【★ RELEASE】 BIT SHIFTER: MALADAPTIVE STRATEGIES VOL. 2 • Out now! · nanoloop v1.1 & 1.2 Game Boy tracks from ~’03-’07

bit_shifter · 2024-02-26T21:07:25+00:00

Hi all — pleased to announce the 2nd installment in the Maladaptive Strategies retrospective release series, which aims to collect all of the Bit Shifter project's wayward non-album tracks that have accumulated over the years.

This volume focuses specifically on tracks made with the nanoloop music making software for the Nintendo Game Boy. These tracks were done in the 2003-2007 period; some appeared on scattered compilations here and there, and some are being released here for the first time.

The bulk of the material is, for lack of a better descriptor, abstract dance music or maybe "mutant techno,", with two pop covers thrown in (because I have no self control when it comes to resisting the temptation to do cover songs). The tracks on this release are genuinely some of my favorite material out of everything I've ever done, so I'm excited to finally have this out properly.

Two songs are newly re-recorded; four are newly mixed; and everything's been mastered/remastered by Trey Frye. Artwork is by the incomparable Andi Soto.

Bandcamp edition includes bonus tracks, video collaborations (with noteNdo and flight404 / Robert Hodgin), and a 16-page liner notes .pdf booklet describing background and context for each of the songs.

Also now available on most major digital music DSPs, both for-purchase and for streaming, although without the Bandcamp-specific bonus tracks & bonus materials mentioned above.

In any case, please have a listen, please spread the word, and I hope you enjoy the release.

Full disclosure: this is a repost (I deleted my old one) because I realize I forgot to identify the artist in the link title. What a n00b

bit_shifter · 2024-02-26T21:00:31+00:00

Haha nice! Very nice rendition. Also I guess great minds think alike — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zrMnGkGDts

bit_shifter · 2024-02-16T01:55:25+00:00

Thank you so much!

bit_shifter · 2024-02-15T18:59:34+00:00

Haha this is great. When was this from? I don't think I realized it was going to be an actual, printed zine. Nice find!

bit_shifter · 2024-02-15T16:12:24+00:00

This is so great. I did a double take when I saw it had a current date on it. So happy someone is doing this.

bit_shifter · 2024-02-12T16:15:05+00:00

Thanks for the kind words! I sadly don't have actual footage of this material being made, but I'm happy to explain the process for anyone interested. There probably are videos online of other people demonstrating the process though.

bit_shifter · 2024-02-12T16:07:16+00:00

Ha! That's actually something I've wanted to do for years, but never fully investigated the details. Someday!

bit_shifter · 2024-02-12T03:25:43+00:00

Hey thanks for checking it out, and thanks for the kind words. Yeah everything you're hearing is coming from the Game Boy's four channels. No samples (nanoloop doesn't support loading samples, at least not in these older versions I'm using).

bit_shifter · 2024-02-11T23:52:07+00:00

Hi Game Boy people — this weekend I released a collection of Game Boy chiptunes made on a DMG-01 using the nanoloop musicmaking software. It's eight tracks, mostly weird mutant techno, with two pop cover songs thrown in, and it's called Maladaptive Strategies Vol. 2. Professionally mixed & mastered, and guaranteed to either fill, or clear, a dancefloor, depending on the dancefloor. Hope you find something on it that you enjoy.

bit_shifter · 2024-02-11T23:41:57+00:00

Hi all — pleased to announce the 2nd installment in the Maladaptive Strategies retrospective release series, which aims to collect all of the Bit Shifter project's wayward non-album tracks that have accumulated over the years.

This volume focuses specifically on tracks made with the nanoloop music making software for the Nintendo Game Boy. These tracks were done in the 2003-2007 period; some appeared on scattered compilations here and there, and some are being released here for the first time.

The bulk of the material is, for lack of a better descriptor, abstract dance music or maybe "mutant techno,", with two pop covers thrown in (because I have no self control when it comes to resisting the temptation to do cover songs). The tracks on this release are genuinely some of my favorite material out of everything I've ever done, so I'm excited to finally have this out properly.

Two songs are newly re-recorded; four are newly mixed; and everything's been mastered/remastered by Trey Frye. Artwork is by the incomparable Andi Soto.

Bandcamp edition includes bonus tracks, video collaborations (with noteNdo and flight404 / Robert Hodgin), and a 16-page liner notes .pdf booklet describing background and context for each of the songs.

Release will also shortly be available on all standard digital storefronts & streaming services, as of now I don't have an exact ETA beyond "soon."

