Failed at getting my recap in over the weekend, because I was working hard on a new feature for the tracker: Load! And it's got a co-conspirator as well: Save! That means I'm officially at a non-negative version number, because I don't want to deal with storing negative values where I store the version of CTM that wrote the file...
2018-02-21 02:43:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Quick video today...
It seems like just yesterday I was musing about matching frequencies so that the sound/synth boards are tuned. Oh wait, it was yesterday! Anyway, I got it working late last night and fixed a few bugs. Th...
2018-02-10 22:38:59 +0000 UTC View Post
It's been six days since the tracker video (please watch it if you haven't) and I've made some reasonable progress on the tracker. Let's take a look at some of my commits, which I'll paraphrase:
While making the video, I noticed DEL...
2018-02-09 15:03:46 +0000 UTC View Post
I've got a lot to say, and I say most of it in the video.
First off, thank you to all my Patrons supporting me while I develop this. It's been a lot of work, and there's still a long ways to go. Balancing life and composition with development isn't easy, and this is a milestone that I think we can all ce...
2018-02-03 05:07:30 +0000 UTC View Post
After a whole lot of behind-the-scenes background under-the-hood nonsense, not to mention the year known as 2017, ice is back with my brand new invention.
Okay, clearly this is the same old invention, but progress has been made. Back in my "...
2018-01-28 06:30:41 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone,
If you didn't catch the news, I had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity after Thanksgiving where I could go to Japan, travel and room covered. There are some awesome pictures on my twitter, 2017-12-14 12:07:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a little something that has been under wraps for a short while... One of the guys in Jane in Space contacted me as a fan of Pretty Eight Machine (and came to a show in NYC) to meet up awhile back, and we've kept in loose contact since. A few months ago, he mentioned he was working on a single for his band's track Mental A...
2017-11-20 23:02:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey!
I've been working with a guy named Cheese on various music and sound effects for a game called Spicy Meatball. This is a "first person text adventure", which is to sa...
2017-09-25 18:43:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Click that link there and let's do a chiptune!
2017-08-09 02:03:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's another glam shot of some sound chips and boards!
If you read my SlowTracker update, well, I'm not quite doing audio output yet, and I decided I would make use of some spare time by getting better at surface mount soldering. To that end, you ...
2017-06-30 11:17:53 +0000 UTC View Post
With the recent progress on synthesizer boards, it's time to resume software development. I've honestly meant to do this for awhile... In the past I did do co-working jams with some of my creative friends, but one of them has been dealing with persona...
2017-06-22 22:43:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey all!
I finally broke down and created an inversephase Discord "server". Right now it hasn't been advertised much, but I've gone ahead and connected Patreon to it. There's a supporters-only channel, a tech channel, and of course a general channel.
So if you're a Patron and you'd like to join up, just tie your Di...
2017-06-08 00:28:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Patrons, it's been awhile!
How've you been doing? I've been quiet (sorry about the lack of posts), but busy. I'm preparing a sort of mega-update; I'd like to post an update every day or two with everything that's been going on, if possible. With travel coming up, I'm certain I'll have some free time... Oh! Speaking of whic...
2017-05-31 09:58:40 +0000 UTC View PostHello, my lovely Patrons,
As I sit here working on a mastering commission, I've been reflecting on this past week and just wanted to let you know how grateful I am that you're here.
Why the slightly weird, cryptic title to this post? Well, two things, I started on this on the 14th (Pi Day) so the ...
2017-03-17 08:22:43 +0000 UTC View PostHey, there's been an influx of support recently. Whether you're a long-time supporter or a new one, I really just want to shout out and let you know you're appreciated, each and every one of you.
So, everyone please give a warm welcome to Matt, JT, Kieran, René, Nikola, and Stephen, now you're in the chip zone baby!
2017-03-01 23:07:18 +0000 UTC View Post
If you're not familiar with Bad Apple, it's a a song from ZUN's Touhou game series. It was remixed and featured in a promotional silhouette video and quickly became a meme in the demoscene as a bar for video compression and streaming. Demo groups have been actively "porting" the PV to various computers and consoles, and the resu...
