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You have some real nice chord progressions but the drums sounds don't really fit, in my opinion. Try to make your drums sounds more like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7C6MoSzTyk
I think that better drums will improv your song, though it's nonetheless already some good stuff you're doing. Keep it up! 
So, I recently started to stream old school games and I'm also thinking of streaming some chiptune productions. Anyways, this is a little shameful to write this "ad" for myself, but as we all know: Getting recognition online nowadays is so very hard, so I would appreciate anyone who visits .
It's on Twitch and my username is the same: Dark_Bit_
Not gonna post a link, 'cause that would be to greedy 
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Nice, I used to be a in a blue/rock/reggae band! It was good times but I've always felt like more of a studio musician so chiptunes are perfect for me. I've been playing piano since I was a kid but have always preferred piano roll composition since the 90's. My mother was a musician and she got us a new family computer just to be able to compose Midi based tracks in Cakewalk and naturally, I took an interest. What's funny is, I would compose tracks in Cakewalk, post them online, and people would assume that I had played them on the piano live so I felt the need to learn them on piano as well and that actually helped me improve my piano playing.
It's kind off the same story with me. I play bass but was always more interested in composing behind a computer . I remember the first "DAW" I used was eJay back in 97. I quickly moved to a very early version of Cubase and just went from there. Funny thing is, I'm using Cakewalk nowadays. If you haven't heard; it's free online. Was bought by a company called Bandlab, and they're distributing it for free now.
Awesome, looking forward to hearing it! I've only worked with the NES extensively and I love finding ways to work around the limitations but I've also used the sounds in more complex tracks. I used to compose a lot of techno-sounding tracks when I first got into using DAW's like FL Studio - mainly using samples from others along with FL plugins. I have a large library of poorly sampled but excellently composed tracks on my HD lol.
Yeah, I come from a rock/blues type of background and only recently got into chiptune more serious. The only thing I ever worked with are DAWs (I was always my bands head engineer and made all the mixing & mastering and have over 10+ years of DAW experience). So yeah, plugins and samples are my way to go. I worked a little on Famitracker but missed the intuitive production of using a piano keybaord to record ideas on the fly.
I recently bought MiniBit from AudioThing, which is an 8 and 16-bit synthesizer. At first I wasn't really sure if it would fit my needs, but I have to admint, for 20$ you get something really cool! I actually almost used it exclusively on my first released track (you'll find it under Constructive Criticism, I posted it there ).
Of course, there are tons of very good free plugins and trackers, but since I'm coming from a DAW background, MiniBit allowed me to make chip sounds but the tweak them with modern effects.
All in all, I highly recommend the software, if you're working with plugins and want to invest a couple of bucks. Believe me, it's worth it.
I like it. How did you make the drums? are those bitcrushed samples (snare and kick, they sound more vibrant then the usual snare and kick sounds used fir chiptune)? I really like the sounds you used. Good stuff!
Definitely very techo! I don't know a whole lot of artists from the genre but I've listened to a lot of Crystal Method, Juno Reactor and Deadmau5 and this has a good bit of those wrapped up in the sound for using basic sound generation. Which consoles did you use for this? I've dabbled with NES, GB and have used SNES and Megadrive soundfonts a lot to accompany 16-it style animations.
As far as feedback, anything I would offer is a matter of personal preference. You have a very specific sound here that wouldn't warrant any glitching or crazy use of common chip features - I'm the same way in the sense that I'm more of a composer/arranger than a chip-artist. I use some creative techniques when the limited channels or lack of polyphony warrant it but overall, I focus on the notes and adding depth through pitch bends and volume changes.
I guess if I could offer anything it would be to do more fine tuning and 'grunt work' on those types of parameters but as techo is a repetitious genre by nature, I'm not sure the track would benefit at all. Honestly, if you didn't mention it, I wouldn't hear this and think "this is a chiptune" which is good if it's intended but, for the purists out there, may be too far from the core principles of chiptunes to appease them.
Good job on your first track! Looking forward to hearing more stuff. I would love to hear a Juno Reactor or Crystal Method cover from you that doesn't stray as far from the more blippy, bleepy and bloopy qualities but hey, keep doing what you want, that's the best part about being an artist!
Wow! Thank you very much! I really appreciate your critique. And I share you point of view: I wouldn't consider myself a "chip-artist" either, I just like these old school sounds and to work with them. As far as consoles goes, I've used NES and C64 Sounds. The SID Chip from the C64 offers a little more in terms of sound differences. You're not as restricted as using only the NES sounds for example. And as far as covers goes, I've never made a cover but I will definitely look into making one. Seems like a nice little side-project .
Anyways. Thanks a lot for your kind words. I'm already working on a new track, so stay tuned .
Has a real laid-back vibe. I like it!
Seems good for free plug ins. I'm most interested in the Papu. That one sounds really good.
So, I uploaded my first Chiptune song a couple of days ago. My approach to Chiptune music is a little different, so let me explain first. I draw my inspiration from modern day Techno, so I approach my music with a little more punch and harder basslines. I produce using a DAW and I tweak my sounds a lot through plugins, though all sounds are original 8 and 16-bit console sounds.
Anyways, I would really like if someone could give me some feedback.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtDddU2NoCY
It's also my first post on this board. Hi everybody!
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