tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84058326251141228992024-03-13T17:42:16.408+01:00Noizebox [irq7]This is the home of an chiptune-artist called irq7.
The page also features several hardware-stuff he did.irq7http://www.blogger.com/profile/03616930593982571498noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8405832625114122899.post-85180820267564162622019-04-25T18:43:00.003+02:002022-01-19T15:07:43.229+01:00How do you play my tape?I ask owners of my new album <a href="https://www.discogs.com/de/irq7-Large-Chiptune-Collider/release/12543298" target="_blank">Large Chiptune Collider</a> to send me a picture how they play the tape and the result is quite interesting. Thanks to all supporters!<br />
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irq7http://www.blogger.com/profile/03616930593982571498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8405832625114122899.post-33632007369440134332018-09-27T12:55:00.002+02:002018-09-27T13:01:38.604+02:00New album Large Chiptune Collider!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After seven years of playing shows with many new tracks, the new album was finally released on 23.8.2018 at the Chipwrecked-Festival! It's also the first physical release by irq7 and it will never be released online. So you have to get the tape at the merchandising at the live-shows or order it by dropping me an email (irq7info [at] gmail [dot] com) or via social media.<br />
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There was a <a href="https://www.discogs.com/de/irq7-Large-Chiptune-Collider/release/12451203" target="_blank">limited black-edition of 23 tapes</a> each produced DIY and numbered by hand, but thats unfortunately already sold-out.<br />
Luckily there is an <a href="https://www.discogs.com/de/irq7-Large-Chiptune-Collider/release/12543298" target="_blank">unlimited white-edition of the tape-release</a> which is also produced DIY and available for order.<br />
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<br />irq7http://www.blogger.com/profile/03616930593982571498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8405832625114122899.post-18448997246775946562014-10-28T10:46:00.003+01:002014-10-28T10:46:20.499+01:00CHIP HITS THE FAN 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Happy to announce that we were able to set-up another CHIP HITS THE FAN this year! It will be on the <b>15.11.2014 </b>and this is the first time, our festival come along with a movie-screening and even better is, that you can watch the latest and freshest chiptune movie documentary called <a href="http://europein8bits.com/" target="_blank">EUROPE IN 8 BITS</a> by Javier Polo. <br />This became only possible due to a new cooperation with the music-documentary festival <a href="http://www.notesonmusic.de/" target="_blank"><i>notes on music</i></a>. <br />After the movie you can join a Q & A session with MEN OF MEGA - a Gameboy-liveact which also appears in there. <br />
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<a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xqucjt_europe-in-8-bits-teaser-in-english_music" target="_blank">Europe in 8 bits Teaser in English</a> <i>von <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/europe8bits" target="_blank">europe8bits</a></i>
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Then we start the live-show with a short OPEN STAGE followed by this line-up:<br />
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<a href="http://ultrasyd.free.fr/" target="_blank">ULTRASYD</a> (FR)<br />
<a href="http://menofmega.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">MEN OF MEGA</a> (NL)<br />
irq7 (AT)<br />
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+ 8-Bit Visuals by <a href="http://btn.fybs.de/" target="_blank">back to Newc45tle</a> (DE)! <br />
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For more information visit our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/296855300519674/" target="_blank">Facebook event</a> or <a href="http://chiphitsthefan2014.blogspot.de/" target="_blank">chiphitsthefan.de</a>.<br />
All about the movie you can find at <a href="http://www.notesonmusic.de/" target="_blank">notes on music</a>.<br />
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The festival including the movie will be at the Künstlerhaus Nürnberg (upstairs this time!).<br />
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<br />irq7http://www.blogger.com/profile/03616930593982571498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8405832625114122899.post-61148724559086108592014-09-09T23:14:00.000+02:002014-09-17T19:14:06.194+02:00Live at PLAY14 in Hamburg!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After a long summer-break a bunch of liveshows are upcoming!<br />
