Author: Peter Swimm

  • Chipdisco updated to 0.2

    ChipdiscoDJ is a twin-deck MOD/XM/S3M player, set up like DJ software and with many of the same features. Needless to say, because modules are much better than MP3s, WAVs and other rendered audio files, you can do very cool stuff by digging into the notes as they’re calculated and played on the fly by the player engine. Adjust speed without adjusting pitch! Change pitch without altering speed! Mute individual instruments or channels! Trigger sub-pattern loops (a la Ableton Live) with pinpoint timing accuracy! Also, because modules are usually very small, you can roll up to a party with ChipdiscoDJ and a bunch of tunes on a floppy disk and kill that shit dead. No floppies? Don’t worry – you can queue up files from other websites by copying the URLs. Aaaawesome.

    Chipdisco : Built with Processing.

  • TCTD Links for 2010-12-03

  • Today – freezedream now available digitally

    The IDM chipmusic-on-chip album ‘Today’ was released as a physical 16-bit cartridge for the Sega Megadrive/Genesis video game console. The sound is generated at playtime by the Yamaha YM2612 FM synthesizer chip that is built into the console.

    The concept is to do away with the conventional audio recording which is the standard format for practically all music now released.

    Breathing new life into this obsolete Sega console in 2010, ‘Today’ aims to reinvigorate interest in old hardware and the idea of listening to music where the sound is generated each time you listen.

    This music has now been captured from the real hardware and made available for purchase.
    credits
    released 02 December 2010
    Music, Artwork, PCB Design & Assembly: freezedream (Nathan Stanley)

    Coding/Testing: Alex Cichowski – Thankyou so much for your long hours working out bugs and optimizing things. :)

    Player Code: Shiru & Alone Coder

    Today | freezedream.

  • TCTD Links for 2010-12-02

    • RT @8gb_: I was keeping this one in the closet, so I thought I might release it. Part of the failed Euro Tour 2010… #
    • Wack boy for life (the reactionary DISS) – Steady C http://ht.ly/3iHNy #
    • GameSetWatch – MonkeyPaw Brings Dezaemon Plus To PSN Import Store http://ht.ly/3iSYb #
    • A very Korg DS-10 Plus Christmas – Joystiq http://ht.ly/3iSZV #
    • Chicago Chipmusic Event Video- 28 Nov 2010 http://ht.ly/3iWza #
    • New JulieHally Tracks “check out “mamasen_op.zip” and “mar-mar-lade.mp3” !!! http://ht.ly/3j3uL #
    • RT @minusbaby: • Opened an online pop-up shop. Buy 1 of 12 11”x17” posters chosen randomly for you for just $20 at http://minusbaby.com/shop #
  • TCTD Links for 2010-12-01