Rollicking Chipthump from CrunchyCo (Update your site!). Bit Shifter Approved.
Over 17 minutes of soothing, low bpm LSDJ material, with an uplifting end. I made all of these tracks within 2 days… I hope you all enjoy the Apathy Passion Vehemence release from Crunchy Records.
via Forums | 8bc.org – Online Chiptune Media Sharing.
Inspired by classic videogame soundtracks and electronic music from the 70s and 80s, 8 Bit Weapon delivers a sound that is as unique as it is original. Clever melodies, nostalgic atmosphere, and energetic beats create a decidedly modern sound while maintaining a fun, lo-tech aesthetic. You’re probably aware of this, because you own a copy of our 8 Bit Weapon loop library.Hey everybody, fire up your Nintendo Game Boys, Atari 2600s and Commodore 64s, because 8 Bit Weapon has a chiptune remix contest for you! Those of you in the know might recognize the offered track from 8 Bit Weapon, our recently released loop library again, a hint. What can you do with it? 8 Bit Weapon wants to know. Along with the usual plethora of goodies provided to the winner, 8 Bit Weapon is providing a Commodore 64 music creation work station for your own chiptune arsenal!
8bw Adds:
If you dont have any software or even any gear to make the remix, NO PROBLEM! Sony has provided a FREE copy of ACID for PC computers on the remix site for you to use. Mac users can download the loop zip file and use the loops to make a remix as well in programs like Garage band, etc. However Mac users wont be able to use the acid project file.
There are NO restrictions on how the remix is made! You can use all chip related devices, modern softsynths, or anything else that tickles your fancy. Also, you do not have to use ACID software to enter! You can make your remix any way you like. :)
The Grand Prize winner will receive: A Commodore 64, 1541 drive, cables, a Prophet 64 Cart, ACID Pro software, Five Standard Collection Libraries, as well as a copy of our “Electric High EP” & an 8bw T-shirt!
After teasing it in past updates, Neil Baldwin reveals the secret Terry Jones project that never saw the light of day, a adaptation of the film Erik The Viking (perhaps the last enjoyable Tim Robbins movie?)
Neil writes:
We were producing the game for the now-defunct Japanese publisher, Video Systems and had pretty much completed the whole game. However, geographical and language problems made the testing and bug-finding phase frustratingly difficult. We were almost solely reliant on the publisher finding bugs/issues simply because there was only 4 of us trying to deliver this fairly large and complicated game and as we didn’t speak Japanese and they didn’t speak much English, it made for an interesting process. Even I had to get involved in map building and putting together trigger/behaviour scripts for the game’s events as well as writing all the music. It was all good fun though and the last version of the game that we submitted to the publisher was in great shape and actually good fun to play!
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Luckily for you lot, I still had the music binary files and, with a little manual hex editing, managed to fashion it into a NSF file so even if you can’t see the game, you can listen to the music. I am far too good to you all :)
My favorite little sequencer has a new update, perhaps inspired by its redheaded stepchild Littlegptracker. Details:
2009-07-14: v3.9.a
* bugfix: instr copy/paste works again (broke in 3.9.3)
* make it possible to change pitch of pu1/2 sounds without
retrigging, by omitting instrument number.e.g.
C-3 I03
G-3 I–
This sounds great, a definite highwater mark for covers comps after months of abysmal lows. Well curated, and well composed.
tracklisting:
1) Around The World – The Listrix
2) Short Circuit – Random
3) Voyager – Zombectro
4) Revolution 909 – Note!
5) Aerodynamic – JDDJ3J
6) Superheroes – Stage7
7) Crescendolls – Flashbob
8) One More Time – Microchip
9) Teachers – Fluxxin
10) Indo Silver Club – Motone
11) Veridis Quo – EvilWezil