2017-02-28 19:04:54 +0000 UTC View PostToday I'll be joining Polish #demoscene organizers. We'll be talking about the differences between the US and European scenes on their video livestream in about one hour. Sorry about the late notice!
That's 4pm eastern US time, or 10pm if you're in Poland =]
Direct link to the channel is: ...
2017-02-26 20:06:43 +0000 UTC View PostHey there!
I recently livestreamed a chiptune seminar. Some of you were there for it, and some of you are here because of it. Thanks to everyone that did or could participate, seriously. It was a huge success!
I want to chop the seminar up into digestible bits and put it up on YouTube, and I'd like to shout you ...
2017-02-09 04:15:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Patrons!
(update, for some reason the link to the song does not work, it is: https://inversephase.bandcamp.com/track/slime-boss)
Last year, around the time I was working ...
2017-01-30 21:17:50 +0000 UTC View PostWelp, if it's good enough for Shawn, it's good enough for me!
Just in case the video embed isn't working, http://pic.twitter.com/IPEb4PxdlH - likes and RTs appreciated!
One of the things I've been working on in the background of all of the tracker and synthe...
2017-01-04 07:27:23 +0000 UTC View Post
So, here we have a rather sparse image that is a source of excitement. If you remember the synthesizer post from earlier this year, well, I need a way to control it...so I'm writing a tracker from scratch. Sure, I could hack up an existing tracker,...
2016-12-08 17:14:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everybody,
I just wanted to let you know that if you haven't gotten your Sega Things download, well, you should! I'm working on a music video for the song, and once that goes live, the track will probably change from free to $1. I c...
2016-10-29 21:37:52 +0000 UTC View Post
It looks like bandcamp links posted to Patreon are still broken, so I'm just going to drop the link to the link to my latest, which is a rework of the Stranger Things theme on a Sega Genesis / MegaDrive.
https://inversephase.bandcamp.com/tr...
2016-10-18 22:48:59 +0000 UTC View PostHere's that Sega synthwave thing I've been teasing about on social media. I've got to run out for a few, but keep your eyes on your Patreon messagebox things. Download codes are coming in the next 8 hours. In the meantime, you can listen on bandcamp!
2016-10-17 23:39:44 +0000 UTC
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Hey! I'm gonna keep this one short and sweet - I've gone back and forth on this a whole bunch and even posted and asked about it here and on social media.
Long story short: One of the things I've found out from asking around is that the "monthly maximum" system is too complicated for a lot of people, and they prefer to kn...
2016-09-01 03:55:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey Patrons! I'm doing a limited reprint of the Pretty Eight Machine shirts, and I'd like to do a cool offer for all of you that are supporting me. I appreciate you so much.
These shirts are being printed to order so if you want one, please comment or send me a Patreon message with whether you prefer the brushed ...
2016-08-25 21:22:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey! Sorry it's been so quiet, there's so much going on and I've been working on catching up with gigs so I can get you all MORE CONTENT. Here's a livestream from just under two weeks ago of me populating one of my synthesizer boards, in preparation for the Muff Wiggler DC synth meet that was held at Rhizome DC.
In all honesty...
2016-08-18 21:04:05 +0000 UTC View PostI've spent a lot of time on FM lately, and I've felt a strong urge to get back to my PSG roots. Granted, once it is operational, my synthesizer will enable me to do that a great deal, but right now I just need to churn out a ditty in my native composing environment.
Coming shortly is a PSG track that I've been working...
2016-06-30 22:21:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Image credit: Chris McDonald,
http://www.sigcis.org/user/256
First of all, a huge thank you to everyone that read, liked, and shared my synthesizer post on Frid...
2016-05-31 20:00:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello friends, family, and patrons!
This picture embodies something I've wanted to do for awhile now. I've been daydreaming about this for at least the last eight years in various incarnations. One of my Patreon creator milestones, though intentionally ambiguous, has been "design a new instrument". Now all of this is slo...
2016-05-27 18:39:28 +0000 UTC View Post
