17 Reply by chipocrite

(9 replies, posted in Tutorials, Mods & How-To's)

Update, if anyone was wondering: Installing the latest version of the FTDI drivers and running that first Terminal command to "unload" them, as Trash80 advised, seems to have worked fine without destroying my computer, and I'm now able to backup to my disk. If anyone knows of any potential danger of doing this.. please let me know before I find out the hard way big_smile Otherwise, it's happy backing up for me.

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18 Reply by chipocrite

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I looked a little more into that thretris tutorial, and I notice this comment from trash80:

http://thretris.blogspot.com/2009/12/ho … 7782708537

It seems that the solution might be to install FTDI comm port/USB drivers. But seeing as I'm kind of new to Macs and don't full understand exactly what he's advising... Can anyone confirm that it's safe to use those FTDI drivers and mess with Terminal and such..?

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19 Reply by chipocrite

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Sorry to dig up ancient history, but I'm having the "error opening com port" issue myself. Brand new Mac I just got a few hours ago, OS X 10.9. I've installed a few things on here so far, but I'm not sure it would be anything that would cause a conflict... Is there a solution for this?

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20 Reply by chipocrite

(13 replies, posted in General Discussion)

heheh steam

but yeah, awesome! thanks for doing this!

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21 Reply by chipocrite

(9 replies, posted in Past Events)

if you can make it to this, you probably should go. just sayin. logic.

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22 Reply by chipocrite

(159 replies, posted in General Discussion)

"sugar we're going down" by fallout boy sad

don't tell anyone sad

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23 Reply by chipocrite

(100 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Dino from Cheap Dinosaurs. He talks about it a little here:

http://datagarden.org/3150/interview-di … dinosaurs/

I personally definitely have a strong association between certain notes/chords and colors myself. I don't know if this might be associated with maybe some book or toy or something I had as a kid, but for example, D is and always has been green for me. C is yellow. A is red. G is brown. etc...

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24 Topic by chipocrite

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Sooo.. Technically this release came out in March, but I realized I never posted anything about it on here, and the latest breaking news is, physical CDs are now available! FAR OUT!!!

Alternating digital/physical cover art by Batsly "Knox Harrington" Adams and Alex Baderian.. collect all 2!

Get it on Bandcamp, where I've also written this nice little "Dude"-ifesto:

"8-Bit Lebowski: 100% Electronic” is a tribute to several seemingly unrelated entities that are, individually, quite important to me: chip music, one of the greatest films of all time, White Russians, flamenco re-arrangements of classic rock tunes, fake pornos, Kenny Rogers, and so much more. Although I originally performed these songs as a one-off live set at Lebowski Fest Philadelphia 2011, I quickly realized that taken as a whole, they actually make up quite a comprehensive little release. I feel like it really ties my discography together.

So, in honor of the movie's 15th anniversary (the very date of this EP's release!), here you have it, to listen at your own leisure, whether through your car’s tape deck (provided it’s not stolen), with your significant other (provided she’s not kidnapped) or during a chilled-out rug meditation session (provided the rug, also, is not stolen). Best of all, it’s not, ugh, techno-pop.

Entirely arranged for one Game Boy running LSDJ, “8-Bit Lebowski” is dedicated to all the Achievers out there who have faith that the bums DON’T always lose. Please, enjoy it, down through the generations, westward the wagons, across the sands of time until we — aw, look at me, I’m rambling again. I hope you abide.

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25 Reply by chipocrite

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Nick Maynard's songs are constantly yelling at me. But I love this release and you all should too. "Sam Seaborn" especially.

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26 Reply by chipocrite

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This might be a silly suggestion but it's worth a shot, because this definitely confused me for a bit. Make sure your keyboard's range or octave settings is within the Game Boy's range. With LSDJ in Keyboard mode, some of the "notes" actually send commands to LSDJ such as changing instruments, tables, etc. And obviously if the keys are out of the range of the notes the Game Boy can play, you won't hear anything. Give it a shot!

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27 Reply by chipocrite

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I'm releasing an EP of songs I covered and arranged from "The Big Lebowski" soundtrack this Wednesday, March 6! I originally performed this set as part of Lebowski Fest Philadelphia, but I've always wanted to release it, and since 3/6/13 is the movie's 15-year anniversary, the timing just seemed perfect. Here's a preview track:

https://soundcloud.com/chipocrite/8-bit … electronic

Wooo! You got a date Wednesday, baby!

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28 Reply by chipocrite

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Doomcloud couldn't make it due to being buried under foot after foot of buzzkill-inducing snow in his small Connecticut town sad He's expected to play next month instead!!

Smiletron played an awesome set in his place this month though! Videos should be up soon.

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29 Reply by chipocrite

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I know you said you're maybe more interested in kind of a smaller, custom solution, but this official case is definitely the best one I've seen:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/OFFICIAL-ORIGIN … 3cce2f5982

It doesn't take up much space at all for what it does. There's a big zippered pocket with some really nice padding for a DMG and then a separate, smaller zippered pocket that can hold four carts and maybe a cord of some kind pretty comfortably. It also looks more like maybe a camera bag than a Game Boy case, so if you're a little self-conscious about that, it's a great solution.

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30 Reply by chipocrite

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O2star wrote:
chipocrite wrote:

yah mo b there

BIG LEBOWSKI ROYALTY IN DA HOUSE.

We will be there. The ROYAL WE.

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31 Reply by chipocrite

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yah mo b there

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32 Reply by chipocrite

(48 replies, posted in General Discussion)

BeatScribe wrote:
danimal cannon wrote:

A CROSS FADE, ON AN NES.  WHAT.  0:51


complete with train wreck...

Interesting that you hear that as a trainwreck. It's actually one of my favorite NES songs, and I think it's incredibly impressive. To fit in with the theme of this thread, it's certainly bafflingly inappropriate for a video game.. When would a cross-fade that couldn't really be synched up with anything be appropriate as level background music? But as a song and a showcase of the console's sound chip, I think it's friggin' amazing.

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