Month: June 2009

  • Bad Snake Hair Day and Medusa VSTi appeared

    Bad Snake Hair Dayy.jpgµB created a fancy square wave VSTi called Medusa. BotB then hosted a competition where BotBrs were only allowed to use that as a sound source in their favorite software. The use of effects were encouraged but sampling was discouraged.

    There are 10 entries.
    Check them out and vote to help decide the winner.

    Two days ago Medusa got reskinned by iLKke. Read more here

  • Lo-Tek Resistance Compilation

    lotekcomplgInspired by the renegade chiptune street shows of the same name, the Lo-Tek Resistance Compilation showcases a diverse mix of tracks by locals from around the Pacific Northwest, home of CrunchyCo. Check out ten killer tunes and look out for these guys on the streets!

    Track List:

    01. Lo Intro by Fighter X

    02. Lo-Tek Resistance by Fighter X

    03. Disco Tripper by Circles

    04. Obamatron by Spamtron

    05. Slangtag by McFiredrill

    06. MYWIVES by Oven Rake

    07. Valley Heights by Plain Flavored

    08. Jungle Runner by SeanBad

    09. SYZYGY by Lunar Synthetic

    10. Gesar Says by Infradead

    11. Foam by Deepearth.void

    via CrunchyCo – Music – Lo-Tek Resistance Compilation.

  • 501st Post

    Its merely a nice round number, but Earlier today we had our 500th post. I want to thank everyone who gave advice, helped with the site, and submitted news and tips.

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    Heading into the second half of the year, you can look forward to a new site layout, and I’m posting asking for what type of stuff you wish TCTD did better.

    I’m planning:

    • More visibility for our featured content, like interviews, exclusive podcasts and audio, and previews.
    • More user generated content. Make it easier to post your news and get the word out about your music, events, devices.
    • More audio/visual treats

    Finally I want to thank everyone who reads the site, whether its every day, or just once in a while. Post feedback and comments, and thanks for reading TCTD!

  • TCTD Podcast #004 – Nagz and friends

    David “Nagz” Halmi from Budapest, Hungary was active in the demoscene roughly between 1998 and 2006, releasing music with groups and netlabels such as Anal0gik, Tequila, Language Lab, Monotonik etc. He has very unique and distinct musical style, which is a mixture of jazz, idm, ambient, oldskool chiptune and what have you. This episode focuses on his more chiptune orientated tracks, and features several collaboration tracks he has made together with artists through the years.

    Nagz current projects can be found here: http://www.musiconpurpose.net

    Click and listen online!

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    Download mp3: TCTD Podcast #004

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    Playlist:
    1. Nagz – Daughter of Time
    2. Nagz – Flubber’s Trip
    3. JosSs & Nagz – Out from here
    4. Nagz – Worms in Sineland
    5. Nagz – Eastern nature (Used as BGM)
    6. Zinger & Nagz – Dr Froleks’ Files
    7. JosSs & Nagz – Marketplace Sunset
    8. Zalza & Andryk & Nagz – Ordinary Foreign Rabbit Has A Headache
    9. Zabutom & Nagz – Cloudcones
    10. Nagz – x y z a w oo
    11. Drax & Nagz – Rocky North
    12. Nagz – Chinqua

    All tracks in this episode can be downloaded in original .XM format at modland.com.

    From now on the TCTD Podcast will be updated every other friday. See you in two weeks!

  • 8Bitone Tutorials

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    For those on the fence about the new 8bit iphone app, there are a number of tutorials online.

    8Bitone(ja): http://www.yudo.jp/music/ei…
    8Bitone(en): http://www.yudo.jp/en/music…
    yudo music: http://music.yudo-games.com/