Author: Peter Swimm

  • Herzeleid Update

    You need to build it yourself, but this YM2151 tracker for OSX seems to be coming along nicely.

    Did a whole fuckton of stuff. Added a player (plays the tracks without the UI), added PatchGen (generates patches from a website), and did a fuckton of stuff to the tracker, including: Adding effects, making Volume controls work. Now you should _really_ be able to make great music. All patches and tracks since the big change should still work. I also redid all the patches, and added some drums patches.

    via SquidMan’s herzeleid at master – GitHub.

    UPDATE

    EDIT: Also, since my hosting changed, the old link to the documentation is gone. The location that should be used is

  • XCEN Featured in Montreal Benders video

    [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/MOTw_PkK_SU" width="425" height="344" allowfullscreen="true" fvars="fs=1" /]

    via.

  • Phlogiston – Nectar “Double EP” out

    31New EP out, but only in FLAC format on Pause.

    Nectar is essentially two EPs in one. Croqel Adventure is the semi-sequel to Croqel – continuing the tradition of short, fun and pure NES tunes. Heat takes you back to an 80s vision of the future; you’re given a tour through a vast dystopian city where high tech low life roam the streets, and the differences between man and machine have been washed out.

    via Pause

  • Open Thread: Compare and Contrast

    RWAR!! PRRR!@ PRRR
    RWAR!! PRRR!@ PRRR

    http://thephoenix.com/Boston/Music/84270-Bit-players/

    Berkman may confess that playing Game Boys on stage is “inherently absurd,” but he’s deeply gratified that Anamanaguchi have earned respect and admiration within the 8-bit community, even as they’ve diverged from the purists. “I feel like it’s not like the Good Charlotte situation in punk where we’re, like, ruining it. It’s definitely more accessible than other 8-bit music, but I don’t think it sacrifices the core values of it. I think it’s more of, like, a Rancid than a Good Charlotte situation.”

    vs

    http://www.theskinny.co.uk/article/45913-unicorn-kid-level-up

    Sabin does not take his cue from the capital’s burgeoning folk scene as one might suspect, however. “My music follows the aesthetic of chiptune: it’s a big influence but it’s not the whole story,” he offers. “I suppose you could call me 8-bit dance”. To the uninitiated, chiptune is the result of sampling old, bashed-in computer games to make high tempo dance music.

    Do you feel the chipmusic meme bullies artists to tow a certain party line when it comes to speaking about how they approach their music? Is it a requirement to name check the demo scene and the hacking tradition in every contact you have with the media? At what point is an artist free to promote themselves, rather than worry about being a figurehead for the “scene”


  • 8-bit Prophet now out!

    vr_8bp_s8-BIT PROPHET – TM Network Tribute Generated by Chiptune + Vocaloid”

    ?????? Listen here
    http://www.myspace.com/vorcrecords http://www.myspace.com/vorcrecords

    ??????? Buy More
    https://web.archive.org/web/20100115214543/http://www.vorcrecords.com:80/8-bit_prophet/ https://web.archive.org/web/20100115214543/http://www.vorcrecords.com:80/8-bit_prophet/
    Buy CD from POSCA Buy MP3 from HearJapan

    ???: 2009?6?3? ??: 1,500? Release Date: June 2009 3 days Price: 1,500 yen

    For mroe reviews check out the VORC PAGE.