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Victim Cache (Band) @victimcache.com · 2d

Behind the scenes for the Syringe cover art. Taken with a Chamonix 45F2 and Wolensak 150mm uncoated lens (which Tim hoped would pass more UV onto the film). BW sheets are drying now and color sheets are getting mailed to the lab today.

#BTS #Syringe #LargeFormat #FilmPhotography #UV

Tim and John standinga round Tim's Chamonix 45F2 photographing a still life to be hopefully the cover art for our next song, Syringe.

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Victim Cache (Band) @victimcache.com · 2d

Mixer setup for the mix/master of our next song, Syringe. We took the 2nd round of photographs for the cover art at band practice today too!

#Syringe #NewMusicSoon

Photo of our analog mixer configured for our Syringe mix/master

Victim Cache (Band) @victimcache.com · 12d

It's Bandcamp Friday! Today's a good day to support your favorite bands!

We have several new that are almost don't but until then, how about some Friday Chipsurf. Here's Space Hatchet:

victimcache.bandcamp.com/track/space-...

#Bandcamp #BandcampFriday #MusicSky #Chipsurf #Chiptune

Space Hatchet, by Victim Cache

track by Victim Cache

victimcache.bandcamp.com

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Victim Cache (Band) @victimcache.com · 15d

I was debating on sharing this as it may or may not be the official artwork for our song, Syringe and I don't want to spoil surprises.

Taken on my 4x5 camera with a 1950's lens and shot on HP5 film.

- Tim

#Syringe #FilmPhotography #LargeFormat #CoverArt

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Victim Cache (Band) @victimcache.com · 18d

Mixer pr0n. Finally getting around to adjust the aux bus config to be more suited for use as a studio, rather than live, mixer.

- Tim

#AnalogMixer #PCBs #Jumpers

Victim Cache (Band) @victimcache.com · 21d

Learning how to do DDP Masters in Reaper

#Reaper #DDP #CD #CDMastering #ChipsurfPipeline

Victim Cache (Band) @victimcache.com · 21d

Tape rawr! What could we be using it for!?

(Probably not hard to guess)

#ReelToReel #TapeBounce #MusicSky #ChipsurfPipeline

Victim Cache (Band) @victimcache.com · 26d

My new to me CD player arrived! Yes an actual CD player playing an actual CD (not just ripping one). It's fun!

(Probably foreshadows what we're planning as well)

It's Iris' Awakening album for the curious.

- Tim

#CDs #CompactDisc

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Victim Cache (Band) @victimcache.com · Sep 14

Cables are expensive. - Tim

Victim Cache (Band) @victimcache.com · Sep 9

Had some great responses and discussion with folks about our physical media plans (TinyVinyl also might be in the plans, we'll see!) But if you haven't given your $0.02 yet, survey is still open and we'd love to hear from you!

www.surveymonkey.com/r/VLRS7FF

#CDs #Vinyl #Cassette #Music #Survey

Chipsurf Pipeline Album Physical Release

Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.

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Victim Cache (Band) @victimcache.com · Sep 8

We wanna give Chipsurf Pipeline a full physical release. While we have an idea of what we wanna do, we'd love to hear from folks on which format they might prefer.

www.surveymonkey.com/r/VLRS7FF

#WouldYouLikeToTakeASurvey #PhysicalRelease #CD #Vinyl #Cassette

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Victim Cache (Band) @victimcache.com · Sep 7

Band Prac was basically no practice but all talking about a lot of fun things we are planning and trying to figure out for the future. Things like next album, merch, chiptunes and even live shows again. Some really good ideas we're excited about!

Victim Cache (Band) @victimcache.com · Sep 5

It's Bandcamp Friday! A great day do support your favorite artists!

#Bandcamp #BandcampFriday

Victim Cache (Band) @victimcache.com · Sep 4

In other news, we've finally finished recording all the parts for a song we have been working on for months now. We still need to mix and master it, but it was more challenging to record than most and we're excited to be entering a new phase of the song's development.

#NewSongSoon #Soonish

Victim Cache (Band) @victimcache.com · Sep 3

And there we go! All our albums/singles are on music.victimcache.com. Bandcamp isn't perfect but it's better, in our view, than Spotify by leaps and bounds.

