Any good chiptune drums VST?

[Fernito]

Hey guys, I've been looking for a good chiptune drums VST, but I haven't been able to find any. Well, I mean, I've found two, but one (called Toad) lacks of some sounds, like cymbals, toms, etc., and the other (called 8bit_drums)... well, I just haven't been able to figure out how it works.

Thanks in advance!

[Tex]

You don't have to look for drums VST. Just grab any original nes song in nsf format and sample everything you need by muting all channels but the percussion.

If you don't know how to rip sounds from an nsf, PM me and I'll upload waves of various NES drums.

[loomcore]

Depends what sort of drums you're after - you can use normal samples with a heavy bitcrusher to emulate the pcm channel or you can synthesise percussive sounds using static. Reason's Thor is good for it, but it's not VST unfortunately.

[Fernito]

Depends what sort of drums you're after - you can use normal samples with a heavy bitcrusher to emulate the pcm channel or you can synthesise percussive sounds using static. Reason's Thor is good for it, but it's not VST unfortunately.

Bitcrusher? Is that some sort of "8bit-izer" effect?

You don't have to look for drums VST. Just grab any original nes song in nsf format and sample everything you need by muting all channels but the percussion.

If you don't know how to rip sounds from an nsf, PM me and I'll upload waves of various NES drums.

I didn't even know that NSF format existed OK, I'll fire you a PM, thanks!

EDIT: Txai, for some reason I can't neither PM you nor post a visitor message in your profile.

[Yoozer]

Bitcrusher? Is that some sort of "8bit-izer" effect?

Yes and no.

Yes: samples have a horizontal resolution (sample rate) and a vertical resolution (bit depth) - just imagine it's a picture. A bitcrusher can reduce either - it "pixelates" the sound, so to say. This has as an effect that the sound loses fidelity, kind of how speech samples in toys are always sounding so peculiar. Since old computers have a small memory, they have to store a reduced version of the sample.

No: Just putting something through a bitcrusher doesn't make it sound like vintage console music.

See

for a (not so accurate) demonstration, or try http://kunz.corrupt.ch/?Products:VST_TAL-Bitcrusher

[Fernito]

I see, thanks for the good explanation! I tried that VST you recommended me but it's definitely not the sound I'm looking for. I need something more NES-ish. Thanks anyway!

[Tex]

EDIT: Txai, for some reason I can't neither PM you nor post a visitor message in your profile.

It's ok, I am antisocial! Check your inbox.

[Fernito]

This is exactly what I was looking for, these samples are amazing! Thanks Txai, I owe you one!

[jikoo]

Hello everybody,

This is my first post. I am the webmaster of woolyss.com ; a website dedicated to audio tracking, chiptune, chipmusic and 8-bit sound for all musicians. Most of softwares are free. I am a member of 8bc.org and chipmusic.org too.

I can help you. Check the page of 8-bit samples and download free packs.

http://woolyss.com/chipmusic-samples.php

Or use VST plugins

http://woolyss.com/chipmusic-plugins.php?s=drum

I hope, it will be helpful !

Cheers,

[Fernito]

Wow, thanks a lot! I'll take a look at it

[loomcore]

No: Just putting something through a bitcrusher doesn't make it sound like vintage console music.

That's true, but i was talking about trying to recreate the way samples sound on old consoles, like with the game boy's wave channel or the nes' pcm channel, rather than drums synthesized with noise. Samples of noise are fine though

[The Pezman]

I'll also throw out this and this. It would be a little much for just drums, but if you want other sounds down the line they're probably worth a look.

[jikoo]

cool! Hope it is helpful!

[Fernito]

Thanks to all you guys, with all this material my pseudo-chiptunes will become actual chiptunes at last

[loomcore]

You could, of course, buy LSDJ

[dfalkmusic]

Just go find a free synth, generally all of them have white noise which is the 8-bit percussion noises you hear in nes songs. there's no cymbals or toms, just a beat with a lot of white noise;)

[sidtheskitch]

Hey, I would be interested in the NES drum WAVs if you wouldn't mind sending them to me!

sidtheskitch@gmail.com

[Zephyr]

Could you possibly be so kind as to send the pack my way as well Txai? Thanks!

[suzumebachi]

or just upload em somewhere and share em with everyone

i've got space if you need it

[Tex]

Alright, here are 25 wav files of a few games.

Download Me - 380 KB

Sampled drums from Indiana Jones by Tim Follin, Mega Man 5 and TMNT III.

[Nabeel Ansari]

Here's an example of what you can do with Txai's samples just for fun:

Used with Peach and Triforce NES VST's.

[Fernito]

Here's an example of what you can do with Txai's samples just for fun:

Used with Peach and Triforce NES VST's.

That was really nice, neblix. Question: what (VST?) do you use for the mellodies?

[Tex]

You should have noticed he said he uses Peach and Triforce, but I wouldn't recommend either of these. For NES sounds you might want to use 3xOsc. This and this thread goes into much further depth in this subject.

[Fernito]

You should have noticed he said he uses Peach and Triforce, but I wouldn't recommend either of these. For NES sounds you might want to use 3xOsc. This and this thread goes into much further depth in this subject.

My bad!!!! Didn't read the whole post, sorry

Thanks for the links, I'll give them a look

[Nabeel Ansari]

I'm not an avid chiptune maker/listener, so I just whipped up a quick ten second tune that I originally wrote to try out the Kontakt Player. I just rewrote the melody and bassline using peach and triforce, and wrote the arp in peach.

So yes, Txai is most likely right on this one given I have no experience in chiptune sims. I just wanted to try out the drum samples he posted. xD