bugfixes)
724 Aug 8, 2010 4:49 pm
Re: KR043 - DIVAG – ATARI EVIL CIRCUS (10 replies, posted in Releases)
mon dieu... excellent stuff! also great move to include the snd files, will definately check them out. only thing i'm not really happy with is the mastering. i think eat_rabbit overdid it a bit. too clean, too much reverb, doesn't really do justice to the ym's roughness. 'nuff said, now get downloadin' people, quality stuff like this is rare on the web.
725 Aug 4, 2010 2:09 pm
Re: YERZMYEY - "XL DIGITAL" for Atari fans and MOD music fans. (12 replies, posted in Releases)
a must-download for oldschool ravers (and for everybody else as well).
726 Aug 4, 2010 2:06 pm
Re: [BERLIN, GER - Jul 29-31] Micromusic Get Together #2 (5 replies, posted in Past Events)
glad you guys liked it 
727 Jul 26, 2010 1:22 pm
Re: Voxel - Exile (1-bit music album) (4 replies, posted in Releases)
like it, though i knew half of the tracks already. will check out the tap version as well, it should sound a little different, right?
728 Jul 26, 2010 1:20 pm
Re: Famicompo Mini Vol. 7 (14 replies, posted in Nintendo Consoles)
damn, it's all japanese...
729 Jul 26, 2010 1:19 pm
Re: Favorite Punk, Hardcore, Grind, etc... (39 replies, posted in General Discussion)
IAYD wrote:
10k
that. also i like 80s german neo-punk such as A+P or United Balls and punk from former GDR (east germany) such as Schleimkeim or l'Attentat.
730 Jul 23, 2010 2:31 pm
Re: WIKIPEDIA definitions for chiptune and fakebit (49 replies, posted in Constructive Criticism)
and how come "8-bit (music)" redirects to "chiptune"??? i think 8-bit is a totally different story. chiptune can refer to the tech side of things as well as to a certain style, whereas 8-bit is a completely instrumentation/tech-related term.
731 Jul 23, 2010 1:00 pm
Re: WIKIPEDIA definitions for chiptune and fakebit (49 replies, posted in Constructive Criticism)
and i always thought fakebit was just a meme...
as for the chiptune article, it doesn't seem to be very precise and it's missing a lot of information as it is now. for example, i don't see any reference to the origins of the word, which was coined in the amiga scene, if i recall correctly.
732 Jul 20, 2010 3:27 pm
Re: WATCH BR1GHT PR1MATE TOTALLY SELL OUT ON NATIONAL TV (176 replies, posted in Past Events)
in the end you can't really make an argument of commercial vs political/underground chiptune. both concepts exist as result of the chip music scene getting more mature over the years. just like punk music, which has been commercialized to death over and over again, and still there's a huge non-commercial scene which has little connection with the mainstream whatsoever, kept alive by political activists and all sorts of people who like to do stuff for fun, not for the money.
the problems start where commercial and underground scenes start to compete against each other. i've been told that in sweden it's a bit like this nowadays, with different organizers fighting each other, but generally i don't see that kind of problem. i mean br1ght pr1mate come here to discuss about these things openly with the community. things can't get much better than that.
anyway, i'm not a fan of commercial music in general, and if someone comes here to promote their latest iphone crapp or some overpriced release i'll probably make a negative statement about it. in fact i'm a strong supporter of the "political" side of things, but i do respect people's decision to chose a different path as long as they respect mine. and once you decide to go commercial, it doesn't really make a difference whether it's fox, cnn or mtv. of course fox is really really evil, but so is the whole music industry. plus even fox can't withstand a good media guerilla action. and looking at some of the audience's respnonsens i don't actually know who got owned by whom in this particular case.
bla bla blah...
733 Jul 18, 2010 10:29 pm
Re: Wonderswan Music (19 replies, posted in Other Vintage Computers & Consoles)
ppmck supports the wonderswan if i recall correctly, and so does xpmck.
the sound is 4 more or less digital channels, stereo sound + a piezo beeper.
official japanese hp says sound was improved for the wonderswan color.
from cygne emulator help file:
Specifications:
4 Audio channels.
Each channel can play short samples ( 4 bit , 16 bytes ( 32 sampels = 2 samples in byte (bits 0-3 and 4-7))
with selectable frequency = 3,072 *10e6 / ((2048 - N) x 32 ) Hz , where N = 11 bit value.
