The Download Munkey : Finder of Things …

© Tizzy Bac

Official promotional wallpapers for Tizzy Bac, a Taiwanese indie rock band comprising Chen Hui-ting (vocalist / pianist), Hsu Che-yu (bassist) & Lin Chien-yuan (drummer) and my bro’s band of the moment. The couple of wallpapers above feature artwork from their recently released 3rd album I’m Not Afraid of Demons If I’d Seen Hell (如果看見地獄，我就不怕魔鬼), which you can preview to at their official site. (I’m not really a fan of rock music so no comments on the music ). More info at Taipei Times.

© Tizzy Bac

These three wallpapers come from their music video for the first track 鐵之貝克. (Youtube link)

Download these wallpapers from Tizzy Bac’s official website.

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Namco-Bandai’s Japanese drum simulator Taiko no Tatsujin stands out from the usual Japanese game simply for the amount of goodies provided for its fans – the official sites for most Japanese games that I have encountered don’t even have a single promotional wallpaper for download

© Namco-Bandai

Last year I wrote about Taiko no Tatsujin’s monthly wallpaper series which revolved about the festivals celebrated in Japan for each particular month (featuring the game characters of course – the main characters which not suprisingly happen to be a pair of taiko drums)

© Namco-Bandai

This time round, the publishers have outdone themselves and actually released a free board game in PDF format at the official site to download, print out and play. While the play instructions are only in Japanese and primarily intended for a younger audience, it’s the thought that counts Wouldn’t it be great if more games came with extras like this?

© Namco-Bandai

the board game eevn comes with its own DIY dice

Download the Taiko no Tatsujin board game. (Look for the image below and click on the orange button)

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Capcom has teamed up with digital music download site Trackitdown.net for …

where you stand to …

Here’s what you to have to do …

What’s more, it’s … (*)

(*) :  Internet charges apply. Check with your ISP for prevailing rates.

Enter this competition is as easy as 1-2-3!.

1. Register for a free Trackitdown account (if you haven’t)
2. Download the whopping 152.7 MB(!) Sample Pack (also free as mentioned above)
3. Unleash your creativity with the 29 music tracks and 290 sound FX from the classic 8-bit Street Fighter II contained within. OK, maybe this part isn’t that easy

Do note that all participants must submit their tracks in MP3 format by Monday, 02 Feb 2009 in order to qualify.

More details at Trackitdown.net.

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If you’re into electronic music, you’ll recognize some of these machines that shaped early electronic music : Roland’s legendary trio of the TR-808, TR-909, the TB-303 (acid!) synthesizers.

Together with a selection of effects processors, Hobnox’s Audiotool allows you to produce tracks for free (much thanks to GeekNews for the heads up)

While Hobnox provides a video tutorial on the basics of using Audiotool and the virtual TR-909 and the TB-303, knowing how to use the equipment doesn’t translate proportionally to your ability to create music. I’m been fiddling with Audiotool for hours and I still can’t figure out how to create decent drum n’ bass beats.

The default drum n’ bass setup

I did create a simple 4/4 track which you can torture your ears with over here – a crappy example of tweaking the various knobs and buttons – I didn’t create enough patterns to substantially evolve the rhythms and basslines though.

Try out Audiotool.

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Promotional wallpapers for Native Instruments, makers of the Traktor mixing software among others like the digital vinyl simulator Traktor Scratch. Been playing around with the LE (which unfortunately means Light Edition and not Limited Edition ) version of Traktor 3 that came with my recently purchased toy – a Numark Total Control MIDI controller.

© Native Instruments, Inc

Hopefully I can post some mixes up here to terrorize the eardrums in the near future

Download these wallpapers at Native Instruments.

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