Hm, if you mean artists that don't shy away from using effects, samples, full production etc there are quite a few. Henry Homesweet and MisfitChris make really good dance oriented stuff. Psilodump. Uuuuhhh... Ceephax Acid Crew? smile

Somebody must inform me about Electro Swing with breakbeats

The Sky Is Black Not Blue wrote:

WTF is this........ really though what has this got to do with chipmusic at all?

xX 8 BIT CHAMPION Xx wrote:

It has chiptunes is every episode and is how I got interested in chip music.

I think he could have specified that they used quite a few tracks from this community (one or two of mine as well). They're nice guys from what I saw in the vids and the comments they left here and 8bc.

Maybe related: I've made a comparison of low-kbps mp3 encoders here. Note that for high kbps LAME is pretty good, and what I usually use for mp3 encoding. The latest Ogg/Vorbis is superior in quality/size ratio, so I use that for encoding CDs and stuff.

I can see no reason not to use VBR unless LAME's algortihm obviously messes up. But that happened to me only once or twice, ever.

Also:

nordloef wrote:

Don't use 48Khz unless you're working directly to video.

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Je Mappelle wrote:

I feel without this, without this COMPETITION. we are all going to stick with the music we know. Nothing new is going to cross your ears, at least not from a new artist. We are turning into a circlejerking mess and it is why I suggested this.

I'd argue that a rating system would not change, but increase this effect. That much was evident on 8bc when music views clustered around names that had a high profile.

Battle of the Bits employs an anonymous competitive system which works pretty well, imo.

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(46 replies, posted in Releases)

ant1 wrote:

there is no upsidedown question mark in ascii, uB!
cool album, ???

Alright, extended ASCII

ASCII-2

tongue

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(46 replies, posted in Releases)

goto80 wrote:

If u don't like Spanish questions, you can also ask in Arabic:

؟؟؟

*hisssssssss* UTF in filesystems. Alergic reaction, etc

XyNo: Yeah, but dicking around with ASCII is more fun wink

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(46 replies, posted in Releases)

Btw, if anyone runs into the same problem: Windows of course doesn't allow question marks in file or folder names- it however allows the inverted question mark.

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(46 replies, posted in Releases)

I'm on my second listen and both parts are already new favorites. I predict heavy rotation.

Amazing work, ???

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(46 replies, posted in Releases)

Currently flooding my workspace with delicious dub. big_smile heart

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(8 replies, posted in Other Hardware)

DOWNLOAD FRE.E S.AMPLE:S ONLINE

Find these and more in the chipmusic.org Sample Thread™!

http://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/136/t … d-samples/

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(89 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Attend a wedding party, spend time w/ girlfriend, enjoy the weather, sleep. If I find the time, read some books.

nitro2k01 wrote:

Give me a reason not to close this thread.

Because it may evolve naturally into an EAT_RABBIT thread.

Does anyone here hoard rarities / singles / mixes? His old stuff is really hard to come by.

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(38 replies, posted in Releases)

Am I uncool for wanting a 'studio' release of this? I enjoyed the tracks, but I want moaar quality (although the recording is really good)

Well, mainstream media wouldn't care about SUBCULTUREARTIST - NEWFREEJAZZALBUM either unless it had a Justin Bieber cover on it or something.

akira^8GB wrote:

unoriginal, uninspired work like covers

I still enjoy listening to good covers, as well as making them myself from time to time.

I couldn't care less about Pitchfork or whoever herp-derping over MIDI conversions. I don't even care about people enjoying this stuff- musical quality and popularity and (woah!) having fun listening to something aren't interdependent.