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At 3/6/13 12:51 PM, SourJovis wrote: ps I know it's cheating, but with a C64 emulator you don't have these problems (just saying)

Thought of that, but I enjoy using raw samples.

Thanks for the help a lot, I'll look into that now.

Making chiptune is more fun than I'd imagined. Once you get a good melody going, everything else just seems to gel in so well.

Does it matter if the song loops or not? What is preferred?

Finished 4 songs for this competition. They're not bad, but none seem likely to win me anything. All are loops, which isn't a pre either. That can be changed though, by adding an intro and outro, and perhaps some variations. I have a nice melody and chord progression for a fifth song, which doesn't seem to be going to become a loop. Hope that one will work out this time.

Just a quick question. Can I submit a song into the contest that I have done already? This song has been on the audio portal for a long time now, and I think would be a perfect fit for it.

Whoops, sorry bout postin' in the wrong thread. Also do the drums have to be 8 bit too? And any preferred genre?

Is there any bias against loops?

At 3/14/13 05:50 PM, BrokenDeck wrote: JUST A FRIENDLY REMINDER
To stick to the time limit as best as possible.

jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez!

but yeah i was like HHHMMMM maybe i dragged it out too long with my entry haha. i'll probably switch it out for a shorter version later (it'll still push past 3 mins a little though)

At 3/4/13 10:40 AM, SourJovis wrote: The mindset is a little narrow on this topic.

When we say 8-bit music, we automatically think about music produced by an 8-bit video game console (because that's what's meant most of the time). There are however other 8-bit musical instruments not intended for video games. You could call music made with those instruments also 8-bit music.

Btw, did you know that even though the snes was a 16-bit console, the audio cpu had an 8-bit core? So you could call snes music 8-bit as well.

Actually, can we get a judges call on this? Is 16bit acceptable? It says video game as well as 8-bit so as long as it's basically the 8 - 16bit age?

At 3/14/13 07:49 PM, PeterSatera wrote: Actually, can we get a judges call on this? Is 16bit acceptable? It says video game as well as 8-bit so as long as it's basically the 8 - 16bit age?

From the main thread

- He is very much interested in using music that could be described as "8-bit", "chiptune", or even "videogame" in his next big flash project, as yet un-named.

also

- You are also allowed to submit songs that aren't strictly 8-bit but still portray a strong video game element / feel, such as this example:

I got this great idea, it'll be one tone for 4 seconds! and maybe a white noise hi hat at the end.

Hi everyone. You might like my 8 bit tunes, please check out my collection.

I just realized that my song is almost identical to the optional plot outline provided. Cool!

making a fairly simple-ish (more like uninspired) track but FL's crashing on me.
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Just thought I'd chip into this discussion, and say that you guys are all doing an amazing job! I've gone and listened to I believe all the entries as of this post and made reviews. I am enjoying the competition, and hope to see much more submissions before March 30! So if you haven't submitted yet, get in there!!!! Don't worry, the water is fine!! (Although maybe a bit cold)

Might as well leave a reply as well! Love your enthusiasm krazzy! :D
Listened to most of the tunes, and I'm liking it! Good job so far everyone :) This is really fun. I should try to participate in future contests too ^^

Hey, I just wanted to be sure as I have already read the rules and did not see anything on this, but am I allowed to use my submission for say an animation I make?

At 3/18/13 02:40 AM, GamekrazzyProduction wrote: Hey, I just wanted to be sure as I have already read the rules and did not see anything on this, but am I allowed to use my submission for say an animation I make?

I think you can.

At 3/18/13 02:48 AM, Yoshiii343 wrote:

At 3/18/13 02:40 AM, GamekrazzyProduction wrote: Hey, I just wanted to be sure as I have already read the rules and did not see anything on this, but am I allowed to use my submission for say an animation I make?

I think you can.

Cool, thanks!

At 3/4/13 12:18 AM, stunkel wrote: Hey, random question and I may not even need it. But would anyone know of any good 8-bit software instruments that work with mac/logic pro 9?

I'm not sure if Famitracker works for Mac, but I'd definitely give it a try.