Yes, just to clarify I didn't mean a DAW by a sequencer. I meant a plugin VST that lets you add note patterns to existing synths WITHIN a DAW, like an arppegiator. This way when you put a single note in the DAW it will play the pattern, and when you change the note, it will transpose that pattern, etc.

I've found a few that are supposed to do that, but none that work particularly well so far. Kirnu Cream is one example (though I haven't tried it yet.)

Do any of you use standalone sequencer plugins to go along with VSTs? (I mean a vst that adds a sequence or arppegiate layer to an existing synth vst). If so, what are your favorites? I've been having trouble finding a good one that I like.

Also, what are your favorite VST synth plugins for chiptune sounds?

I've been using mostly basic64 and Ice Cream, but would like to branch out further and wondered what you all like to use.

Thanks for the help.

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I was excited to try Cedr http://www.saltline.co.uk/cedr.html

Has anyone else tried it? For me it's really buggy for some reason. The sequencer seems to jump around in ways its not supposed to. Wondering if it's just me or what...

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Hey guys.

Glad I found this forum. I'm been listening to a lot of chiptunes at work lately, including work by some of the names I recognize (hi little-scale! Two Warriors gets me through the day!)

Anyway I use chiptunes in some of my recordings, but those aren't online... but I am working on a live act that incorporates some of that.

I know it's not strictly chiptunes, but I like lo-fi 8-bitish kinds of sounds for the keyboard. A lot of people seem to not "get it" -- they think that the chippy sounds are cheap placeholder for something else rather than exactly the intentional beautiful sound that it is. So when I got that reaction to my latest release, I thought "hey, maybe I should be posting this on a chiptune forum."

So yeah. Like it. Or don't! But thanks for listening. smile

Latest song with keyboard and sax (oh to be as good as kplecraft).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qGmouN109M

This one has some more keyboard in the outtro:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut2PzKAmzvQ

This one has no keyboard, but, um yeah.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHlPKgmFj0w

If you are enjoying yourself, or if you'd like to track me down for murderous purposes, you can keep up to date with the project here:

http://www.facebook.com/ScienceGoneWrong


Thanks folks. smile