Location of that samples is unknown.
Volume of each audio channle is controlled by writing two 4 bit values ( for left/right output
channel) into ports $88 - $8B. Master volume is controlled by port $91
(2 bit value = first 'used' bit in master volume output (11 bit wide) , D/A converter can
read only 8 bits , starting from bit set in port $91 , for example if first 'used' bit
is set to 2 , D/A using bits 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 for audio output)
Additional (selectable) functions :
- channel 2 - voice - can play 8 bit samples writing frequently data to ch2 volume I/O port
- channel 3 - sweep - two parameters:
- step = 2.667 x (N + 1) ms , where N = 5 bit value
- value - signed byte (-128 - 127)
- channel 4 - noise - 7 selectable noise generators (probably I/O port $8E)
- $80 - $00 - Audio 1 Freq
- $81 - $00 - ^^^
- $82 - $00 - Audio 2 Freq
- $83 - $00 - ^^^
- $84 - $00 - Audio 3 Freq
- $85 - $00 - ^^^
- $86 - $00 - Audio 4 Freq
- $87 - $00 - ^^^
- $88 - $00 - Audio 1 volume
- $89 - $00 - Audio 2 volume
- $8A - $00 - Audio 3 volume
- $8B - $00 - Audio 4 volume
- $8C - $00 - ?? Sweep value
- $8D - $1F - ?? Sweep step
- $8E - $00 - Noise control
Bits :
0 - Noise generator type
1 - ^^^
2 - ^^^
3 - Reset
4 - Enable
5 - ???
6 - ???
7 - ???
- $8F - $00 - Sample location
To get the address of samples, shift this value left 6 times.
0 00xxxxxx xx000000
- $90 - $00 - Audio control
Bits:
0 - Audio 1 on/off
1 - Audio 2 on/off
2 - Audio 3 on/off
3 - Audio 4 on/off
4 - ???
5 - Audio 2 Voice
6 - Audio 3 Sweep
7 - Audio 4 Noise
- $91 - $00 - Audio Output
Bits :
0 - Mono
1 - Output Volume
2 - ^^^
3 - External Stereo
4 - ???
5 - ???
6 - ???
7 - External Speaker (set by hardware)
- $92 - $00 - Noise Counter Shift Register (15 bits)
- $93 - $00 - ^^^
- $94 - $00 - Volume (4 bit)
EDIT: also check out this utility: http://php.nm.land.to/ and this one: http://homepage1.nifty.com/~sha_w/
and also this source: http://homepage1.nifty.com/~sha_w/wtd/
btw google translation tools and japanese websites will be your best friends in this quest, mighty chiptune warrior.
734 Jul 13, 2010 1:52 pm
Topic: [BERLIN, GER - Jul 29-31] Micromusic Get Together #2 (5 replies, posted in Past Events)
shitty flyer, but massive party:
.
29.-31.07.2010 - MICROMUSIC GET-TOGETHER #2 at SCHERER8, BERLIN
PROGRAM
29.7. 8 pm MMG WarmUp
Video & Demo Night. free entry / Eintritt frei.
30.7. 8 pm HAPPY NIGHT
Melodic & Technoid Chipmusic with Culomono, Epichunt, Flavio, G0dlike, Kenobit, Low Bit Revolte, Mash!Productions, STereochan, Tom Woxom
31.7. 3:30 pm WORKSHOP
Do Your Own Chiptune free entry / Eintritt frei.
31.7. 8 pm CRAZY NIGHT
8bit All Styles with arottenbit, Creutzfeld Jacky, flashbob, irrlicht project, Mat64 vs pira666, Midi Man, Secret Lab, Stern Fucking Zeit, traxxköter
UPDATES AND LAST MINUTE LINEUP CHANGES HERE.
735 Jul 10, 2010 7:10 pm
Re: Do you still use your C64 for games as well as music? (22 replies, posted in General Discussion)
that's probably the most drugged up c64 game i've ever seen.
736 Jul 10, 2010 7:08 pm
Re: Generative/Procedural music (49 replies, posted in Collaborations)
somewhat related:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science_and_ … 579512.stm
Scientists and composers have produced a new choral work in which singers sing parts of their own genetic code.