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(44 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Philthadelphia would love to have you.

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(16 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Are you guys drunk?

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(147 replies, posted in Nintendo Consoles)

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(4 replies, posted in Sega)

I second the FMDrive VST. I've been using it since it's release and couldn't recommend it enough. The ease of use and full range of capabilities of the YM2612 is worth the money you'll spend.

Here's one of the songs I've made with it for my drone/noise project. This is exclusively FMDrive.

This song is a mix of FMDrive and Famisynth (The PSG VST wasn't out when I wrote it.) with drum samples.

https://soundcloud.com/defiantsystems/freebase

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(18 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Killed At School? Man I hope you're writing thrash.

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(66 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Guess what? Chicken butt.

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(76 replies, posted in General Discussion)

My songs have gotten progressively slower since I started writing music. Right now anywhere from 65-85. Slow and low that is the tempo.

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(55 replies, posted in General Discussion)

- Released an album.
- Started a side project.
- Played BRKFest.
- Embraced FM synthesis.
- Kissed the Gameboy goodbye.
- Music style takes a turn for the better.
- Played 8static.
- Maxed out my chipmusic career.

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(8 replies, posted in Product reviews)

herr_prof wrote:

Anyone here actually use this?

https://soundcloud.com/awokenfromstasis … rvant-skgb

Here's The Ghost Servant, SKGB and myself using a circuit bent version of it through some toy effects processor while it was picking up multiple radio stations simultaneously.

Here's some Segambient/noise/drone I've done.

https://soundcloud.com/awokenfromstasis

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(42 replies, posted in General Discussion)

ashtonmehrle wrote:

Looked at the scales and lets use the G Major scale for example. It contains the notes: G – A – B – C – D – E – F#
so in LSDJ or MILKY TRACKER I would use these 7 notes in different orders to write my piano riff? just trying to get a clear understanding.

You got it.

Renoise.

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(42 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Know what scale you're writing in and use all the notes of the scale to come up with melodies. If you're hitting a block writing melodies try instrument changes. Add some groove on your melody to make it funky.

Depending on the chord count the semitones from your root note and put each note in a different channel at that same place so they all trigger at the same time. Traditionally chip music uses arpeggios to play chords due to lack of space in each channel but modern trackers will allow you to program chords without having to worry about space. Renoise will allow you to put chords in a single channel.

As far as what sounds good just start messing around with different chord progressions. What sounds good to you will more than likely sound good to everyone.

See you squares there.