Author: 8GB

  • Deflemask Tracker adds Genesis support


    It was about time we get an alternative for Megadrive/Genesis musicmaking :D

    New kid on the block Delek has been, for some time now, working on adding YM2612 and SN76489 PSG support to his tracker Deflemask, which before supported only the Y759 FM chip (found in many cellphones). The efforts of this young chipmusic enthusiast are coming to fruition very soon.

    This is a cool new alternative for Sega Genesis tracking, since Delek is a very dedicated kid who is listening a lot to people input about his tracker,something all of us interested in Sega Genesis music making will appreciate I bet. Work is also being done about “exporting to real hardware” aspects of this whole deal, usually the hardest part.

    You can be happy about something else too: your feature suggestions and bug reports will not be greeted anymore with a disgruntled answer ;)

    Release will be online soon, so I tease you with a screenshot only for now.
    Here’s a video of Deflemask in action though, in its previous version (Y759 soundchip)

    Keep up to date with Deflemask news through this link!

  • Flavor’s NGPC USB Linkmasta + new Flash Cartridge

    Somehow this thing went past unnoticed by me. Which is madness, because the NGPC is probably my favourite handheld console EVER. Too bad I sold mine recently. I wasn’t using it for a long time but before I touched a Gameboy with LSDJ, I used to make some noise in a band with an NGPC loaded with a Soundtool. The sound is similar to the GB but much cleaner and you can do crazy shit with the 16 bit CPU.

    Anyway, Flavor, who is a well known, long time dev for the Neo Geo Pocket, is developing with some others a USB reader/writer and a new flash cart for these lovely machines. Hopefully this will spur a new batch of development for this lovely machine. Seems he is only hand-making these units for developers so if you are interested get in touch with him ASAP.

    The website with all the info and progress is right here, and you can see above a video of a prototype linker in action.

  • Vandalism News #56

    Legendary C64 diskmag VANDALISM NEWS gets the mandatory yearly release with a lot of inside information about the C64 demoscene and also a load of tunes by awesome artists like Johannes Bjerregaard, ne7 and Conrad, as well as graphics by Mermaid and Joe, two of my favourite pixel artists.

    Get it from CSDb

  • Toytone (Patric Catani) – Padsounds

    Fresh out of the oven! A new production by Patric Catani, completely made in LGPT running on a GP2X.

    The first officially released tracks of the Toytone project come as bassy as they wanna be. Varying between Club, Booty Bounce and an exaggerated approach of speed acid dub, you will notice that this collection was not done overnight.
    Enjoy this full package of passionated Piggy tracking –
    Download the full album and get two Bonus songs!

    Tracklist:

    1. Piggy Bounce 04:14
    2. Traintrak1 03:30
    3. Frogmind 03:06
    4. Gpd2 Panic Picnic 03:12
    5. All Toys in the House! 06:11
    6. Almost too Analog 04:23
    7. Was Jetzt? 02:49
    8. Fosuru 09:11 download
    9. Taste in Acid 08:18
    10. BrmBrm 06:40

    Download and listen to it from his Bandcamp page

  • [CP036] Pulselooper – Liberchina

    One of South America’s new chipmusic promises, Pulselooper from São Paulo, Brazil, delivers an LGPT-based album that kicks serious ass. Enjoy the soundscapes and the Chicago house vibe of this one.

    1. Late Night Walking 03:52
    2. Liberchina I 06:19
    3. 2h03am 03:11
    4. Smuggling 03:38
    5. 5h20am 03:22
    6. Liberchina II 03:25

    Listen from Pulselooper’s Bandcamp page and download it from there or tomorrow from Chippanze.