The <a href="http://creative-gaming.eu/2014/07/late-view/" target="_blank">next irq7 concert</a> in on Friday the 19.11.2014 at the <a href="http://creative-gaming.eu/play14/" target="_blank"><i>PLAY14 - a Festival for Creative Gaming</i></a> in Hamburg.<br />
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At 11:00 you can listen to a short presentation about <a href="http://creative-gaming.eu/2014/06/musik-mit-gameboys/" target="_blank">Chiptune and living in the Dot-Matrix</a> and in the afternoon I have also the honour to give a <a href="http://creative-gaming.eu/2014/07/kurzworkshop-musik-mit-gameboys/" target="_blank">Gameboymusic-Workshop</a> (in German language) for Chiptune-newcomer and people who are interested in making music with their favourite handheld.<br />
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COME AND PLAY!<br />Support: <a href="https://soundcloud.com/huitbeat-dance-collective" target="_blank">The HuitBeat Dance Collective</a><br />
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<br />irq7http://www.blogger.com/profile/03616930593982571498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8405832625114122899.post-73662383267542609652013-10-27T13:31:00.005+01:002013-10-27T13:31:57.867+01:00CHIP HITS THE FAN 2013<br />
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The biggest Chiptune-Festival in the south of Germany is back! *taading*<br /><br />On the 9th of November the Gameboys taking control again in the <a href="http://www.zentralcafe.com/" target="_blank">K4/Nuremberg</a>. <br />The line-up this year is bigger than ever before and of course we have an "open stage" for everyone. <br />
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Our headliner this year is "Gamegirl" <a href="http://chipzelmusic.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Chipzel</a> from Ireland. She is well known in the scene and played all the big festivals around the world. We are also happy to announce that <a href="http://gampoy.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Gampoy</a> is our surprise guest from Austria who is rocking the stage next to <a href="https://soundcloud.com/meltedmoon" target="_blank">MELTED MOON</a>, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/mistertriac" target="_blank">TriAC</a>, <a href="http://btn.fybs.de/" target="_blank">Back to Newc45tle</a> (also responsible for the awesome 8-Bit analogue visuals) plus <a href="https://soundcloud.com/9-heart" target="_blank">9-Heart</a> and <a href="https://soundcloud.com/irq7" target="_blank">irq7</a>.<br />
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For further information please visit <a href="http://chiphitsthefan.de/">chiphitsthefan.de</a> and the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Chiphitsthefan" target="_blank">Facebook-page</a>. <br />
<br />irq7http://www.blogger.com/profile/03616930593982571498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8405832625114122899.post-70971579924743427012013-10-03T22:27:00.000+02:002013-10-03T22:27:19.289+02:00PAL vs. NTSC vs. ME<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well - it's a long story and it started a few moth ago when my chiptune bro <a href="https://soundcloud.com/9-heart" target="_blank">9-heart</a> used a device called <a href="http://www.straytechnologies.com/" target="_blank">VBLANK M1</a> for making visuals at a gig we booth played. Some day's later I thought that could be a nice toy for my shows as well! Then I remembered my <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Game_Gear" target="_blank">Sega Game Gear</a> with the broken screen which would give that device a nice housing and if I find a small TFT-display, I may use it for the monitoring of it's visuals.<br />
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So I ordered the VBLANK M1 and a I also <a href="http://www.adafruit.com/products/913" target="_blank">found a perfect fitting TFT</a> at adafruit.<br />