What about the physical releases? We're still looking into options for those too!

#SpotifyNo #BandcampYes

Victim Cache (Band) @victimcache.com · Sep 3

No more Spotify at least for Chipsurf Pipeline. We're looking into the others too. We have a lot of thoughts on this (lots of folks do) but we're not cool with what Spotify is doing to artists (big and small) among other issues with distribution.

#Spotify #Nope

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Victim Cache (Band) @victimcache.com · Sep 2

I'm not saying this is what we're gonna do, but I always felt like a physical release of Chipsurf Pipeline deserved a full album and it would look pretty sweet on CD...

It really deserves to be on vinyl, I think, but one risky project at a time. - Tim

#CDs #ChipsurfPipeline #Chiptune #Chipsurf

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Victim Cache (Band) @victimcache.com · Sep 2

Wonderful video which continues on from his last ones about physical media and why it's making a small but notable comeback:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vjso...

For us, I've been already considering the value of physical releases of our work. Very likely we'll be doing something soon!

- Tim

#Spotify

Why is Physical Media Back?

YouTube video by Jakob Burrows

www.youtube.com

Victim Cache (Band) @victimcache.com · Sep 1

Listening to Enigma: Cross of Changes on CD (while on my physical media kick). Ooof. I didn't realize SIlent Warrior would have parallels to 2025.... - Tim

Victim Cache (Band) @victimcache.com · Aug 28

The instrumental one with the cowbell

victimcache.bandcamp.com/track/e-v-o-...

#MusicSky #Instrumental #Synthwave #AlienMe

E.V.O.L.V.E, by Victim Cache

from the album Alien Me

victimcache.bandcamp.com

Victim Cache (Band) @victimcache.com · Aug 27

What a great day it's been! Started with that amazing article about my WaveBoy on Sonicstate and then, after months, I finally think I nailed all the sax parts to one of our upcoming Synthwave songs! - Tim

Victim Cache (Band) @victimcache.com · Aug 26

Look who wrote an article about Tim's Eurorack module! The band is mentioned in it too! Holy crap!

Sonicstate @sonicstate.bsky.social · Aug 26

WaveBoy: A 12-bit Wavetable & PCM Oscillator : We Speak to Designer Tim Soderstrom

We Speak to Designer Tim Soderstrom

WaveBoy: A 12-bit Wavetable & PCM Oscillator : We Speak to Designer Tim Soderstrom

sonicstate.com

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Victim Cache (Band) @victimcache.com · Aug 24

For fellow musicians as well as listeners, which physical media formats do you prefer (either to offer as a musician or to listen to as a listener)?

We're pondering formats for our previous and current albums and are curious.

#Music #Media #Merch #MusicFormats

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Victim Cache (Band) @victimcache.com · Aug 22

Need some angsty Chipsurf? We've got you covered!

victimcache.bandcamp.com/track/space-...

#Chipsurf #SpaceHatchet #Chiptune #Surf #Bandcamp #MusicSky #DMG-001 #GameBoy

Space Hatchet, by Victim Cache

track by Victim Cache

victimcache.bandcamp.com

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · Aug 19

The fact that the thing we're calling artificial intelligence *can't do math* and yet we're jamming it into programs that successfully *have done math* for decades, then warning people against using the AI to do math, seems like an excellent summary of where we are.

Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Aug 19

Good thing no one uses Microsoft Excel for anything related to legal, regulatory or compliance business functions

www.theverge.com/news/761338/...

Microsoft Excel adds Copilot Al to help ...
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The Verget-4.1-mini Al model | 5
successor to the LABS.GENERATIVEAI function Microsoft started experimenting
with in 2023.
Microsoft notes that you can combine its new Al function with other Excel functions, including IF, SWITCH, LAMBDA, or WRAPROWS. The company adds that information sent through Excel's COPILOT function is "never" used for AI training, as "the input remains confidential and is used solely to generate your requested output."
The COPILOT function comes with a couple of limitations, as it can't access information outside your spreadsheet, and you can only use it to calculate 100 functions every 10 minutes. Microsoft also warns against using the AI function for numerical calculations or in “high-stakes scenarios” with legal, regulatory, and compliance implications, as COPILOT "can
give incorrect responses."
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