Winter Chip XII

75463

Level 21 Chipist

Dimeback

post #75463 :: 2016.12.25 12:58pm

sleeparrow, th4 D34D, b00daw, TMM12, shinichi, mk7 and pedipanol liēkd this

Winter Channel F

75464

:D

75465

best winter chip ever

75466

winter chip zii

75467

Wait, Channel F only is a joke right

75468

Ok if the gauntlet was tempting before its positively flashing a leg now

Edit: its a tarpaulin!

75471

ChannelF battle should've been WC $F

75472

yes yes yes.

75473

It'll be awesome if there will be more ZX Spectrum formats this time!

75477

puke7 is holding the other formats hostage. he will release one for every non-joke channelf entry.

75478

so, the channel f download on this article leads to a not found server error message:

http://battleofthebits.com/lyceum/View/Sleizsa

also, i can not find this tracker anywhere else on internet D =

edit: thanks merio! he found the tracker on the internet's archive and i reuploaded it to my botb.club site here:

https://botb.club/~vilxdryad/D/CHIPTUNE/TOOLS/SLEIV031.ZIP

you can also find it in the ROOT tab, thanks R3M for the host! =' D

edit2: put the mirror on the sleizsa article so you can also find it there = )

75479

i am updating a link to the bios in the sleizsa duo article.
it's currently broken but the web archive has a copy

bios

75495

Can someone translate the rules in Japanese for me?
You know, it's computable to read in Japanese than English.

75496

Winter Chip TMM12 here I come

or do I change my name to TMMXII uh oh

75502

um... where can I post nsf

75503

you can post nsf once puke7 makes a format category for it

75504

Otherwise, you could submit it to wildchip (if that happens to be added) as an mp3 render incase puke decides not to add the nsf category.

75505

By the way, can I make the song loop?

75513

@Sky Yoshi
Quick answer: Yes.
Detailed answer: You can, though if you or someone else posts a render for your entry (that is, an audio form of the entry; renders must be in MP3, not WAV), it's up to you/them on how you want to handle the loop point. You or someone else has the decision to either cut it off completely at the loop or fade it out after a specified amount of time.

75515

Dafuq puke7

no wildchip?
no nsf?
no anything?

Pass..

75518

My goodness guys just hold your horses for a minute

75519

Horses In Bikinis

75521

pc-x801 yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

75522

No NSF or NSFe = (; ･`д･´)WHAT

75523

i should learn pc-x801 mml tbh

75525

Mm good chips so far

75527

on the second day of winter chips my pukey gave to me:

ay for teh demos
mml only NEC
bad links for the channel f
and some battle art that wasn't uglyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

75528

YES

75529

Ironically, these days I'm actually a bit too bored to go after these chips. I have heard so much music on Battle of the Bits over the years that my own nostalgia has been worn down in a similar way that so many SNES games have managed to wear down my video game nostalgia producing so many SPC sets. It's a very sharp contrast to 2012, and it is the major reason why I stopped producing entries regularly. Ironically, I also find trying to up my production values beyond the chip music that I have produced to be a waste of my time in the long run, because I find that the material I end up producing to be too boring (I cite my Renoise-produced songs, which for me have been aging very poorly for some unusual reason... and this happens to be the exact reason why I started, then abandoned, a S3XMODIT entry for Summer Chip VI: I realized I had already gotten bored of the song after producing only two patterns.).

75530

Jeez, I didn't know y'all would be such babies about unlocking formats by doing less popular formats. BABIES. ^o^;

75531

even though i would love amiga mod as one of this compo format i am doing my channel f as a man

75532

I'm fine with it, I like learning how to use newfangled thingamajigs!

Besides, y'all have 27 days (as of the time this was written) to learn a new format! There's also a chance that an extension or two will happen.

75534

Or maybe the prospect of having other formats introduced over time doesn't occur to many BotBrs since most will just post to the same 2-3 formats every year and call it a day.

I know I'm guilty of this (hi mod16k and MIDI) :x

75535

Unlocking formats by trying out less popular ones? Pretty clever actually, now to go try doing an AY track \.o./

75536

@Dimeback: Not a chance, a certainty

75537

what the dog said ^

75538

I'm just going to be the one to say it. I'm not a fan of this idea at all. When I first saw that ChannelF was the only format, my initial thought was that it was a joke, and that the rest of the formats would be released the next day. But now I'm disappointed to see that's not the case. I get that you want people to branch out and try some of the more obscure formats, but I think ultimately you're just going to disappoint a bunch of people who already had plans for winter chip. For a lot of people, I think they'll just end up not joining at all instead of wasting their time trying to learn a format they don't care about.

