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Maybe this is a stupid question but I have just started to toy around with any type of music making. I pull a chiptune of an old game and want to do what I think is a good start which is recreating the original tune in FL9 but I seem to be listen to just the openining notes over and over again and not being able to recreate about the same sound. I guess my question is, is there an easier way then trial and error with the piano roll to get what I am trying to do?

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There's really no easy trick to transcribing by ear, learning some theory could help, but other than that just practice a lot. If all you want to do is get the notes into FL, then there's probably a midi file of that song over at vgmusic.com

If you're just trying to learn transcribing by ear, I would recommend starting with something other than chiptunes, as they tend to have complex really fast melodies with pitch bends, vibrato, portamento, etc.

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