513 Reply by jefftheworld

(20 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

I'm using Windows 8.1 and the easiest way of dealing with this is by using a little VM with windows 2000/XP. In my case I use this for EMS carts as well as for by Xchanger 2 (via a USB parallel port). You may choose to use windows 2000 as there are compatible drivers and the install is a bit smaller but I choose windows XP. Using the free Virtualbox software I created a VM, installed the drivers and utilities and then create a memory image so that there was no need to wait for the VM to boot every time I wanted to use it.

Otherwise you can enable the test signing but if this is the only unsigned driver that you're planning on using then that probably not the easiest or best way of doing things (you'll need to include and sign a .cat for the .inf and the run the bcdedit -set TESTSIGNING ON to load the drivers). If you are using lots of older or unsigned drivers then you might want to set up your computer to always allow test signing. DSEO won't allow you to go into test mode but it's signing functions seem to work fine with Windows 8.1.

EDIT: There are also experimental linux drivers available. Last I saw they were incomplete but that's an avenue worth looking into. A linux VM could be exceptionally small (Damn Small Linux is about 50MB) and you could further strip any software you don't plan on using, turning it into an environment designed purely for interacting with EMS carts.

DOUBLE EDIT: Looking at the EMS Flasher for Mac / Linux, it should be possible to port over to a Windows machine given an install of Cygwin, as it should run on any system with libusb.

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514 Reply by jefftheworld

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Theta_Frost wrote:

As cool as this is, I'm positive the Derp is a better cartridge for LSDJ musicians.  Gaming = Everdrive, Music = Derp.

What features does Derp have that make it better for music?

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515 Reply by jefftheworld

(12 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Take anything you want from my website: http://jefftheworld.com

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516 Reply by jefftheworld

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I guess I'm a bit younger than a lot of you but this was my first:

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517 Reply by jefftheworld

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I'd just like to add that DKSTR is a super nice guy and great to work with. Last time he was in Toronto he played a free show in my basement for my album launch party. The only thing better than his music is his personality! Book this guy!

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518 Reply by jefftheworld

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herr_prof wrote:

Clubs pay money to publishers for any songs that are played or covered on their premises, so if he has signed up with one of those publishers, he got paid.

*Probably not

Oddly enough, in many countries you can be paid royalties for performing your own songs at a club.

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519 Reply by jefftheworld

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boomlinde wrote:
jefftheworld wrote:

Don't be a pedantic wadface.

Hey, you missed my actual point. I wasn't being a pedantic wadface just to be a pedantic wadface, unlike you.

EDIT: To clarify, while my claim that copyright isn't a verb is arguable on the basis of a few dictionaries recognizing it as such, you can't "copyright" anything. There's no sense in using it as a verb at all. You are still wrong in ever using it as a verb, conceptually if not on a grammatically.

In many countries a copyright - which, you're right, is an inherent property of a work - must be registered with a legal body in order to be defensible under the law. A piece a music that you write is your copyright and does not need to be "copyrighted", simply by creating the work you own the copyright to it. However, in many countries without registering that copyright you cannot defend it in court and it is therefor pretty useless.

This is obviously what people mean when they use copyright as a verb, they mean to register a copyright.

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520 Reply by jefftheworld

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boomlinde wrote:

I'm not worried about copyright issues because I doubt anyone bothered to copyright a small looping .mod file

Copyright isn't a verb, and you don't have to do anything for copyright to cover your original work.

About half the dictionaries I've seen have had an entry for "copyright" as a verb (Merriam-Webster), elsewise they generally use the verb "copyrighted" (Oxford). Don't be a pedantic wadface.

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521 Reply by jefftheworld

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See if you can contact anyone else from the groups he was in, they're the most likely to have accurate contact info.

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522 Reply by jefftheworld

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I don't think the term "8-bit" really refers to the sound at all, in the earliest uses of the term it was being used to talk about the 8-bit microcomputer era and the latches, DACs or PSGs used to generate sound on these early computers. Of course, these PSGs all had unique characteristics and therefor to most experienced chiptune folk it seems like a meaningless term.

TL;DR: "8-bit music" is music from or similar to the 8-bit era and not music that was "8-bits" (which is obviously pretty meaningless).

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523 Reply by jefftheworld

(45 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Okay, some of the people on that list are occasionally a bit inflammatory, but what did BR1GHT PR1MATE ever do wrong?

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524 Reply by jefftheworld

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I've done a few cassette releases that include secret bonus files on them. So far, I only know of one person who has ever discovered one of these secrets. tongue

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525 Reply by jefftheworld

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egr wrote:

Interview Oxygenstar aka Carl Ican'tSpellHilsLastName.

Carl is one of the best FM musicians I know. Absolutely worth talking to.

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526 Reply by jefftheworld

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If skweee was like masturbating then I'd be very, very good at it.

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527 Reply by jefftheworld

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Skweee is like masturbating. ;3

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528 Reply by jefftheworld

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Also, I know it's not an effect unit, but a patch-bay is super useful. Rather than digging around behind your rack you can easily reroute things from the front.

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