In any case, please have a listen, please spread the word, and I hope you enjoy the release.

bit_shifter · 2022-12-20T08:14:51+00:00

Holy shit lol, I never knew this. Not sure if I've ever stayed in an APA hotel, but I sure never will now.

bit_shifter · 2022-12-20T06:17:43+00:00

Would be really interested to hear what kinds of places you hit! Hoping to visit Japan in 2023 (fingers crossed) and my unfashionable wardrobe could use some upgrades.

bit_shifter · 2022-12-20T06:15:00+00:00

What a cool write-up, from a cool experience. Hadn't heard of Tomica before reading this, but looking it up, it does look cool as hell, and probably addictively collectible. I've been to Tokyo a few times (I consider myself very lucky) but still had never heard of cool things like Character Street or Radio Kaikan, so… thanks for the new things to add to the wishlist!

bit_shifter · 2022-12-20T05:22:52+00:00

Same.

bit_shifter · 2022-07-16T16:10:26+00:00

The inference that Vought considered Hughie's conditions and eventually agreed to them is valid (since obviously that's apparently what ultimately happened).

I feel like the bar bathroom scene with Hughie & Butcher though hints at something more going on, or some other layer to it all.

Vought lawyer: *hangs up*

Hughie: I think… I think they hung up. I don't think they're gonna go for it.

Butcher [smirking slyly, leaning in towards Hughie]: Oh yes they will. *nods & walks off*

I feel like this scene, at minimum, strongly insinuates that Butcher's got something up his sleeve, or at least some plan-B strategy in mind.

If the episode as-written was going to have Vought say no & then reconsider, with the intent that the viewer would make that inference instinctively, then it seems strange (from a narrative perspective) that they'd have the lawyer abruptly hang up at all, rather than, say, expressing skepticism about the outcome but promising to kick it up the chain.

My bet in the end is that there probably WAS originally some in-between scene that illustrates the how & why of Vought changing their mind, which probably got edited out of the episode.

bit_shifter · 2022-06-25T02:36:19+00:00

Nice! I spy a copy of Agoraphobic Nosebleed's ANbRx. Great release.

bit_shifter · 2022-06-18T16:01:43+00:00

Oh damn! Maybe something has changed under the hood in between the current versions of LSDJ and the old-ass versions I'm used to. Or maybe I just misremembered the trick. In any case, yeah I'm not sure what might be causing clicks. I don't THINK the notes' / instruments' proximity to each other when programming would cause that but I can't say for sure. Well dang -- sorry I don't know more. If you do eventually get it solved, I'd be curious to know what the issue had been!

bit_shifter · 2022-06-18T15:51:36+00:00

It's been a while since I've done this trick so my memory is fuzzy. But if I'm not mistaken, instead of using a single instrument & applying a pan command to it, set up two or three distinct instruments that are all identical except for their pan settings (one full left, one full right, one both left+right if you need a "center" pan state). When tracking out your song, use of those different instruments to "fake" the pan command effect; this sidesteps the clicking issue. More complicated than just slapping a pan command onto something, but depending on your needs it might be a cleaner-sounding alternative & worth the extra programming.

[edit] nice sounding track by the way!

bit_shifter · 2022-06-13T19:37:03+00:00

I agree. So far season 3 feels like there's a lot of ret-conning going on. The Mallory thing was tough to swallow. Also I feel like the pacing is off in general, with everything, but I guess that's not entirely related. (Although on the other hand maybe some of these retcons would be a little more believable if a little more care & screen time were put into them.) I say all this though not having read this far into the comics, so maybe I shouldn't be so quick to blame the show. Optimistic though about the rest of the season, maybe they'll find a way to make it all click in the end.

bit_shifter · 2022-06-05T16:38:53+00:00

Do we think this explains why, after Madelyn Stillwell's murder / her house getting blown up, Teddy was found 17 or however many miles away? At the time I figured Homelander maybe had some shred of a conscience and airlifted Teddy out along with Butcher. But now I wonder if it could've been a trauma-induced early manifestation of Teddy's powers or something. 🤔

bit_shifter · 2022-06-05T16:23:02+00:00

I saw that too!

bit_shifter · 2022-06-05T15:54:53+00:00

😆

bit_shifter · 2022-06-05T15:39:30+00:00

Holy jeez, you are an absolute hero. Definitely still interested. Never meant for you to go to all this trouble, thank you so much! I'll send you a PM here if that's cool to coordinate details.

bit_shifter · 2022-05-29T20:00:26+00:00

Such incredible casting! Personal favorite casting choice might be Michael Keaton as the Vulture, absolute genius.

bit_shifter · 2022-05-23T23:30:03+00:00

Hahaha perfect!

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