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offline Monoid from one source all things depend on 2002-12-20 07:16 [#00486695]
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I was wondering if there is some kind of tool or emulator
that lets you compose VideoGame music, like for the GAME BOY
?! I know there is NanoLoop but thats not very
userfriendly.....!?


 

offline Iroel from Pisa (Italy) on 2002-12-20 07:18 [#00486698]
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Try asking on www.micromusic.net

Probably someone knows...


 

offline steve mcqueen from caerdydd (United Kingdom) on 2002-12-20 07:19 [#00486700]
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just play something down a phone line :)

theres a SID chip emulator for bsd unix that i did some
messing around with a while ago.


 

offline Monoid from one source all things depend on 2002-12-20 07:20 [#00486703]
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How I love such confusing websites....


 

offline Monoid from one source all things depend on 2002-12-20 07:30 [#00486709]
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Dude, im loosing my patience real quick ?! What exactly is
this site ? Can I download some kind of programm there to
make such music ?!


 

offline Monoid from one source all things depend on 2002-12-20 08:21 [#00486723]
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Ifoun what I was looking for !

http://www.pidelipom.com/boyscout/


 

offline rockenjohnny from champagne socialism (Australia) on 2002-12-20 09:50 [#00486769]
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i can hum the all the music for the last ninja note for note
:]


 

offline Mickey Mouse from The Moon on 2002-12-20 13:46 [#00486977]
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or perhaps just get a SID Station I love mine, its
possibly the best gear purchase I have ever made


 

offline uviol from United States on 2002-12-20 13:53 [#00486988]
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when this board was still on its nullsleep kick I was
somehow led to the Paragon 5 tracker, and I like it pretty
well although I've barely even begun to tap its potential.
here it is
hope you can make use of it.


 

offline Monoid from one source all things depend on 2002-12-20 14:28 [#00487028]
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Mmmm, i kinda hate Trackers.......


 

offline warpphex from lurkston, ziltyland. (United Kingdom) on 2002-12-20 15:20 [#00487077]
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hey mickey i have a sid to but its not very well at the
moment:(


 

offline Ctrl Alt Del from Ft. Worth (United States) on 2002-12-20 15:26 [#00487079]
Points: 2190 Status: Lurker | Followup to Mickey Mouse: #00486977



youve got one of those?!?! I REALLY want one! Think it would
be cool to get some really nice C64ish sounds out of it! The
MachineDrum looks like it could take on the entire TR army
and kick their ass!!

but uh...maybe try some filters or FX? Like a saturator or
something?


 

offline nano from Malmö (Sweden) on 2002-12-20 15:53 [#00487082]
Points: 282 Status: Regular



Boyscout sucks ass when you want to do stuff more than a
minute long.

The paragon 5 tracker is realy cool thou.


 

offline Mickey Mouse from The Moon on 2002-12-20 17:52 [#00487105]
Points: 4130 Status: Addict



I am saving up for a machinedrum next Ctrl Alt Del

8^D

, or a harmonizer/fx box

The SID Station is a truely wonderfull machine, I cant say
enough good things about it

"hey mickey i have a sid to but its not very well at the
moment:("

Whats wrong with it dood? If you go to the elektron site and
ask technical support they should help you out of your jam,
they are really good about that.

There is a vst version of the SID station around somewhere
on the net, I have seen it before, but I dont think the
sounds come nearly as close as the origional C64 SID chip or
box that utilizes it(SID Station)

How about little sound dj? its another cartridge type
program for your game boy, nano loop is more for noize and
wierd fx type stuff IMO.

And remember you get the phatest sounds out of those old
grey dinosaur looking gameboys... the origional ones.

If you want to talk 8 bit drop me an email Monoid cause I am
an 8 bit freak, or maybe orange dust could post something
here about 8 bit. His songs, although not always 8 bit, they
sound alot like it. I bet he could suggest some cool app's
or gear too


 

offline warpphex from lurkston, ziltyland. (United Kingdom) on 2002-12-20 19:07 [#00487125]
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mickey when i moved house my sid was all packed up and had
some books ontop of it .
this has damaged the value controlers (they are quite
delicate so be carefull!)it must go back to sweden for
repairs ,im gutted, it cost a bomb!



