Awesome stuff you've just bought (+pics please)

[Van_Artic]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/684344/stick.jpg

yeah, that weird guy is me

[Vexorg]

The family gag gift exchange at the Christmas Eve get-together just yielded a Moai-shaped ice cube tray. More on that once I've had a chance to try it out...

[SFKhoa]

[P_HAT]

[adversity1]

Blew a fuckton of money in Akiba today.



Mushihimesama fuck pillow
Reco desktop assistant
Another copy of Futari for a friend (got the telecard at bottom right as well)
Development Diary notes by CAVE producer Makoto Asada
New issue of Famitsu Xbox 360
CAVE computer stickers
CAVE desktop calendar
Mushihimesama Futari buttons
New issue of Arcadia
Mushihimesama Futari art book
CAVE New Years cards



(All the Grev stuff is from the Grev online shop, it just got here today)

From top left: Dodonpachi Daifukkatsu underwear
EspGaluda II mini wall-scroll
Under Defeat Clear File
Border Down clear file
CAVE News pamphlet (focusing on the upcoming Mushi iphone game)
Senko no Ronde DUO poster: Urusule and Giles
Senko no Ronde DUO keychains: Leif, Cuilan, Shinobu, Henri, Theo, Fabian
Senko no Ronde DUO poster: Jasper and Alessandro
Senko no Ronde DUO poster: Leif and Katy



Senko no Ronde DUO poster: Chanpo and Dixie
Senko no Ronde DUO poster: Cuilan and Sakurako
Senko no Ronde DUO poster: Henri and Mitse

[system11]

Well it's a preorder, but:

[kernow]

Nice! I've been stupidly pondering another RC car.

[jonny5]

bought absynth 5....yet to install it....yay for me!!!

[ASK]

Mushihimesama fuck pillow

wat

[caincan]

Humm, all of this in your garage or you plan to open a game center ?

no luck, it was the rented garage for the auction (~600 other machines will arrive in this auction in some months ) so i guess may-be i will own some more arcades or dedicated . my place is "tetris" like for years...still completing my wishlist and hoping changing area for work in 2-3years...

[UnscathedFlyingObject]

Mushihimesama fuck pillow

wat

Just steer clear of his pillows.

[EinhanderZwei]

Quote dated photo, but still. Me playing ZoE 2 on my then-new PS2

[Jockel]

Oh, at first i thought it was Policenauts.

[EinhanderZwei]

Oh, at first i thought it was Policenauts.

At least you've guessed who's the ZoE 2 producer

And here are my babies (sorry for 8-bit quality, it's my cell phone):







BTW, I've bought PSP and PS2 in one of the biggest and most fucked up video game stores in my city. They manage to sell both import hardware, bootleg hardware, bootleg disks and non-bootleges twice the price of the original prices (for example, Killzone 2). For example, with PS2 they gave me a bootleg pack-in of Cold Fear and Haunting Ground. Yeah. A bootleg pack-in. The only reason is I still buy stuff there is because the employees there are SO FUCKING HOT!

EDIT: ...What the hell was I smoking to let so many grammar errors slip?

[system11]

Bought from E2046 - less than impressed with the defects (all of which I've put right, one of which was a real bitch). How they respond to my complaint will affect how I review the product on their site... The paint job is really nice, the flash photography has bleached out the tones a bit and doesn't do it justice.

[Slump]

I don't trust the furbie lurkin' back there. Of course that girl looks like she's got all the mace she needs...

[Schrodinger's cat]

bought absynth 5....yet to install it....yay for me!!!

Into synths eh? Check out NI's Massive if you haven't already. It's by far my favorite NI synth.

[spadgy]

We just got a PSPgo as a Christmas bonus from our very generous boss. While I'd never pay for a piece of kit that makes 120 of my UMDs redundant, it's a lovely little piece of kit, and has got me right back into Super Stardust.

Today I also spent a shit load on Breakcore records, including my first ever Straight-Edge Rastfarian Ragga/Italian Folk crossover LP by DJ Balli. Probably my last too! I doubt I'll find another one of those anytime soon.

Sorry - no time for pics!

[kernow]

120 UMD's! holy hell.

I just spent my christmas funds on a masterpiece convoy perfect edition with trailer. £135 including shipping.

what a dolt.

[jonny5]

bought absynth 5....yet to install it....yay for me!!!

Into synths eh? Check out NI's Massive if you haven't already. It's by far my favorite NI synth.

ya...i have the massive add-ons for koreplayer....most of it is a bit too rave-y for the stuff im producing and it doesnt offer quite as in depth sound morphing options.....that and the fact that other than absynth most of the NI stuff doesnt have the midi options i need to interface with my MPC and i end up having to sample stuff which is too time consuming when im on the fly making beats...absynth lets me run multiple instances set to different midi channels so its easy to seqeuence multiple tracks through the MPC live...i record my track into the MPC, and then the MPC controls the software....

i do mostly zombie-core/chiptunes/hiphop.....kinda rolled into one package....i can post up a few tracks if people want to hear some of my stuff

[spadgy]

120 UMD's! holy hell.

I got them through work. I'm not daft enough to think there's that many good games on the PSP!

i do mostly zombie-core/chiptunes/hiphop.....kinda rolled into one package....i can post up a few tracks if people want to hear some of my stuff

Wow - that sounds like dream music for me! Please do post some links! I'm DJing for New Year in five hours at a mate's house party. I plan to scare the shit out of the 'crowd' with some breakcore and chiptunes. If you;re quick, and I like waht I hear - who knows?!

