129 Reply by sugar sk*-*lls

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Downstate wrote:

And the murky bits are from my multitrack i got a few months back.....gives a super nice warble to run some synth through cassette, a really old shit cassette i left in my humid, damp chinese bathroom haha
peace

i thought i heard some tape warble but didnt want to assume. hell to the jeah

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130 Reply by sugar sk*-*lls

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9H05T wrote:

I'm from Brimingham (grew up in Hoover and moved to 14th avenue south by dreamland...then spent a year in Orlando learning music engineering) and now I'm in Nashville, TN (for about 10 years...I'm an old guy smile ) working as a graphic designer. My family still lives down there

seems like there's a chip sleeper cell in n'ville.....the number of other chip peeps i've learned of in the past few months has doubled... kinda-from 3 to 6..... lolcatz

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131 Reply by sugar sk*-*lls

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um....... yes. very clean and even better: damaged. diggin all the space

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132 Reply by sugar sk*-*lls

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lolz, me programming a gameboy cartridge at 32 is no different than me tuning a bass guitar at 15 to all the same notes whilst playing harmonics into a tape player in my family's eyes-its just er "different". my mom digs it, father indifferent, brother tolerates it: will czech a gig here and there. my daughter calls me a beat master-superlolz...and my sweet heart 4 evs shakes her ass off to it. win all around i guess. helps that im "smart" but hurts im not a "doctor" yet..... typical hobby vs passion thing. win or lose, i dont think the fam's opinion ever changes......

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133 Reply by sugar sk*-*lls

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4mat wrote:

With chipmusic if you have interpolation switched off you do need a pretty high kps to avoid a lot of compression artifacts, probably more so than with traditional music. (rather ironic) Personally when using mp3 I go for CBR and 320kps.   An alternative free codec is CELT, it's not well supported yet but offers pretty good playback at low ratios.

ahh cool.....and werd. i know nothing of interpolation, dithering and such. yeah the nature of timbres in chip is a tricky beast.

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134 Reply by sugar sk*-*lls

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PlainFlavored wrote:

In terms of lossless compression, the best general-purpose algorithm is usually LZMA.

werds. thanks for the tip, will explore.

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135 Topic by sugar sk*-*lls

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So im curious, what settings and file types does everyone prefer or seem to find offers the best preservation of quality when needing to downgrade file sizes?

For example my gear set up these days is extremely spartan, i've got: a quailty set of monitors and power amp for sound amplification and my sp404sx for recording mono tracks from my dmg. Recording into the sampler of course means i cant multi-track, but the quality of the playback is spot on relative to the input. Easy enough, transfer either aiff or wav files into my computer via the sd card and pc reader.

Then its a bit of a mystery. I havent found a combination via mp3 i like(the most universal for my intents); a 46mb conversion gets squashed to a 4-6mb even at the highest/best quality. Thusly, when a track reaches the nets it's acquired a murky film that sounds a bit thin and flat. I've experimented with all the settings and must be missing something. Same scenario with either fully mastered or just sketch stuff to email or post.
??
Or is knowing best encoding just a trial by fire, trade secret kinda deal, like putting a hand kerchief over your trumpet so peeps cant steal yr fingerings? wink

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136 Reply by sugar sk*-*lls

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gotcha covered, pm me tha deets

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137 Reply by sugar sk*-*lls

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egr wrote:
Solarbear wrote:

There are no other chooners for hours away besides me....
...but brkfest will fix that.... heh heh heh
www.brkfest.org = SHAMELESS PLUG (But relevant!)

I've got a good feeling about Lexington.  It's going to decide that chip is pretty cool and carve out a nice little space for it.  smile

I'm down here next to Nashville where one might think a chip scene would naturally grow since it's Music City.  But I believe Smiletron and RDE will both agree with me that it's not gonna happen.  Nashville runs on favors and chip has nothing anybody wants.  hmm

people have been really receptive at the shows i've played. chips' got that super square bass. peeps always dig that

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138 Reply by sugar sk*-*lls

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music in general is pretty badass in nashville, all of the kinds, contrary to most peeps beliefs. a handful of chips and bits (more circuit bending than chip) and plenty of awesome elctro-fun. its very inspiring actually.

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139 Reply by sugar sk*-*lls

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well done and quite badass!master of the breakdown for sure. btw thanks for the tip on the charity. truly awesome.

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140 Reply by sugar sk*-*lls

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nice! hey....the protomen are from nastyville. small world

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141 Reply by sugar sk*-*lls

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i use my lil koas buddy to manipulate the bits and nod furiously whilst crooning. the human element is nothing to scoff at in electro gigs...but.....99% of people will have no idea what you're doing regardless and will just say whoa was that a gameboy??? milk it. chip is all about the intellect, once you feel confident in your ideas, who gives a shiz if you stand or dance or shred, its only cheating if you think it is...

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142 Reply by sugar sk*-*lls

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i iz all the dance w/ this. nice!

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143 Reply by sugar sk*-*lls

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tetris has been my jam for like 10 years now....i played the first two zeldas a bit recently, oh and fifa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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144 Reply by sugar sk*-*lls

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AndrewKilpatrick wrote:

No

lolz ah well good to be reminded my observations and insights are inane and best kept to myself

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