8 bit sound

azarab · Post by **azarab** » Fri May 27, 2011 9:45 pm

how can i create 8 bits sounds with abelton live without using the redox, i generally use vst massives.

thanks

Manic Harmonic · Post by **Manic Harmonic** » Fri May 27, 2011 10:38 pm

i dont really use ableton, so i dont know what redox is, but just make some standard synth/drum/whatever sounds, feed them through a bitcrusher and play around with it.

also try chip 32. its free 8 bit synth: http://www.kvraudio.com/get/229.html

theres a bunch of other free vst's you can search for: Magical8bitplug for nes sounds, ymvst for atari sounds, a bunch of others. just google chiptune and you'll find everything you need to know about 8 bit sounds. heres another link: http://www.boyinaband.com/2009/09/top-1 ... -plug-ins/

my favorite way, though, is sampling a gameboy.

do a google search for "chipsound" and youll find everything you need to know.

VirtualMark · Post by **VirtualMark** » Fri May 27, 2011 11:26 pm

plogue chipsounds is another good one, it emulates the original console sound chips.

deadly_habit · Post by **deadly_habit** » Sat May 28, 2011 12:51 am

http://www.wayfar.net/0xf00000_overview.php
http://www.8bitventures.com/mssiah/

plenty of freeware vsts but they just don't do chip sound justice, especially when it's cheap as hell to use the real deal

kaiori breathe · Post by **kaiori breathe** » Sat May 28, 2011 1:00 am

Could always mod your gameboy...

deadly_habit · Post by **deadly_habit** » Sat May 28, 2011 1:04 am

kaiori breathe wrote:Could always mod your gameboy...

why mod when you can just get a cart

wizeguy · Post by **wizeguy** » Sat May 28, 2011 1:10 am

chipsounds is sick, you can ger a free demo from them http://www.plogue.com/?page_id=43

Manic Harmonic · Post by **Manic Harmonic** » Sat May 28, 2011 1:48 am

wow i didn't know about midi nes, that's fuckin cool.

deadly_habit · Post by **deadly_habit** » Sat May 28, 2011 2:30 am

Manic Harmonic wrote:wow i didn't know about midi nes, that's fuckin cool.

it took me over a year to get my piece of hardware its one guy making em all with loads of demand
just saying

hifi · Post by **hifi** » Sat May 28, 2011 5:33 am

azarab wrote:how can i create 8 bits sounds with abelton live without using the redox, i generally use vst massives.

thanks

8 bit emulators. chiptune plugs like some stuff from TAL can get you that sound. or just bitcrush some of your synths I suppose

gen_ · Post by **gen_** » Sat May 28, 2011 11:50 am

Redux is what Ableton calls its bitcrusher, and basically, thats the tool you should be using to make 8-bit.

8-bit = 24bit massive sound reduced to 8-bit

Redux = Bit-reducer thingy

I suppose some bitcrushers sound different to others (although theoretically they should all sound the same) so if you don't like redux's sound then you can go look for a free vst.

DOMA · Post by **DOMA** » Sat May 28, 2011 10:35 pm

Hi! new track.. love 8bit

Soundcloud

ThemDirtyFools · Post by **ThemDirtyFools** » Sat May 28, 2011 11:19 pm

use magical 8 bit, really simple but cool. i know slugabed uses it and he has some serious tunes

jrisreal · Post by **jrisreal** » Sat May 28, 2011 11:24 pm

bitcrusher FTW. what I would do to really get that 8-bit sound is to actually bring it down to 4-bit and mess with the downsampling. really brings out that 8-bit sound

nowaysj · Post by **nowaysj** » Sun May 29, 2011 6:07 am

ThemDirtyFools wrote:use magical 8 bit, really simple but cool. i know slugabed uses it and he has some serious tunes

Is this true? I love slug's synths, 8 or more bits

, and I also love magical 8 bit... hmmm starting to make sense.

samurai · Post by **samurai** » Mon May 30, 2011 7:02 pm

like others in this thread have said plogue chipsounds is unreal.

steeze · Post by **steeze** » Mon May 30, 2011 10:46 pm

jrisreal wrote:bitcrusher FTW. what I would do to really get that 8-bit sound is to actually bring it down to 4-bit and mess with the downsampling. really brings out that 8-bit sound

4-bits sound more like 8-bits than 8-bits?

zerbaman · Post by **zerbaman** » Mon May 30, 2011 11:19 pm

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Triangle
White Noise.

azarab · Post by **azarab** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 11:32 pm

thanks for info guys, all the techniques helped me!!

bless

sixth sense · Post by **sixth sense** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 5:09 am

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