Nerd_1980 Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 I've spent a few hours online searching for software to create my own video game style music. I came across something called Stomper Hyperion which sounds pretty cool but probably isn't exactly what I'm looking for. There HAS to be some kind of software that mimics the sounds made in the old nintendo and sega games of the 1980's, and allows you to create your own music with these sounds. Can anyone help me out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otakatt Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 I *think* Famitracker allows a person to make nsf/NES style music, but I could be wrong on that one... Not sure on SNES/Sega, or whatever else though. Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sockpuppet Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 If you've got a program that supports VSTs, there are some great 8-bit VSTs available, and I'm fairly sure some are free. I don't know exactly what they're called or where you can get them though, because I use Reason and that doesn't support VST. If you have Reason, there may be some good 8-bit Refills. My brother gave me one, but I don't know where he got it from and it lacks a lot of classic sounds anyway. And as Otaku said, there's Famitracker. As for SNES/Sega, some people have made soundfonts of sounds from certain games. Once again I'm not sure exactly where to get them. Of course you'll need a program that supports soundfonts (I'm pretty sure most of them do). Sorry I couldn't be more helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otakatt Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 http://shakal.net/lunar/misc/soundfonts/ Some SNES soundfonts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-RoN Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 http://shakal.net/lunar/misc/soundfonts/Some SNES soundfonts. Some of these are pretty cool. Speaking of which, here's a good attempt at a GM type MegaDrive soundfont, although I'd rather use VOPM for FM sounds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-6ulun8epM TFM Music Maker is a tracker for Sega type sounds which is also quite handy, but it sure can eat CPU and RAM. You can grab a free download here if you have a heavy-duty computer: http://www.woolyss.free.fr/chipmusic.php On top of that, the above site has got some hit-and-miss in terms of vst, but the trackers there are pretty solid in terms of user friendliness and what not. Personally, for NES, Fami-Tracker is your best bet and the VOPM VST is probably the highest in quality that I know of for Genesis type sounds (provided you create your own patches). For Super Nintendo, download the Setzer SPC soundfont as it has all the basics for Square-ish games. But you may have to rip SPC sounds, convert them to wav and set looping points for them in a VST sampler or DropZone if you have Kinetic 2. Hope this helps. If you want some good tips and tricks, talk to people like OverCoat or Gecko Yamori. They've been popping tracks of these kinds for ages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zircon Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Plogue Chipsounds is very cool. http://www.plogue.com/?page_id=43 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chernabogue Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Plogue Chipsounds is very cool.http://www.plogue.com/?page_id=43 Great link, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSnowStorm Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Peach VST is pretty decent. It has some goo VST sounding shit. http://www.tweakbench.com/peach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlandese Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 These are all very useful. So far the tweakbench works nicely. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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