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The VBLANK is basically a PCB with a microcontroller and a few passive elements. It has a cinch with video composite output and a jack-socket for the audio-input, which is used to trigger the 8bit-style video effects programmed into the controller. It has two wires for power supply and two LEDs. One is the power-LED and the other is blinking if the audio on the input is loud enough. I planed to put the VBLANK and the TFT into my Game Gear and drill holes for the I/O's into it's housing. When I received the VBLANK and the TFT, the trouble starts. The TFT worked well with my DVD-player, but not with the VBLANK. After asking the VBLANK-developer I found out, that the VBLANK is a NTSC device *umpf*. After that short shock I also found out, that the TFT is compatible to PAL _and_ NTSC. So I asked at adafruit and they confirmed the compatibility to NTSC. They also suggest to return the TFT, but I didn't want to give up that fast and decided to test the VBLANK first with my projector. On my projector it works, but looks a bit strange and not exactly like it should. Btw - this is what my projector shows, when I connect the VBLANK: 15,3 kHz, 60 Hz ,720 x 480i. <br />
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I found out that there are some PAL/NTSC converters on the market for cheap so I ordered <a href="http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00C95M2AU/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1" target="_blank">this one</a>. The converter didn't worked as I expected it *grmpf*. You can just see some stills in an interval of a second. Very unsatisfied but enough for the video-monitoring in the Game Gear. The converter is also small enough to fit into the housing, if everything else is removed. After disassembling the Game Gear, I also noticed that I can reuse the power-supply unit, which provide 6V for the converter and 9V for VBLANK and the TFT. It also has 38V(!) because the original backlight of the Gamegear was a neon-lamp!<br />
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Because the TFT supports two composite inputs, I added an additional composite to the Geam Gear, so I also can use it to monitor external video-sources. An additional switch can disconnect the VBLANK from the TFT if the output-level maybe make problems some day to drive two video-sinks. You never know...<br />All in all a dirty hack, but hey: You can use the whole system also battery-powered! =)</div>
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irq7http://www.blogger.com/profile/03616930593982571498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8405832625114122899.post-84886525632115426302013-08-25T13:02:00.000+02:002013-10-03T20:50:44.800+02:00Compilations, Compilations...No new irq7 release for such a long time! Scandal.<br />
Well - as you might notice I was playing a lot of live-shows since the last EP and at least contribute to some compilations. Here they are!<br />
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My first compilation I ever attended was the "<a href="http://www.coucounetlabel.com/release/90s-covers-compilation-va-micromusic-compilation-coucou021/" target="_blank">90's Covers Compilation</a>" hosted by the Italian netlabel <a href="http://www.coucounetlabel.com/" target="_blank">COUCOU</a>. The track "<a href="https://soundcloud.com/irq7/irq7-dark-side-of-the-moon" target="_blank">Dark Side of the Moon</a>" nearly didn't made it to the playlist and was added last-minute as a bonustrack. At the time the song was released, it was my most advanced one featuring vocoder-vocals, samples from the movie "Iron Sky" and a complex composition with just one Gameboy. Maybe my own mastering was a bit poor. I tried to make it better and put the slightly <a href="https://soundcloud.com/irq7/irq7-dark-side-of-the-moon" target="_blank">remastered version on soundcloud</a>. The whole compilation was really good quality a fun to listen! <br />
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Right after the 90's Compilation, COUCOU initiated a <a href="http://www.coucounetlabel.com/release/80%E2%80%B2s-covers-compilation-va-micromusic-compilation-coucou025/" target="_blank">follow up featuring the 80's</a> (guess what's next? ;-) . For that release I decided to have vocals again, but instead of using the vocoder I want to go back to my "Jamie & Me" - roots using heavy distortion on my voice to disguise my singing-skills a bit. Unusual for an international compilation I choose a (even in Germany) mostly unknown, but awesome song called "<a href="https://soundcloud.com/irq7/polarlicht-xmal-deutschland" target="_blank">Polarlicht</a>" by the New Wave band "X-mal Deutschland". I first heard that song also as cover-version by the Slovenian Industrial-Metal band "<a href="http://www.discogs.com/artist/Coptic+Rain" target="_blank">Coptic Rain</a>" which is one of my all-time favorite. Ever!<br />
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After so many cover-version I tried to made a own song to submit it to the "Chiptune = Win Vol. 2". Well - I failed to get on the playlist of that compilation (which is a really good one but just does not fit to my contributed song or vice versa ;-) <br />