I think that if you're going to make a huge change to the winter chip formula like this, you could have at least announced the change in advance through a forum thread or something. This way, people would know what to expect, and the community could decide beforehand whether or not they actually want this change. Instead, now it feels like you've just thrown a huge curve ball at us. "Oh, you wanted to do a MIDI this year? LOL TOO BAD."

I'm sure this comment will get a bunch of haeits, but I don't care. If the rest of the formats aren't "unlocked" soon, then I'm not too optimistic about the turnout of Winter Chip this year, and I certainly won't be entering if that's the case.

75540

i am participating because i like compos, and regarding music i find a good idea to work with unconventional stuff; as i find it the only way to really improve my works

i do not think you complain about what other people feels, more objetively is the lack of a format you feel comfortable with

come on, cheer up! is always good for a composer to try unknown things

75543

ViLXDRYAD: I'm not even against branching out; it's the lack of choice that I'm more concerned about. I even had a modxk in the works that I planned on submitting this year (something that I've never done before), but now I can't even do that. Out of the current formats, the only one I'm even remotely interested in trying is PC-98. Taking out the element of choice takes out a huge part of the fun imo.

75546

i feel like there is a whole lot of misunderstanding going on

75548

Hey everrbody ^o^ guess I'll be learning Vortex Tracker II sooner than I thought :O

@puke7, how will this unlocking of new formats actually work in this compo? Just curious.

75549

Dboyd, I imagine what Stewboy is fairly accurate given puke7's comment

75550

it wasn't supposed to be that originally, but maybe it is now ;)

edit: i am no longer confident in this assertion.

75556

i wonder how many people on this site are like "oh hey a new winter chip this ye--OH SHIT CHANNEL F DATS MAH JAM /o/"

75557

I like playing around with obscure formats but unfortunately I have neither the time nor the motivation to help out here ( ´～` )

Maybe that'll change by the end, who knows. Have fun though everyone!

75564

i mean, you're not far off from my reaction azura haha

75566

I think the

75572

for me personally, I really hope the more popular formats do end up being included, because I use these battles as an opportunity to learn and practice these formats, and to show off what I've done. I feel like I've come further in nsf and midi than in the last summer chip, and it would be a shame to not be able to share these with everyone!

75575

well i was gonna make a comeback here but see you next summer lol

75578

Please NSFe Surpport on this batle

75579

ITT: n00bs who are afraid of a little challenge

ALL n00bs!

75582

This Winter Chip shalt be known as the Winter Chip of teh n00bs

_{_{Me included}}

75589

While I don't think I will be able to work on a track until next week, if anyone needs help with PC98 MML, I'm here to help c:

75590

Honestly, i couldn't agree more with Jimmyoshi, since i've been counting on Wildchip, or Amigamod/S3XMODIT, at least, and i don't think i have much interest in any of currently available chips (Channel F? Really?). I might try AY, if nothing better comes up eventually, provided i manage to overcome reluctance to learn it.

BTW, aside of my complaining, i can see the puke's point in making it like it is though. Anyway, still hoping for more

Haeit's welcome

75600

if nsf does not happen i could work on sn7t and leave 0cc-ft for fcp3 and vice versa so it does not matter

75606

Channel F doesn't look hard at all... I'll download it and give it a go. Thanks puke7

75615

I hear much doubt from some botbrs about their fellow botbrs. This makes me sad. It only takes one entry in a format to unlock the next one. In the time all this typing has transpired someone could have done a mario paint already. I'm planning on announcing many formats and I'll do my best to keep one of the unlockables on the lesser side of obscuria.

75617

Here's a personal rant and I expect a lot of hæit/people disagreeing, but whatever:

I don't have a lot of free time on my hands even though I have a (short) winter break and I really was looking forward to a new big chip major that isn't limited to x or requires me to do y. Like I said I'm still rather busy and when not a lot of people are going to do entries in here to unlock other formats, the format(s) where I was looking forward to make something for again isn't going to be present at this pace.

I know that your intentions of having a little twist to a 'traditional' formula is nice, no personal hate against you, but if I were to be doing something I liked doing that has its purpose why I did it crushed and doing formats that don't (really) interest me, that's something rather disappointing to experience then.
_{_{So just get rid of it or something idk}}

And I (hopefully) aren't speaking for myself, but for others as well.

_{_{Now give me that hæit}}

75619

I came here to say pretty much the exact same thing that RazerBlue6 said. I would love to participate in WCXII but I am very busy with work and travel and unfortunately I don't have the time to invest in learning a lot of new formats.

As much fun as that sounds, I think the practical reality is that there are a lot of people like me who are busy with life stuff, and this style of compo will turn people like that away.

75623

If ur too busy to compose then you're probably too busy to vote.

75624

I'll pass the voting over to the more experienced people in the chiptune scene

75625

"It only takes one entry in a format to unlock the next one."

