I might actually learn MML for this, maybe
722 Oct 14, 2013 11:56 pm
Re: chip r&b / hip hop musicians? (33 replies, posted in Collaborations)
Chibitech has that "A__l Love" tune which is pretty r&b.
723 Oct 14, 2013 11:55 pm
Re: Names' Meanings and How You Came Up with Them (106 replies, posted in General Discussion)
I'm pretty sure we have a thread about this already but as I can't find it...
I used to make up Robot Masters when I was a kid, and SketchMan was one of them. I am the third.
724 Oct 14, 2013 11:29 pm
Re: Am I finished? (95 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Don't feed the giant trollfish.
725 Oct 13, 2013 9:32 pm
Re: new stockwave compilation (107 replies, posted in Collaborations)
Ateno wrote:
Is it too late to join in?
No. I assume it'll be too late nearer to the 30th of October than farther.
726 Oct 12, 2013 12:48 pm
Re: Songs Reversed (16 replies, posted in General Discussion)
sleepytimejesse wrote:
Well, a fundamental difference occurs between visual art and music. Our medium happens across time. A picture mirrored is much different than a sequence of musical events reversed, in my opinion.
but anyway, pretentious theoretical stuff aside, a lot of music sounds great reversed. Some composers use complex planning to actually use subject matter which can be reflected upon itself. Lots of canons and fugues do this.
FWIW, I think that this:
sandneil wrote:
i think that backwards its the same thing. like looking at some visual art reflected L/R. not much is lost
was said in respose to this:
Ateno wrote:
is there any reason that the song still has musical appeal even backwards or just my familiarity with the songs causing me to enjoy it since I made it?
which is pretty spot-on, I'd say.
Also: 
J. S. Bach! 
727 Oct 12, 2013 3:47 am
Re: What do you like about chip music? (70 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Man, I'd love to hear listener-only/non-artists answer this question.
Anywho, i like chipmusic because it sounds cool, has nice variety, I was exposed to the sound palette as a young child so I'm attached to it, it is pretty, it is ugly, it is nice, it is abrasive, it is smooth, and tickles my fancy very effectively.
728 Oct 12, 2013 2:23 am
Re: Needing music for a livestream event (20 replies, posted in General Discussion)
So this is for charity, right? Not for profit?
In that case, anything you find here http://chipmusic.org/sketchman3 or here http://ucollective.org/profile/SketchMan3/ you can use if you like it. Just toss a link back My soundcloud if you use anything.
729 Oct 12, 2013 2:14 am
Re: Songs Reversed (16 replies, posted in General Discussion)
I've done a few reversies in my day. It's really nice to be able to create two songs out of one.
sandneil wrote:
i think that backwards its the same thing. like looking at some visual art reflected L/R. not much is lost
in the music it can be disconcerting if you use a lot of volume envelopes but otherwise its just a reflection of the original. every atemporal element of the song is identical and some things temporal don't change much either. 4/4 is still 4/4, interval movements are the same but opposite direction, tempo doesn't change.
the song will lose a lot of your intentions depending on how you wrote it - tensions come after resolutions and so on.
if you think of your song in a more abstract organisation of information than just (a sequence of bytes) nothing actually changed apart from the piece of information which says "listen to this forwards". which likely you didn't even encode into your song, everyone just assumed that forwards would be the best direction to listen
so i think that's why it still sounds good backwards. depending on the software you use you may be able to reverse the notes without reversing the sounds - which can be really cool
^ Said it way better than I could have. All of this.
730 Oct 11, 2013 7:13 am
Re: new stockwave compilation (107 replies, posted in Collaborations)
DeerPresident wrote:
So, stockwavers, who would you like to see on here?
kfaraday, Jredd, Fearofdark, goluigi and ant1 would be cool, :3
731 Oct 10, 2013 11:45 pm
Re: Laser Engraving, take two (86 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)
Nice job on the eye there
732 Oct 10, 2013 3:58 am
Re: [US,PA] 8static Festival After Party Show by I/O Chip Music - 21+ - $8 (6 replies, posted in Past Events)
Ah man, what a great lineup ;_;
733 Oct 10, 2013 2:44 am
Re: Am I finished? (95 replies, posted in General Discussion)
e.s.c. wrote:
arlen wrote:I think instead of 'hate' you're thinking of 'critical.' We love to make music, we're just very critical of our work. As the saying goes, your biggest critic is yourself.
734 Oct 9, 2013 10:59 pm
Re: whats a good gameboy emulator on android phones for lsdj (5 replies, posted in Software & Plug-ins)
A, B, Up, Start! wrote:
SketchMan3 wrote:I've used UltraGameEmu and RetroArch. I think I preferred UltraGameEmu
im not seeing either one in the google play store
I may have downloaded them from the 1Mobile Market (3rd party stuff that google play wouldn't distribute 
)
735 Oct 9, 2013 10:51 pm
Re: What's a good recording program??? (35 replies, posted in General Discussion)
yeah I set my normalize setting to -0.01db :3 (I don't know if it actually goes that low or not, haha)
Turn on the "Show clipping" View option so you can see where it's clipping (if it is).
If you have a setup that DOES have Signal/Noise issues, I recommend turning down your Line-In/Input volume until any computer noise it may pick up is inaudible (I usually keep it at just one notch from 0) and DO maximize your input volume just enough so that it doesn't sound bad, but isn't too soft that when you normalize the background noise becomes audible, and also so you can use "Noise Removal" to maximum effect in case you can't get around any floor noise.
736 Oct 9, 2013 10:46 pm
Re: whats a good gameboy emulator on android phones for lsdj (5 replies, posted in Software & Plug-ins)
I've used UltraGameEmu and RetroArch. I think I preferred UltraGameEmu