The makers of "Chiptune = Win" offer me to be on a side compilation which hosts a bunch of brilliant tracks who also didn't made it, but are still awesome enough to be on the "<a href="http://pxl-bot.bandcamp.com/album/pxl-win" target="_blank">Pxl-Win Compilation</a>". My track "<a href="http://pxl-bot.bandcamp.com/track/twisted" target="_blank">Twisted</a>" was very well mastered by Pxl-Bot and got number 3 on the playlist which made me even more lucky. The <a href="https://soundcloud.com/irq7/twisted-pxl-win-release" target="_blank">positive responses on soundcloud</a> are just astounding!<br />
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Happy to be on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/110855632444722" target="_blank">8bit Breakdown</a> again! Germanys biggest chiptune-series This time together on stage with my Gameboy-Stammtisch bro <a href="https://www.facebook.com/9HeartChiptune" target="_blank">9-heart</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Gampoy/196210097115264" target="_blank">Gampoy</a> (all the way from Austria - hey!) and a really cool chiptune-crew from Aschaffenburg called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/meltedmoon" target="_blank">Melted Moon</a>. You can see the whole bunch of Gameboy-addicts on 5.7.2013 in Koblenz / Druckluftkammer. irq7http://www.blogger.com/profile/03616930593982571498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8405832625114122899.post-39003165610348172702013-03-07T21:00:00.002+01:002013-03-07T21:09:13.462+01:00Back to Erfurt - Retro Party <div style="text-align: left;">
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<a href="http://btn.fybs.de/" target="_blank">Back to Newc45tle</a> will play <a href="https://soundcloud.com/back-to-newc45tle" target="_blank">his own set</a> plus doing amazing retro-console visuals. I'm also very happy to play again with <a href="http://soundcloud.com/mistertriac" target="_blank">TRIaC </a>. This time also DJ the_Agent will join us and play music between electropunk and chiptune-disco. There will be also a lot of retro-consoles there you can play with. </div>
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Join us at the <b><a href="http://www.klanggeruest.de/events/event/6-jahre-klanggerust-retro-party/" target="_blank">Retro Party on the 23.03.2013 in the Klanggerüst e. V. Erfurt</a></b>. </div>
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irq7http://www.blogger.com/profile/03616930593982571498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8405832625114122899.post-45010251343970001892013-01-22T21:32:00.001+01:002013-03-07T21:09:56.955+01:00Live in Mainz!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Together with my fellow and VJ <a href="http://btn.fybs.de/" target="_blank">back to Newcaste</a> we are visiting Mainz. The location BARON is well known for it's chiptune-partys and we are happy to play there together with Stern Fucking Zeit and Lafftak.<br />
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8-bit consoles all over the place for your personal pleasure, 8-bit chipcoreorgelpunk in your ear and retro eye-candy will melt your brains. Nothing more to say, just... <br />
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irq7 back on the road!irq7http://www.blogger.com/profile/03616930593982571498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8405832625114122899.post-31457300285663141422012-08-02T22:36:00.001+02:002013-03-07T21:10:35.539+01:00CHIP HITS THE FAN 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm so happy to announce the line-up of the big chiptune-festival<br />
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+ Gameboy Music Workshop<br />
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I'm not sure what makes me more exited about this event - the fact that I'm playing another liveshow in a <a href="http://www.musikverein-concerts.de/lestrucs.php" target="_blank">really cool location </a>or to see the the mighty <a href="http://www.lestrucs.org/" target="_blank">LES TRUCS</a> live for my first time. Their last release was for a sooo long time on heavy rotation on my mp3-player and it still rocks me like hell. Checkout their <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alX9eNtu_9Q" target="_blank">videos on youtube</a> or - if you want to get surprised better <b>do not watch it</b>! Beside all the chiptune - anarchy - craze you will also have the experience of mad 8-Bit visuals by <a href="http://btn.fybs.de/" target="_blank"><b>back to Newca45tle</b></a>. All made with <a href="http://irq7.blogspot.de/2011/04/nes-video-mod.html">old game consoles</a> modded by ourself. <br />