I have a feeling all this is going to do is encourage rushed low-effort entries in each of the currently available categories. I don't know about the rest of you, but it usually takes me about 1-2 weeks minimum to finish an entry for a major that I'm satisfied with. I guess ChannelF and Mario Paint are exceptions to this (I could probably do Mario Paint in less than a day), but a decent PC-98 can easily take several weeks to do, especially since it's mml-based. (More experienced PMD users could probably do it quicker, but given that the point of this seems to be to learn the new formats...)

It's a cool idea, but in my opinion something this experimental shouldn't be used on a huge battle like Winter Chip. Maybe it could work for a smaller side major or something.

75626

As a comprimise (and because Stewboy upped a mariopaint) I have added two more formats : zx beeper and nsf. There are now 3 slots to unlock new formats! HOLY COW!!! :D/

Think of it like an advent thingamajig. There were plenty of Winter Chips of chipsmas past that didn't start until late January. Run away; flee in terror if you must! But, friends & botbrs, patience is a virtue. <3

75628

ask not what BOTB can do for you, ask what you can do for BOTB

75630

i'm not going to beat this dead horse, but i'd like to point to the past discussion on the "entering without voting" topic (see like, halfway down the decadent decade comments thread).

please don't reply to this lol i'm just offering info for people who haven't read it already

75631

I vote whenever I feel like voting

75632

I vote to keep this color green

Any skulls and hearts means I have lost in the metagame of voting equilibrium

75635

Incoming Sneventracker entries

75656

is stereo allowed on the sms format or not
i'd like to know thanks

75657

Generally Gamegear is allowed in SMS.

Is FM allowed on the sms format or not
asking for a friend

75659

Well, for those upset about the lack of formats, I have only been tracking for a month (my first deflemask module is dated 11/25/16), and I managed to learn Vortex Tracker II Improved today and just uploaded my first module as an Atari ST SNDH file. I spent a little bit of time last night looking at the manual and a few of the demo modules, but it only took a few hours today to learn and compose a semi-decent sounding track!

So, if you need an easy format to pick up, I can vouch for VTII Improved! It's pretty straight forward, so give it a shot. What can it hurt? I believe in yooo!
♬♫♪ ヽ(･ω･ゞ) ◖(●。●)◗ (｢`･ω･)｢ ♪♫♬

75668

Well, some people are faster at learning things than others, just sayin'

edit: fix'd a typo

75676

I believe I've read about this somewhere on BotB but I'm going to ask it to be sure:

Are compressed s3xmodit modules (like .itz) allowed on BotB?

75679

nope!

75682

there is that one program that i forgot the name of that will legally optimize your IT if ur havin space issues

75684

munch.py for impulse tracker and boobiesqueezer for fasttracker 2

75689

Midori, you can do ANYthing, if you tryyyy!
http://watchdisneyjunior.go.com/my-friends-tigger-pooh/video/vdka3294851/you-can-do-it-if-you-try
man that video is so death metal...

75694

brutal

75695

Whoa, both mod12k and mod32k this year? That's an interesting twist.
_{(Now I'm relieved that I don't have to cram my entry down to 12kb lmao)}

Also thank you for adding MIDI. <3

75717

but dissonant atonal music is fun charlotte

75725

no thx i'll just keep on bsing my way to ok music

75731

music is more fun when you dont know what ur doin

75733

1) atonality is covered by the article 2) dissonance is covered by the article

this probably doesn't belong here but 3) dissonance is not really totally exactly covered by the article because dissonance is often defined as a unstable sonority that implies resolution to a stable, consonant one, and not simply as notes that "clash". an understanding of dissonance in this way is important in functional harmony

75735

Question, does AY-3-8910 / YM2149 also count as PC-98 SSG only music?
I could give VTII another try, but its a pane to use compared to other trackers, and its the only tracker that works in wine.

75736

Not sure if you're asking if AY/YM music can be considered on the PC98 category like SSG only or the opposite

edit: if it's the opposite I ask the same

75738

I get his point since the SSG portion of PC98 is a variant of the AY 3 8910 and YM2419 but

afaik there's no way to play tunes for those soundchips in a real pc98 so....

75740

I could imagine the following formats .AY .YM .PT3 .VTX and many other file formats for this sound chip being converted and submitted in .s98 file format.

75743

i wrote only like 30% of that article, r3m did most of it

i will write more about the functional treatment of dissonance when i mention the T/S/D properties, i may also add cross relation; going to also place jazz avoid tones somewhere near USTs

more importantly, i will release 0cc-ft 0.3.14.5

75747

(we gonna see any OPLL in SMS?) ;)

75749

YOU CAN'T CUT BACK ON NSF!!! YOU WILL REGRET THIS!!!

