That's what I observed too, it's like it goes all shifty and weird but if you keep tapping the snare at some point it comes back together. I can't decide if they're geniuses or just really good at following a crazy drummer. Similar band that does this is C-Clamp. Yet they somehow manage to be relaxing mixing up tempos and time sigs...i am considering making some chip tunes inspired by this stuff..
177 Nov 18, 2014 2:50 pm
Re: How Is The Drummer Counting This?? (22 replies, posted in General Discussion)
178 Nov 18, 2014 2:01 pm
Topic: How Is The Drummer Counting This?? (22 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Forgive me for 2 off-topic posts in two days (it's music related, if not chip)
As a musician my mind is boggled by this..how the heck do they keep track of these changes? Is there some weird tempo/time signature thing going on here that's beyond my understanding?
179 Nov 17, 2014 10:25 pm
Re: JME is a chiptuner (14 replies, posted in General Discussion)
My experience was... Mario Pant > Noteworthy Composer > Cubase LE > Logic Pro.
Xband on the SNES is what got me interested in the internet and computers, and from there..learned all kinds of stuff.
180 Nov 17, 2014 8:03 pm
Re: Amazon Brings Back SURGE (13 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Dire Hit wrote:
BeatScribe wrote:Apparently it's great with Vodka, never tried...
That seems like a waste of both.
Mixing depressants and stimulants, what could possibly go wrong!
181 Nov 17, 2014 7:39 pm
Re: Amazon Brings Back SURGE (13 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Apparently it's great with Vodka, never tried...
182 Nov 17, 2014 7:38 pm
Re: JME is a chiptuner (14 replies, posted in General Discussion)
How many of us started on mario paint?
183 Nov 17, 2014 5:12 pm
Re: Proper LUFS "Loudness" level for Chiptune Albums (5 replies, posted in Audio Production)
Thanks guys. That's kind of my mindset too. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't going off with my own opinion too much. This is a sort of fusion album, it is raw chip sounds backed with some synth pads and live/sampled drums.
184 Nov 17, 2014 2:50 pm
Topic: Proper LUFS "Loudness" level for Chiptune Albums (5 replies, posted in Audio Production)
Hello.
I mostly do video game OSTs that aren't meant to be listened to without being mixed with sound effects and voices and explosions, I usually mix stuff at around -16, -17 Integrated LUFS (average across track).
However, two recent chiptune OSTs I did are good enough that I think they merit a public release. -16 LUFS leaves a lot of headroom in comparison to other albums. I did a early mix at -10.5 Integrated LUFS with about 4.5 loudness range. But my orchestral-minded colleague insists its FAR too loud (take into account orchestra tracks are usually like -27).
Anyone have any insights of what is normal? I'm running some recent albums through Nugen VisLM to see what is normal, seems like -10 or -9 is normal, leaving very little or no headroom.
185 Nov 17, 2014 12:31 pm
Topic: Amazon Brings Back SURGE (13 replies, posted in General Discussion)
I'm guessing I'm not the only one who associates drinking surge with playing marathon sessions of Super NES and Genesis. The customer questions and reviews are hilarious too.
"My wife told me that she would leave me if I spent our retirement fund on Surge. Silly wife, how else did you think I was going to fit 3 pallets of Surge in our bedroom?!"
186 Nov 16, 2014 5:39 pm
Re: NES Game: Lizard Kickstarter (15 replies, posted in Nintendo Consoles)
I'm super excited about this. Had to get the actual cart.
187 Nov 15, 2014 1:41 pm
Re: Cave Crew theme extended (3 replies, posted in Releases)
I seem to remember them being super picky too. I think I made like 10 different crate sounds. SFX are so boring compared to music. Thats why I charge an arm and a leg for them 
It's always good to save your "sketches" or even rejected songs, you never know when they'll be a perfect fit for something down the line.
188 Nov 14, 2014 12:30 pm
Re: Cave Crew theme extended (3 replies, posted in Releases)
Small world, I did the sound effects and voice work on Cave Crew. When he came to me you'd already done the music...I always wondered who did it. It's really a nice piece. You did a great job. (my review of it)
189 Nov 8, 2014 5:41 pm
Re: Good post rock styled chip? (17 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Where can I find Starscream's stuff? starscream.bandcamp just directs to infinity shred, but i know I've heard other starscream stuff, on pandora of all places...
190 Nov 6, 2014 2:34 pm
Re: 1st person to play a show w Jesus OS wins chiptune (39 replies, posted in General Discussion)
..its all kind of sad really, but man those animated icons for the games are disturbing, and the first person shooter...<shudders> ...this guy is the Henry Darger of programmers...
191 Nov 4, 2014 1:46 pm
Re: 1st person to play a show w Jesus OS wins chiptune (39 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Kind of freaked out by this...it's too complex to be a joke. Like the programming equivalent of outsider art.
192 Nov 3, 2014 2:21 pm
Re: [PAID WORK] x10 Chiptune Tracks (20 replies, posted in Collaborations)
pm'd