1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
|
import { VirtualTextFile } from "$/apps/source";
import { Hr } from "../hr";
import { Link } from "../link";
export default {
name: "Base64.txt",
type: "text",
content: (
<>
<h1>Base64</h1>
<h3>WW91IGZvdW5kIGEgc2VjcmV0IQ==</h3>
<Hr/>
<p><Link link="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64" type="link">Base64</Link> is a binary-to-text encoding that uses 64 characters to represent sequences of byte values. It’s used for many things such as web pages, e-mail attachments or QR codes, but is also used to obfuscate links that a bot or scraper shouldn’t see (to avoid getting your website blocked).</p>
<p>In this song I interpreted it as a singer using a foreign, encoded language we can’t understand, but still enjoy.</p>
<p>For the vocal I used a free plugin called <Link link="https://www.a-quest.com/products/aquestone_en.html" type="link">Aquestone</Link>, which is like a precursor to Vocaloid. Similar principle though, you fill in some text and it’ll sing each syllable every note you play. The words I filled in are “netpunkalbum”, but the accent makes it unrecognizable.</p>
<Link type="image" link="https://sunnexo.moe/music/netpunk/aquestone.png" />
<Hr/>
<p>I really love the sound of this synth and I plan on doing more with it, despite it being extremely old and buggy. Here’s a video from 17 years ago showcasing it in more detail!</p>
<Link link="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KIHT4P1W35o" type="link" block />
<Hr/>
<p>Also need to mention Base64 is heavily inspired by <Link link="https://www.youtube.com/embed/95RwI-JmRoI" type="link">“Can You Feel” by Torchkas</Link>. I first heard it in a Super Mario World romhack called VLDC, known as <Link link="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dPGB3TqIHVI" type="link">Abstract Map</Link> there.</p>
<Link link="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dPGB3TqIHVI" type="link" block />
<Hr/>
<h2>Graphics</h2>
<p>A lot of the background visuals are from the <Link link="https://butterchurnviz.com/" type="link">Butter Churn visualizer</Link>, it’s based on the Milkdrop 2 visualizer from Winamp. <Link link="https://github.com/jberg/butterchurn" type="link" external>Open source as well!</Link></p>
</>
),
height: "70vh",
width: "70vw",
} as VirtualTextFile;
|