75753

too bad it's "Mario Paint" instead of "mariopantse" !!!

30 second entries *thumbsdown* b00000000

75757

I'm just gonna leave this here since MIDI's a format now

75761

~~Will NSF be the only, well, NSF format this year? Need to know if NSFc will be added since I'm not using DPCM lol~~

Edit: NSFc has been added, thanks a ton!

75772

Is the PC98 keeping the MegaDrive as hostage?

75776

@djmaximum if that would be possible, then no objections from me :0

I've seen converters from YM2608 SSG s98 to AY 3 8910 vgms, but not the opposite

75782

I realised that my song name is not fitting to this season. I should renamed it to Snow Flakes

75783

@A-zu-ra
Isn't the midi format in this Winterchip only limited to the Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth

75785

yes

75786

Just pay attention to the left side of that column; the right side won't matter unless puke7 has something else up his sleeve :x

75793

As big a fan of the chip as I am, I really do not want to see YM2413 in SMS entries.

75795

YM2413 is listed on the lyceum...

And come on, if stereo (which wasn't available on the SMS) is allowed, why wouldn't YM2413 be? c:

75819

okay i changed my mind see you guys soon with my Channel F magnum opus

75849

Can I use fl studio for this battle for my chiptune? :D

75860

If they add the Wildchip category, then yes

75865

Yeah, you can't on the current categories

unless you would like- make a MIDI for the MIDI category or use MIDI2VGM for other ones

75875

I know MegaDrive music can be made with MID2SMPS

75893

VICTIARY!

75903

Nice

~~_{But there's no wildchip so not wild enough >:C}~~

75926

Looks like these formats are being added faster than I initially thought. Sorry for being a Dong earlier.

_{_{_{Would still like wildchip, gb and bytebeat1k tho :c}}}

75927

Reserving Wildchip for summer chip would be optimal imo, sorry jimmy

75928

inb4 wildchip is the hostage of the pc98 format

75931

Inb4 wildchip is the hostage of every format, so every format there exists on BotB needs atleast one entry for the hidden shiny wildchip

~~Also where the fuck is HES~~

75971

inb4 another lame anime avatar starts a comment with inb4 smh irl

if you think pc98 is blocking on the lame wildchip format then you should beat up on moviesmoviesss1111 until they join the anime avatar cult tho i advise you leave the fingers, eyes and ears intact so that the pc98 has a higher chance of getting an entry

4 formats w/o an entry :(
how do i add moar entry format?!!? i can't!! WAIAIIIAAIIA

75972

|дﾟ)… i guess i'll do a vic20

75974

i am working on pc-x801 i promise

75982

hey, wildchip is not lame. :c

75986

I'll begin working on my PC98 now, don't worry ;)))

75987

pedipanol: YM2612 is listed on the SMS format page as well, but we all know that's wrong. Text only talks about the PSG.

What was the general consensus last time the issue came up of including stereo + FM expansion in the same category as the standard PSG only?

76000

man, I wish I wasn't lazy and finished writing 3kr and ported it to pc-98 like I wanted to
but then I'd run into the horrible awful wall of finding pc-98 programming docs again

I'm tempted to do some kind of xm2mml thing (or something with an basic-to-parse format, maybe mod2mml because unpacked patterns and whatever, I'm lazy) to make any weird formats with only a compiler easy to use, would be less effort than finishing 3kr...
...but what will actually end up happening if I did that is that I'll have two unfinished projects instead of one unfinished one and one finished one).

76031

i will love you forever whatever you do

76044

@null1024 Well, if you want to use a converter, I'd recommend you use this one
since it's PMD-compatible. But since it won't convert anything aside from notes and some information like panning and instruments changes, you gotta do the rest by yourself (setting up the instruments, the header, etc.). I made a conversion of my VIC20 entry
for testing purposes.

(edit: fuck, I think I misunderstood it, but well, this info is useful for the lazy people that don't want to learn MML so I'll leave it here)

76047

@pedipanol i don't care what that link you posted is, it's frickin subarashii!! Are you telling me we're gonna have to compete against a vic20 version of that?! mai gawd...

So much guudness in teh competiti0n.

76049

Oh @th4 D34D that was my vic20 entry on the Commodore competition hahah I converted it to the pc98 format

76051

really? it sounds totaally different? Well I doo smoke a lot of w33ds but I thought Short Bossa was ur commodore entry, non?

76052

Ooops, forgot to mention it was my alt's

76156

I've got an entry for SMS and NSF so far :). I hope PC Engine is added this time. I really like working with that chip.

76172

5 new formats released during extension period.

