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RE: 8-bit Music

Pixel Kid — Sat, 31 May 2008 18:28:54 GMT

You should check out [url=http://revision3.com/xlr8rtv/owen/]Casiotone For The Painfully Alone's stuff![/url] Don't know if it's actually 8-bit music but he certainly uses circuit bending to great effect :)

I love his deep melancholic voice over the chirpy sound effects, 'New Years Kiss' is awesome as is 'Young Shields' :)

Also [url=http://revision3.com/xlr8rtv/yacht/]YACHT[/url] and [url=http://revision3.com/xlr8rtv/deacon/]Dan Deacon[/url]! Haha! I could go on I love this stuff :P

RE: 8-bit Music

Slipstreem — Sat, 31 May 2008 16:32:51 GMT

If you're talking about composing your own 8-bit music on a PC, give Schismtracker a try. It's totally free and is a descendant of the original ScreamTracker software developed for writing 8-bit music for the early PC demo scene back in 1990(ish).

Schismtracker supports 8-bit and/or 16-bit sound files, up to 64 channel polyphony, and a whole host of other goodies. You can find ready-written 'chip' tracks and plenty of other music for it by looking on the Mod Archive website here... [url]http://modarchive.org/[/url].

Schismtracker: [url]http://tinyurl.com/2gzs4b[/url] :)

Cheers, Slipstreem. :cool:

RE: 8-bit Music

spike09 — Fri, 30 May 2008 19:04:07 GMT

[quote][b]stacykidd (29/05/2008)[/b][hr][quote][b]Spedley (28/05/2008)[/b][hr]Ah, a Scott I see![/quote]

That I am. Should I, er, speak in the local dialect? Ach aye the noo, etc. Though unfortunately I don't have ginger hair, know any skirt-wearing men (at least not to my knowledge) or spend my days hunting haggis. '[url=http://www.sausages.co.uk/haggis.gif]Cause haggis is an actual creature.[/url][/quote] aye ye should lass and drink irn bru (it will turn yi gingger in nae time) alternate irn bru with buckie and deep fried mars bars and ye'll be fine

RE: 8-bit Music

10p_to_continue — Fri, 30 May 2008 12:45:17 GMT

ok sorry

i forgot stacy was also a mans name must try to be nicer to people

was behind a library firewall

will check out your blog

have you heard of HardSID which is basically a hardware sid chip you can program

check out remix.kwed.org and c64 takeaway for cool retro tunes

RE: 8-bit Music

stacykidd — Thu, 29 May 2008 09:01:52 GMT

[quote][b]Spedley (28/05/2008)[/b][hr]Ah, a Scott I see![/quote]

That I am. Should I, er, speak in the local dialect? Ach aye the noo, etc. Though unfortunately I don't have ginger hair, know any skirt-wearing men (at least not to my knowledge) or spend my days hunting haggis. '[url=http://www.sausages.co.uk/haggis.gif]Cause haggis is an actual creature.[/url]

RE: 8-bit Music

Spedley — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:07:41 GMT

Ah, a Scott I see! Welcome to the forum (from me that is).

Music isn't my thing but I do remember the old Acorn Archimedes has an 8-bit logarithmic sound chip that offered so much but never quite produced enough. Still, it was my first experience of samped music coming form a computer (Take me down to the Paradice City ...)

RE: 8-bit Music

MartenReed — Wed, 28 May 2008 20:29:06 GMT

[quote][b]FreakShow! (28/05/2008)[/b][hr]D'OH >.<

That was another thread, don't know how I did that, anyway, here's the one I meant:

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1WWpKEPdT4[/url]

Hey mik, you'll love this one ;)

My sig is Chiyo-chan and Osuka from Azumanga Daioh :). I read Love Hina, but not watched it.[/quote]

I hate you. How could you do that to the newest lady on the forum too?

For shame!

RE: 8-bit Music

FreakShow! — Wed, 28 May 2008 20:27:33 GMT

D'OH >.<

That was another thread, don't know how I did that, anyway, here's the one I meant:

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1WWpKEPdT4[/url]

Hey mik, you'll love this one ;)

My sig is Chiyo-chan and Osuka from Azumanga Daioh :). I read Love Hina, but not watched it.

RE: 8-bit Music

MartenReed — Wed, 28 May 2008 19:26:17 GMT

[quote][b]stacykidd (28/05/2008)[/b][hr][quote][b]MartenReed (28/05/2008)[/b][hr]By the way, have you checked out the SIDstation? It's pretty funky if you like the SID chip.[/quote]

I haven't heard of such a thing...not until I look it up on Wikipedia in the next few minutes, anyway. It sounds pretty awesome! A shame it costs so many pennies though :([/quote]

I think they're a few hundred pounds, anyways. They do sound pretty awesome though :)

RE: 8-bit Music

stacykidd — Wed, 28 May 2008 19:25:07 GMT

[quote][b]MartenReed (28/05/2008)[/b][hr]By the way, have you checked out the SIDstation? It's pretty funky if you like the SID chip.[/quote]

I haven't heard of such a thing...not until I look it up on Wikipedia in the next few minutes, anyway. It sounds pretty awesome! A shame it costs so many pennies though :(

RE: 8-bit Music

stacykidd — Wed, 28 May 2008 19:22:32 GMT

@ 10p
Yes. Yes I am a 55 year old man. My website is indeed fictitious and I am indeed too good to be true.

@FreakShow
Incorrect linkage :P And also, which manga is featured on your sig? It looks like the Love Hina/Azumanga Daioh/Fruits Basket style.

@BJM
Thank you very much :) I'm a bit of an oddball myself, I look forward to geeking with the leet

RE: 8-bit Music

MartenReed — Wed, 28 May 2008 19:14:31 GMT

By the way, have you checked out the SIDstation? It's pretty funky if you like the SID chip. It's given rise to a whole new load of metal called SID Metal, and Machinae Supremacy are one of the bands at the forefront of it. I think they're fairly expensive though. :)

RE: 8-bit Music

BJM — Wed, 28 May 2008 19:07:57 GMT

@ stacy

Hi Stacy and welcome to the forum - ignore 10p to follow, most of the rest of us are friendly, if slightly odd.
(Incidentally, you're not really Sarah of the Dead's Mum are you? - forum joke, ask her about it)

@10p - check a few facts out before you write pointless insults - like her blog and the fact that she is one of MM's and Den of Geek's occasional freelancers.

RE: 8-bit Music

FreakShow! — Wed, 28 May 2008 17:10:52 GMT

I haven't made any myself, but I do like listening to it. Here's one I found on youtube:

[url]http://www.joelogon.com/images_temp/successoryinternet400.jpg[/url]

RE: 8-bit Music

10p_to_continue — Wed, 28 May 2008 16:14:12 GMT

your photos too good to be true

your website doesnt exist

youre obviously some dude looking for someone to send you one.

nice try

8-bit Music

stacykidd — Wed, 28 May 2008 00:56:41 GMT

I absolutely *love* the sound of the Commodore's SID chip. I've been making music on it with Cynthcart for a while now. Has anyone on the MM forums ever made some 8-bit music? I'm tempted to move on to some Game Boy chip tunes pretty soon, however tracking down a legit LSDJ cart is pretty impossible, phooey :hehe: