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offline eric_hard_jams on 2004-01-01 15:29 [#01012787]
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in my capacity as official electrotards ambasador to
xltronic i hereby point you in the direction of this
wonderful new release.

ETR004


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2004-01-01 15:30 [#01012791]
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I love that Cover :D


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2004-01-01 15:37 [#01012803]
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and the music ain't half bad either.


 

offline PigeonSt from Detroit on 2004-01-01 23:23 [#01013119]
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good stuff, deserves a bump


 

offline eric_hard_jams on 2004-01-02 07:21 [#01013382]
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yeah, big props to emoticon. he's one to watch. he's got a
release on suicide in installments that's also worth downloading.



 

offline princo from Shitty City (Geelong) (Australia) on 2004-01-02 07:31 [#01013404]
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sounds awesome, I love this kinda shtuff@!


 

offline Spacecadet on 2004-01-02 07:32 [#01013406]
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is it free to d/l?


 

offline princo from Shitty City (Geelong) (Australia) on 2004-01-02 07:35 [#01013414]
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Check the first posted link....! :)


 

offline evilidiot from United States on 2004-01-02 19:22 [#01014835]
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Yes, it's free. It's good too. :)


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2004-01-02 19:23 [#01014838]
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I like it a lot :D


 

offline weatheredstoner from same shit babes. (United States) on 2004-01-02 20:01 [#01014877]
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subpar.


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2004-01-02 20:02 [#01014880]
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I've got the first two tracks so far, Blockman fucking
rocks! I LOVE 8-bit NES sounding music...


 

offline Rambling Madman from the future (United Kingdom) on 2004-01-02 21:49 [#01014910]
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It's ok, would be alot better if the beats weren't 8bit
imo.



 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2004-01-02 22:30 [#01014935]
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i think it could go either way, I agree that higher-fi drums
would have made the sound a little more contemporary, but it
goes against the whole "adventures in 8bit" theme and I
actually think the 8bit drums complete the nintendo-esque
feel! :)


 

offline spasmsixtynine from leicester (United Kingdom) on 2004-01-03 03:01 [#01015074]
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sgood shit nigga


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2004-01-03 07:44 [#01015276]
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I've got them all know, and I think there is definately a
lot of good material here.. Blockman is still my favorite
though, Fred's Day Out kicks ass too


 

offline PigeonSt from Detroit on 2004-01-03 08:04 [#01015291]
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Most of the drums that sound "8 bit" are really degraded
down to 4 or 5 bits. 8 sounds cleaner than you think.


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2004-01-03 11:55 [#01015650]
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interesting, didn't know that.


 

offline PigeonSt from Detroit on 2004-01-03 14:25 [#01015816]
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That's just from my experience making video game sounding
music out of regular drums.

Actual Nintendo drums are based on an in-chip noise
synthesizer.


 

offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2004-01-03 14:26 [#01015818]
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i dig it


 

offline ecnadniarb on 2004-01-03 14:29 [#01015824]
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I think it is wank. There is tons of shit out there, proper
game music that is better, why would anyone want to make
something that sounds shit? At the time they did it because
that is the best they could do technically...this 8 bit
music is easy to make and not very experimental or
adventurous.


 

offline kangaroo on 2004-01-03 14:39 [#01015842]
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I thought if something, say a number, required only 5 bits
of information (say, "01110"), then it was stored as an 8
bit number like "00001110". because that's how computer's
handle the information or something.

?


 

offline ecnadniarb on 2004-01-03 14:41 [#01015846]
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Please don't type rubbish when I am stoned. :P


 

offline PigeonSt from Detroit on 2004-01-03 14:43 [#01015851]
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Yeah, but if I like it you can't tell me I don't.


 

offline kangaroo on 2004-01-03 14:44 [#01015853]
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I didn't type "rubbish" once, other than this time. You
typed it once yourself. I'm afraid I can no longer take
anything you say seriously from now on because of that
display of hyprocracy.


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2004-01-03 14:45 [#01015856]
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I was not aware of that fact. That's useful to know.


