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TriteHexagon

@tritehexagon.bsky.social
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[PT/EN] A rhapsody of hobbies. · Chiptune #music arranger · LN #writer –– A Wᴏʀʟᴅ Wɪᴛʜᴏᴜᴛ Gᴏd & Pʜɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ Aɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ Wᴏʀʟᴅ?! Pfp by HOAIartworks · Banner art by Goma · OC is named LiRa vgen.co/TriteHexagon tritehexagon.carrd.co

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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Remade the entire table with almost exclusively Linear A glyphs, which are undeciphered. I chose the vowels, q (the "lh" sound", and a couple of other.glyphs manually, but the rest I just randomized for my sanity. Also many a google sheets converter. A few words:
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
And so I wasted a morning. This is an alternative way to write Jolasin aka the angel language from AWWG. Mariko – 𐀔𐀪𐀃 Shiina – 𐁖𐀂𐀙 (sounds are Xiina) Hikari – 𐁁𐀏𐀪 Jolasin – 𐀍𐁈𐀯𐄸 The syllabary sounds are fairly arbitrary, but a good chunk are based on the real Linear B sounds.
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Oh no. I discovered Linear B.
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
I've noticed I've been watching YouTube less and less. Maybe I'm just saturated, but I dunno, it feels just kinda like every channel is the same and that I can't trust them to not have an agenda.
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
I was wondering to myself what other songs from the GBA I could work on for Project Atlantis other than Pokémon and Mario Kart... But then I remembered the *perfect* song I have arranged before and always regretted not doing more because of the GB limitations. The hint is GS (not Gold/Silver) 🤭
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
I haven't talked about Project Galatea here, but I'm ready to publish it now. 𝗠𝘆 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗥𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝘂𝗽, my entry for the Honeyfeed Novelous contest, is now available to read! I'll publish a new chapter every day. honeyfeed.fm/novels/30264
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chaesu @chaesu.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
mythra cosplay (xenoblade chronicles 2)
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
It's incredibly frustrating how much louder the VSU noise channel is compared to the DMG. I'm running the VSU at volume *3* and it's still about the same loudness as the DMG on max (15). This is mostly because the sound is way more "grating" so it stands out way more than the DMG's.
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cauli @cauli.art · 19/04/2026
✨Everlasting Blue💙 Here’s a closer look at the cover of my new fanart book featuring new and old art of Rissa! Preorders for it close at the end of the day on Monday April 20, 2026 so check it out! I’ll have the book at all cons this year but preordering gets you 2 bonus items💙 #RavenCrafts
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
I'm starting to realize that I haven't played enough GBA games that aren't Pokémon for showcasing Project Atlantis. Oops.
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Just noticed that the bedroom of the Phenac Mayor's house has a stupid amount bottles. That much drinking can't be healthy, dude...
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Timpani, tho. The bane of my existence. Aye aye.
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
In other words, I'm deriving instruments from first principles.
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
This is a pretty interesting question that I had to ponder a lot for my stories involving magic. In Project Dungeon magic comes from physical mana crystals and I wanted it to be feel like an alien substance, so I chose blue. In Hellspawn, there are 7 magic elements and each has its own color!
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Here twiddling my thumbs waiting for this week's WLLB to purge Orbán from the board 🥹 @tldrnews.bsky.social
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
New theory for what causes my migraines: they are triggered whenever my brain requires more energy. When I'm working a lot, playing games (seeing images flashing around), or simply because I haven't eaten in a while. And I have some metabolic issue that prevents me from tapping into energy reserves.
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
I was struggling with the wave volume on Project Atlantis' VSU and decided to manually measure the ratio between a pulse at max volume in the VSU vs DMG. A constant that pops out, even by roughly measuring pixel values in a screenshot—about 2.678. But this can't be random, right? So I dug deeper.
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
A bunch of my online friends around my age or younger seem to be going through this sort of nihilism where the world feels so shitty that no one really has any motivation to do anything productive. How long will it take until someone in power to notice and do anything about this? Probably never.
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Something I've discovered from testing: the VSU waves don't have 4 times the resolution; they are literally 4 times as tall and thus 4 times as loud. This means that they completely drown out the GB waves if I'm not careful. In a real system, it's likely there would be some master audio switch tho.
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
The instrument I'm talking about is this one on the wave channel during the main part of this song, for example.
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Cipher Peon Battle [8-bit GameBoy] | Pokémon Colosseum
YouTube video by TriteHexagon
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Something I've noticed with chiptune is that it tends to sound better and more vibrant with artificial waves, rather than waves directly sampled from real instruments. It's also the reason why pulse channels are so iconic and "neutral". Problem is, I'm still very much a noob when it comes to this 😅
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
This indeed the stupidest thing I've ever heard in my life. I could just make up—sorry, silicon sample—a study that 100% of people surveyed think I should be King of the World, and it has as much validity as this utter nonsense.