 

offline Binaural Tea from Christmas City (Christmas Island) on 2002-12-20 19:09 [#00487126]
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hehe i did it the hard way when i was 9 yrs old.. composed
sids by code on my commodore64.. lots of fun!


 

offline Mickey Mouse from The Moon on 2002-12-20 19:28 [#00487132]
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Thats horrible warpphex, I am sorry that happened. I think I
would have massive heart failure if anything happened to my
sid station.

I still do that Binaural Tea!

8^D

YAY FOR THE OLD SKOOL!


 

offline Binaural Tea from Christmas City (Christmas Island) on 2002-12-20 19:32 [#00487134]
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you still do?? cool.. that leaves me with one word to say
before i hit the sack:
7 for l=54272 to 54296:poke l,0:next !!!!!


 

offline Mickey Mouse from The Moon on 2002-12-20 19:51 [#00487148]
Points: 4130 Status: Addict



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4ll 533 +h4+ C64 PR09r@MM1n9 I5 +h3 pHU+ur3! h4H4
W0005L3 w000Z13 w3333!

^
^
hehe, all in jest of course.

Do you still own your C64 Binaural Tea?

I am glad I still hung on to mine


 

offline MrTenzin from The Concrete Jungle (United States) on 2002-12-20 19:53 [#00487152]
Points: 1184 Status: Lurker



theres little sound dj for game boy, and then theres mods
for turning ur old nintendo and atari into music
machines.... nokia makes phones with polyphonic ring
tones!!!


 

offline jupitah from Minneapolis (United States) on 2002-12-21 17:16 [#00487652]
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there is a local guy who uses lsdj live. he has two
gameboys, making four channels. i've not heard, but he gets
good reviews


 

offline Ctrl Alt Del from Ft. Worth (United States) on 2002-12-21 17:58 [#00487684]
Points: 2190 Status: Lurker | Followup to Mickey Mouse: #00487105



oooh! if theres a VST version I must find it!!!!


 

offline Mickey Mouse from The Moon on 2002-12-21 20:50 [#00487731]
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Look no further Ctrl Alt Del:

QuadraSID

Interview from the programmer



 

offline Mickey Mouse from The Moon on 2002-12-21 21:58 [#00487754]
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And then there is this!


 

offline w M w from London (United Kingdom) on 2002-12-21 22:11 [#00487760]
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why don't you just use modplug tracker, then choose any wav
sound but loop a very small fraction of it for a tone and
compose with that? Or sample gameboy with a microphone?


 

offline Mickey Mouse from The Moon on 2002-12-21 22:17 [#00487762]
Points: 4130 Status: Addict



but where is the fun in that? instead of sampling someone
elses work, why not be creative and make your own eh?

I mean, I am all for sampling, but it can only get you so
far, especailly if your talking about wanting to make 8 bit
tunes.

As my grandpa said: you have to have the right tools for the
job, and if you dont have em, itll make your job a whole lot
harder then it has to be.


 

offline Mickey Mouse from The Moon on 2002-12-21 22:18 [#00487763]
Points: 4130 Status: Addict



On another note, I dont know that much about fruity loops,
but in reason the subtractor synth can dish out some phat
C64 type sounds, if you have reason I could give you one of
my 8 bit patches for you to play around with Ctrl Alt Del.


 

offline Ctrl Alt Del from Ft. Worth (United States) on 2002-12-22 12:56 [#00488068]
Points: 2190 Status: Lurker | Followup to Mickey Mouse: #00487105



bingo!

click here

3rd VST from the bottom!

"Quantum 64 is a harsh and aliased digital synth with single
DCO
and multimode filter. It is inspired by Commodore 64's SID
soundchip but it definitely is no emulation. The two
special
ingredients that make the soul of Quantum 64 are the
arpeggiator
and the degrader/quantiser unit."



 


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