76173

SN7+OPLL is technically Sega Master System, so until there is a new format that differentiates the two, it's an obvious advantage. Use and exploit it. :)

nobumpeditupdate:

remember to check out the TIA lyceum page for prerelease build of TIATracker that allows per-sequence tempo. :)

76195

1 week or so behind because of vacation :(

The mega list of formats I'm hoping to do:

* AYM
* Mario Paint (done)
* mod12k/mod32k
* NSFC
* PC-x801
* SMS
* SNES
* TIA (maybe?)

and if time permits, literally everything else.

That's a lot of tracks to do D: and in like 2 and a half weeks? Dunno if it's gonna happen.

^{so I'll start this early: _{extension _pls}}

76203

In the AY/YM category since .sndh format is accepted, does that mean that Atari ST/e specific techniques (sidsound, samples, etc) are legal in the category?

76208

~~no, an AY/YM entry must be playable using only an AY-3-89127 PSG or its variants.~~

edit: never mind; i am wrong; those things are indeed done through the same sound chip, and it doesn't have to be spectrum-specific. go ahead!

76311

hahaha this is the best winter chip ever, unlocking idea is genius

if this site can ditch a few of the very patient neo-nazis i'll get back into it for next time i promise

76312

was initially excited that you came on to spread something that i think a lot of us feel about winter chip. the derisive jabs toward indirect persons do not exactly paint a beautiful artist in good colors.

s'all about the artz, n00b. ;D/

76319

Being neo-nazi isn't cool by any means, but bringing up your personal prejudices like this isn't cool either...

Also why would a bunch of people you personally dislike prevent you from participating in BotB anyway?

76331

Now that HES is a thing...

someone help me set up HuSIC

76373

Shit. Hadn't kept up with this thread. puke already told me directly on discord:
"@xyz39808 no, it is not; north american sega master system only"

(though technically you could mod an NA sms to have it (but that's like modding a ZX to have double AY (which is not allowed in plain AY format (so definitely not allowed for SMS))))

76376

@dezolis
INCOMING YM2413

BUT IT'S FOR MSX NOT SMS AHAHAHAHAHA

76438

Did I say HuSIC? I meant xpmck

Not because of the Japanese, but....hes doesn't wanna play on Audio Overload for some reason :x

76439

i have used xpmck before! yell at me in irc if you need something specific. :~)

76459

Sweet PC Engine come to me

76527

Congratulations on 100 entries!

76714

Y'all want yer precious WiLDCHiP?!?!

Well,... I want some precious chorptorns!! Why for no VIC20 yet? It's Friday the 13th and I'll let you in on a little secret ... !

I'm helding yer darlin wittle

WILDCHIP

hostage!

You want it? Well..., I just added 4 MOAR FORMATS
WINTER CHIP XII is such bloat!

GAM3B0i && AMiGA M0D (now 256kb)
... and two new ones ...
Roland MT-32 get yer proto-MIDI on
Commodore Plus/4 2 voices for business

...OH... WHATZ THAT? One week extension!?!? WHO KNEW!

GOOD LUCK && HAVE FUN && ALL N00BZ

76715

terrifying

76716

omg thank you so much for the extension! (even though everyone knew it was coming ahah)

76718

Wow, MT-32 is a thing now <3

76722

puke's gone made with power!!!!!!!!

76723

seriously the best winter chip we've ever had. there needs to be an afterparty; if any of the nerds show up the following spring.

76725

WINTER CHIP 12 : THE QUEST FOR WILDCHIP
COMING SOON TO A THEATER NEAR YOU, WHENEVER MORE ENTRIES ARE MADE

76727

thx puke ^o^

I can't promise all formats or any of the new ones but will be doing my bestest to finish the ones on my list :D

76738

So good. I want puke7 to hold Wild Chip above our heads until someone has written every conceivable format (no extension when wild chip is released, too)

76747

but where is pokey x2 and ahx?

76748

double liek; (but for single pokey; x2 pokey for summer chip) (maybez x2 sid for summer too :X)

76754

Puke am I allowed to use Roland D110 for a MT-32 entry? Same patches.

76765

Robyn I don't know. A-zur-a is the resident MT-32 expert. :O

76766

@Robyn
The D110 appears to exhibit the same limitations as the MT-32 (32 partial voices, 8 channels + 1 rhythm, etc.), so if you have that, I'd say go for it :o

HOWEVER, the MIDI you create for the D110 must at least be playable on Munt as well without any significant differences, but if the D110 is basically a pro version of the MT-32, then I assume it won't be that different.

76774

HOLY CRAP, MT-32! I just happen to have one sitting in front of me.

Let's see some SYSEX front panel messages and things like that!

Programming guide starts on page 37

76775

wow could you do hardware renders of some of the songs afterward? :O

76776

Absolutely can do hardware renders.

Edit: Guess I should have linked this up first.

