creating 8 bit (nes) sounds?

Recessive Trait · Post by **Recessive Trait** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 4:43 pm

alright, i subjected by nsb brethren to a question about hardstyle squelches, so you lot get the 8 bit question.

i can get some pretty 8 bitty sounds using mulitplex in massive, but i'm looking for some more genuine nes kind of sounds. samples would be cool, but learning how to synthesize the typical nes music sounds would be more useful in the long run.

any help appreciated lads.

gnome · Post by **gnome** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 4:45 pm

Inb4 deadly habit!

Have you thought about buying an old gameboy and some music cartridges for it?

JDubStep · Post by **JDubStep** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 4:49 pm

http://www.delamancha.co.uk/basic.htm

legend4ry · Post by **legend4ry** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 4:49 pm

Work with the waveforms what the nes uses..

Square, Pulse and Saw.

http://www.adventurekid.se/akrt/wavefor ... waveforms/

Check the "Bit Reduced" and "Video Game Basics" pack. Make sure you have a synth what can handle new waveforms. You could go out and get one of those 8bit synths but surely this is more of a adventure

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Also, reference, this.

http://ozzed.net/Make-your-own-chip-music.shtm

Recessive Trait · Post by **Recessive Trait** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 4:52 pm

hey legendary i downloaded those when first posted then couldn't figure out what to do with them. how do i employ them?

Recessive Trait · Post by **Recessive Trait** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 4:55 pm

i have that delamancha plug from when i was first learning. i'll have to dig it out now that i have somewhat more of an idea of how to work those thingamajigs (vsts).

legend4ry · Post by **legend4ry** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 4:55 pm

alright, have you got a synth what will let you import your own waveforms? Something like Octopus, Absynth or Alchemy.

Its really just a matter of clicking "load" and finding the waveform you want

krispy · Post by **krispy** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:01 pm

This might be something you are looking for....

http://www.tweakbench.com/triforce

Never tried it myself

ramses020 · Post by **ramses020** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:18 pm

Magical 8 Bit Plug is a nice freeware VSTi to create the sounds you're looking for.

collige · Post by **collige** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:27 pm

This is what you are looking for:
http://thirdcog.eu/apps/cfxr
http://www.drpetter.se/project_sfxr.html

lowpass · Post by **lowpass** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 6:44 pm

I found a nice 8-bit vst but it was windows only (Logic user)

So I just used some square wave in massive -> bit crusher -> distortion. Job done.

Don't forget that due to the limitations of the sound the composers for old 8-bit track's used to write some really complex stuff, contrapuntal patterns and a lot of layering to get something that sounded interesting.

Edit: not writing anything tonight, need to sleep

Recessive Trait · Post by **Recessive Trait** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 7:14 pm

lowpass wrote:Don't forget that due to the limitations of the sound the composers for old 8-bit track's used to write some really complex stuff, contrapuntal patterns and a lot of layering to get something that sounded interesting.

no doubt. listened to heaps of nes songs yesterday and there are some tight fuckin pieces out there. also a bunch of numbers what only need a phat beat to turn into instant killer d&b, breaks and dubstep.

deranger · Post by **deranger** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 7:25 pm

Magical 8 Bit Plug is a nice freeware VSTi to create the sounds you're looking for.

This.

jsills · Post by **jsills** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 8:20 pm

go buy Plouge Chipsounds. it is the best $100 ive ever spent. recreates every 8Bit sound chip ever. FTW

krispy · Post by **krispy** » Tue Oct 12, 2010 8:33 pm

wow this is the thread of the day
some sick new ideas on here for sounds

amphibian · Post by **amphibian** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 12:35 am

You can't get the effect you want with a bitcrusher? That's what those things are made for

kaiori breathe · Post by **kaiori breathe** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 1:58 am

The quadraSID is a good vst too.

EDIT: somebody posted tweakbench, I have all the tweakbench vsts and they're all good.

And I just remembered a while ago I got a NES and a Sega emulator for my laptop mostly to play the old games on but you can sample a lot of stuff of those too which works well.

sixth sense · Post by **sixth sense** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 3:24 am

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lazermouse · Post by **lazermouse** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 4:11 am

deranger wrote:
Magical 8 Bit Plug is a nice freeware VSTi to create the sounds you're looking for.
This.

+1

also http://www.kvraudio.com/get/229.html

krispy · Post by **krispy** » Wed Oct 13, 2010 4:32 am

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ENJOY

Random jump sounds FTW!

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