Author: Peter Swimm

  • TCTD tweets from 2009-08-17

    • 3ft high and falling. http://bit.ly/oyu5A #
    • CDM On SunVox http://ow.ly/kkrC #
    • Kind of Bloop is out, if you donated. We'll cover it August 20th when the rest of us can buy it! http://kindofbloop.com/ #
    • In case you missed it, like me, mazemod upped a new summer playlist http://www.mazemod.org/ #
    • New OP-1 Sound Posted: #
    • RT: @mikearosenthal: Want to support the arts in nyc? become a member of The Tank and help us stay alive! http://bit.ly/mgocU #
    • RT: @mikearosenthal: any chiptune near Troy, NY and want to play a show there later in the summer? cool new space opening up. could be good. in reply to mikearosenthal #

  • Note Duration in Chipmusic Software

    Chipflip has an interesting essay on note duration, a potentially dry subject that is well worth the read if you are concerned about how casually you throw terms around.

    Due to a comment by Viznut, I’ve had quick look into music made with the PDP-1 (circa 1960). This was a popular machine in the early hacker culture that grew out of universities such as MIT. A few of the audio hacks are documented in MIT’s HAKMEM (1972). Writing this post, it gradually turned into a form of platforms studies or media-specific analysis, describing note duration on different trackers/hardware, and considering the compositional consequences of it. The scope of platforms here is limited, and comments about alternatives are appreciated.

    via CHIPFLIP.

  • August Demo Roundup

    Great Roundup of some of the notable Demo Productions over at 8bittoday:

    August is only half way, but has already brought us some fine 8bit releases. A game, some demos for obscure platforms, glitch art and some pixel graphics are covered in this small list of 7 productions.

    via 8bit today:

  • TCTD tweets from 2009-08-15

    • Dd you know TCTD has a flickr page, and an IRC Channel? Hopefully today's website updates makes this more clear! http://tinyurl.com/memryd #
    • TCTD Commenters: We now support Gravitars! It's not an 80's toy line. I promise I've stopped tinkering for the weekend. #

  • Odds and Ends from Twitter 2009-08-15

    • RT @4mat_scenemusic Ate Bit at Assembly party – "Transform" 64kb intro. Code by Evilpaul, Music by me. http://bit.ly/1NACd #
    • PsiloduimpLive, via nerd music #
    • Pandora = Portable opl3 Trackers on the go: http://bit.ly/o339I #
    • M$ Goes Pixel Retro on their new logo. http://bit.ly/YCktM #
    • RT: @depreci8onguild: Red Rocks / Colorado / Sept 12 RT The Depreciation Guild just added to #Monolith Festival https://myspace.com/thedepreciationguild in reply to depreci8onguild #
    • In the great chiptune throwdown of 2009 are you a shark or a jet? http://short.to/mbzu #
    • Sunvox As a iPhone live insturment http://bit.ly/SOVMr #
    • Ascher-Weiss Salutes Virt, Universes Explode: http://bit.ly/KLJd4 #
    • Glitter twins http://bit.ly/16BW5t #
    • This needs algobeats #
    • RT: @minusbaby: is still giggling about a video for my tune, "FRIQUIDIQUI, N.1",called "Winnie Friqui Pooh Diqui". See?: http://bit.ly/Jrsjn #
    • RT @freemusicarchiv welcome @creativecommons to the Free Music Archive's ranks! Check out 8bitpeoples, other stuff http://bit.ly/Ndj3h #
    • NME jumps on the chiphate bandwagon with a dressing down of the cheesy frankmusik http://short.to/mieo #
    • In the Onion, the Gooch spin a delicate web of irony and science http://short.to/mhtx #
    • keygen Music Updated http://keygenmusic.net/?page=news #
    • Sorry about that faux post last night. It was the greatest hits. #
    • See the TCTD Social Link on our frontpage? Anyone want to make pixel art versions for each link @ 80px × 15px? #
    • GSW on interesting looking (and sounding) Game Boy-Like Tower of Heaven http://bit.ly/14BHUY #
    • Happy Birthday Sega Genesis: http://bit.ly/MEAbE #
    • TCTD Social Pixel Project done.. Thanks Keff! #
    • Saying I love you, in all the wrong ways #
    • RT: @chipsounds: Paul Slocum's ATARI synthcart beats remixed in chipsounds…http://bit.ly/Lv893 #