Also, one of my dad's employees, my brother, and I, hacked some really evil stuff into the voices on the Tandy 1000 RLX demo... we don't have it anymore of course 
1,217 Mar 27, 2011 4:46 am
Re: Tandy 1000 (9 replies, posted in Other Vintage Computers & Consoles)
1,218 Mar 27, 2011 4:45 am
Re: Tandy 1000 (9 replies, posted in Other Vintage Computers & Consoles)
My first MIDI PC was a Tandy 1000 (of some kind) that was handed down to me; both my father and my brother worked in Radio Shack stores at the time. I never programmed its beeper, though, I played the adlib part of SoundBlaster and my FM synth (and later, Boss drum machine) from Voyetra Sequencer.
1,219 Mar 24, 2011 7:54 pm
Re: Bands using the same band name as you. (193 replies, posted in General Discussion)
There are several people with the same name as me in the music business as a whole, to a point that I wanted a stage name throughout the 90's ("but your real name is so cool!") This also does interesting things to my credit report on a regular basis because the beaureaus can't be bothered to cross reference or double check anything but I digress.
I usually have one or two links on the first page when I google for "chunter," that's good enough for me.
1,220 Mar 15, 2011 5:18 am
Re: Just to set things straight (6 replies, posted in General Discussion)
inb4 thread closed
1,221 Mar 14, 2011 1:45 am
Re: Music Influences (57 replies, posted in General Discussion)
8-Bit-Rex wrote:
chunter wrote:Porcupine Tree
+1
I "found" Porcupine Tree through the Spock's Beard, Flower Kings, Dream Theater, Transatlantic, IQ (UK band), Marillion "New Progressive Rock" thing. Though the similarities with Pink Floyd are obvious, I think Porcupine Tree is something a little bit different from all of that and very good.
1,222 Mar 13, 2011 8:55 pm
Re: Music Influences (57 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Resistor wrote:
There were some links, but youtube is a pain.
It took me an hour and a half to compile that! Here's what they all are in order and I'll leave it to the observer to google them:
Phil Collins
The Police
Icehouse (band from Australia)
Harry Chapin (late folk-pop singer)
Walt Kelly's Pogo (comic strip)
Midnight Oil
Pet Shop Boys
Kraftwerk
Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind (anime movie, I really wanted to post the ending but that bit will do)
Orb
Model 500
U2 (here, the Zoo TV tour specifically)
Le Petit Prince (self-illustrated children's book)
Pizzicato Five
Fumitaka Anzai demonstrating how he recorded a BGM cue from anime Urusei Yatsura
Edan (the only YT link that's just the song with no real video)
Saint Etienne
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (series of books)
Daft Punk
Gorillaz (here, 19-2000 from the first album, believe it or not, I like the newer stuff less)
Rilo Kiley (here, playing a song they used to play a lot when I would go see them around 2001. Climax is around 3min.)
Porcupine Tree
Perfume (Japanese sister group)
There are a lot of things I cut out over the course of that hour, and if I felt like spending another hour at it I'd take out a lot of the vocal stuff and substitute more instrumental (I can't believe I left out YMO) and since the OP said "non-chip influences" all the VGM stuff I could name was not considered.
1,223 Mar 11, 2011 10:11 pm
Re: JAPAN!!! (88 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Indeed, thanks for this.
1,224 Mar 11, 2011 3:22 am
Re: Music Influences (57 replies, posted in General Discussion)
I thought I had answered this one already, and for many, some of these answers will be obvious:
I have more than a few guilty pleasures... the truth is that there are too many to mention! Bonus points to anybody that can find a connection in all this stuff....
1,225 Mar 11, 2011 12:46 am
Re: How to promote your music/yourself? (82 replies, posted in General Discussion)
TraceKaiser wrote:
Part of the reason I do consider the tracks demos (other than the rough recording obviously) is that I almost constantly evolve my songs.
When I wrote songs with words, we had a principle best expressed in Q & A form:
Q: When is a song considered absolutely finished?
A: Never.
It doesn't matter if you record it for global release on OMG Records and your song plays every five minutes on every radio and television station in the whole world and on the moon too, you maintain the right to alter, add parts to, or delete parts from anything you create at any time you please. I can provide actual tips and exercises regarding doing this and freeing yourself from the "this song is done forever" box if anyone is interested, but that should go in a different thread about composing.
1,226 Mar 10, 2011 8:49 pm
Re: How to promote your music/yourself? (82 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Get to know the promoters at your local venues; finding out who the promoter is and developing raport with them takes practice and can't really be taught. Try to play where your music will be understood and liked, and once you have an idea of who is listening, try to visit venues these people will like and avoid venues that they dislike.
1,227 Mar 9, 2011 6:18 pm
Re: How to promote your music/yourself? (82 replies, posted in General Discussion)
I still consider myself stuck at #3.
1,228 Mar 7, 2011 2:39 am
Re: Nintendo Zapper (9 replies, posted in Nintendo Consoles)
From the justfuckinggoogleit department:
http://stefanpn.blogspot.com/2010/12/ne … pc_07.html
1,229 Mar 4, 2011 3:07 pm
Re: How do I get my final track louder? (25 replies, posted in Audio Production)
Google "loudness war"
Also if your master is at -INF you don't have to worry about your music offending anyone, or SoundCloud ruining your tune's epic entrance by showing the peaks (since the waveform will look like a line.)
Seriously though, the volume column is there for a reason, so don't forget to use it!
1,230 Mar 1, 2011 6:37 pm
Re: HOW TO MAKE CHIP MUSIC (48 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Wait, you're supposed to turn the volume down!?
1,231 Mar 1, 2011 6:31 pm
Re: winter chip six on battleofthebits.org (5 replies, posted in General Discussion)
bump because anyone with a botb account can vote
1,232 Mar 1, 2011 3:29 am
Re: RPM2011 (31 replies, posted in Collaborations)
I'm gonna leave this here http://chipmusic.org/forums/post/58378/#p58378