Hi folks...
After many years skirting around the online 8-bit community (mainly cus im so busy with various projects) I have decided to join a forum that pretty much in essence reflects where, muscially, my heart has been since sitting down in front of the likes of Parallax, doing my homework in '87... not playing it so much, as listening to the music...
I'm sure there are many of us of that generation for whom the 8-bit deepness strikes a chord!! And its a joy for me to discover that the music itself is still resonating with youngsters today... that the strong connection I had/have with 8-bit/chip music seems to be something that, across the board, brings about a definite reaction in the listener... for some it opens doors and memories... instills visions of heroic fanfare and positive progression....
LEVEL - UP!!!!
I could ramble on but hey!!! Oh yeah... and for a year and a half I have been writing music on a Gameboy (stuff on Myspace is NOT current... too busy to slave to that beast!!) AND I am proud to say that for the same time, I have been running an event called
Micro_Rave... mostly in Bristol... I wont go too much into that here except to say that its an interactive 8-bit video game where the headline act is saved from Robots by the crowd by winners of Dance-Offs and various video-game themed challenges ... all to 8-bit classics and chip-tunes of various craziness!!!!! (all plumbed through my lovely 6k rig!!!) copy and paste
http://microraves.tumblr.com for past shows and more rambling!!!! or join facebook group 'micro_rave' (include the underscore) to see pics and keep updated on future 'raves!!!'
Heh!!! anyway, enough of the plugging!!!... I am just saying hello really!!
So... why here??? well.....
I have recently purchased MSSIAH on modded C64 and am keen to find out the best way to control it... Rotary Midi Controllers??? Ive got a psp screen adapted to take the RF signal so ~TV isnt too much of a hassle... (but blowing up SID chips IS!!! grrrr..)
anyway... anybody any ideas of best place to start a thread to go into this properly??
all the 8-bit best..... spaz....