76777

cock succer: boo frickin' hoo y no *format* :((((((((((

me: yes

dick muncher : stop whining u rotting rhinoceros butt!!11

me: yes

76787

wait, would we need to do some midi hex editing to get SYSEX messages? :o

76789

Only if your MIDI authoring software doesn't support them. I'm sure there exist tools to splice them in so you don't have to do it by hand. The other quirk is that Roland SYSEX messages require a checksum calculation
.

The only player I've found that plays MT-32 patchbank midis correctly is Windows Media Player.

76790

And so it was written: 'the first extension cometh, and the first extension cameth'

76810

I wonder what teh next format is gonna beee....

76825

I have another question, since TFM Music Maker is a tracker for the YM2203 sound chip, does it also count as PC-98?

76835

Afaik TFM export 2xYM2203 VGMs with no SSG support, doesn't it? I don't think that's possible to run on a PCx8... But you could try using S98 Player
to see if it works out. Just keep in mind the VGM must be under 128kb. If it does work, submit the generated .d88 file c:

76841

Heeh, got linked this randomly:
https://twitter.com/MikeJMika/status/821018489284624384

It's barely still MLK day here so it'll be a bit belated, but we'd best get our spirit on anyway and compose some more Channel Fs.

76867

So many entries to listen at already! Can't wait looking for spare time to spend on this battle :D

76882

gameboi :)

though I'm working on at least a couple more but still, thank youuuu.

76884

when are teh new formtats

76918

RazerBlue6 can you read or you want moar formats before wildchip?

76927

what is a 'read', is that a format

:^)

76947

Every format has at least one entry in it now. I think that warrants unlockage ;)

76952

MAH BLUE BLAZES

YOU N00BS WYRK QYK!

76953

Huzzah!

76954

♥

76978

Wild Chip appeared

76988

when do we unlock PxTo—*is clubbed*

76989

Daddy got his wild chip!

77021

I might be a no-show, even for the SNES format. I'm still producing music, but I have mostly abandoned the SNESMod sound driver (except for prototyping), and I'm instead distracted with producing another soundtrack for a new sound driver developed by someone else (it's not SNESGSS: it's a brand new sound driver in development).

77144

i dreamed that winter chip was interrupted by a second commodore major

77187

Hi, I have a question: if I have a track made on a Gameboy that I haven't submitted to anything else- but IS on an album I released a little over two years ago- can I still submit it to this Winter Chip? Also, are there rules about after effects ? There is some simple EQ, compression, and reverb on the track as it stands right now, but I can get a raw version if that's necessary/preferred. Thank you! -DG

77188

@DG

a raw version would be necessary. As far as wanting to submit it although it's been submitted elsewhere, if it hasn't been submitted in any other BOTB Comp in the past I think it should be fine?? Admin plz clarify if need be. ^.^

77190

Excellent! Also, it has never been submitted in any contests or compilations anywhere- simply released as part of my own album on Bandcamp. If that isn't ok I understand, but the whole album is winter chiptune themed so I thought it would be appropriate. -DG

77191

Afaik it's only not allowed to submit if you've submitted to another competition

heck, we've had even songs from game soundtracks here

77193

It stays pretty unclear to me after this incident, where according to what puke said such entries aren't allowed, but on the other hand Azura cited the official rules, and that's where such statement is pretty much nonexistant...

WTF?

77202

I updated the text about previously released material. Anything that has been publicly available is not allowed into a battle. Original only.

77209

(sits on hundreds of drafts in FL Studio) hmmmmm

77275

that must be rather taxing on your buttocks, sitting on hundreds of drafts like that. you'd better rest your butt properly.

77305

Will there be another extension? I had a busy week and little time to work on my entries :/

77307

Wow you want an extension??

originally a dirty joke but do u want some fried chicken with barbecue sauce??

77308

No, I'm a boy ready to work on some chiptunes ;v

77309

I have hit the point of burnout and exhaustion

but nonetheless I will still do my best to cram out at least 3 of my 4 planned entries within the next 2 days (!)

and an extension would be cool and probably good for the sake of my sanity but I think pragmatically the deadline should still be as it is

77310

extension would give me an excuse to finish my wips instead of scrapping them all, since other things have been distracting in the past couple weeks (january for me is exam cram time, among others)

also it would give me the time to fill the noticeable vic gap :))
vic4lief!!!

77314

I dunno, there's something missing in this year's edition. I mean there are a lot of great tunes and all, but where are Warlord's blazing arpfests? Where's Chip Champ's wonky chiphorror and adlib ebm? Where's DalekSam's VGM metal? Where's Raph? 9999HP? What the hell happened??? I am disappoint.

