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Can anyone recommend to me some good SID musicians or tunes that aren't from C64 games? I've listened to all the game-related stuff already, the Hubbards, Tels, Galways, etc. I just downloaded the HVSC for the second time, the first time I had it I got bored just randomly searching through all these files, occasionally finding something really good but not often enough to make it worth the time.
Any style of music is fine, including demoscene tracks.
Thanks for your suggestions!
Whoa, that Galway track is amazing! The filter work and the echo together sound great.
And the inclusion of the Plok solo brings the Tim Follin total to three. You want prog rock chiptune? Tim Follin's your man.
The whole Thunder Force IV soundtrack is great for heavier guitar sounds, here's one of the standout tracks:
Two Tim Follin tracks already.
I unlocked a free download for System Shock 2, but I already have the game. If you have an account on GOG.com and you want the code, PM me.
Hm... Sunvox or Klystrack would be cool.
Renoise is my primary DAW/instrument, but I think as far as challenging oneself to step outside of comfortable limits, it might be too easy to get into. You should definitely check it out sometime though, it's fantastic software.
+1 on the EP idea.
It's more digestible than a full album, and on longer releases you'll generally see that it's the earlier tracks that get listened to the most, with many of the later tracks not even getting the same number of plays.
You can get a portable digital recorder for a hundred bucks and record direct in. It would only be one track things, but it's better than nothing. It would be even cheaper if you go used. Tascam and Zoom both make nice, cheap portable recorders.
I've been in your position before, all I had was Windows Sound Recorder and the built in mics on my laptop, not even direct in, just recording the sound of my amp in my room, it was awful. Just save up some money, and in the meantime, practice.
I know the Pink Floyd toms on "Time" are rototoms, which are tuned to specific notes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rototom
That would account for the melodic quality. And then there's a bunch of reverb.
You can make pitched toms easily by using 4mat's method above, or even just sampling/synthesizing a triangle or sine wave, and using a short envelope for pitch and volume. Add noise to taste.
I have a later model PSR, I'm sure most of the sounds are basically the same as what you have. Believe it or not, I've found some of the sounds to sit nicely in a mix, like the electric bass (not the slap bass, haha), the strings, and some of the synth/choir presets. This was for more rock-oriented songwriting stuff, not chiptune, but I can imagine a lot of the sounds being sampled and working nicely in a tracker to get a good, early 90's Amiga type feel.
Sorry for your loss, Yerzmyey.
Double post.
FMDrive is fantastic, one of the best VST's around, and as previously mentioned, cheaper than pizza.
I've tried using YM2612 in the past, and it crashed every time I opened it. Could be some problem on my end, but it's not even worth the effort to try to make it work when FMDrive is already there.
Cool man, let me know.
Thought I'd post this here in case anyone in South East Michigan might want to pick it up for some unstable chip-ish sounds.
http://detroit.craigslist.org/wyn/msg/4709773943.html
I bought it a few years ago and haven't used it much after the first couple weeks.
A lot of people seem to think the Cheetahmen soundtrack is the only good thing about the game.
I guess compared to the game play, the graphics, the everything else, the music is superb, but it's still not all that great, in my opinion. The music, when considered apart from it's realization on an NES, is nice, but the programmers don't do much with the sound chip besides beeps and shit.
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