For my performance I can also promise you new stuff and wicked sounds from my little Gameboys. <br />
Don't miss that! I mean: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/209343202522058/" target="_blank"><b>DON'T MISS THAT!</b></a>irq7http://www.blogger.com/profile/03616930593982571498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8405832625114122899.post-77829221394320420862012-06-06T20:39:00.002+02:002013-03-07T21:12:31.812+01:00Live at 8Bit Breakdown!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm happy to have the opportunity for a second live-show in Koblenz!<br />
My support will be again the chiptune-artist and visualist <a href="http://btn.fybs.de/" target="_blank"><b>back to Newc45tle</b></a>, so be prepared for 8-bit visuals made with lot's of old gear. We use for example <a href="http://irq7.blogspot.de/2011/04/nes-video-mod.html">modded NES</a> and analogue video-mixers for you personal eye-candy.<br />
<a href="http://nlz-music.de/wordpress/?p=2218" target="_blank"><b>8Bit Breakdown</b></a> has become one of the biggest Chiptune event-series in Germany and this edition also features <a href="http://soundcloud.com/sternfuckingzeit" target="_blank">Stern Fucking Zeit</a>, <a href="http://soundcloud.com/gampoy">g4mp0y</a> (from Austria not from Down Under! ;) and <a href="http://soundcloud.com/sixteen-817">sixteen-817</a>. <br />
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My next gig is the mighty "<a href="http://www.zimssweatshop.com/2012/03/der-groartige-8-bit-bassvergleich-am.html">Bassvergleich</a>" (eng.: 'Basscomparison') on the 28.4.2012. This is a regular Drum'n'Bass and Dubstep - Club in Bamberg featuring DJ-Legend "<a href="http://www.zimssweatshop.com/">ZIM</a>", DJ HUNK, MC General Ludzn, a trumpet-player and my fellow <a href="http://btn.fybs.de/">back to Newc45tle</a> which will do super-duper 8-Bit visuals with lot's of old videogame-hardware and analogue mixers.<br />
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It's time for my next release called "<a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18834774/irq7-Girls_n_Gameboys.zip" target="_blank">Girls 'n' Gameboys</a>".
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After a lot of cover-versions on the "<a href="http://irq7.blogspot.com/2010/12/irq7-its-not-me-ep.html">It's not me EP</a>", I decided to have more own songs on the follow-up release and here you are! Well - there is at least _one_ cover-song on the EP. Sorry, but I could not resist ;)
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First I have to mention the awesome<a href="http://veraenane.deviantart.com/gallery/"> cover-artwork done by Vera</a>. This not only saved a lot of work for me - it also looks sooo much better than everything I did before.
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This EP is also featuring a song with my own vocals called "Jamie & Me". The whole thing was heavily inspired by my personal muse called Irina. She also fixed my bad English. Me like!
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Another novelty is the usage of amen-breaks in some songs. Don't expect high-quality samples, but the breaks were well received on my performance at <span style="font-style: italic;">The Tank/NY</span> :D
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Of course all songs were produced with one Gameboy Classic and LSDj.
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I also did a short C64-demo featuring the first song of the EP:
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7.) 1988irq7http://www.blogger.com/profile/03616930593982571498noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8405832625114122899.post-88220849431677179562011-08-17T20:20:00.007+02:002011-08-17T21:09:50.440+02:00irq7 liveI got a lot of request for playing some live-gigs.
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">31.08.2011 </span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" href="http://www.aec.at/origin/">ARS Electronica Center</a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">, Linz</span>
<br />This is not a real irq7 gig, but I can play some songs as a part of the famous <a href="http://www.gameboymusicclub.org/"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Gameboymusicclub</span></a> at the same event where I got the first contact with this nice people from Vienna:
<br />The <a href="http://www.aec.at/origin/">ARS Electronica</a>!
