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While We Were Gone Mega Dump

Ed: If There is anything we missed, let us know!

Releases

BlazarTetraKinesis

New Ak47 Mix Tape

Blip Fest DVDs now on Sale

Alex Mauer- Low Gear

Leaves by mattisson

Software

Goto80 on Zerocycle Music

What kind of music do you make when the coder has used almost all the computing power, the designer had his/her go, and there is not even enough CPU-power left to play sounds? You make zero cycle music!”

Port LittlePiggytracker to PSP Fundraiser

Hardware

4bit Synths
4bitsynth is a MIDI-controlled digital synthesizer that uses the Atmel AVR ATMega48. Inspired by the NES, the sound is 4-bit. The digital output is put through an R-2R resistor ladder to get the analog waveform.

Preorder Ultrasatan for your AtariST

News

Dutycycle with A_Rival magfest footage

Syphus

Relaunched his blog with a menifesto to only release on music disks.. COOL!

More Chiptheft

Unicorn Kid on NME and the inevitable Flamewar

Role Model Interview Translated and Translated again

Withering and Hilarious Dissection of Sonic Soundtrack

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gamesetwatch Interviews kplecraft

Im guessing.. cool?

Im guessing.. cool?

GSW has a interesting read on this talented Blipfest and 8Bitpeoples artist.

Kuske of the Tokyo-based chiptune group Kplecraft and quad of the sound studio luvtrax performed together at the 2008 EXTRA Hyper Game Music Event.

Their sets involved techno arrangements of classic videogame series like Gradius, accompanied by vocal performances and 8-bit console sounds. Both musicians work in chiptunes and their songs will be appearing in the XBox 360 port of the sidescrolling shooter Otomedius G.

GSW: What is it that compels you to keep returning to chiptune music?

Kuske(kplecraft): That might take some time to answer. Everybody seems to have a different interpretation of what makes chiptunes special. Most people simply remember it from their youth and value it for that reason. In my case, I find it a challenge to make this music, because there are limits to the number of sounds you can use. That forces musicians to put a great deal of care into the melody and arpeggios. Those limitations can actually open the doors to a new appreciation for musical forms. I might be alone in that contention, but I find it to be a compelling way to arrange videogame music.


Chipmusic • Music Artists

Merry Pixmas: More Christmas Chip

True Chip Till Spring!

True Chip Till Spring!

At this point, there are enough chiptune Christmas songs out there to reclassify this as a sub-genre. Santacore? Jes-mo?

All jokes aside, Pixelmod Records has released an excellent little package to put you in the holiday spirit. 17 glorious songs from the likes of Goto80, 8BitWeapon, little-scale and more! The artwork is cuter than a puppy wrapped in a box under the tree and there’s even an interactive HTML Advent Calendar!

Get the goodies here!

Chipmusic • Live Events • Music Artists • videos

Rabato and Yes Robot Video Bootleg

http://mefeedia.com/entry/rabato-yes-robot-ascii-bit-visuals-bcnparty111/5076354

No embed, but you can view this entire concert online.

Rabato & Yes, Robot (Ascii bit Visuals) @ bcnparty’1111 hr 29 min – Oct 22, 2007Live performed at bcnparty’111. High resolution video available here:

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guÿôm – The awareness of raving rabbit

dhr-08Really fun and all over the map release from Da! Heard It records. I especially like track 5, which has a very piggytracker sounding filter sound. Dirty arps and casio drums all up in this, sample below.

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Grab it here: