Author: Peter Swimm

  • Gijs Gieskes at OFFF

    CDM has an interesting discussion about technology and the democratic nature of cheap and easily available tech tools.  Also a good look at another super Gijs Gieskes performance.

    What does it mean to truly democratize technology? When is DIY more than just the creation of an object? That’s the question asked by our friend Julià Carboneras, who curated the new Nerdeferences feature of the OFFF digital design conference in Portugal last week. DIY is more than just cool devices, argues Julià: it’s social hacking, too. He brought together myself, Instructables.com founder Eric Wilhelm, and musical inventor and artist Gijs Gieskes (who stole the show, showing some creations live onstage). But there was a bigger picture, too, that I wanted to share.

    via Create Digital Music » Democratizing Creative Tech: Julià Carboneras, OFFF English + Espanol.

  • Editor’s Desk: TCTDBot and Podcasts

    Some of you already found it, but we have a new SUBMIT NEWS form. This allows you to easily submit your news and scoops. Post enough, and you might get asked to become a featured writer! Also, we are proud to reveal that we will be starting a NEW PODCAST. Its theme and surprise host will be revealed then, in the meantime you can prime your feedreader with the link:

    truechip.org/podcast

  • GetLoFi – Gameboy DMG-01 Pitch Modification

    gameboy_dmg_pitch_modVery well documented DMG pitch mod, that I hope will inspire more doomchip. DO IT!

    As promised, here is a GetLoFi take on modifying GameBoy DMG-01 with pitch control via the LTC1799 Precision Module from the GetLoFi Shop. The process to replace a fixed 4.19 MHz crystal with a variable digital clock is pretty strait forward, however we will not be responsible for any damage to your hardware, so please do this at your own risk!

    via GetLoFi – Gameboy DMG-01 Pitch Modification.

  • Run!

    folderlittle-scale writes:

    Run – Music for the Long Distance Jogger is a compilation of 12 tracks by 12 artists at a speed of 145 BPM. The thing I love about this comp is that each track blends and is mixed well into the next track – cheers to nonfinite for making this flow so well, for organising the comp and for hosting the comp for now. My track on here is ‘The Merchant’, but the mix is slightly different than the one found on my release ‘Error Repeat‘.

    A great idea (I was thinking of a aerobics comp myself back in the netlabel days..), with tracks by little-scale, tristendo, ZZZV and more… good stuff!

  • Nullsleep and friend

    NULLSLEEP @ ITP Spring Show Afterparty (part 2)

    Hey thats George from Starscream!