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(0 replies, posted in Releases)

Get it at Bandcamp
Little Prince at chunter.info

Instrumental guitar and synthesizer music, rearranged from a song that originally appeared in Weekly Treats and two new songs.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0002ZFT … d=&sr=

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(16 replies, posted in General Discussion)

I don't think the mastering engineer gets paid either.

That's really all there is to it, though the steps are simple, in practice... you'll just have to share what you make and see what happens.

If you want to desolder all of the components of a game boy to resolder it into the form factor you prefer, more power to you.

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(2 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

This isn't what you asked, but if you are working in a DAW I suggest collecting drums from 90s workstations (like the Korg M/T/O series) and experimenting with a variety of bitcrushers.

In a sample-based tracker, you can work in 8 bits and experiment with pitches and sample rates.

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(23 replies, posted in General Discussion)

chunter wrote:

Nothing. I'm a telephone operator.

To clarify, I must give the person on the other end of the phone my undivided attention.

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(23 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Nothing. I'm a telephone operator.

marcb0t wrote:

Two of the operator orders are reversed in that one. So some sounds that you import on that won't sound exactly the same as on YM2612.

Doesn't that mean swapping through the algorithms until it sounds right will work around?

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(20 replies, posted in General Discussion)

I don't think anyone would ask me to sing on purpose (unless you want the song to sound like Pet Shop Boys faking American accents) but the offer for a speech synth vocal still stands.

SAW liked FM bass... In fact, it's easier to list acts that didn't use FM after 1986 because of how few they were. Steve Winwood used the rack mount Minimoogs, Information Society used Casio and Roland JX, though I think they sneaked in FM too, it doesn't dominate their sound as much, Icehouse had access to FM but similarly seemed to lean towards analog synths in touring, can't think of any others that wouldn't also net a "not a synths group" reply.

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(20 replies, posted in General Discussion)

nitro2k01 wrote:

If joe schmoe does his own electrical wiring in his house, is he (momentarily) an electrician?

Once the house catches fire he becomes an arsonist.

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(20 replies, posted in General Discussion)

SurfaceDragon wrote:

Hatsune Miku

Funny you mention, I was going to ask to consider a speech synth vocal, and yes, I'd program it for you as long as there is enough time.

RE: Brexit, I mean that it is unwise to complain about the cost of an unneeded item when the economy is unstable and you don't know what food, rent, and petrol will cost once things readjust.

I complained about the price of the TE when it came out, but these things have ways of sorting themselves. If you like using other ways to make the sounds, good for you.

JaffaCakeMexica wrote:

What happened? did the alys guy break out from plogue and go awol? rogue?

ALYS has been a 3-4 year dumpster fire on the Vocaloid side of things, though there are plenty of reasons for it. Finally having a publicly sold synthesizer product solves a lot of the drama, so it hasn't been a thing for a while. My interest in it is limited because I can't write songs in French.

I thought that the way it works is that you think the world owes you a living when you're younger and then when you're older you chill out and you're happy just being yourself.

Keep in mind that a few days ago, Plogue Chipsounds didn't cost £75. You chose that by failing to thwart Brexit.

Though I don't mean to get too geopolitical, the truth is you are under the influence of current events and your sense of value of anything is skewed until further notice.

I appreciate what Plogue creates, though for all the drama it's made I wish he hadn't gotten involved in the ALYS project.