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Off-Topic => Creative arts => Topic started by: WarxePB on July 22, 2006, 12:02:01 AM

Title: 8-bit-style music
Post by: WarxePB on July 22, 2006, 12:02:01 AM

Long story short, is there any feasible way to make music using NES samples? Other than

a) using a soundfont (as I understand it, the soundcard chip is built into my motherboard, so I can't replace it without replacing the entire computer (I might be wrong, though))

b) ripping all of the samples and notes manually and assembling it manually in Sound Recorder

I haven't bothered to search for anything yet, but I want to know if there's an easy solution before I waste time Googling stuff.

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Post by: drenrin2120 on July 22, 2006, 12:53:53 AM

If you mean recreating some NES music, I guess you could use a MIDI Maker and 're-compose' it by ear. If not, than I'm not too sure what you mean.

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Post by: WarxePB on July 22, 2006, 01:44:11 AM

Actually, it's vice-versa. I want to play around with it, and see if I can either compose some original music using NES samples, or just recreate songs using them.

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Post by: drenrin2120 on July 22, 2006, 02:29:08 AM

hm... well then, sure. You could get some kind of mixer that allows you to mix, record, place tracks of music, etc. Kinda like a DJ. I've got something liek that, but it's pretty confusing. Takes some time to get use to.

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Post by: Osmose on July 22, 2006, 07:31:50 PM

Fruity Loops lets you use soundfonts even if you don't have a Soundblaster card. Example here (http://atlas.walagata.com/w/osmose/grasstownNES.mp3) - I don't have soundfont support on my card but still made that using Fruity Loops.

Don't have the money to dish out for a program like that? Neither did I. Arrrrrrrrrr.

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Post by: WarxePB on July 22, 2006, 07:45:41 PM

Oh, so you "got it from a friend", right?

Actually, I didn't even consider FL. But would you know offhand if it has a soundset/plugin that would provide me with NES samples?

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Post by: Kijuki_Magazaki on July 22, 2006, 07:47:36 PM

fruity loops was like my personal hell program.

Thde pirated version did not work for me!

SO i tripped on acid. Sony's Acid  that is :D

though i know it isnt as useful as fruitloops (i call it that)

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Post by: Osmose on July 22, 2006, 08:41:53 PM

I believe I got mine from Zophar (http://www.zophar.net/utilities/soundfont.html)