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doctorfrog posted:I had a copy of Metallica's Enter Sandman with a loud BLIP about halfway through that I still anticipate on the rare occasions I actually hear that song nowadays. My copy of "Lights and Sounds" by Yellowcard repeats toward the end, as if it were recorded on a loop. My copy of "Ultiamte Showdown of Ultimate Destiny" is censored, for unknowable reasons.
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# ? Aug 28, 2017 15:32 |
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# ? May 25, 2024 14:04 |
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Just came across this in my desk: A Techtool Protege FireWire diagnostics drive. Has a bootable system plus all the Techtool utilities on it to fix hard drive issues. Pretty sure Apple changed the Firewire port as soon as I bought one. Not sure I ever used it other than to test it out. edit: Turns out I have two of them. One for intel macs, the other for PowerPC.
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# ? Aug 28, 2017 16:00 |
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Vanagoon posted:The Xing mp3 encoder was one of the very worst. It made garbage files that sounded like they were being played from underwater I used the original reference Fraunhofer MP3enc for a long-rear end time since the 128Kbps files it produced sounded better than Xing 160Kbps ones. It was more effective in busy areas that would leave cymbals washy. Not in the audiophile sense but really noticeable.
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# ? Aug 29, 2017 07:45 |
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Neito posted:My copy of "Lights and Sounds" by Yellowcard repeats toward the end, as if it were recorded on a loop. I once recorded 10 or so MP3's off a PC onto my MiniDisc. Basically what you did was connect the line out on the PC to a line in on the MD and played all the songs and added track breaks etc. About halfway through the album my brother started using the PC so there are random system sounds like mouse clicks and error messages notification sounds.
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# ? Aug 29, 2017 10:11 |
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Foxhound posted:I once recorded 10 or so MP3's off a PC onto my MiniDisc. Basically what you did was connect the line out on the PC to a line in on the MD and played all the songs and added track breaks etc. About halfway through the album my brother started using the PC so there are random system sounds like mouse clicks and error messages notification sounds. I'm soo glad (kinda) that I was late to the party with MD. I had a sweet NetMD one that used USB to transfer. It was bittersweet because it used that piece of poo poo software SonicStage Sony made.
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# ? Aug 29, 2017 11:43 |
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I miss my MiniDiscs. It was like the ultimate cyberpunk media.
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# ? Aug 29, 2017 12:54 |
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0toShifty posted:I still have all my old mp3s from the napster days, and I wouldn't have it any other way. I tried getting a few of them in modern versions, but they just sound wrong to me. Was the song "Coo Coo Ca Choo" by the Bloodhound Gang by any chance? If that's it, that was me!
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# ? Aug 30, 2017 07:25 |
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Uncle at Nintendo posted:Was the song "Coo Coo Ca Choo" by the Bloodhound Gang by any chance? If that's it, that was me! And if it was Enter Sandman it was me.
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# ? Aug 30, 2017 08:37 |
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And if it was Roundabout by Yes then it was me, Dio!
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# ? Aug 30, 2017 11:44 |
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Humphreys posted:And if it was Enter Sandman it was me. I remember when I uploaded it I still didn't notice the AOL sound because it happened at a perfect part in the song. It's still on YouTube like that to this day! I must have uploaded it in 1998. Speaking of AOL, they are going to start charging monthly for people to use their software. If anyone remembers, earlier in the thread I logged onto AOL 4.0 and screen grabbed a bunch of stuff that still works, and the chat rooms are still active. I wonder if they are going to be completely empty now.
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# ? Aug 30, 2017 22:30 |
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Do you have an SNES? Well get this Street Fighter II thing with a playable cart.quote:WARNING: Use of this reproduction game cartridge (the “Product”) on the SNES gaming hardware may cause the SNES console to overheat or catch fire. The SNES hardware is deemed a vintage collectible, so please exercise extreme caution when using the Product and make sure there is fire extinguishment equipment nearby. Use of the Product is at the sole risk of the user.
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# ? Aug 31, 2017 01:19 |
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Not the account I expected a cool video of historical comuting and how to debug something important: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSSmNUl9Snw
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# ? Sep 1, 2017 15:25 |
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Well this new Mega Drive demo is looking fine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8ywzqvE5y0&hd=1
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# ? Sep 7, 2017 22:09 |
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Negrostrike posted:Well this new Mega Drive demo is looking fine. OK but the music is lame.
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# ? Sep 7, 2017 22:20 |
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That was a pretty lame demo not helped by the inherently terrible sound output the Mega Drive has.
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# ? Sep 8, 2017 04:32 |
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Wow ok sorry for posting. I'll gently caress off for now. Maybe it's worth noting I said it's looking fine and didn't say poo poo about music. It's graphic style is good and there are some impressive effects considering the hardware. Those oldschool scrollers can go gently caress themselves though. Negostrike has a new favorite as of 05:46 on Sep 8, 2017 |
# ? Sep 8, 2017 05:43 |
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Hey now, the FM + PSG chips in the Mega Drive produced some of the best video game music of its generation. Edit: and I thought the demo was neat. Transparency and polygon rendering are examples of things the MD was never meant to do. azurite has a new favorite as of 06:30 on Sep 8, 2017 |
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oohhboy posted:That was a pretty lame demo not helped by the inherently terrible sound output the Mega Drive has. Buh-buh-buh-but RISTAR
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# ? Sep 8, 2017 07:44 |
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I always preferred Megadrive/Genesis sound to SNES as a kid. SPC never had anything on that sweet pumping shredding 1980s Yamaha synth action, that's the Future you're hearing
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# ? Sep 8, 2017 08:49 |
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azurite posted:Hey now, the FM + PSG chips in the Mega Drive produced some of the best video game music of its generation. Those shadows. Amazing piece of work.
