We have finished the arrangement of Symphony of Vengeance and it is now ready for mastering. That in it of itself is a time consuming endeavor, mostly due to having to record out the NES audio into separate tracks. This is where we take a bit of license over using the standard mono out of the NES since we need to balance out the audio with all the guitar parts. Plus the standard mono out is super noisy. Tim was able to get around most of this by creating an audio mod he called the NESA. It is basically a CMoy-inspired amp designed to safely and cleanly route audio off the 2A03 chip directly. The results are awesome and it still is in the spirit of all that is the NES – the only audio work we do is to adjust volume, panning, and sometimes add a bit of reverb. Everything else is direct off the NES.

Symphony of Vengeance itself is a rather dark song depicting an epic, revengeful battle, our character has to endure in order to avenge the death of his loved-one. Though dark, it still has some pounding an energetic moments with twists and turns along the way. We are not yet sure if we will release this song before the completion of the album itself, but we think the wait will be worth it either way!

We have had this track finished for quite some time but finally put some of the finishing touches on it to warrant its release. This is our second completed song and a worth sequel to Tsunami Gaiden. It, too, tells a compelling story, but we like to think of you coming up with your own story as you listen to this. This song only uses the original NES soundchip (the 2A03) and, in fact, does not use any digital samples in it. All just pure chiptune and surf guitar awesomeness! We especially like the call and answer bits as well as the chill before the harmony.

We have plenty more songs in the pipeline (no pun intended). We hope to finish recording all of Chipsurf Pipeline before the end of the summer which means a full release should be hopefully this fall. For now, thanks for listening to the tunes! If you like what you hear, we would love your support, however you can including simply spreading the word about our work!

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Tsunami Gaiden is the first song we have completed on the forthcoming Chipsurf Pipeline album. It is a bit on the dark side and, as the name implies, inspired by the Ninja Gaiden games and story. This song features fast surf style playing alongside the stringly style melodies of the 2A03 and VRC6.

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