Cerrax Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Cheating Chiptunes OR How To Make Chiptunes Without Learning A Tracker First of all, if you are dead serious about making chiptunes, you should go over this thread ( http://ocremix.org/forums/showthread.php?t=13715 ), because real chip musicians use trackers and its the only way to get the truly original chip sound. For the rest of us who just think it's a neato sound and maybe want to stick it into a mix, this thread is for you. Anyway, linky link: [http://cerrax-rant.blogspot.com/2010/08/rant-titlecheating-chiptunes.html Enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Link is broken. Might want to fix it --> http://cerrax-rant.blogspot.com/2010/08/rant-titlecheating-chiptunes.html Anyhow, I use this thread as reference (and then there's this neat thread on 8bitcollective) to make NES music in FLStudio. Here's a recreation of Magnet Man from Mega Man 3 (though I didn't bother adding drums yet). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverCoat Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 chiptunes w...without a tracker?!?! ( ﾟДﾟ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Shh. Don't tell any tracker lovers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Drop Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 But I just registered my copy of Renoise...! XD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RushJet1 Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 I agree, trackers are kinda lame, and I rarely use them. I've been living the dream for years now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rozovian Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 real chip musicians use trackers and its the only way to get the truly original chip sound. I agree Fixed the troll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gario Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 I agree, trackers are kinda lame, and I rarely use them. I've been living the dream for years now! I don't believe you. LIES are coming from your mouth! Admit your tracker love to everybody! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Namo Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 There are some NES soundfonts for midi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverCoat Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 There are some NES soundfonts for midi. I think Midee made a NES soundfont a long time ago [like 1997 or some shit] that got really widespread, it's probably the one you could get off zophar.net forever. Anyway, the NES soundfont off zophar is fucking terrible, the samples all have an attack of like 30ms which makes them incredibly useless if you want to make authentic chiptune stuff. Plus soundfonts are terribly obsolete, try thinking of anything other than FL Studio's soundfont loader or SFZ+ that loads soundfonts and does it right! Best option for people using DAWs is probably the magical 8bit plug, YMvst for Atari ST stuff, and VOPM for genesis/MVS yamaha FM stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 3xOsc is lightyears more effective than magical 8bit plug as described in the links I provided earlier in this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDRKirby(ISQ) Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 neat, but also covers some techniques that people getting into tracking (maybe myself) should know, such as the echo+chorus type stuff. Also, attack, decay, sustain might not necessarily have to be at 0, unless you're trying to do your volume fading manually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PROTO·DOME Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Anyway, the NES soundfont off zophar is fucking terrible The drums are alright, the GB kit in particular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverCoat Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 3xOsc is lightyears more effective than magical 8bit plug as described in the links I provided earlier in this thread. some people don't have FL Studio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 I stand corrected. The drums are alright, the GB kit in particular. I don't really find the quality in those GB drums to be that glorious. Drums sound weak and it doesn't even have tom toms. There are Game Boy games with much more impressive percussion, like Trip World. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RushJet1 Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 Fixed the troll. I don't believe you. LIES are coming from your mouth!Admit your tracker love to everybody! I use PPMCK. It's silly to assume trackers are the only way to make real chipmusic If you want me to actually troll, I can accommodate but ... I'd rather not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nase Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Rushjet is simply too hardcore. but really, may i ask why? don't tell me that you're faster with it than an experienced famitracker user... it just seems like unnecessary geekdom unless there are any advantages to it that i'm not aware of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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