77315

If I were you I would drop them an email and let them know how disappoint you are that they did not turn up this year

77321

yeah where the fuck is sam

77322

N00b questshun: Who is sam?

77325

this guy http://battleofthebits.com/barracks/Profile/DalekSam/

77338

There's also a lot of new BotBrs which is pretty dope too

77340

If there is no extension, I will be hosting a synclisten on the 1st Saturday in Feburary

77344

this post was originally a dirty joke but now theres cookies and milk instead

77354

OK MM we get it, you like dick jokes, jeez! XD ;P

Savestate, looking forward to it! Awesome that you do that.. seems like a lot of work/prep, and of course time.

My buddy Robugaa is supposed to drop something in the wildchip category soon, but I'm sure he wouldn't mind a little extra time to put the shine on!

77364

Oh shit Rob submitting too, dam

77371

I would appreciate it if your incessant sexual jokes took a hiatus mm1

Edit: thank u mm1 (-:

77378

ye i see why it would get tiresome, would you prefer interlingual puns instead? because honestly sharks will greet you like "hai" and will serve you some delicious pain! maybe with some soup, but that may be a mitsake. personally i want mein bratwurst mit bier instead.

on a srs note tho an extension would be cool, i'll maybe make another pc98 if an extension happens

77380

and ill finish my PC Engine module and perhaps a wildchip entry OwO

77384

Batch upload, sry, hope i didn't DoS-ed anything this time xD

77401

While I think I can finish my pc98 entry on these 2 days, I think an extension would be cool so I can do more things on it

I might even make another entry :DD

77409

Savestate, this will be pretty damn long sinclinnsen, considering the entry count, but i'm totally down for it!

77412

Irrlicht: 9999HP is my old/alt account... and in true BotBr style I started working on new stuff last night.

77421

If an extension happens I will enter another song.

Of course, there's a chance I could whip together a midi in the next day or so but an extension would make this much more likely to happen.

77423

i just want this major to be over so i can start focusing on banking mixist points again :o

77444

I dont think there's going to be an extension sadly

77455

never give up hope

it has been said, deep within the pages of botb lore, that "many great things come at the last minute"

botb is always watching

77459

This chip should be called the "botbrs jump to conclusions" chip. Remember the Channel F reaction fiasco just a short amount of comments back in the thread? XD

77462

people who don't like channel f are like people who prefer wine coolers to beer. ...FRIGGIN' LADIES!

77546

AYM this year I swear to god

77557

I can't wait to start voting :D So many entries! Only the Vic20 department is a bit lacking. Are there more to be expected?

77571

I farted out another entry last moment

Nice

77581

i'm expecting at least 6 entries to be submitted in this last hour of winter chip alright
alright thanks, don't let me down

77585

Couldn't get that MT-32 done in time. I really hope there are more MT-32 things in the future because that's a Good Format

77587

http://imgur.com/a/841Re

77589

~~tfw yr vic won't compile and you miss the deadline )':~~
grace period \o/

77591

_{thanks for not letting me down guys, I had faith in u. really appreciate it ok \.o./}
Legit though, so many good entries here. : o
Good job everyone \.o./

77597

Disappointed in myself for not making a zxbeep

77602

First entry for you sequential voters: http://battleofthebits.com/arena/Entry/summer+chip+xii+because+it%27s+fucking+summer+fuck/23743/

77611

Dang, I would've liked to hammer out a PCE or Wildchip this time around, but oh well. Maybe next compo? ^_^

Let the voting begin!

77613

Synclisten post coming tonight

77614

I barely managed to fix the horns volume in my MIDI thanks to the grace period, awwwwwwwww yiss!

Thanks for letting some of us noobz know, SincX ;-)

_{PS. Can't wait for sincxlissen}

77670

i swear to jesus if i get a thousand points on this single mario paint i'm quitting making anything chip for the rest of the year :x

77671

everyone give 1 to a-zu-ra

77674

man, I was gonna submit a .mod and another .nsf but life got in the way lol
also, laziness

Still wished more people made MT-32 entries, shit's fun yo. :Y

77676

I got a fever and couldn't finish my pc98 entry on the last days. Well that's what I get for being lazy on the first weeks

At least now I can polish it enough until the next compo that has pc98 as a format

77679

Saw 20 days on the counter and got excited thinking puke gave us some kind of awesome mega extension! :D

Then I realized it was just the voting period rip :c

Sorry for only doing a pants this year :x

77718

goog joj jimm

u deserve a cookie

77922

this comment section has more comments than the entries submitted to the compo itself

77923

let's see if we can get to 2x then!

