3 new chip tunes by yours truly

[mr_lou]

Never really thought about sharing my non-CPC music here, but since my latest 3 tunes are very chippy, I thought I should.

Despite having bought one of them modern music trackers a decade ago, I keep using the oldskool approach when creating music.
These 3 tracks are thus composed in Milkytracker.

"Ode to you" - [xm] [
mp3]
Created in 2017 for 8-bit Memoirs, but only released today.

"Dead Link" - [xm] [
mp3]
I think this sounds somewhat Kraftwerk-like.

"Back to Basics" - [xm] [
mp3]
Short chippy intro tune

I enjoy doing these oldskool tunes, trying to make something sound good while keeping a relative low filesize. Thus, these tracks are only 291 kb, and 662 kb and 381 kb.

Anyone else tracking oldskool here? I mean with trackers like Milkytracker or OpenMPT or Schism Tracker?

[Arnold]

Great I really like all 3 of them and gonna include them and play them also in the taxi for customers . . .

[mr_lou]

Great I really like all 3 of them and gonna include them and play them also in the taxi for customers . . .

That's an awesome concept...  "The Chipxi". 

[VincentGR]

I don't have a taxi but I play them in my car and at the bar I work in summers.

[Arnold]

So I shall help spread the good chiptune vibes too . . . a very familiar 'concept' so to speak actually since I am sort of doing this as for Shamisen music already for years . . . So far though I never got around to actually get into it seriously like to organize a good library of tunes I absolutely like but I feel now the time has come . . . one Arcade High album and 3 MR LOU tunes so far available in the car Shamisen in case you are unfamiliar with that is featured in the clip btw and that song actually happens to refer to me . . .



https://youtu.be/V9Cg-h1mpUg

[mr_lou]

I was just looking through my tracks to see when was the last time I created a chip-tune. 9 years ago!!! 
I can't believe it was 9 years since I did a chip-tune last time. Well, obviously I've done CPC tracks since then, but still.

Anyway, this is also worth a share.

"Calm Streams" - [xm] [
mp3]

Only 25 kb!

Worth a share because of the story:

Zeboyd Games bought a license for this track to be used in their game "Breath of Death VII". And because this game became rather popular, so did the track. Before I knew it several people had created cover versions. You can even find a video on YouTube of people playing this tune using real instruments.
My favorite cover version is
the one Mordi did. Absolutely stunning.


Is no one else tracking oldskool???

[Arnold]

obviously another classic . . . also I found your two websites . . . unfortunately though I neither have a dvd nor blue ray player these days and frankly don't plan on buying any one of those in the future and also I cannot download 23 gb of 8bit sure bliss to my currently only phone shaped computer what I could do so far though was download all of your chiptune tracks I understand I can play to unsuspecting taxi customers for free . . . of course whenever I might come up with another app or game likely I am looking forward to looking first at your tracks and possibly licensing them for your fair charges too . . .

[mr_lou]

Unfortunately though I neither have a dvd nor blue ray player these days and frankly don't plan on buying any one of those in the future and also I cannot download 23 gb of 8bit sure bliss to my currently only phone shaped computer

When Kodi 18 is released, (assuming the bugs has been fixed by then), you can view 8-bit Memoirs remotely by adding a HTTP source in Kodi: It'll stream the project via HTTP.
You can test this already now if you want, although you should expect a crash, because they haven't worked out all the bugs yet.
Simply download the nightly build of Kodi 18, and then add this HTTP source: http://www.8bitMemoirs.com/online/Disc
Then right-click that source and select "Play". In the next popup, select "Play with Blu-ray menus".
(Remember to download the bit-version of Kodi that matches the bit-version of your Java installation. Otherwise it won't work).

Alternatively, you can buy a 32 gb USB drive from me. See list of possible playback devices on http://www.8bitMemoirs.com

For now though, there's no way of viewing 8-bit Memoirs from a phone - although there's a good chance it will become possible with Kodi some day. All they need is some way of including a JVM, and they're actually looking into a few options to do that these days. If successful, that would mean you'd be able to stream 8-bit Memoirs from your Android device; phones, tablets, and even TV's! That would be awesome. 

What I could do so far though was download all of your chiptune tracks I understand I can play to unsuspecting taxi customers for free . . . of course whenever I might come up with another app or game likely I am looking forward to looking first at your tracks and possibly licensing them for your fair charges too . . .

Yes, my music is free to download and listen to. Only when you're using it to make money will you need to pay a license. 

[Arnold]

wow well ordering a 32 gb usb drive I did not find as an option on the site actually and of course the idiot I could imagine I might be I am completely unfamiliar with that Kodi business as of now . . . anyways though the link you shared might have provided an opening for peeking into your memoirs for a bit for now as it seems the vlc player app on the phone could possibly even render some of those files so I am looking forward to looking into this . . . saying this so vaguely so far cause the mobile internet access seems to have hickups again . . . seriously in this day and age can't we have a solid internet mobile connection? a disgrace . . . sure isn't solar flares to blame . . .

[mr_lou]

It's true that the USB option isn't listed on the site. Maybe I should add it.

Regarding VLC - it's a decent free option for viewing 8-bit Memoirs on a PC. But the Android version of VLC isn't able to handle the Java stuff (which means you won't be able to read all the stories - you can only see the videos). This is because Android doesn't have a JVM app you can install, like almost all other platforms does.

Unlike Kodi devs, VLC devs have rejected the idea of embedding a JVM, so it doesn't look like Android VLC will be an option to play 8-bit Memoirs on Android.

But I'm very excited to see what will happen with Kodi. If the devs succeed in embedding a JVM, it'll be utterly awesome. You would be able to stream the whole project from your phone if you want - I don't think 8-bit Memoirs requires a lot of broadband.
But in theory you should also be able to plug in a USB to your phone, and play it from there. (You'd of course need one of those USB sticks with a small USB plug though).

Not sure how to navigate the project on a phone though. The project itself has been coded to support mouse / touch. E.g. clicking the right side of the screen goes to next page and such. But neither VLC nor Kodi has implemented mouse support yet, so...
Maybe it's possible to popup a virtual remote control or something? I don't know Kodi that well myself either.

[mr_lou]

Another chippy tune released today: "A belated farewell" [xm] [
mp3]
Dedicated old friends who aren't here anymore.
XM with 30 channels, only 27.992 bytes.