VGM related talks at Notacon

Notacon is an art and technology conference. In 2007 Andrew Sega gave a talk about Tracking and another by Nullsleep was about chiptunes.

NOTACON - presented by FTS Conventures

Andrew Sega starts his talk with a history of tracking, explaining the kind of technological backdrop the scene developed in, gives us a tour of the various trackers and plays us some example tunes. This leads us to modern tracker Buzz, and the second part of the clip is basically Sega giving us a tracking walkthrough and demonstrating how powerful Buzz is.

It's a great video for anyone interested in Tracking, and a good introduction to the scene.

Trackers are a major tool in creating chiptunes, and these are what Nullsleep's talk focuses on. He gives us a history of the chiptune and the chiptune scene, delves into the hardware and architecture of the major chiptune generating computers and consoles, and plays us plenty of examples. But the most interesting part for me is when he's talking about the philosophy of the chiptuner.

The two videos are interesting when compared because both speakers have polar opposite viewpoints on the relation of technology and art. The chiptuner enjoys being confined, so for him the technology is very much wrapped up within the creation; Sega makes it clear for him technology is only an expediency.

The Tracking video is also on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_lis...ry=andrew+sega

Jam it back in, in the dark.