77926

butt

77972

I just remembered I actually had a MIDI entry ready...

lolfuck lmao

77977

Re-open/extension when?? :D

_{_{/me hides}}
_{_{_{_{_{edit: in case it wasn't clear, this is a joke. please do not reopen this :c}}}}}

78006

re-opening this late is literally the most counterproductive thing i could imagine happening with this, barring maybe closing it outright

there will always be more compos, n00bs

78009

Need more mixist compos

78207

in there

78292

done voting!

i had to skip about 40% of the synclisten because of real life shenanigans >:C

but i still finished voting after that at my own pace so yay i think
t'was fun i guess

78307

Also a doner

(probably about 60-70% was done outside of synclisten since I was only able to hop in for a few hours)

78312

99.580% bitches i win

78325

Done 100% voting before synclissen, take that n00bz!!!
_{Only making some minor adjustments during synclisten}

78352

Done dit it, horray. First time I managed to complete voting on a Winter Chip in like 5 years.

78399

voted! i did it by formats, starting with the formats that got the least entries, getting larger and larger.

i also did a lil best of format thing as i went along so here it is

format- #entries- best of format

rt32 2 stewboy
vic 3 pigdevil
ted 3 irrlicht
pc98 3 jangler
pce 4 jredd
c64 4 djmax
tia 5 dead
mod 5 pigdev
snes 6 blkheart
pix 7 mk7
chf 7 savestate
mid 8 tancla
sega 10 dead/rob tie
32k 10 goose
zx 10 stewboy
gb 11 mk7
ay 11 nq
12k 14 jangler
nsf 14 savestate
sms 16 stewboy
art 17 polarbirds
nsfc 17 shinichi
mp 18 b00daw
wc 37 argggghhhhhhhhhh ( ill get back to you )

78404

Also done voting! Time to relax and do other things until the resluts stream.

Good job, everyone!

EDIT: Wow I don't have hearts anymore :o

78405

I finished voting \.o./
_{it says 99.565%, so iguess my entries were like half a percent of all of these. wowie}

78406

it takes those into acct in the percentages, so that means you missed some!

edit: unless you had an alt/collab somewhere

78407

oh ~~flip~~
I did have a single collab tho, but I don't think it'd count for the rest of it. Time to go look for the missing unvoted entry \.o.\

78409

Quirby64, the ones you haven't voted on yet sit on the top of entry list, marked with star symbols, so no need for tedious hunt for them :)

78413

oh wait flip again
k so my collab was the only unvoted one haha
rip 100% voted

78416

Ohh wow, thanks MiDori, I actually didn't know that! I hunted for the last few entires like crazy.

I think this Winter Chip was/is pretty awesome. I like the concept of having to unlock formats, and it all wasn't as dramatic as it first seemed, was it?
There are a lot of very cool entries this time (well there always are).

As per usual, I didn't get anything ready, but I really hope to do so for the next major.

Thanks for all the cool music and the fun surrounding it!

78447

i nominate another round of unlocking formats for next winter chip

78448

i've said this before but i think it is better as a one-off gimmick, not as a standard thing. it's cool in concept but i think in the end it creates more conflict than anything else.

that being said, i wouldn't mind it so much if it was done in two or three big waves instead of "once this format has an entry add a new format"

78470

oh drat you can vote on your own collabdongs?

78471

keep us on our toes with a new gimmick imo

78474

inb4 gimmick is no extension

78476

That would just be cruel and inhumane. You can't expect us professional procrastinators to meet deadlines.

78477

@puke
You can't vote on your collab entry/entries,but doesn't put it into account like your own entries. Which is why I'm at 99.5-something percent. Also it may be counting it as two entries, I don't think one entry would be .5-something% so maybe its counting it as two separate things (both me and dajoshy??) idk
_{also wall of text, sorry lol}

78677

Still looking forward to RatShack's MT32 hardware renders. ;)

78780

ｔｅｈ　ｃｌｏｃｋ　ｉｓ　ｔｈｉｃｃｉｎｇ

78797

Will there be a puke-streams-results-showowow?

78804

Trying to figure out how to enable embedding on youtube right now!!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHzUvdiLimHg7tso0edbltA/live

78813

didnt expect to get this high in everything daym

78814

time for the big reveal faggots

drink water

78828

#ArtExit

78850

@,@ holy shit thank you everybody for the love/support! I did not expect this but I am super stoked. I must have gotten pretty lucky because the competition was gnarly AF. I feel like gold in all categories could have gone to almost anyone, with so much talent being thrown around like it's nothing! Anyway, awesome work on all your tracks fam. Time to get my leather jacket and denim vest on for this Metal competition nau!!! XD

78880

Looks like I'll have to step up my midi game for summer chip!

78898

Wow, super stoked about all them medalz. Thanks y'all for your support! Also, congrats to all winners and thanks to teh pukemaster and all participants.

Btw Puke, seems there's no trophy for TED yet.

81925

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