 

offline ecnadniarb on 2004-01-03 14:45 [#01015857]
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Yes I can. You don't really like it. You are just trying
to be cool and retro to fit in with the other kids.


 

offline ecnadniarb on 2004-01-03 14:46 [#01015859]
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I type rubbish 99.4356677% of the time...but it is expected
from me :D


 

offline PigeonSt from Detroit on 2004-01-03 14:48 [#01015864]
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; p


 

offline kangaroo on 2004-01-03 14:49 [#01015866]
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That seems incorrect. So far, in this topic, you have typed
the word "rubbish" only twice, while posting 98 other words,
2 numbers and 2 emoticon faces. That's hardly 99.4356677%.


 

offline ecnadniarb on 2004-01-03 14:53 [#01015870]
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Ah but it is the interpretation of words I am referring to,
rather than the physical appearence of the letters forming
the word "rubbish"...however your dilligence in attempting
to prove me wrong is admirable.


 

offline kangaroo on 2004-01-03 14:59 [#01015881]
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Your equally dilligent in defending your position that you
do, in fact, post rubbish 99.4356677%, but my time is spent
trying to be humorous while yours is spent humorless. And
besides, the fact that you are a black jewish fag makes your
whole argument less credible.


 

offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2004-01-03 15:02 [#01015889]
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hahahah that last burn was awesome


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2004-01-03 15:05 [#01015896]
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I laughed out loud to that, Well done.


 

offline ecnadniarb on 2004-01-03 15:06 [#01015903]
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a black jewish fag? Shit I think your brain has messed up
and you are thinking about your mum, who's penis regularly
penetrates your anus and face...completely fucking your
brain up and making you believe that somehow you are
humerous...when in reality you are as sad as every other
fucker who posts here.


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2004-01-03 15:09 [#01015912]
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That too made me laugh out loud.


 

offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2004-01-03 15:11 [#01015916]
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meh

i'm disapointed that these are all samples


 

offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2004-01-03 15:12 [#01015917]
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well most of them anyways


 

offline PigeonSt from Detroit on 2004-01-03 15:13 [#01015922]
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What do you mean by samples?


 

offline kangaroo on 2004-01-03 15:14 [#01015924]
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Except perhaps for w M w, who I regard as a wee bit... more
sad.


 

offline promo from United Kingdom on 2004-01-03 15:31 [#01015956]
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I would say there is a lot of 8 bit stuff around and it is
hard distinguish one track from the other especially as the
sound is so insular. That said I do like the 8-bit sound but
I think the novelty factor has begun to ware off a little
now.


 

offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2004-01-03 16:01 [#01016000]
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well most of the tracks fade out and are basically short


 

offline weatheredstoner from same shit babes. (United States) on 2004-01-03 16:07 [#01016009]
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the 8bit novelty is just a fad that a few people are trying
to keep alive because they are lame. ecnadniarb is right,
these tunes suck, the melody is weak and there is way better
video game music out there. Death to any 8bit shit made
after 2000.


 

offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2004-01-03 16:09 [#01016012]
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i disagree


 

offline weatheredstoner from same shit babes. (United States) on 2004-01-03 16:13 [#01016019]
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ok


 

offline PigeonSt from Detroit on 2004-01-03 16:21 [#01016033]
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I'm a fan of 8bit and I make some myself. The original
nature of the songs were loops of a minute or under, so I
think the length is influenced by that. Length of track
doesn't really bother me that much unless it drags on way
too long.


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2004-01-03 21:59 [#01016465]
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Hmm, I guess I haven't had the good fortune enough to find
any of the other 8bit music out there, but emoticon's stuff
sends me on a trip down nostalgia lane. I think the melodies
are decent enough (blockman fucking rocks), and I was
actually thinking of playing some NES roms with no in game
music and just use that stuff as the sound track.


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2004-01-03 22:37 [#01016490]
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Hey eric... how is it going?


 

offline eric_hard_jams on 2004-01-04 05:47 [#01016777]
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cool man, long time no speak. :D


 

offline eric_hard_jams on 2004-01-09 07:48 [#01024698]
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not a bump, just an upward prompt


 


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