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Hi JaffaCakeMexica,

Actually, that sounds pretty cool. I like this song you linked. So smooth, jazzy, and modern. Thank you!

Although, I'm not sure if I'm quite good enough to quickly make an instrumental cover right now. But, I will put it in my to do list for the future.

Thanks again,
See ya around!

Double post... my byaaad!

Yeah, with percussion, as was said, it all depends on how you sequence things. Most people don't focus putting a lot of variety in percussion. I don't, because melody and progression is more important to me. But you can mimic the percussion of the greatest jazz drummers with an NES chip, if you take the time to program that to your track.

Most pepole don't spend a lot of time on drum variety though.

Chiptune is different than MIDI. Because it is sound produced with specialized sounds chips using special code that may look nothing like MIDI data... except in terms of concept and purpose.
The coding is different, and so is the sound.

There is indeed a lot of misunderstanding. People say "8-bit" music, which is really not describing anything specific. But Gameboy and NES sounds ate what they generally mean. However, Sega Genesis had 8 bit sound for its music that is FM synthesis. That and the SNES both use 8 bit sound samples. And it sounds much more advanced than NES.

The Turbo Grafx 16 has a 16 bit sound chip, but it sounds closer to an NES chip than a Genesis.

These ambiguous terminologies create confusion and misunderstanding of what chiptune music actually is. Using a MIDI workstation will not give you the most accurate sound design when compared to the original hardware. And people miss out on all the little tricks and techniques when working with specialized software and code, like dual channel chorus and reverb effects, swapping of channels rapidly to fool your ears into thinking that more sounds are there than there actually are, etc.

Basically, everything that I like and produce!

A "first world" dilemma indeed.

Yeah, filtering out the dross while letting the silver remain might be a more reasonable approach.

Welcome back to the music scene!

Yeah, ain't that a kick? Caustic is very solid and smooth. It's not going to give you the most advanced tools out there. But you can still make music that's good enough for professional quality. I've used it many times and am very satisfied with it, for what it is. Great for tracking ideas on the go.

The only benefit I can think of is that you get a different set of sounds and gear. It's simply another option at best. And a real hassle to use at worse... for me personally at least. I can't stand the interface on touch screen smart phone. But maybe you will like it. Just give it a free try.

Sunvox only has a 2OP FM synthesizer. This is good for simulating older Adlib OPL2 sounds, or like on Japanese Sega Master System.

Caustic has a 3OP FM synthesizer which will allow you to get sounds that are closer to what can be heard on systems like Sega Genesis/MegaDrive and OPL3.

The subtractive synth on Caustic is great for getting simple square/triangle/saw waves that are common on old school chip tunes. Use the bit-crushing effect on samples to simulate the NES sample channel for instance.

Keep your eyes peeled. I'll Personal Message a track I made in Caustic that sounds like an NES, but a little more advanced sound quality.

Heh, no worries. Everyone here knows how much I ramble from time to time. What better place than a message board to ramble on?

No. But the real tragedy is that he didn't get my autograph. Man, I feel bad for that dude. Jk

Seriously, though, I had never heard of him until my coworkers introduced me. SeaTrash was their nephew I think. So I had to hear his music first.