Author: Peter Swimm

  • TCTD Links for 2010-09-27

    • Boston Chip Music Artists Take A Byte Out Of Nyc haha PR… http://ow.ly/2JOX3 #
    • Gig Alert: Anamanaguchi – "The population at large probably finds chiptune music grating at best," #
    • Dutch VJ C-men, leading a video workshop at Platorm4 during the Scandinavia Blip Festival 2010 #
    • Interview: Bit Shifter « The Band Next Door #
    • COLOURAMA 2010 « Life in KL http://ow.ly/2K4Af #
    • Simplicity propels older video game systems' appeal to wide range of ages #
    • RT @ZenAlbatross: Download the PDF here: • Really comprehensive guide to vgm/chiptune/demoscene/remix culture. #
    • Videovalvontaa – Lori Konkero (Jellica's crinkle cut remixom) http://ow.ly/2Ko5H #
    • Exporting raw audio on a PC for Amiga http://ow.ly/2Ko99 #
    • Chiptography: Pulsewave September 2010 #
    • Ra Ra Riot on tour, played MHOW w/ Anamanaguchi (pics) http://ow.ly/2KzYJ #
    • Pulsar Echo effect http://ow.ly/2KEOW #
    • RT @4mat_scenemusic: Viva Amiga trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7qbDNNnje8 tbh they might as well have stopped at 94…. #

  • TCTD Links for 2010-09-27

    • Boston Chip Music Artists Take A Byte Out Of Nyc haha PR… http://ow.ly/2JOX3 #
    • Gig Alert: Anamanaguchi – "The population at large probably finds chiptune music grating at best," #
    • Dutch VJ C-men, leading a video workshop at Platorm4 during the Scandinavia Blip Festival 2010 #
    • Interview: Bit Shifter « The Band Next Door #
    • COLOURAMA 2010 « Life in KL http://ow.ly/2K4Af #
    • Simplicity propels older video game systems' appeal to wide range of ages #
    • RT @ZenAlbatross: Download the PDF here: • Really comprehensive guide to vgm/chiptune/demoscene/remix culture. #
    • Videovalvontaa – Lori Konkero (Jellica's crinkle cut remixom) http://ow.ly/2Ko5H #
    • Exporting raw audio on a PC for Amiga http://ow.ly/2Ko99 #
    • Chiptography: Pulsewave September 2010 #
    • Ra Ra Riot on tour, played MHOW w/ Anamanaguchi (pics) http://ow.ly/2KzYJ #
    • Pulsar Echo effect http://ow.ly/2KEOW #
    • RT @4mat_scenemusic: Viva Amiga trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7qbDNNnje8 tbh they might as well have stopped at 94…. #

  • Now on iTunes – Goto80 “Commodore Grooves”

    Goto80 is one of the true masters of C64 music, active for over ten years. 2005 was an extra busy year, embarking on a massive Europe-wide summer tour and being selected Artist of the Year at the Microdisko Chip Music Awards. As icing on the cake, this long-awaited debut album was finally released!

    via BLEEPSTREET Records

  • JSidplay2 updated to 2 2.0

    JSidplay2 is able to

    load sound files with extensions: SID (PSID/RSID), MUS, DAT, P00, PRG, STR. You can find most of them in the High Voltage SID Collection, the biggest music collecton on earth.
    play mono and stereo formats
    play with custom sample rates (sample size is 16 bit)
    load external SID Filter definition
    check song length from Song Length database (SLDb – contained in HVSC)
    be configured by an INI file containing emulation and player settings
    be integrated into Java enabled platforms
    being used like a real C64 (watching demos, playing games etc.)

    [CSDb] – JSIDPlay2 2.0 (2010).

  • New DMC Converter appeared

    Rushjet1 writes:

    I’m doing this for my senior project in school, so I will be releasing new updates to this program weekly.  The premise of this program is that it is a DMC converter that has a UI and several options.  It has no name yet sad

    Description-

    Converts a PCM .wav (16 or 8-bit, stereo or mono) to DMC format.  Only waves above 33144hz will work properly–others will play too fast.  If you have a 22khz wave you want to play, convert it to 44khz (or if possible, 33144hz) in some other program first.  My program converts the sample rate for larger-than-33144 rates but it does a dirty job of it, so the cleanest sound will probably result from you putting it at 33144.

    You can also convert a PCM .wav to another PCM .wav approximation of the DPCM.  This is useful for people who make .it/xm/s3m files and want to have dpcm samples that sound like a NES’s would.  You can also just load full songs into this to play around (warning, large filesizes take awhile).

    Compressed .wav formats are not supported, and they will not be in the future most likely.  This includes ADPCM, uLaw, etc.

    you can get it here.

    Future features:
    -<33144hz conversion
    -multiple quality/pitch settings
    -Graphical DMC wave display (directly editable, copy/cut/paste)
    -Preview for the current DMC wav at given frequency
    -The ability to chop up large wav files so they can be played back as DMCs on the NES
    -Drag ‘n Drop functionality
    -additional filters
    -bit crushing

    via cm.org