[ASK]

All set for a quiet NYE with the girlfriend

[Schrodinger's cat]

ya...i have the massive add-ons for koreplayer....most of it is a bit too rave-y for the stuff im producing and it doesnt offer quite as in depth sound morphing options.....that and the fact that other than absynth most of the NI stuff doesnt have the midi options i need to interface with my MPC and i end up having to sample stuff which is too time consuming when im on the fly making beats...absynth lets me run multiple instances set to different midi channels so its easy to seqeuence multiple tracks through the MPC live...i record my track into the MPC, and then the MPC controls the software....

Yea, I find that the presets that they make for their programs shoehorn you too much into making certain genres of music. Massive's presets are too rave-y and Absynth has too many slowly evolving pad sounds that sound like Enya. To me, the fun mostly comes from programming your own sounds from scratch. As far as MIDI goes, I don't have an MPC but I have the Komplete 5 bundle so I can tell you that the MIDI routing stuff is possible to do but a bit annoying to learn because it's done differently in every program. I write stuff using an Oxygen 8 keyboard and Logic Pro though, so ymmv if you're mostly doing stuff live.

i do mostly zombie-core/chiptunes/hiphop.....kinda rolled into one package....i can post up a few tracks if people want to hear some of my stuff

Sure, let's hear it.

[jonny5]

ya....i have an MPC1000 which i use as the brain(controls and syncs with absynth) and i have an m-audio axiom 25 midi keyboard....

i tend to do my drum beats on the MPC, and then i do my melody and bass tracks with the axiom using absynth through the MPC....other than absynth i dont use software as its easier to do with the MPC....if i am doing sampled based tracks its all MPC

as for the preset sounds in absynth, i will agree some are kinda slow and droning, but the thing is you can adjust the BPM on all the sounds, and i tend to work between 75-100bpm, so it works out.....anythng faster than that and most of the stuff i produce loses its flow

i like epic drone-y sounds some time because especially when i am doing zombie stuff, its usually kinda layered soundscapes with hiphop-ish beats, so having the odd slow expanding sounds are useful

i will upload some tracks today for you guys....let me know what you think....only a few people have heard a lot of this stuff

[Skykid]

120 UMD's! holy hell.

I got them through work. I'm not daft enough to think there's that many good games on the PSP!

Ha ha, took the words right out of my mouth!

[jonny5]

ok....here ya go...bear in mind i have only started making beats from scratch like 2 months ago and i got the synth less than a month ago.....im just using what i know about song composition and structure....most of my musical experience is playing with hardcore bands...all my production is done through the MPC....when i record a finished track it is a 4bar loop that i use the track mute function on the MPC to mix it live into some kind of basic song structure while recording

if you dont like slow draggy/grimey dark hip hop you probably wont like this

all .wav so sorry about the larger file size

original composition tracks(no samples):

16bit sunset: kinda epic chip tune style hiphop beat.....
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PIETG6ND

eastbound train: very simple scaled back hiphop beat....kinda dark and bassline focused...some jungle influence on the bassline
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TP0CZ0H0

kickstep2: kinda dancy beat i did for my buddy...bit of a departure style wise for me....almost a cross between jungle and oldschool punk styled beat....worked out kinda nice...the '2' denotes its the second version....i wasnt happy with the mix on the first attempt....kept missing the changes
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5W1IR9U8

look out behind you: one of the first beats i did....going for a classic horror score feel mixed with oldschool hiphop....not as clean/tight as newer beats as i hadnt discovered the wonders of quantization with the MPC and i had just gotten the keyboard....quantization is a little tricky with hiphop beats until you figure out how to use it properly
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=YNIHZ4HZ

urban nights: going for a very dark horror feel....the lead melody is kinda reminiscient to the nightmare on elm street progression....worked out nicely
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VA1WZSX4

Sample based tracks:

both of these tracks were made using samples from zombi's 'spirit animal' track....havent done too many sample based tracks yet as im having more fun doing the original composition stuff right now

deadalive: very dark, very zombie, very heavy beat....this is one of my favs mainly due to its simplicity....took like 30seconds to make this track but its very effective....actually came up with this by accident when i was showing my friend how the MPC worked
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TTF236BS

zombiewaltz: the first track i made with the 'spirit anmal' samples....very different feel than deadalive......i like the bassline...
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NQSF3IRB

thats about it for now...ive got a few more, but they arent up to snuff for my standards

lmk what you guys think and if you have any advice or comments on specifics

please dont pass this stuff around too much as some of it is with MC's right now so might be used for actual album tracks so i dont want them getting jacked before we get a chance to use them

[Schrodinger's cat]

Cool stuff. I haven't listened to all of it yet, but I do like the dark grimey feel you're going for. It's hard to give feedback without knowing what you're going for since the vocals that aren't in there yet, but I will give you a PM once I get around to listening to all of it. You got any beats with vocals on them? Thanks for sharing your stuff so far.

[jonny5]

Cool stuff. I haven't listened to all of it yet, but I do like the dark grimey feel you're going for. It's hard to give feedback without knowing what you're going for since the vocals that aren't in there yet, but I will give you a PM once I get around to listening to all of it. You got any beats with vocals on them? Thanks for sharing your stuff so far.

working on it....i got a few beats out with different MC's waiting on verses....

[Arasoi]

A few nice english language genesis repro carts from Bratwurst on digital press. Very nice looking labels, good quality work.

[Necronopticous]

Found a nice complete copy of the original Etrian Odyssey at Play 'N Trade:



It's a crime that I didn't buy it when it was new, but what's done is done.