xero, xero harrison, harrison, nu, x-e.ro, whois.x-e.ro, blog.x-e.ro, code.x-e.ro, lab.x-e.ro, img.x-e.ro, etc.x-e.ro, feeds.x-e.ro, fontvir.us, fontvirus, font, fonts, git, portfolio, program, programming, code, coding, codes, codez, dev, develop, developer, qoob, open qoob, openqoob, framework, code, api, lab, laboratory, experiment, experiments, demo, netart, net art, unixporn, unix porn, unixp0rn, unixpr0n, images, photos, etc, random https://blog.x-e.ro Sat, 30 May 2026 14:13:45 -0400 https://blog.x-e.ro open[qoob] https://blog.x-e.ro/lsdj_keyboard_tutorial https://blog.x-e.ro/lsdj_keyboard_tutorial

<p class="center"><a title="LSDj keyboard" rel="shadowbox[post-120];player=img;" href="http://img.x-e.ro/i/lsdj.keyboard-14.jpg"><img title="LSDj keyboard" src="http://blog.x-e.ro/ui/img/blog/uploads/lsdj.keyboard-14.jpg" alt="LSDj keyboard" width="710" height="200" /></a></p> <p>so, making music for LSDj is fun. but after a while you start to wish you could<em> “play"</em> the gameboy software as a musical instrument as opposed to composing music in its tracker style interface. that's where the LSDj keyboard comes in. the idea is, the keyboard sends messages though the gameboy linkport to LSDj. the commands that can be sent vary from playing/stopping notes or chains or tables, un/muting channels, in/decreasing octaves, switching instruments, navigating screens, and more. <br />here's what the <a href="http://wiki.littlesounddj.com/KeyboardInterface" target="_blank">LSDj wiki</a> says about the keyboard...</p>

xero harrison 2010-01-19T08:23:00-05:00 https://blog.x-e.ro/chiptune_albums_to_rock_out https://blog.x-e.ro/chiptune_albums_to_rock_out

<div class="row"> <div class="lbl" style="width: 220px; height: 175px"><a href="http://www.iimusic.net/catalog/2009/06/nectar" target="_blank"><img src="http://blog.x-e.ro/ui/img/blog/uploads/nectar.gif" alt="phlogiston - nectar" /></a></div> <div class="inputs" style="width: 470px;"><br/><a href="http://www.iimusic.net/catalog/2009/06/nectar" target="_blank">nectar</a> by <a href="http://www.8bitpeoples.com/discography/by/phlogiston" target="_blank">phlogiston</a> - nectar is 2 EPs in one. part one, <em>Croquel Adventure</em>, continues in the chip-tune tradition of short, fun, pure NES songs. while part two, <em>HEAT</em>, transports you to an 80's vision of the distant future. the album is a tour through a vast dystopian cityscape where high-tech low-life roam the streets. and the lines between man and machine have been washed out.</div> </div> <p> <br class="clear" /> </p>

xero harrison 2009-06-16T16:10:24-04:00 https://blog.x-e.ro/metroid_and_ghosts_n_goblins_fonts https://blog.x-e.ro/metroid_and_ghosts_n_goblins_fonts

<p class="center"><img title="metroid font - NARPASSWORD00000 - fontvir.us" src="http://blog.x-e.ro/ui/img/blog/uploads/narpassword00000.png" alt="metroid font - NARPASSWORD00000 - fontvir.us" width="710" height="200" /></p> <p>i have been wanting to make a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metroid" target="_blank">metroid</a> font for a long time now.<a href="http://fontvir.us/?x=fontz&xx=NARPASSWORD00000" target="_blank">NARPASSWORD00000</a> is made from the classic nintendo NES game metroid's password screen. the font also includes some dingbatz made from the games sprites. but i decided to go the extra mile and create the rest of the full international character set. the fonts name is a reference to a special backdoor password hidden in the game. <a href="http://fontvir.us/?x=fontz&xx=NARPASSWORD00000" target="_blank">click here to download</a>.</p>

xero harrison 2009-01-10T15:10:44-05:00 https://blog.x-e.ro/gameboy_prosound_mod https://blog.x-e.ro/gameboy_prosound_mod

<p class="center"><a title="nintendo gameboy prosound mod" rel="shadowbox[post-113];player=img;" href="http://img.x-e.ro/i/prosound-01-clear.gameboy.jpg"><img title="nintendo gameboy prosound mod" src="http://blog.x-e.ro/ui/img/blog/uploads/prosound01.png" alt="nintendo gameboy prosound mod" width="710" height="180" /></a></p> <p><span>today’s mod is for the original nintendo gameboy. if you want to get serious about chip tunes, whether your using </span><a href="http://littlesounddj.com/" target="_blank">lsdj</a><span> or </span><a href="http://nanoloop.com/" target="_blank">nanoloop</a><span>, the sound quality of your instrument is a priority. the stock nintendo gameboy is equipped with a single headphone jack. and if you have ever tried recording anything from that, it sounds pretty bad. thus the prosound modification was invented to add a line out jack to the gameboy.</span></p>

xero harrison 2008-11-10T14:22:00-05:00 https://blog.x-e.ro/videogame_fontz https://blog.x-e.ro/videogame_fontz

<p><img title="8bit video game fonts" src="http://blog.x-e.ro/ui/img/blog/uploads/8bit-fonts.png" alt="8bit video game fonts" width="710" height="364" /></p> <p>i have a few new video game inspired dingbatz fontz available for download now on my font site: <a href="http://fontvir.us/" target="_blank">fontvir.us</a><br /><br />some of the new styles include the two font megaman family (mega man and villians), invaders from space, and mario bros drunkenbatz! check 'em out.</p>

xero harrison 2002-04-11T18:46:00-04:00 https://blog.x-e.ro/metroid_ascii https://blog.x-e.ro/metroid_ascii

<p><img src="http://blog.x-e.ro/ui/img/blog/uploads/metroid-ascii.png" alt="x-e.ro metroid ascii art" /></p> <p>x-e.ro metroid logo spoof ascii.<br /> view this post to see the full thing. it's double the size of the teaser image.</p> <pre style="border: 0; background: #eee; font-weight: bold;"> .___. / @ \ \ @ @ / {'^'} </pre>

xero harrison 2000-08-29T17:18:00-04:00