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It's been just over a year since we released our first song (Tsunami Gaiden) and we finally have just released the full album! We made a silly promo on YouTube. I haven't yet put up the final 3 songs on SoundCloud yet, but you can check them out on our BandCamp page!
Though the NES dominated the chiptune sounds, we also used the GameBoy with my sammichSID and sammichFM synths making their appearance in a few songs (most notably, The Final Boss).
We have already started on our next album, although still plan on trying to get Chipsurf Pipeline on vinyl (wouldn't that be intersting - chiptunes on vinyl?). Our next album will likely feature the SID more, although with a bit more effects on top.
Anyways I'm excited if you couldn't tell!
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We finially finished our first album!
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Posted 14 February 2012 - 00:23
Congratulations!
It is always very nice to finalize a long-running project! Vinyl pressing of chipsounds does sound nice!
Many greetings!
Peter
It is always very nice to finalize a long-running project! Vinyl pressing of chipsounds does sound nice!
Many greetings!
Peter
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Posted 14 February 2012 - 00:24
It (Chips on vinyl) does sound nice! Not cheap though :/ But something we really would love to do so we're going to see how we can make it work.
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Posted 14 February 2012 - 21:43
Really liking the whole chipsurf thing!
I've always wanted to do stuff on vinyl but we (Kilke) have a rather large back catalogue so it would be extremely hard to choose what to put on an LP.
Keep up the good work!
Tim.
I've always wanted to do stuff on vinyl but we (Kilke) have a rather large back catalogue so it would be extremely hard to choose what to put on an LP.
Keep up the good work!
Tim.
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Posted 14 February 2012 - 22:38
Have a website or place I can check out your band perchance? Love to hear it!
As far as vinyl goes, it can even be more limiting than you think. You can only fit 18 minutes or so on each side of a 12" LP typically. Since records spin at a constant rate (unlike CDs), the tracks towards the inside won't sound quite as good as the outside since the grooves are passing under the needle more slowly. This can impact how you arrange songs on your album.
But they have a wonderfully warm (some would say inaccurate and flawed) sound, are great for collecting and are just fun to play! Definitely not cheap to make though...
As far as vinyl goes, it can even be more limiting than you think. You can only fit 18 minutes or so on each side of a 12" LP typically. Since records spin at a constant rate (unlike CDs), the tracks towards the inside won't sound quite as good as the outside since the grooves are passing under the needle more slowly. This can impact how you arrange songs on your album.
But they have a wonderfully warm (some would say inaccurate and flawed) sound, are great for collecting and are just fun to play! Definitely not cheap to make though...
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Posted 14 February 2012 - 22:48
I am one of your followers on Soundcloud user name is Kilke. There are 2 sets of live improvised stuff on the cloud. Or you can check out http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/kilke where most of our studio based stuff is available. We have a rather long and boring history, for a band that has been around since the 90's, we have only played publicly twice!
Hope you like our stuff.
Tim..
Hope you like our stuff.
Tim..
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Posted 14 February 2012 - 23:04
Haha oh yeah, duh 
I check out your stuff every so often. Just didn't associate the name with the music Ooops.
EDIT: Err no, I must've missed that follow e-mail. Sorry! I got my K's messed up as well. Well anyways, following you now and checking out your stuff as I type this!
I check out your stuff every so often. Just didn't associate the name with the music Ooops.EDIT: Err no, I must've missed that follow e-mail. Sorry! I got my K's messed up as well. Well anyways, following you now and checking out your stuff as I type this!
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Posted 14 February 2012 - 23:48
Enjoy!
The Siberia session is a little rough but as it was all live improv it's bound to be.
The birthday session is one of those happy accidents when it all worked, again this was spontaneous improv.
There will be some more in the next few days when I have time to sort out the levels and upload it.
The Siberia session is a little rough but as it was all live improv it's bound to be.
The birthday session is one of those happy accidents when it all worked, again this was spontaneous improv.
There will be some more in the next few days when I have time to sort out the levels and upload it.
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Posted 14 February 2012 - 23:51
Indeed this is some pretty cool stuff. That guitar work on one of them (doh I forget which...been a long day...) was bordering on epic!
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Posted 23 April 2012 - 17:34
Thought I would reply to this thread instead of a new one since it was already mentioned above and apologize it's a bit off-topic.
We have finally setup a Kickstarter project to put Chipsurf Pipeline on vinyl. The minimum goal is a 7" single, but if we end up getting more support, we'll shoot for an LP instead. We have already listened to a dub-plate of one of the songs to test out how things might sound (the very same dub-plate we are giving away to the top contributor to the project). While it doesn't have the clarity of the master (obviously), it does sound better than what you can get from iTunes or Spotify, and it has a bit of a smoother sound.
I'm an avid (non-hipster) vinyl guy so I appreciate the sound but also the experience of having a collectable that is physical and real, as opposed to just 0's and 1's that happen to comprise a song.
Either way, if you're interested in participating, head on over to our project page for more info!
We have finally setup a Kickstarter project to put Chipsurf Pipeline on vinyl. The minimum goal is a 7" single, but if we end up getting more support, we'll shoot for an LP instead. We have already listened to a dub-plate of one of the songs to test out how things might sound (the very same dub-plate we are giving away to the top contributor to the project). While it doesn't have the clarity of the master (obviously), it does sound better than what you can get from iTunes or Spotify, and it has a bit of a smoother sound.
I'm an avid (non-hipster) vinyl guy so I appreciate the sound but also the experience of having a collectable that is physical and real, as opposed to just 0's and 1's that happen to comprise a song.
Either way, if you're interested in participating, head on over to our project page for more info!
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