641 Reply by chunter

(2 replies, posted in Constructive Criticism)

Please read these first:
http://www.8bitbrawl.com/index.php?topic=46.0
http://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/9050/ … ng-advice/

as most of my general suggestions are early in those threads.

DMC vs DU sounds fine, PHF could use some compressor to give a sense of attack to the beginning of your notes, but I think both songs sound like they should. If they don't meet your desires, feel free to ask about specific details.

ADHD sounds like an incomplete song, and 99 bugs could use a hotter level (except the vocal) and slightly more stereo spread to match the others. You can't "master" until your arrangement and mix are finished.

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642 Reply by chunter

(35 replies, posted in General Discussion)

I  use CDRs because the stereo in my car doesn't have an aux port, but I haven't bought a CD since 2008 or earlier.

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643 Reply by chunter

(6 replies, posted in Releases)

Made a topic for these in 8 bit brawl.

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644 Reply by chunter

(81 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Besides snips of things here and there, I do most of my recreational listening in the car, and I'm afraid my commute is short. Here are some listens since 2013 started; bearing in mind that I've been looking outside for inspiration lately...

Bill Frisell (and other jazz and blues guitarists, to study how my articulation and sustain ought to sound)
Yeasayer
Ghost Beach
Art of Noise
FALL (an UTAU and Vocaloid producer)

and of course other little bits I'm shown when I'm home, particularly when people ask about their works in progress or put things in my social timelines. The more I work on music, the less time I find for listening, which can make it tougher to explore sounds. I wonder how typical this predicament is, and hope people don't think I'm being cold for admitting such a thing.

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645 Reply by chunter

(41 replies, posted in General Discussion)

I got bored of lack of dynamics in LSDJ works and mostly abandoned DS-10 for reasons already mentioned. My suggestion is to use the volume pot to introduce a softness that game boys can't make without also introducing noise.

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646 Reply by chunter

(213 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Doing your own thing is always an option, since it should've been the reason you became involved in the first place.

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647 Reply by chunter

(11 replies, posted in Nintendo Consoles)

@little-scale: World class tones, exactly my point, well done!

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648 Reply by chunter

(11 replies, posted in Nintendo Consoles)

I would respect someone who made something good from an inaccurate chip on purpose, if you want to consider that a challenge. Wouldn't spend money on purpose though.

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649 Reply by chunter

(12 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.

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650 Reply by chunter

(7 replies, posted in Releases)

Was just thinking about him, nice to see new stuff as always.

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651 Reply by chunter

(430 replies, posted in General Discussion)

There's something contradictory about the last few posts but I think the moral is, don't complain that you're not meeting people if you aren't trying to meet people. Correct me if I'm wrong.

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652 Reply by chunter

(25 replies, posted in General Discussion)

India and Indonesia are quite a distance apart...

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653 Reply by chunter

(100 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Ie the DeviantArt analogy, nobody looks at a few preteen scrawlings and then says "all art sucks."

This article is relevant but not my opinion http://stephencorwin.com/blog/?p=97

When the "only" criteria for being chipmusic is the instrumentation, there is going to be clashing over quality and genre. Learning to find what appeals takes time.

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654 Reply by chunter

(25 replies, posted in General Discussion)

The Chiptune scene in India is named Makunda, author of IT2NSF and other fine tools.

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655 Reply by chunter

(52 replies, posted in Nintendo Consoles)

Didn't Cave Story take six years? Just saying

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656 Reply by chunter

(59 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Don't forget that answer is 42. The point is that when you're looking for answers, sometimes you may not understand the meaning of the question, or are asking the wrong question in the first place.

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