Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 1:04 pm Post subject: I make chiptunes
Hey there. new guy here. I'm spamtron, I'm an Aspie, and I make chiptunes (sort-of a video-game influenced genre of music). I don't make the "exactly 8bit" style of chiptunes, as in... I don't use videogame hardware to make my songs, but I'm planning to!
So, does anyone here listen to video game music or make music in that style?
By the way, I'll post a link after I've done my 5-post thing.
we have some musicians, kxmode, techstpr8 come to my mind, and also a fair share of girls
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 3:30 pm Post subject:
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So, does anyone here listen to video game music or make music in that style?
Yes. I have an MP3 player full of it. Anamanaguchi and stuff.
Almost none of it is from a playable game though.
I'm not prepared to post any I've made yet because it's not on my computer.
I'm also programming a chip to do the sound and video of Doctor Who Theme.
I have no idea when it will be finished.
This isn't me but an example of what I am talking about doing. (I do look similar to this guy.)
Chiptune is AWESOME!! My personal favourite is Sabrepulse - saw him in Edinburgh not too long ago, and he was absolutely brilliant!
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do you like Crystal Castles?
Whoa there, Crystal Castles aren't really chiptune at all, they just steal samples of established chiptune artists' music and hope nobody finds out.
Get yourself genned-up here: Crystal Castles abuses Creative Commons license
Oh, and the things the keyboardist says about using an Atari sound-chip in his keyboard are lies, as it is nigh-on impossible to do such a thing and achieve the desired result.
Oh, and the things the keyboardist says about using an Atari sound-chip in his keyboard are lies, as it is nigh-on impossible to do such a thing and achieve the desired result.
i dont know if i agree with your there, i am pretty sure i heard about some keyboard kits made using two atari chips, correct me if i'm wrong...
however either way it's pretty awful to capitalise from creative commons and from the idea that if you are making music using certain gear you are somehow more authentic
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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 10:05 pm Post subject:
RogueProcess wrote:
Oh, and the things the keyboardist says about using an Atari sound-chip in his keyboard are lies, as it is nigh-on impossible to do such a thing and achieve the desired result.
I have Ataris and POKEYs (Atari 800 sound chips) and I have been able to operate a POKEY
without the Atari(with switches) to get the same sounds out of them that I get with the Atari.
I was going to put them in a home made keyboard but I found a more interesting chip.
But I have no idea whether or not a band is lieing about having them in their keyboard.
It's definitely POSSIBLE.
Chiptune is AWESOME!! My personal favourite is Sabrepulse - saw him in Edinburgh not too long ago, and he was absolutely brilliant!
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do you like Crystal Castles?
Whoa there, Crystal Castles aren't really chiptune at all, they just steal samples of established chiptune artists' music and hope nobody finds out.
Get yourself genned-up here: Crystal Castles abuses Creative Commons license
Oh, and the things the keyboardist says about using an Atari sound-chip in his keyboard are lies, as it is nigh-on impossible to do such a thing and achieve the desired result.
yes, i read that months ago, but they didn't use the song, so what? _________________ One of God's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.
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Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 4:58 pm Post subject:
I do like chiptune and related music (like pornophonique). _________________ I am no native speaker. Please contact me, if I made grammatical mistakes in the posting above.
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Awesome! Yes, I have covered Mega Man 2 and 3 music. I love classic Capcom, Square, and Konami music.
my music can be found at myspace dotcom *slash* spamtron
recently played a great show in portland (my hometown), and it was awesome!
I dig Sabrepulse and CC! I agree the chiptune theft was lame, but I still like CC. 1991 is my fave song by them.
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