385 Reply by boomlinde

(69 replies, posted in Audio Production)

subPixel wrote:

Nice.  What's the process like with those adapters?  There's no actual tape, so it's just a stationary magnetized strip, right?  I wonder if that holds onto that "tape sound" or if it just functions like running out of a board as 1/4" the and back in with an XLR adapter.

Well, you won't get any fluttering or tape wear effects out of it, but it will be quite noisy, and you'll get some interesting distortion if you push the gain a bit. I'd say that it won't replace bouncing to tape if you are into that particular sound, but it is a good way to add some lo-fi color.

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386 Reply by boomlinde

(17 replies, posted in Graphics, Artwork & Design)

Oh, man, it looks good! I'm afraid I can't play it, though.

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387 Reply by boomlinde

(235 replies, posted in General Discussion)


Me attending local demo meeting

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388 Reply by boomlinde

(26 replies, posted in Circuit Bending)

Sometimes I don't know what people are talking about when they use specific terms and what not.

As long as the terms are specific, I don't see a reason not to look them up yourself. I'll give you a hint and tell you that a good start with circuit bending is to open a battery operated toy and start shorting things until it sounds cool. It's really basic and you don't need any electronics experience!

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389 Reply by boomlinde

(69 replies, posted in Audio Production)

You can get those MP3 player/audio cassette combos from dealextreme. Speaking of which, those cassettes with a line in cable are good for turning old cassette players into cheap overdrives/equalizers/MEGA BASS things.

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390 Reply by boomlinde

(235 replies, posted in General Discussion)

I play a lot of different instruments and jam with friends, make C64 demos and play around with old computers. I am currently a programmer by profession. I'm a university dropout, but I intend to finish that some day.

EDIT: Hello 6965832838_0114a8d603.jpg want to go for a coffee?

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391 Reply by boomlinde

(1,383 replies, posted in Sega)

PULSELOOPER wrote:
Rei Yano wrote:

(some sport game nobody plays or something probably)

already got one: ayrton senna's super monaco gp II

I was at a friend's house the other day and found out he'd gutted a Super Monaco GP cart to put a flash cart inside. So had I.

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392 Reply by boomlinde

(41 replies, posted in Audio Production)

patawic wrote:

theres really no particular reason as to why im using cubase, Its just a DAW that i know my way around and is quite easy to operate (in my opinion).

Yeah, but what I mean is that even if you find Cubase to have been easy for you so far, it might not be the best tool for the job. Manually plotting arpeggio chords in a piano roll has its ups and downs, I guess, but there are some things you might want to do where for example a tracker effect column is a lot quicker than an automation curve. Particularly when working with exact timing, ornaments, vibrato and glissando (something you'll find in a lot of chip music) I've found trackers to be superior to Fruityloops (which I would otherwise use. Version 3, to be fair big_smile), while it's much easier for me to get a good overview and write harmonies and counterpoint in piano rolls.

So yes, it all depends on what you do. Cubase could be the best tool for what you want to achieve, especially since you already know how to use it, but on the other hand, judging from your questions, learning some other tool like Renoise, Milkytracker or schism tracker might be worth the initial effort. There are also some trackers oriented around specific pieces of hardware like Famitracker for NES, but personally I think Milkytracker is a perfect way to learn the ropes.

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393 Reply by boomlinde

(41 replies, posted in Audio Production)

I think you'll jump through all kinds of hoops like this if you want to make somewhat authentic sounding chipmusic with Cubase, but if you really feel like it, keep at it! A good idea is to at least download a tracker and some music to look at to learn some of the techniques you'll probably want to mimic.

At 150 BPM, assuming a ~60 Hz NTSC tick rate, an arpeggio note would typically be 1/96 (which is also true for 50 Hz PAL at 125 BPM), and for 150 BPM PAL, the note would be 1/80. I think that the length of the arpeggio notes are the least of your concerns though. With Cubase you have the power to pick any rate that sounds good.

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394 Reply by boomlinde

(31 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

To get rid of sound over the nyquist frequency, you have to filter as much as possible above half of the sample rate out before it's digitized. Most soundcards do this, though, so I don't think that any problem you might have relates to frequency folding.

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395 Reply by boomlinde

(189 replies, posted in General Discussion)

I'm not sure why it's called a limitation if it enhances your creativity. If you argue that they are technical limitations, it's still far beyond what any human mind can conceive (in a protracker song there are hundreds of thousands of bits of music data to change before you run out of original music). At best I'll just say that some of these tools have inspiring properties that are different but not in any way inferior to, say, Reason/Logic/Cubasetc. The bottleneck is still the composer. Computers are better than you.

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396 Reply by boomlinde

(49 replies, posted in General Discussion)

I keep doing it even if I hate it with every fibre of my being. I am the 53%.

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397 Reply by boomlinde

(22 replies, posted in Releases)

Yeah, it is good!

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398 Reply by boomlinde

(14 replies, posted in Graphics, Artwork & Design)

Is it possible to do SRAM transfer from the GB camera using an "e-merger" backup system?

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399 Reply by boomlinde

(58 replies, posted in General Discussion)

0.1c per 50 hz frame of music

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400 Reply by boomlinde

(29 replies, posted in Commodore Computers)

Yep, it's a ICSP header (in-circuit serial programming). If you don't intend to program the PIC while it's on-board I guess you could leave it out. The chip is of course a 6581; with all the 65xx things in these boxes he got it jumbled up smile. If you replace the DC-DC coupler and filter caps you can most likely put an 8580 on it instead. Good luck!

About the boards, they are still here and collecting dust, and no one seems interested in working on gathering part kits for them at the moment. I regret having announced this so early, because this project will probably have to take a natural hobby course without any set dates. Those who have expressed interest will be kept updated either here or if you send me a mail (actually, a list of interested people would probably be a good kick in the butt for everyone involved).

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