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How about whoever wants to tries to make their own original song(s), but specifically try to emulate the overall style/quality/feel of these 2 diddy kong racing tracks as best as you can: and By that I mean try to make your own approximately minute-ish long loop that is similarly assembled from catchy, colorful, entertaining parts with a similarly slightly fast pace and similar simultaneous melodic lines (polyphony)- you know just basically try to make it similar in style but original, and loop back to the beginning. Doing this is quite hard for me anyway, and I wonder how hard it is for others. And hopefully reveal information about your the creative process you used, such as whether you started with a series of chords first, or whether you make a main melody first (I think I might try both attempts), etc. Even if it ends up sucking I'd be interested in hearing it because I'm interested in what works and what doesn't. Or if you think this is a shit idea, just type 'go to hell' or do nothing or do whatever you want. Sincerely, Snuggle Slug |
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*does whatever he wants* |
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but for serious, it's a nice idea mr. slug. I'd like to participate but I need a midi keyboard. I can't make music with just a mouse like some people can. |
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Using a midi keyboard is a good point that I don't often think of, and could be a huge advantage over entering it manually in modplug. I should get one eventually. |
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i might try. but i'm 100% sure it'll turn out sounding like a shit :) |
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for some odd reason i have the mario kart 64 soundtrack |
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wmw, do you have any previosly attempted tracks? what im working on atm is, no doubt, sounding like shit xD |
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:) Mine is definately going to sound like shit to. My brain is missing melody neurons. I havn't made my attempt yet, but have listened to those tracks a lot trying to form a gameplan on how the hell to tie it all together. I used to think making the main melody line first (then chords later) is the best way, but after listening to those tracks, they seem to have series of chords that are fairly simple repetitive patterns. And it might be easier to get the chords into those simple patterns if you start with them first. Also as far as I know the chords just seem to be 'loose guides' for which notes can be played within the timespan of that chord. Like MOSTLY the melody is constructed of the same chord notes but certainly not ONLY those notes. Really I have no clue, and my best attempts have been ignoring all theory and just doing what sounds the best. This stuff seems like it should be easy but grasping it has been surprisingly elusively difficult for me. |
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haha fuck, i didn't have a plan.. |
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's my entry. it's fucken horrendous. really. anyway.. i tried to make it melodic and jam packed full of cheesy isntruments. the actual loop only goes for about 30 seconds too. |
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:D That really is not too bad at all, plus made impressively quickly and will likely be better than mine. It was quite fun just to see what you would make, I was loling. Do you use a midi keyboard and what software did you use? |
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haha yeah. tried to make it as quickly as possible really :D that was all reason 3.0.. used a midi keyboard for most of it, though that's only for working certain parts out. alot of arranging and cleaning up is done by hand. glad it got a lol :) |
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love the new av, pigster |
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I would love to enter this, but I just don't have these sort of harmonies in me. Plus I hate the two title tracks. Looking foward to hearing the results... Pigster, yours is very good (albeit still annoying as hell- not your fault). |
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hahaha! thanks. i hate the original two tracks but i still gave it a go. i'm looking forward to what people come up with, it's a hilarious idea to work with. zephyr twin> you just can't go wrong with a kraftwerk styled soft toy. |
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Aw man, I love the two title tracks and want to impose my subjectivity on everyone. I can listen to those loop for millions of years. What the hell is wrong with you? |
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haha, i love most video game music. but the midi based n64 just doesn't have any charm for me. that stuff is just.. nasty :) |
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Those tracks are just unrelentingly upbeat and annoying. I could see some worker at a theme park listening to that all day and going home and suffocating his kids and hanging himself. They're that bad. I listened to them again just now, to make sure, and I had to light up a cigarette. The tunes caused this slow tension that made every muscle in my upper body flex tightly. some good, catchy and well composed old school midi from Monkey Island. kisses |
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I also really like the music from . |
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oh man, that song is so nice. there's almost something wrong about it, but it sounds so nice. megaman 2 will always be my favourite video game soundtrack. |