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Okay, I was slightly wrong. FM synthesis is done *per* wavecycle instead of being an effect done per note. The difference is the scale—vibrato is "macro-scale" while FM is "micro-scale". In other news, foobar's VB plugin does not accurately reproduce the VSU's FM modulation 😖
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Wait a fricking second. So FM synthesis is basically just the same thing as applying a looping frequency macro? I thought this was some highbrow technique, but you can *technically* just do this on any old system. All this talk about carrier waves and modulation and you can just do this in software.
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Aww, darn it. I can't actually do it without going through some hoops. I only have 5 waves on the VSU and I'm using all of them. That said, I could maybe go the ORAS route and just reuse the main lead instrument for the final Part instead of doing the organ (I don't like how it sounds atm anyways).
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
This isn't even that funny lol
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Saii ☄️ @saiivia.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Happy Easter have a bunny timelapse 🐇 (16h) #oc #art
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
The brainworms... won't leave me... There's still a lot of work left on this, but as a proof of concept, I think it's pretty decent!
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brainworms
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
No matter how much I try to avoid it... ...Go Ichinose finds a way to Ichynose me 😭
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
I've discovered that the Virtual Boy waves' metallic tinge can be effectively masked after all channels are mixed together. Meaning that it's way better to do the bass, harmony, and percussion first, and only then touch on the melody.
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Society when I figure out how to do kicks with wavetables.
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
I'm trying to make a synth drum/kick with the wave channel, and no matter what I do it just sounds like a squeaky toy 😭
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
I wonder why people not that excited about my VSU+DMG project. Is because everyone thinks arranging for 10 (or 8) channels is easier? (it's not). Is it because no one cares about the Virtual Boy? Is it just nostalgia for the GameBoy? Or is my idea fundamentally silly?
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
One day I'll figure out how to make kicks and timpani in chiptune. One day 🥲
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Me: Oh, let's pick an easy song to try out the virtual boy + gameboy double chips! Also me: picks the ONE song that has chronic syncing issues...
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
I hate trackers so much 😠
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Super Matt Boy @supermattboy.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
⚠️ Message for all VGM fans When I was in a plane, I recorded an OST on the tablet. I would like to know its origin. It sounds like a track from a PC/SNES/GBA game, especially a RPG/ARPG/strategy one. Can you help me find the origin? Thanks! Sharing is appreciated www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/mg6s7...
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Super Matt Boy @supermattboy.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
I made this for Siivagunner btw. Enjoy! youtu.be/twJPGGtWla0?...
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Yeti's Cave - Tintin in Tibet (Game Boy)
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
I don't know how I never noticed this, but the Pokémon Crystal title screen theme is identical to the GS one, except they cut the short intro section from Crystal for some reason.
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
One day I'll learn trackers. *donk*
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Visiting a university you don't know is such a weird experience... like people be out there living their whole-ass college lives and you're just there for a day like some tourist.
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Actually, the consequences of this for the Pokémon timeline are far more widespread than I initially thought. The original GameBoy Red&Green would probably remain Japan-exclusive (like Stadium "0"), with GF making Blue as a "quick and dirty" port to launch Atlantis in the West in 1998.
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
The year is 1995. The GameBoy is on its last legs—Pokémon is but a twinkle in the eyes of Satoshi Tajiri. Virtual Boy still failed, but Yokoi didn't leave Nintendo and isn't tragically killed. Instead, the VB team was folded into Project Atlantis, the GB's successor.
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
I can’t believe I'm writing alternate history scenarios in my head where Gunpei Yokoi didn't leave Nintendo and Project Atlantis, the precurssor to the GBA, released in 1998, packaged with the VSU + GB chip 😅
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Been going through one of those periods where I'm just distracted by the next shiny thing and can't focus on any one of them, thus spending a lot of time on social media not being productive. Sigh.
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Got reminded of why working with 6 channels is so exponentially harder than working with 4. It's not 1.5x harder, it's like 3x harder 😬
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Wondering if I should pursue the VSU + DMG angle or if I should also explore a double DMG format... after all, now that I can just compile vgm files from scratch having two DMG chips is easy enough to do. Or maybe go full psycho and have two WonderSwans 😆
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
If there's one thing that distinguishes my chiptune arrangements from music composed by actual musicians is my relative aversion to using volume envelopes with very steep decays. I usually default to the longest possible decay and if needed adjust from there.
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Why. Why would you do this 😭
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TriteHexagon @tritehexagon.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
I hate so much that every single site talking about MML says it's "old-school" or "old-fashioned". Big Tracker has been trying to suppress this amazing and way more intuitive way to make chiptune music!
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