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<br />We are playing at the opening-ceremony in the <span style="font-style: italic;">ARS Electronica Quater</span> which is in the front of the <a href="http://www.aec.at/origin/"><span style="font-style: italic;">ARS Electronica Center</span></a>. The <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://teslaorchestra.com/">Tesla Orchestra</a> is also playing! I mean check this out:
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">16.09.2011 </span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" href="http://www.nlz-music.de/?p=356">chip - nyte</a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">, Frankfurt, Stereo Bar (irq7, Sabrepulse, Stern Fucking Zeit)</span>
<br />Whoooooomp! I have a gig with the awesome <span style="font-style: italic;">Sabrepulse</span> and the Gameboy hardcore legend <span style="font-style: italic;">Stern Fucking Zeit</span> :D
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">17.09.2011 </span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" href="http://www.clubalpha60.de/index.php?view=detail&catid=3%3Atanzveranstaltung&id=35%3Aelektro-chip-tune-konzert&option=com_simplecalendar&Itemid=3">Planet 8Bit</a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">, Schwäbisch Hall, </span><a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 102);" href="http://www.clubalpha60.de/index.php?view=detail&catid=3%3Atanzveranstaltung&id=35%3Aelektro-chip-tune-konzert&option=com_simplecalendar&Itemid=3">Club Alpha 60</a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> (irq7, Sputnik Booster)</span>
<br />The free German radio-station <a href="http://www.sthoerfunk.de/">sthoerfunk.de</a> is celebrating a big chiptune-night also featuring Sputnik Booster and a screening of the chiptune-documentation" Reformat the Planet".
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I also bought a so called "inverter" which transforms the battery-voltage from 3V DC to more than 100V AC. The inverter is very small and fits perfect into the Gameboy. I soldered the power-supply of the inverter to the first two batteries in the Gameboy. Because I use this Gameboy only for live-performances, I did not add a extra switch to turn-on/off the El-wire (the wire consumes about 60mA). At the end I just glued the EL-wire around the Gameboy with superglue. 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The crowd was just awesome screaming and dancing like there is no tomorrow. Seven days of chiptunes, I will never forget.<br /><br />Kamerakind Irina did a cool and shakin' live-footage of my unreleased song "godmode".<br />Thanks to her and "The Agent" for the picture above!<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_iHZB70NrvA" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" width="425"></iframe>irq7http://www.blogger.com/profile/03616930593982571498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8405832625114122899.post-5979825896460415342011-04-17T17:51:00.010+02:002018-03-29T08:30:10.406+02:00NES Video Mod<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEXP_Fys9p4d5CQmxru1CPbR1py46qrEzCJrudzGRkkt9o1XPqMPnUXiwPhVrRmdrZu4tU4GGYLW0_42XpsStqeLXRMX2FGzLk5XpY8wA82UJ_lfpMJqZ1YQkDcAYjU8_4ei3FLEJRYg/s1600/nes_mod_final.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEXP_Fys9p4d5CQmxru1CPbR1py46qrEzCJrudzGRkkt9o1XPqMPnUXiwPhVrRmdrZu4tU4GGYLW0_42XpsStqeLXRMX2FGzLk5XpY8wA82UJ_lfpMJqZ1YQkDcAYjU8_4ei3FLEJRYg/s400/nes_mod_final.JPG" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5596601906244522946" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 300px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 400px;"></a><br>
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After a few weekends of soldering, I finished together with a friend of mine the first two circuit-bended NES. The mod is based on Phillip Stearns great "<a href="http://www.art-rash.com/pixelform/projects.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">NES Circuit Bent Audio Visualizer</span></a>"(<b>UPDATE</b>: His new artist-page is <a href="https://phillipstearns.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">here</a> , but unfortunately his NES-mod project is actually not on the page, so I decided to upload all information and the schematics https://www.dropbox.com/s/63uutrpl738a4xn/NES_mod_by_Phillip_Stearns.zip?dl=0). A 4-band EQ generates many different interconnections on the PCB of the NES which leads to a wonderful 8-bit flickering video-output.<br>
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I recorded the NES video-output with a new irq7 song with a very cheap video-to-USB converter. To do this in a clean way, I was forced to take the ground from the PCB instead of the NES video-out. Otherwise the video-quality was too bad.<br>
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The first step to the mod was the <a href="http://irq7.blogspot.com/2011/02/instant-failing-direct-toner-method.html">production of the PCB</a>, which was a little disaster, but finally I fixed it. Making and bring the PCB's into service was the most time-consuming work.<br>
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Then I started to mound the PCB into the NES with a hot-melt gun, add all bending-points according to Phillips instruction and solder all the rotary-switches to them.<br>
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