Interesting.
17 Feb 4, 2016 11:57 am
Re: Dystopian text-based live visuals, pseudo randomly generated music (3 replies, posted in Other Hardware)
18 Feb 4, 2016 11:56 am
Re: What is everyone working on? (66 replies, posted in General Discussion)
I am working on the music for an Xbox game, first chip style commission i've picked up for a non-iOS or PC platform aside from a Nintendo DS game that probably will never be released. Also, weirdly, a SNES style soundtrack for a card game adaptation to iOS.
19 Feb 3, 2016 8:08 pm
Re: someone needs to make an album of chip like this (12 replies, posted in General Discussion)
I like the Leeni and the Lo Fi X Hedgland is interesting too!
20 Feb 2, 2016 4:59 pm
Re: someone needs to make an album of chip like this (12 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Mrwimmer wrote:
Some parts of Azuria Sky's work are pretty close to what you're asking for.
it does have a little bit of that feel, for sure.
21 Feb 2, 2016 3:58 pm
Topic: someone needs to make an album of chip like this (12 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Her other stuff is all just acoustic music, reminds me of marzipan from homestar runner, but this remix has a kind of retro sound that would be amazing for a chip album with some female vocals.
22 Jan 13, 2016 8:09 pm
Re: Anyone know what happened to 'Talk to Animals'? (14 replies, posted in General Discussion)
sounds like chip Gregory and the Hawk...
23 Nov 24, 2015 5:38 pm
Re: Free-ish Super Mario Kart for SNES (10 replies, posted in Trading Post)
doh just bought one on eBay a few weeks ago 
24 Nov 13, 2015 2:09 pm
Re: 8BP135 ZEN ALBATROSS - SIGINT (12 replies, posted in Releases)
I would buy a t-shirt of the album cover, good stuff. I like the unexpected melodic moments...
25 Nov 12, 2015 5:55 pm
Re: how to write a chiptune song? (24 replies, posted in General Discussion)
26 Nov 8, 2015 8:53 pm
Re: I gave my friend chiptune music and he'd never to listened to it... (3 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Always interesting to see an objective view of chip from someone not immersed in the scene. Well written too.
27 Oct 14, 2015 2:37 pm
Re: How is your local chiptune community? (430 replies, posted in General Discussion)
theghostservant wrote:
BeatScribe wrote:It is funny how there are a ton of us here though. I played in ska bands as a kid, I just don't have as much desire to get up in front of people anymore. I'd much rather be a hermit.
All good to know, just moved to Chicago
Lovers of all-things retro in Chicago, you should check out
Galloping Ghost - $15 all you can play authentic classic arcade
Wormhole Coffee - Everything in your room from 1985 blended with a coffee shop, tube tvs with nintendos and good coffee
28 Oct 13, 2015 7:00 pm
Re: How is your local chiptune community? (430 replies, posted in General Discussion)
venoSci wrote:
Saskrotch wrote:bad
yeah, chicago is pretty dead.
but the weird thing is, theres actually quite a few of us.
It is funny how there are a ton of us here though. I played in ska bands as a kid, I just don't have as much desire to get up in front of people anymore. I'd much rather be a hermit. 
29 Oct 5, 2015 1:10 pm
Re: MTRD - ANSI Based Minimalist Version of NES Metroid (2 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Delek wrote:
I like the concept, it is not a 100% console based program (you can see that the movement is actually very fluid, without respecting the letter's grid), but it is really addictive. Congrats!
PS: The .jar's size is too big (50mb), I opened the .jar and it is clear that you are using .wav files for the music, eating 90% of the game's size just for that. Please consider using a module format or mp3 at least. Continue the good work!
Thanks for trying it out! Yeah, I was not the programmer but he did a great job of making the movement and fluidity really feel like metroid. The way everything moves makes you feel like its the NES. At first i thought, 'why is it text?' when he pitched it, but its sort of like double-nostalgic, its like metroid goodness + ANSI games i used to play on DOS. it was really just a matter of making a game in such a short time and not having an artist on board!
As for the size, Ill mention that to the dev. I think I gave him everything in mp3 for the most part. i know theres some kind of platformer library he used to build it, maybe that takes up some size...
30 Oct 5, 2015 12:24 pm
Topic: MTRD - ANSI Based Minimalist Version of NES Metroid (2 replies, posted in General Discussion)
I recently took part in GameJolt's MetroidJam. Make a Metroid game in 30 days. Our game is called MTRD and its sort of a minimalist, text based version of the original NES game. I thought some folks here might enjoy it. I did all the tunes and sfx in plogue chip sounds following the limitations of the NES. Some of the songs are covers or combine melodies from tracks from Super Metroid and Metroid Prime and all try to capture the feeling of the original. Its free so check it out.
31 Sep 30, 2015 2:35 pm
Re: 2A0X - Ambush EP out now - MC/DL - 808+MidiNES (2 replies, posted in Releases)
Love that title art.
32 Sep 23, 2015 9:19 am
Topic: Getting a melodic tom tom sound (2 replies, posted in Software & Plug-ins)
Maybe not strictly a chiptune thing here, but figured folks here may have some ideas...I'm trying to replicate a sound that I've been hearing in music for years, but am just not quiet sure where to start. It's this sort of melodic tom tom sound with heavy reverb that kind of sounds almost like musical notes. I am not sure if maybe there's a specific way to get it, but I thought I'd reach out to the folks here.
https://youtu.be/mOFW8gLxB94?t=1m11s
https://youtu.be/u06DpcFXc4U?t=3m12s
https://youtu.be/rL3AgkwbYgo?t=1m50s
The simplest thing i thought of would be just to take a good tom sample, then load it in a sampler so that it would pitch up and down as i hit different keys on the keyboard. But it seems like there is more than the sound to this.
Tools I have that might come in handy:
EW Storm Drum 2
EW Quantum Spaces Reverb
BFD3
Logic pro 9
Just wondering if anyone's ever happened across a sample kit for something like this?