roboctopus.bsky.social
Chiptune chiptune chiptune. Make music with Game Boys, mostly.
I play shows! Hit me up n stuff.
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Music slaps!
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Yeah, it's soooo good.
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I was just using X-Copy yesterday XD
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I'm in the US so had to go ebay. Mine is a Euro model (has the pound sign instead of the $ lol) but it came with the US powersupply, which is the main thing.
r/amiga was very helpful with getting info for a setup. There are definitely several pieces of gear you need to get up and running.
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Yeah, I have one of the beta units and made a bunch of music on it 2020-2022 or so. It's a cool device for sure.
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For real! Like just the sound of it reading the floppy disk is nostalgic haha.
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Sorta! I'm recreating an older song to learn the Amiga, cause composing something new and learning at the same time is rough.
So it's a demake on more limited hardware. I'm liking this chippy Amiga version, but the original is still a nice tune I think.
roboctopus.bandcamp.com/track/2-am-i...
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Though the mouse... it's terrible XD
And the control button is...not where my fingers want it to be lol.
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Wtf. Mr beast spam trash on bluesky?
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Thanks! Definitely budget lol
I've had the Tascam for about 18 years and decided last year to give it a home on my desk instead of in a closet. It's fun to mess with and makes a pretty good mixer!
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Oh gosh, not for a bit. I am working on an album--all the tunes I've been posting lately are for the same project. I have 4 tracks mostly done, and this one I just started yesterday.
Might be a 5-6 track EP type thing. May do a run of tapes for it or something. But hopefully not too long!
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I'm working on an EP all done in this style. Four songs mostly done. I need a more minor key track though lol. And I might make them all 2xLSDJ haha. Soooo idk?
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I'mma release them when I'm done, so #soon haha.
Still tweaking levels and EQ and compression. I'm also making them at different BPS, so you can play them as a 1-bar "loop" at different speeds and have them sound correct.
Also, I need to do a funky drummer kit XD
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It's great!
Also, nice meeting you guys at Boston Bitdown!
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Shhhh. Snorlax is sleeping. :P
Tho for real, I got it from a capsule machine so I can't point you to where to buy it.
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It is all running on the gameboy!
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That actually does sound pretty spring like!
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Yep! All sounds coming from the Gameboy. 😆
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It sort of sounds shockingly good for 4-bit samples playing on the Gameboy haha.
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Whoa, that has some special vibe sauce! And yeah, slowing the tape down hits different than on a DAW!
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The vocals were a pain to make, mostly because I sang it and then used a combination of AI, pitch shifting, and hand tweaking to make them sound like that.
But then they just need some hefty compression and a big volume boost.
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The drums had more processing than the vocals. For drums I compress the heck out of them and EQ them more heavily that I would for non-gameboy purposes. Then boost the volume a lot more than you might think. Like, get them clipping.
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This is like suuuuper WIP stage, so this snippet is all there is for now. I'm pretty into it though, so I will hopefully finish it quicker than it usually takes me haha.
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It was indeed tasty! I've had Ichiran in Tokyo and I think the NYC branch holds up!
It's like three times the price of Tokyo tho XD
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Thanks! Looking forward to your set for sure!
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The Octa is sooo versatile, so I'm using it in a bunch of ways--as a DJ mixer and FX unit. I'm also using a Arduinoboy to sync the OT to one of the DMGs for beat-synced freeze delay. Also syncing OT and LSDJ for breakbeats. At least one song relies completely on the OT for drums.