433 Reply by Solarbear

(197 replies, posted in Past Events)

roboctopus wrote:
Solarbear wrote:

Another good reason to go to BRK?

Planning on having a sweet lunch at a local dive with the artists on Saturday. Everyone is invited. Come dine on awesome sammiches with the best!

*Pricks up ears* Awesome sammiches, you say?

OMG, we have this place actually called "The Soup Kitchen". It's the fucking shit. A little expensive, tho...

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434 Reply by Solarbear

(197 replies, posted in Past Events)

Another good reason to go to BRK?

Planning on having a sweet lunch at a local dive with the artists on Saturday. Everyone is invited. Come dine on awesome sammiches with the best!

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435 Reply by Solarbear

(235 replies, posted in General Discussion)

danimal cannon wrote:

Work and gf. That's literally it. I think my gf killed my social life lol

I feel you. X_x

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436 Reply by Solarbear

(33 replies, posted in General Discussion)

1. How long have you been making chiptunes?

6 Months

2. What inspired you to begin creating your own music?

Oh gosh, I've been writing for awhile... I guess, playing in the school orchestra and listening to the epic tunes in the old Final Fantasy games.

3. What do you personally use to produce chiptunes (Hardware and Software)?

LSDJ and 1 DMG Gameboy. I've done 2xLSDJ before, but I don't like it as much.

4. What genre of music (besides chip) inspires you the most?

Progressive Metal and Funk are kinda tied.

5. What do you know about music theory? Have you ever taken a formal music class?

I know quite a bit... BECAUSE I have taken music classes.

6. What do you reccomend for someone who would like to begin making chiptunes (tutorials, software, hardware, online resources)?

The best advice is joining a site like chipmusic.org and noisechannel.org

7. Do you perform at any live shows?

All the time.

7.a. If so, Where?

Anywhere I can. I've played little game shops for 20 people, mid-size venues for about 75 and larger opener gigs for any number of people!

7.b. What's your motivation to perform live?

It's all about the live performance, for me. It's my favorite part of being a musician.

7.c. What kind of gear do you use at your shows?

Just my mixer and my gameboy. (....and the cables, of course.)

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437 Reply by Solarbear

(193 replies, posted in General Discussion)

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Solar … 5533560645

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438 Reply by Solarbear

(193 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Better,

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439 Reply by Solarbear

(193 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Aeros wrote:

son of a bitch

That's not a band. >_>

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440 Reply by Solarbear

(193 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Dos wrote:

Oops

I think I saw these guys opening for In Flames.

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441 Reply by Solarbear

(98 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

roboctopus wrote:

Sometimes I *like* that 50% pulse d00d.  Don't hate on the 50%!

25% is where it's at, btw

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442 Reply by Solarbear

(89 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Auxcide wrote:

*brain overload*

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443 Reply by Solarbear

(98 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

an0va wrote:

I just throw enough effect commands/tables on it so so it makes me look like i actually know what i'm doing


On an aside, though: It's important to remember song writing. If someone writes a beautiful melody and chord structure with just a stagnant 50% pulse width I totally won't hold it against him (or her!). But at least throw some Vxx/4xx on that shit AMIRITE

express yoself!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u31FO_4d9TY&ob=av2e

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444 Reply by Solarbear

(89 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Whoa. What just happened?

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445 Reply by Solarbear

(12 replies, posted in General Discussion)

You can upvote it on reddit:
http://redd.it/sp09x
(Upvote it on reddit. It'll make you get more handy j's from the opposite sex.)

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446 Reply by Solarbear

(98 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

I don't want to spoil his thunder.... but I may have heard some unreleased Roboctopus with samples like you wouldn't fucking believe....

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447 Reply by Solarbear

(26 replies, posted in Circuit Bending)

celsius wrote:
Screamforme99 wrote:

Dude just go on evilbay and buy all those fucked up DMGs and practice!

This is terrible advice for someone who knows nothing about electronics. I would suggest meeting up with some like minded people with whom you can ask beginner questions. Also, be very safety concious. I don't know where you live but try http://dorkbot.org/

At least you could go along to one of their sessions and have a chat to some folks.

Funny story. I bought 3 DMGs from around town and fucking soldered over the pins in all of them... so until I learn to use desoldering wick, they're useless. So, uh, yeah.... Follow Celsius on this one, haha.

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448 Reply by Solarbear

(89 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Well, now let's put this to bed. The bottom number in a time signature dictates the size beat on which the upper number is counted. Our options being: 1, 2, 4, 8, or 16 (No one uses 16.... but, you totally can). That's because we divide notation by halves, where a 1 on the bottom would denote a "whole" note as the note to be counted upon.

Now, I suppose one could argue that you could count on "triplets", but time signatures do not account for triplets, as one would just say 3/4 or 3/8 and so forth.

As for swing, this doesn't actually affect the time signature in any way, as all the notes will still add up in length to the number of beats we are counting (which is the top number of a signature)

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