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Release ID:
UBI093
Release date:
May 17th, 2018
Duration time:
1:01:07

Soundchip Salad is the culmination of half a decade of research and development. It's the first in a series which showcases every soundchip in its purest and most distilled form. This album marks the beginning of Kulor's journey into hardware hacking old keyboards and programming for retro consoles. Every track is playable on actual hardware, with minimal post-processing and no external effects.

Tools used: Famitracker for NES and expansions, GoatTracker and sngtweak.prg for C64, FM-Kingtracker for OPL3, MTV Music Generator for PS1, Audacity for Casio and microKORG rendering, Anvil Studio and Sony Acid Pro 7.0 for Casio and microKORG sequencing and track layering.

Shoutout to: Maxo, kfaraday, Jusu Tengu and Fearofdark for the awesome remixes. Kyra for the fantastic visual design work. MmcM for the wonderful masters. C-jeff for Ubiktune. Virt for inspiring me all those years ago at GDC. Shnabubula for the constant source of inspiration, the years of webhosting, and of course the name of the album. Kattywampus for the voice work, and in addition to noti, Piegar and Tim, for FYGAR which has been instrumental in keeping me active in music. And of course, Ari for standing by me through it all.

Credits

Kulor:
Composer, Producer
KJones:
Artwork
MmcM:
Mastering

Track listing

1
The Recovery
Gear: NES, 2A03
03:08
2
StillPlayingMario.Nsf
Gear: Commodore 64, 6581 SID
04:05
3
Warpdrive Engage
Gear: N163 Solo
03:36
4
Flowers
Gear: NES, VRC6 + 2A03 Noise & DPCM
02:34
5
Ellis Island Disco
Gear: NES, VRC7 + 2A03 Noise & DPCM
03:29
6
Classic Space
Gear: Adlib OPL3
04:07
7
Our Time Machine Works!
Gear: PlayStation 1
02:44
8
Sample Me Again
Gear: Atari 2600, TIA
01:42
9
Love & Heartbreak in Chm102
Gear: SawCutter 2.0
03:11
10
Princess
Gear: GXSCC
02:50
11
Blend-O-Matic 2000
Gear: Casio VL-1
02:57
12
How Your Grandparents Met
Gear: Casio SK-60
04:01
13
Rasterbars and Greetscrolls
Gear: microKORG
03:54
14
The Sawblade Factory
Gear: SNES
02:39
15
A Stroll in My LeSabre
Gear: Commodore 64, 6581 SID
03:06
16
Big Win Mega Win
Gear: 2x Pokey
02:22
17
Butterscotch Drops of Lime (Maxo Rockmix)
02:18
18
My First Ubiktune Remix (Kfaraday Remix)
01:39
19
Thiefarly Slumlabor (Jusu-Tengu Remix)
03:48
20
Cyberhero Disco (Fearofdark Remix)
02:49
Total duration
00:59

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