I like how I can write shitty, mediocre tracks and get away with it because TRVE CH1P.
1 Apr 28, 2014 6:28 am
Re: What do you like about chip music? (70 replies, posted in General Discussion)
2 Jan 16, 2014 9:09 pm
Re: Roland is rereleasing the 808 and 303?! (23 replies, posted in Other Hardware)
remember the MC 303 ... lol
and the Jupiter 80
and the SH 201...
This. Roland doesn't exactly have a stellar track record when it comes to this kind of stuff. I wish that they would rerelease the Jupiter 8 for real, like what Korg did for the MS-20. Tbh, I just wish someone would release an affordable polysynth that doesn't suck. IT'S 2014!
3 Jan 1, 2014 4:16 pm
Re: END OF 2013 RETROSPECTIVE (55 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Haven't killed myself yet!
4 Dec 18, 2013 6:51 am
Re: So you wanna rock out with MS-DOS/SB16? (161 replies, posted in Other Vintage Computers & Consoles)
lots of good libretto deals on ebay right now. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi AQ:US:1123
DO WANT. I have a 50ct, but that's one sexy machine...
5 Dec 16, 2013 8:26 pm
Re: What are you favourite programs for making music? (64 replies, posted in General Discussion)
to me Reason (older versions than 3 at least) just popped up as the most intuitive, easy and versatile music making program...
So I'm not the only one! I loved Reason 3... but I just can't get used to 4+. Maybe I"ll just install 3 again...
6 Dec 12, 2013 11:51 pm
Re: What are you favourite programs for making music? (64 replies, posted in General Discussion)
probably firefox
god knows that when i open fami or openmpt or renoise or something i spend ten minutes writing a bassline, think "this has already been done" and then browse to kongregate or something
I know that feel...
7 Dec 12, 2013 5:25 am
Re: How you make your tunes? (40 replies, posted in General Discussion)
I rip off everyone's methods posted here!
Well, not really... maybe I should though.
I start with a random beat, bassline, melody, or chord sequence. Looping this, I then additively come up with the rest of the components of the song, ending up with a complete, usually 1-pattern loop. From this master pattern, I subtractively build the rest of the song.
I then proceed to get stuck, hopelessly frustrated, depressed, intoxicated, then depressed. LOL
8 Dec 12, 2013 5:15 am
Re: What are you favourite programs for making music? (64 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Adlib Tracker II - all time favorite
Milkytracker - #2
LSDJ/LGPT - #3
Renoise - #4
I can't bring myself to use a piano roll-type sequencer... but I keep trying.
I can't seem to actually finish anything either, but that's another story lol.
9 Dec 10, 2013 10:16 pm
Re: Pizza Night (Amiga/OctaMED) (2 replies, posted in Releases)
Sounds great! It makes me wish I was good at sample-based tracking... Keep it up!
10 Dec 10, 2013 10:14 pm
Re: OPL Speech (13 replies, posted in Other Vintage Computers & Consoles)
Yep, the SoundBlaster never ceases to amaze me...
11 Dec 10, 2013 2:57 am
Re: PB085 | Calavera - Gentlemen's Swing (7 replies, posted in Releases)
Catchy melodies indeed! +1
12 Dec 5, 2013 3:47 am
Re: DOS 6.22 Issue (7 replies, posted in Other Vintage Computers & Consoles)
I'm glad I waited to do this then... I don't have an IDE card adaptor, and was planning an unnecessarily convoluted scheme to install it another way. Lol... SBAITSO should be a feature on all modern OS's. Might be the keyboard though, 'cause it seems to be different than any of my other computers/keyboards. On every other one I own, I could only press a certain amount of keys down at a time before it would start beeping at me or not registering keystrokes. On the libretto, however, I could practically mash the whole thing without losing keystrokes. Maybe the keyboard puts out too much simultaneous data for DOS?
Hmm... that doesn't sound right. I think I'll have to go with 'mysterious hardware-specific issue' as well
13 Dec 3, 2013 10:05 pm
Re: spOOked-Frankincense (2 replies, posted in Releases)
This is awesome! It really resonates with me.
14 Dec 3, 2013 9:50 pm
Re: DOS 6.22 Issue (7 replies, posted in Other Vintage Computers & Consoles)
I have a Libretto 50CT that freezes after a few keystrokes in DOS as well. But, if I run it from a command prompt in Win 3.1, it allows me to compose just fine. Strange... I only experience a slowdown in performance if the track is very macro-heavy. I ought to try installing DOS 7.1 one of these days. I bought a Compaq Presario with a beefier CPU to handle heavy tracks for $35, so I guess that was my solution lol.