Help! I want to make chiptune!

[AaronDictor]

how would i go about doing this (ie what programs, equipment, etc)

btw I have no remixing experience. just a musical background

[Jens Wulvik]

Get a tracker!! You could try modplug tracker!!!

http://www.modplug.com/

[AaronDictor]

thanks for the tip that program is great. but the instruments are too good sounding. where can i get a nintendo or super nintendo set?

[OverCoat]

There's a tracker specifically for NSF files called FamiTracker:

http://famitracker.shoodot.net/

but Modplug works too, if you have the right samples and know the limits of the chip sound you're trying to emulate.

[AaronDictor]

I dont know if its appropriate to ask for app help here (if its not forgive me) but on famitracker when i put down one note it plays indefinitely. how do i stop the notes ie put in pauses

[OverCoat]

You need to set the note volume to 0, and you enter in a number to the right of the note value, that number being "0" in this case.

It's not exactly the best tracker interface I've come across

[AaronDictor]

that didnt seem to work. even if i delete and re extract and follow the tutorial to the letter it still happens. your method didnt work either. any idea where there is a forum for this program i dont want to waste space here or be annoying

[Jens Wulvik]

If you need NES samples, just go to www.zophar.net and go to the soundfont section. There you can download a NES-soundfont wich you can load into your Modplug Tracker!!!

[Kriko]

If you wan't to make some more serious tunes, go for Renoise instead . You can do alot just in the demo version. It's a much better tracker with VST support. Because The "NES-sound" is built on simplicity these sounds are easy to create. It's just simple squarewave and trianglewave sounds and the drums/percussion is just noise and these sounds can be created with a free VST instrument (the Satyr e.g.) or with just any soundprogram.

[OverCoat]

NES-soundfont

Actually, that one's not too good, the samples have attacks and things.

For NES music I ripped virt's samples [sorry virt! lol?] from his chiptunes, like this one, since they are pretty accurate.

[Jens Wulvik]

NES-soundfont

Actually, that one's not too good, the samples have attacks and things.

For NES music I ripped virt's samples [sorry virt! lol?] from his chiptunes, like this one, since they are pretty accurate.

Sounds good for me