<![CDATA[ChipMusic.org - Emulated NES chiptune synth on Kickstarter]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/16946/emulated-nes-chiptune-synth-on-kickstarter/ Thu, 06 Aug 2015 18:16:54 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: Emulated NES chiptune synth on Kickstarter]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/233391/#p233391 The Silph Scope says:
catskull wrote:
The Silph Scope wrote:

looks neat, but if it's just emulated sound why not use a VST or something? you'd have more control that way and would save $80.

It may be a poor argument, but a computer plus ableton or whatever is much more than $80. At the same time, I can see what you're saying. But couldn't  you make that same argument for pretty much any synth?

depends, most people already have a suitable computer/laptop for running some basic NES-alike VSTs. but if you're gonna go down that road though lol, a ~$20 pentium 4 laptop/raspi with debian and some foss/freeware VSTs or softsynths would still be capable of the same sound plus the options to do more accurate NES sounds as well as whatever else you can do with VSTs/softsynths/DAWs/etc.

the product seems more of a cool music toy rather than a tool that's the best option for its purpose.

Jazzmarazz wrote:
Mrwimmer wrote:

I was excited about a 2a03 on a board -_- would be cool if they didn't falsely advertise that this has anything to do with NES audio

Yeah. Seeing as it just plays samples, it would reach a wider audience if they opened up the sounds and showed off playing all sorts of samples, lo and hi fi.

if it were like an "all-in-one" chipmachine that had a few square channels, triangle, noise, DPCM-ish sample playback, lofi wavetable (like the gb's WAV), as well as a bunch of FM channels, that'd be pretty dope.

]]> Thu, 06 Aug 2015 18:16:54 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/233391/#p233391 <![CDATA[Re: Emulated NES chiptune synth on Kickstarter]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/233390/#p233390 my.Explosion says:

Was so close to getting one but I don't know now. There are plenty competent ways of getting these same channels and sounds already. I'm sure it's neat but... eh. *Shrug*

]]> Thu, 06 Aug 2015 18:12:26 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/233390/#p233390 <![CDATA[Re: Emulated NES chiptune synth on Kickstarter]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/233389/#p233389 Jazzmarazz says:
Mrwimmer wrote:

I was excited about a 2a03 on a board -_- would be cool if they didn't falsely advertise that this has anything to do with NES audio

Yeah. Seeing as it just plays samples, it would reach a wider audience if they opened up the sounds and showed off playing all sorts of samples, lo and hi fi.

]]> Thu, 06 Aug 2015 17:48:14 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/233389/#p233389 <![CDATA[Re: Emulated NES chiptune synth on Kickstarter]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/233388/#p233388 herr_prof says:

I could buy an eeepc for $40 and run famitracker, but yea.

]]> Thu, 06 Aug 2015 17:34:33 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/233388/#p233388 <![CDATA[Re: Emulated NES chiptune synth on Kickstarter]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/233387/#p233387 Mrwimmer says:

I was excited about a 2a03 on a board -_- would be cool if they didn't falsely advertise that this has anything to do with NES audio

]]> Thu, 06 Aug 2015 17:08:13 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/233387/#p233387 <![CDATA[Re: Emulated NES chiptune synth on Kickstarter]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/233386/#p233386 catskull says:
The Silph Scope wrote:

looks neat, but if it's just emulated sound why not use a VST or something? you'd have more control that way and would save $80.

It may be a poor argument, but a computer plus ableton or whatever is much more than $80. At the same time, I can see what you're saying. But couldn't  you make that same argument for pretty much any synth?

]]> Thu, 06 Aug 2015 17:01:44 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/233386/#p233386 <![CDATA[Re: Emulated NES chiptune synth on Kickstarter]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/233382/#p233382 SketchMan3 says:
TylerBarnes wrote:

I dislike the pure sounding triangle, but otherwise looks neato.

+1 It's just not proper NES without that rough 4-bit triangle, man.

Would be nice if there was a way to limit the polyphony to 1 or 2

]]> Thu, 06 Aug 2015 16:13:09 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/233382/#p233382 <![CDATA[Re: Emulated NES chiptune synth on Kickstarter]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/233374/#p233374 The Silph Scope says:

looks neat, but if it's just emulated sound why not use a VST or something? you'd have more control that way and would save $80.

]]> Thu, 06 Aug 2015 12:12:44 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/233374/#p233374 <![CDATA[Re: Emulated NES chiptune synth on Kickstarter]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/233369/#p233369 TylerBarnes says:

I dislike the pure sounding triangle, but otherwise looks neato.

]]> Thu, 06 Aug 2015 06:17:54 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/233369/#p233369 <![CDATA[Re: Emulated NES chiptune synth on Kickstarter]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/233362/#p233362 catskull says:

That actually looks super cool!

]]> Thu, 06 Aug 2015 02:22:19 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/233362/#p233362 <![CDATA[Emulated NES chiptune synth on Kickstarter]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/233358/#p233358 Runestone says:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/59 … ynthesizer

I found this new chiptune synth Kickstarter campaign originally from a reddit post.  I was thinking about backing the project to get one.  Does anyone know if there are any other synths out there like this?  Are there any other synths out there that emulate the NES chiptune sound without having to use actual NES hardware?

]]> Thu, 06 Aug 2015 01:13:49 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/233358/#p233358