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That's dope, I like how every element is in rapid fire. |
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robocop on the spectrum had the best music. fact. they even used it for an ariston washing machine advert. midnight resistance was also good. |
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Yes, some . |
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good god, i never thougt i'd see that advert ever again. i was beginning to doubt that i ever saw it in the first place. thanks. |
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pure awesome indeed!!! thanks for this, im actually playing the game a lot these days. i love it |
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excellent thread heres one i made . i keep thinking of a racer accelerating and accelerating until he crosses the finish line and keeps racing without the motor sound... |
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Let's say someone hasn't made much music on their comp, besides the occassional ambient dreamscape. What's a small starter program you'd recommend to them, shareware or otherwise, to make sounds like RC Pro Am? |
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Get fruityloops, then download , and . Some of the best stuff for old nintendo sounds, short of a midines, IMO. |
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Fruityloops it is, thanks for the links! Great tune, ijonspeches! |
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You're welcome. Lots of people here use floops, so if you're having trouble after doing the tutorials, just post and someone will be able to help. |
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too much text |
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make your own short little song that sounds like diddy kong racing. |
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Here's my attempt. It's only 20 secs long, and it's pretty much a total failure, but ah well. |
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fuck, that reeeally reminds of diddy kong racing! |
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Reeeally? |
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Aww where's em dubya em? |
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pigster- I actually think this wouldn't feel too out of place in 'mega bomberman' for genesis ijonspeaches- thanks, this is interesting. The chord notes and other melody sound great, but only by themselves in my opinion. When together they don't quite sound in 'harmony' somehow with eachother (note-wise). But the actual pattern/beat/shape of the melody sounds fine in relation to the chords. Maybe the notes just need tweaking to 'fit' the pitches of the chords, not that I know how to do that. This is exactly what's happened to me so far. I put down a chord progression that sounds fine by itself then made a melody on top. At the time it seemed fine, but then I relisten a half hour later and ugh delete it. Somehow these videogame track creators arrange notes of any complexity and just cast some sort of 'auto harmony' spell on all of it and it all sounds perfect. jkd- this sounds pretty 'correct' to me. Did you make the main melody or the chords first (I assume those bass notes exactly follow the chord structure)? |
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I spelled ijonspeches w r o n g . ijon's peaches. |
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I wrote the chords first (i.e. the bass), then the melody. The chords are really polka-dot-door and the melody was found by just randomly riffing over the chords as they repeated. |
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The race is underway! from my vantage point it looks like Pigster has a solid lead. 1. Pigster 2. jkd 3. ijonspeches (I actually like yours best but it doesnt quite go with the theme.) 4. Pirate Lagoon 5. Frosty Village. w M w is back there somewhere, he hasn't used his power boost yet so he could easily make his way to the front of the race any second now. I'll just be the little toad that throws you guys mushrooms. |
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I think I need to read the game manual some more, and I'm still trying to figure out how to use the shoulder buttons on this controller. |
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thanks for the feedback, maybe im not being objective, but it seems to go well with each other for me. btw is a huge database for midi files of videogame music plenty good music for ages, also good for remixing. i tried to make a donkey kong "jungle" remix, but im stuck after the first minute... |
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Holy crap, that site is awesome Thanks This turned out better than I thought I guess after multiple restarts. It still lacks a main catchy melody I guess (and still not good enough quality or long enough), maybe because I started with chords first: w M w in the wrong direction. |
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Not too shabby... I like. |
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You should give yourself a bit more credit, your melodic structure is good here, and it's usually good in general. I don't think this track quite fits with the diddy kong racing nightmares you posted earlier (it's not as annoying to me), at least it dosent fit as well as Pigster's track. But it's still fun. |
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It mostly sucks and I lose the race, but.. the good news is that I was Conker the Squirrel (he totally has a penis in his wikipedia picture). Goodbye for now *poof* |
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hilarious tune there, downloaded that one :) |
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