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(32 replies, posted in General Discussion)

I've written a song that's 14 minutes long, however, that's not typical for me.  Most of my songs fall into the 5-7 minute range, but I've also written a few songs that are under 2 minutes in length. 

In a nutshell, I don't like to set limits, some songs need to be long and some songs need to be short.

When reading your initial description I thought it was a SID with a dead primary voice, but I see you're able to get sound out of the diagnostics test.  so, I was obviously wrong. 

Your steps seem correct to me.  This might be a long shot, but have you tried cleaning the cart slot of the C64 and the pins on the MSSIAH cart?

Anyway, good luck!

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(24 replies, posted in Nintendo Consoles)

I don't really have the tech skills to help with this, but I'm very excited about this project.  Any estimates on the price of a cart once this is finished?

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(1,620 replies, posted in General Discussion)

TetrisEffect wrote:
kineticturtle wrote:

Tetris Effect that setup is a delight! I'm always envious of these rig photos with lots of natural light. Always seems like a beautiful and creative space!

Thanks
im very lucky to live where i do, here's a look at whats out the window...

36° 59.347' S
174° 28.288' E

Nice!

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(1 replies, posted in Motion Graphics)

These are pretty cool. 

If you want to make some videos with Conquer Monster music take anything you want from our soundcloud.

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(2 replies, posted in Releases)

Great release!

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(15 replies, posted in Commodore Computers)

Thanks for this.  I've always heard they were different, but this shows how different they really are.

The Laohu wrote:

Dustfilledhobo, if you are interested, this thread may be more relevant: http://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/10618 … promoters/

And I've found that indieonthemove.com does a lot of what the OP mentioned, but on a much broader scale than just metal.

Thanks for the link!

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(676 replies, posted in General Discussion)

NoyemiK wrote:

Hey guys, I'm Noyemi K.! I'm a freelancer normally but my passion is writing music for japanese home PCs.

My chip stuff is usually for Sharp X1, PC-8801 or PC-9801.

It all works on real hardware, too! I use MML and compile my music into playable little sound programs using KAJA's PMD compiler. I've also solved the longstanding problem westerners have creating ADPCM banks!

Welcome and thanks for sharing the video.  Your PC-98 song was rad!

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(676 replies, posted in General Discussion)

FDFoxOnly wrote:

Hi, my name is Alex, I'm from Texas. I started DJing on vinyl turntables as a hobby when I was in high school. Chip music has always held a special place in my heart, and I've always been into amateur music production. I'm working on the soundtrack for a game that is currently under development, and I decided to start implementing chiptune elements to the tracks that I'm working on as a nostalgic nod to my own and many of our target audience's childhood. I'm currently avidly working on LSDJ, although it's fairly mind-boggling right now, I'm trying to decode it and get it to work right for me.

Welcome, and keep with the LSDJ, most people fall in love with it once they get over the learning curve!

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(676 replies, posted in General Discussion)

tearauth wrote:

Hey im tearauth from the uk, recently into chiptune, ive been a band guitar/bass player for about 12 years and getting more into electronic music lately. I love the idea of modded / custom gear and a unique setup and sound

I usually go for a sort of cyberpunk style half-nostalgic and half sad style of music, so lots of ending happyish phrases with harmonic minor and turning happy/sad melodies. I am new to the gear im building up (Im currently using GBA/Midi, Goat tracker, LGPT and Sunvox). at the moment i just end up using sunvox to make samples to add into lgpt though. Im just doing some small covers at the moment to get into making stuff

heres a sample:
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1rjXuDhKOsK

Welcome and thanks for the sample!

This only appears to be geared towards metal... am I missing something?

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(8 replies, posted in Motion Graphics)

Imaginary wrote:

All kinds of junk man! I don't really have any rules. At this point it's mostly Action, Comedy, SF and Fantasy. I used to collect 80's/90's cartoons heavily, but I sold/gave almost my entire collection to a close friend who was moving across the country. He has a young son and wanted to raise him on the good stuff. Here's a little sampler of what we've been watching lately:

Usually we'll take a box out to the shop every couple of weeks and switch it for a new set.

One of the reasons I was drawn to modding chip gear was that I already had experience working on VCRs and related electronics. (On top of working on guitars and stuff.)

Sooooooooo doooooooooooope!

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(8 replies, posted in Motion Graphics)

PULSELOOPER wrote:

Thank you so much guys!

dustfilledhobo, your live video is great and so is your music.

Thanks!

smile  smile  smile  smile  smile  smile  smile  smile  smile

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(8 replies, posted in Motion Graphics)

This is cool.  Thanks for sharing.  I think the VHS aesthetic fits well with a lot of chip and chip-related music.  My band uses it a lot (we probably over use it to be honest smile ).

catskull wrote:

As much as I'd like to go, finals are killing me and I can't neglect my family two saturdays in a row. Next time for sure and good luck!

No worries.  Good luck on your finals!