i was asking around on other forums for how to make that "unce unce unce unce unce" noise in 8bit with using famitracker.(like that techno clubbing bass sound)
and i got reffered to here.
so can anyone help me?
any and all assistance is apreciated.
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A DPCM sample would be your best bet. Or a TRI kick. Look up various FTMs on 2a03.free.fr for some examples.
Last edited by Heosphoros (Feb 4, 2010 10:52 pm)
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DE TRT
Heos is right. DPCM sample would be the best.
I usually use a 909 kick or 606.
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Athens, Greece
pulse kick
use the fast pitch shift(you can use the dpcm drum preset)
and change the pulse width to something like 50%
instant gabba kick
better use the same kick in both pulse channels for a heavy sound
all this is if you don't want to use dpcm though
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ohhhhhh. i thought about that.
but i didnt know if it would work.
cuz the sound im looking for is an actualy unce in 8bit form. lol.
if i use a sample. will it make it sound 8bit? or will it leave it as the regular sample?
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DE TRT
it'll make the quality worse. so i'm guessing that's 8-bit.
or 16. not sure.
though Tri & pulse kicks are good too, just a waste of composition space imo.
I've never successfully made a good heavy pulse kick before though. 
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philly
(move to NES forum?)
The samples are 1-bit. Also you can do a pretty good job of sneaking triangle kick hits between other triangle melodies, so I wouldn't consider it a waste of space at all. If anything, it's a better use of space! 
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IL, US
"unce" as a sound isnt just the kick drum, the kick is just the "UN" part, stil needs the "CE" (or "tssss")
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If you want some heavy as shit kicks go for DPCM. It all depends on the samples you're using. Find some cheesy trance kicks or take a hard hitting 909 kick.
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uhajdafdfdfa
Do DPCM and triangle at the same time. Then you still have room to do an octave bass and super-fast square wave melody in the pulse channels, and an open hi-hat between kick drums (and possibly even a snare to do the backbeat too) in the noise channel. Untz untz untz untz.
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PR-Brasil
Iusually use Dpcm + noise channel.
Sometimes i use triangle, but i don´t like it so much.
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STARDRAIN, CA
this is gay. i want an awesome kick in ONE channel that's NOT a sample. why is it that a gameboy is MORE capable than an NES? this must be wrong. and i am confuse on how to get that gabba kick in pulse.. I WANT TO DO THAT BUT ITS NOT WORKING!!! i like fami in theory, but i cant get a good kick yet.. please help 
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Brunswick, GA USA
How about an example of the kick you have (and don't like?)
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Steal samples from Henry Homesweet's "OkiiRobo_Navigation_System".
OR
Use an additional FDS channel to create a sine or tri kick as it is louder than the other channels.
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Nomad's Land
@skull if you want a large variety of br00tal kickz that take up only one channel you should get an atari st. trust me.
@je mapelle that's not really necessary - if the sine is too quiet then just lower the volume of your other instruments
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California
Triangke channel use octive 4
square channel use octive 2
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vo - 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 0
ar - X
pi - X
hi - 0 | 8 11
du- 2