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# ? Sep 8, 2017 10:16 |
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Yeah man what the hell, that demo was dope and the soundtrack was good Now, it was not completely what I figured it would be as I have a pretty good idea of what to expect from a demo and I was like "O.K. here are the gorgeous paintings, but where are the inbetween wormhole tunneling and bouncing polygon scenes" but reading that the hardware fundamentally should not have even been able to do the few polygons it did have made it make sense.
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# ? Sep 8, 2017 13:15 |
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DID SOMEBODY SAY 1980S YAMAHA SYNTH?? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCDn0akXxSc
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# ? Sep 8, 2017 14:05 |
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Composers used the Neo Geo's PCM chip intensively in many cases. In some cases it was just 100% recorded music playing on it with that glorious 11khz resolution, with no FM synth whatsoever (Matrimelee and Neo Bomberman are some good examples).
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# ? Sep 8, 2017 14:59 |
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Negrostrike posted:Wow ok sorry for posting. I'll gently caress off for now. It's ok dude Everyone's cool
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# ? Sep 8, 2017 18:15 |
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A FUCKIN CANARY!! posted:DID SOMEBODY SAY 1980S YAMAHA SYNTH?? Time to find my MVS cart! loving love that game.
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# ? Sep 9, 2017 02:31 |
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Just found a completely working JVC A-GX2 stereo amplifier on the curb. It sounds great, but I might put in new capacitors anyway. Google says it's circa 1985.
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# ? Sep 9, 2017 23:43 |
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https://twitter.com/CoolBoxArt/status/907517926428864512
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# ? Sep 12, 2017 09:22 |
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Flipping a coin and figuring this belongs more here than the obsolete/failed tech thread... I finally got around to photographing some old devices in my latest workplace (high school laboratory) - nothing too old or unique or innovative, but still neat. And functional!
Meanwhile, our latest modern signal generator was dead on arrival, the school bought a truckload of datalogging peripherals for the students which the teachers have abandoned because the software is terrible, my own computer is barely powerful enough to load our chemical manifest database... if only we could go back to the days of sturdy technology and straightforward student electrocutions.
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# ? Sep 12, 2017 09:57 |
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That's the most misleading box art I've seen since Phalanx.
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# ? Sep 12, 2017 10:52 |
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monolithburger posted:That's the most misleading box art I've seen since Phalanx. Eh, for at least 20 years video game box art was pretty much just about fooling kids and teaching them expectations.
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# ? Sep 12, 2017 11:50 |
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The best 4x game ever.
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# ? Sep 12, 2017 13:28 |
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4x's are so drat self-serious, you'd never sell it with that box art these days.
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# ? Sep 12, 2017 20:46 |
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doctorfrog posted:4x's are so drat self-serious, you'd never sell it with that box art these days. I buy a lot of 4X in dull yellow boxes:
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# ? Sep 13, 2017 12:03 |
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Queenslanders call it that because they can't spell beer.
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# ? Sep 13, 2017 12:10 |
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WebDog posted:Queenslanders call it that because they can't spell beer. Yes I can. Berr. FAKE EDIT: on purpose.
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# ? Sep 14, 2017 11:32 |
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It's old enough to double post. loving hell, 'remastered' doesn't mean better. Been playing a few albums from maybe 10-20 years ago since buying and I LOVED them as they were. Remastered: It's almost like listening to your favourite band live decades after they made that ONE version that you have had for years.
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# ? Sep 30, 2017 17:22 |
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Humphreys posted:It's old enough to double post. Some remasters are really loving good. Steven Wilson's work on Opeth's Damnation album is stellar, as are his 40th anniversary Jethro Tull remasters. I don't know who did the 2007 remasters of Blind Guardian's most important albums, but they're a lot clearer and less muddy than the originals. There might be a very slight reduction in absolute dynamic range, but I'll take it because now the bass lines are actually properly audible.
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# ? Sep 30, 2017 17:40 |
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Humphreys posted:It's old enough to double post. The noise war is real.
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# ? Sep 30, 2017 19:21 |
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KozmoNaut posted:Some remasters are really loving good. The Beatles Mono vinyl remasters from 2009 are also phenomenal, owing a lot to the fact that Allan Rouse led the project.
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# ? Oct 1, 2017 03:18 |
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# ? May 25, 2024 14:04 |
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Should we do a BBS invasion? I don't mean anything nasty like forum invasions - DDoS, spamming, etc. - but if we find some cool telnet/SSH BBS somewhere and 5 of us start logging in once a week and doing normal things for a little while, that would probably be like an invasion for most BBSes as I don't imagine many of them see that much activity. I'd love to find somewhere with some door games I used to play like Legend of the Red Dragon, Arrowbridge, Barren Realms Elite or MUDs, and maybe some old shareware titles so I can relive the experience of downloading a game, playing it for a minute and deciding it's crap compared to stuff from Apogee and iD. I'll probably get over this desire fairly quickly
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