641 Reply by roboctopus

(19 replies, posted in Audio Production)

An easy thing to do if you have a bunch of finished, mixed down tracks (say for an EP or something) is to import all the tracks into your DAW in one project/file/whatever so you can listen to them all side-by-side and even out the volume between them by ear.

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642 Reply by roboctopus

(66 replies, posted in General Discussion)

This Archers of Loaf cover

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643 Reply by roboctopus

(204 replies, posted in Collaborations)

Temple of Doom?

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644 Reply by roboctopus

(204 replies, posted in Collaborations)

8-Bit-Rex wrote:

I would combine them into just one thread.  It would be easier to find and contribute to.

Well, I was thinking if a bunch of people contributed to a kick drum thread, it could get pretty big by itself, and WAV basses and leads is a pretty broad topic.  Since the LSDJ patch book site died long ago, it would be cool if there were at least threads people could go to for patches.  You know, need a drum?  Go to the drum thread.  Need to know how to do a super saw-type bass?  Go to the bass thread.

But I'm just going to wait and see how the kick drum thread goes.  Everyone is nice here in the collaborations threads, but out there on the other boards... We'll see.  wink

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645 Reply by roboctopus

(204 replies, posted in Collaborations)

Hey guys, I created an LSDJ Kick thread in the Nintendo Handhelds section so we don't muck up the Challenge thread. 

http://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/4526/ … ck-thread/

I'm going to make a separate one for WAV basses and leads.  It would be cool if everyone contributed.  Then 8-Bit-Rex can take the tastiest patches and compile them on his blog for LSDJ justice.

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646 Topic by roboctopus

(14 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

We were discussing WAV kicks in the weekly challenge thread and everyone seemed to have a different method for creating their kickin' kicks, so I thought it might be nice to have a thread devoted to the topic, especially since I guess the LSDJ patch book is never coming back.

I was thinking it would be cool if people not only shared their kick patch, but some reasoning behind the programming that might be instructive to others.

I'll start.  This is a kick I've begun using recently:

The instrument is set to manual and I usually use it around C6 My reasoning for starting out with a slower P command was to give the initial attack more of a ”thud” to make it less like a hardcore kinda dance kick. Since the volume is low, you have to keep the channels all under 7 (my leads are usually like 50s or 60s) or the kick gets overwhelmed.  It's not a super aggressive kick, but it has some thump.

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647 Reply by roboctopus

(13 replies, posted in Tutorials, Mods & How-To's)

Thanks for the videos!  As someone still learning in-depth tricks, this was very informative.  I used to go to the patchbook for tips, but these videos are great.

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648 Reply by roboctopus

(204 replies, posted in Collaborations)

Frostbyte wrote:

I can never make anything good with my own waveforms, I'm not sure how that works exactly hahahaha.

roboctopus: I found the general technique in a youtube video, then I messed with it a bit to give it more punch...I'll post how I do it soon haha.

And thanks for those noise kicks, I'm gonna check them out right now!

My waveform drawing successes have been limited to drawing better saw waves (easy) and drawing out, frame by frame, a pulse-width modulated square wave (tedious but worth it for PWM!)

We should start a thread in tutorials to trade WAV channel tricks.

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649 Reply by roboctopus

(204 replies, posted in Collaborations)

8-Bit-Rex wrote:

Pro tip:  Mess around with the waveform directly (select + up on the synth screen or some shit).  If you've never done it before, you'll thank me.

I draw my own waveforms for bass pretty often, but I haven't tried it for kicks.  Hmmm...

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650 Reply by roboctopus

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Frostbyte wrote:

I do my wav kick so much different haha! Have you guys had any luck coming up with a good noise kick? I mangle that channel every way I can, but I just can't get anything deep enough

I found a pretty good one in a youtube tutorial, of all places.  I'll have to see if I can re-find it...

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651 Reply by roboctopus

(204 replies, posted in Collaborations)

Kommisar wrote:

It's WAV actually. It's the only channel I use for kick now haha. I have it set up like this:




pretty simple and I'm sure everyone does it this way hehu

Haha, that's not at all how I do my WAV kick! 

I'm using this lately:

Instrument is set to manual.  It starts off with a slower pitch slide to give it more of a thud on the attack.  I use at around C6.  I think it sounds pretty good, but since the volume of the kick is on the low side you have to keep all your other channels under 7 (like my lead is usually 68 or 58) or they overpower the kick.

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652 Reply by roboctopus

(204 replies, posted in Collaborations)

Kommisar, I was re-listening to your fantastic entry this week and I was wondering: is that a noise kick?  How'd you manage that?  It sounds great!

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653 Reply by roboctopus

(8 replies, posted in Releases)

This isn't even normally my kind of music, but this release is so monstrously badass that I can't resist.

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654 Reply by roboctopus

(204 replies, posted in Collaborations)

Kommisar wrote:

bump


wer's erryone at?

I spent the weekend in bed with a high fever.  I couldn't even summon the will to write for an hour.  Lame.  All the submissions were tight though!  Sorry I missed out.  sad

I guess there's no challenge this week?

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655 Reply by roboctopus

(204 replies, posted in Collaborations)

Kommisar wrote:

I'm actually hyped about this week.

Me too.  I'm a really slow composer and a hopeless, endless practitioner of "edit while you write", so being forced to do something super fast sounds like fun.

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656 Reply by roboctopus

(101 replies, posted in Collaborations)

Speaking of me being unsure about composing in this style, would anyone like to take a listen to my tracks and give me CC or pointers?

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