music produced while eating chips

qb wrote:

If it doesn't sound like chiptune then it isn't.

love this quote

so my minimal tech stuff made in nanoloop 2 isn't chiptune because it doesn't have pure pulse waves and arps everywhere big_smile

I sent stuff to cheapbeats last year but it wasn't up to their standard sad admittedly I submitted my first lsdj/nanoloop tracks and these are full prog compostions so.. I'll try again when I have something *really* good..

Hey chip people, just a quick question regarding labels. I'm working on some super ridiculous progressive rock/metal, and while it doesn't 100% fit within the world of chiptunes, it's composed almost entirely in Renoise and features some chip/demoscene inspired lead sounds. I'm going to submit a track to the chiptunes = win compilation for this year, but I'm not counting on being selected.

Anyway, are there any labels, other than Ubiktune, who release chip-related music that is more on the progressive side? I've already attempted to contact Ubiktune (through facebook messages, because there is no "contact us" page on their website tongue ).

I already release through bandcamp, but would just like the extended exposure that a label would provide. I'm really not good at promoting my own music!

Teenage Engineering products are a good inspiration for me lately. Also my latest micro-setup (gameboy micro w/nanoloop, pocket operators, patchblocks) is highly dynamic and somehow more inspiring than my monomachine..

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danimal cannon wrote:

trivia: Halo of Dust is this track http://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/6965/ … music-500/

I didn't win, my loss was this albums gain, and officially I think it was the first track written for the album, way before Parallel Processing was done

nice. I'm planning to do something similar with the chipwin comp; I don't expect to be selected for it but hopefully the track I submit will be a good start on writing prog stuff again for a new album—it's been over three years since I've written any prog songs, but people like you and Tuberz McGee are getting me interested in writing prog again..

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freezedream wrote:

Square Sounds Festival, Melbourne 2016!

Video footage courtesy of xspheric.

d-_-b

loved your set, one of the highlights of the festival for sure!


here's one of mine from last year:

Cool! Yeah I've got a few pedals that I've been meaning to demo, so once I get the time (currently planning a house move) I might get started on some videos.

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oh man, I'm only on track 2 and it's blowing my mind.

I really need to write more prog stuff..

Great idea! I just got a gopro for making youtube videos, so maybe I'll start doing something similar.

I managed to find one of these on ebay for $100AU, can't wait to get it and have a play! I think it'll come in handy for my minimal tech sound design stuff.

Thanks again for the tip! big_smile

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thanks much!

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ah nice, I was wondering where the most appropriate place was to post my nanoloop 2 Ministry cover

https://soundcloud.com/0f-digital/you-k … t-you-are/

big_smile

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JaffaCakeMexica wrote:

disabling interpolation? I hadn't thought of that. sounds like a good idea.

it's the first thing anyone should do in a sample based tracker imo. I *always* turn it off, even for high quality samples in Renoise, mostly because I like aliasing artifacts.

Coming from being a FT2 user between 1996 and 2002 (and then moving on to Buzz/Modplug/Renoise), I naturally prefer Milky over Fami, just for flexibility of samples. But as others have said, each has its own specific positive and negative points!

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http://bennvenn.myshopify.com/products/ … riter-gen2
Oh wait sold out. Hopefully he makes more soon though..

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hoffman_iv wrote:

On a final note, it doesn't matter how good your stuff is: if you don't have someone to help promote and push it, it's practically impossible to break ground by yourself. Well, unless you want to be spending all of your time promoting your stuff instead of making more music. I'd rather be doing more of the latter and leave the legwork to someone who's in the business of doing that.

yeah, that's pretty much the sole reason why I want to get my music out on a label. I don't care about making money, I just want to push my stuff out there with the hope of getting some international shows (or even headline shows here in AU) out of it.
Unfortunately my latest style is probably a bit too minimal for chiptune labels, which is making me think I just shouldn't try to market it as chiptune, and send demos to some minimal tech labels instead.

Or I'll just give up and start my own damn label, releasing anything as long as it's minimal and repetitive big_smile