I made some chiptunes

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I made some chiptunes

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(16 March 2014 update)

Anyone like 8-bit style music? I've been trying to create it.





(Edit 19 Jan 2014)

Here's two more:

"Title Screen"


"Gotta Jet"



(Edit 16 March 2014)

I made another one:

Last edited by Anayo on Sun Mar 16, 2014 2:04 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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I don't know that much about making chiptunes, but being a retro gamer, I obviously have heard tons of 8 bit music and the likes of it. So here goes...

I really like the first one (more than the second). Brings back memories of many of the pokemon songs. Sounds really pokemon-ey. (Thats a good thing :D )

The second one is good too, but it sounds more like a regular instrumental turned into 8-bit music (at least thats what I think, but again, not a bad thing)

What program do you use to make them?
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Sounds like you have a pretty decent command over making instruments. I like both tunes and they remind me more of actual video game music rather than standalone tracks a chiptune artist might make.
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muhanad wrote:I don't know that much about making chiptunes, but being a retro gamer, I obviously have heard tons of 8 bit music and the likes of it. So here goes...

I really like the first one (more than the second). Brings back memories of many of the pokemon songs. Sounds really pokemon-ey. (Thats a good thing :D )

The second one is good too, but it sounds more like a regular instrumental turned into 8-bit music (at least thats what I think, but again, not a bad thing)

What program do you use to make them?
Thanks for the positive comments.

I used 'Rytmik retrobits'. It's a little $8 app you can buy on the Nintendo DS e-shop.
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That's pretty cool. I wish I had an imaginative drive to do similar stuff.. if you ask me I wish for more 16-bit FM synth-style material as 8-bit has been overdone to death. Think Ripple dot Zero for instance.
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I made another chip tune

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You can listen to it here:



There's a couple more of these on my YouTube channel. I've been using the Nintendo DSi app "Rytmik Retrobits" to crank out one every couple months or so.
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Pretty cool, Anayo. I feel like I'm at an ending screen or a world map when listening to this.

The only criticism I have is when you're doing harmonies on those runs, there's a bit of stuff out of key. I'm a big fan of discordant and weird sounding music, but I think it detracts from some of the catchy-ness. Either way, I still like it!
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2 more chip tunes of mine

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I've been screwing around with a little Nintendo DSi app called "Rytmik Retrobits". These are two recent 8-bit tunes I came up with using it.



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Here ya go. Merged topic with all your chip tunes in one place.
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bump for most recent chip tune (16 March 2014)
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