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well guess i will throw my first submission in i hope it passes judgement christmas anywhere

At 12/8/07 02:57 PM, PixlCrushr wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1 10246

My entry.

Finally someone else who believes authenticity is more important in this contest than "teh awesome beats and sounds." :]

The atari/NES authenticity should definitely be a judging category in this contest.

Yeah, that's important. I'm using a bunch of VST's that I d-loaded, so hopefully they're good. I've finally learned some music theory, so maybe that'll help with writing chords to accompany the melodies and such. Best of luck to all!

At 12/8/07 10:56 PM, ImperfectDisciple wrote: Yeah, that's important. I'm using a bunch of VST's that I d-loaded, so hopefully they're good. I've finally learned some music theory, so maybe that'll help with writing chords to accompany the melodies and such. Best of luck to all!

MAGICAL 8BIT PLUG! All of the other plugins are kinda poopy.

http://chiptunes.free.fr//music_kit.zip <- use that for percussion!

Well, I submitted my first entry. And it was for this contest. Hopefully it is 8-bit sounding. I worked about an hour on it. I tried really hard, but I'm not quite sure if I got it just right. I just got to wait to be approved and then I'll post the link in here =]

um well

can we still use reverb and distortion and stuff like that?

what about drums?

At 12/9/07 02:37 AM, cornandbeans wrote: um well

can we still use reverb and distortion and stuff like that?

what about drums?

I didn't use FX, cuz I didn't know if they used them in 8-bit. For the drums, I just made them plain and... loud.

At 12/9/07 02:43 AM, Black-Lightning wrote:

At 12/9/07 02:37 AM, cornandbeans wrote: um well

can we still use reverb and distortion and stuff like that?

what about drums?

I didn't use FX, cuz I didn't know if they used them in 8-bit. For the drums, I just made them plain and... loud.

Generally I would think not, there are only four channels in the original Atari chiptunes, and all are normally monotone without reeverb.

Psh, fuck alla your fancy "8-bit" VSTs.

3xOsc ftw. >:(

Lol, 3xOsc is pretty 1337, I may use it now that you say that :P

Black-Lightning, where's the link to your song?

At 12/9/07 07:48 AM, ImperfectDisciple wrote: Lol, 3xOsc is pretty 1337, I may use it now that you say that :P

Black-Lightning, where's the link to your song?

I have yet to be confirmed as an artist. I'm still waiting. =]

At 12/8/07 11:30 PM, PixlCrushr wrote: MAGICAL 8BIT PLUG! All of the other plugins are kinda poopy.

http://chiptunes.free.fr//music_kit.zip <- use that for percussion!

DID YOU EVEN READ MY LIST OF SHIT IN THE AF LOUNGE?

Middle of Page.

At 12/9/07 10:59 AM, navij11 wrote:

At 12/8/07 11:30 PM, PixlCrushr wrote: MAGICAL 8BIT PLUG! All of the other plugins are kinda poopy.

http://chiptunes.free.fr//music_kit.zip <- use that for percussion!

DID YOU EVEN READ MY LIST OF SHIT IN THE AF LOUNGE?

Middle of Page.

I didn't look at it until after I finished my song. I dunno, maybe I'll make two of them.

At 12/9/07 02:37 AM, cornandbeans wrote: um well

can we still use reverb and distortion and stuff like that?

I remember some NES games having some kind of reverb mimicking thing blah lbah- I don't know, but just a little reverb's got to be acceptable

what about drums?

8Bit drums lol

I'm getting pissed. I'm still not an artist =[
I thought it only took a day?

At 12/9/07 12:40 PM, Black-Lightning wrote: I'm getting pissed. I'm still not an artist =[
I thought it only took a day?

Just wait - your friendly neighborhood audio moderators are probably sleeping.

At 12/9/07 01:10 PM, RigAudio wrote:

At 12/9/07 12:40 PM, Black-Lightning wrote: I'm getting pissed. I'm still not an artist =[
I thought it only took a day?

Just wait - your friendly neighborhood audio moderators are probably sleeping.

Glad to see you that message was posted after his audio was validated have a good day

At 12/9/07 01:11 PM, SBB wrote:

At 12/9/07 01:10 PM, RigAudio wrote:

At 12/9/07 12:40 PM, Black-Lightning wrote: I'm getting pissed. I'm still not an artist =[
I thought it only took a day?

Just wait - your friendly neighborhood audio moderators are probably sleeping.

Glad to see you that message was posted after his audio was validated have a good day

NEAT!
Well, here you go.
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1 10376
I made another song, but I still want to make that one better. What do you guys think of it?

At 12/9/07 12:12 PM, SBB wrote:

At 12/9/07 02:37 AM, cornandbeans wrote: um well

can we still use reverb and distortion and stuff like that?

I remember some NES games having some kind of reverb mimicking thing blah lbah- I don't know, but just a little reverb's got to be acceptable

what about drums?

8Bit drums lol

Reverb: No. Basically those games with reverb mimicks had delay and release.

drums: gameboy and nes allowed wav samples imported into low qualities. As for snares and hihats, a lot of chiptune uses noise. I posted a link to a bunch of gameboy drum samples earlier.

At 12/9/07 10:59 AM, navij11 wrote:

At 12/8/07 11:30 PM, PixlCrushr wrote: MAGICAL 8BIT PLUG! All of the other plugins are kinda poopy.

http://chiptunes.free.fr//music_kit.zip <- use that for percussion!

DID YOU EVEN READ MY LIST OF SHIT IN THE AF LOUNGE?

Middle of Page.

Pff. You didn't post the percussion pack.

I tried to use that one percussion VST on the lounge page. I didn't know how to though, so I said fuck it.

At 12/9/07 01:11 PM, SBB wrote:

At 12/9/07 01:10 PM, RigAudio wrote:

At 12/9/07 12:40 PM, Black-Lightning wrote: I'm getting pissed. I'm still not an artist =[
I thought it only took a day?

Just wait - your friendly neighborhood audio moderators are probably sleeping.

Glad to see you that message was posted after his audio was validated have a good day

I'm not one to check up on things when I'm commenting about them.
Sweet,

This is hard as fuck to make it sound old, without making is go all... distorty.

At 12/9/07 04:49 PM, Black-Lightning wrote: This is hard as fuck to make it sound old, without making is go all... distorty.

One good trick is to run it through a highpass filter - it'll sound like it's coming from a tiny speaker.

At 12/9/07 02:50 PM, Black-Lightning wrote: I tried to use that one percussion VST on the lounge page. I didn't know how to though, so I said fuck it.

I've managed to get a decent drum loop out of it. only uses two sounds, but minimal drums sounds more like 8-bit I think.

Also- Covers! 8-bit covers of Christmas songs.
I don't get it... the way your instruments sound is decided by the judges, so if you use unoriginal notation, it's like you didn't have to do any real composing at all >:( I call it lazy!
Original Christmas tune ftw!
I actually composed my song, and it fits with the VG style even without 8-bit instruments and it sounds like Christmas because of the feel of it, not because it's an already existing tune. Come on people, LJCoffee mentioned something earlier on in this thread called "artistic interpretation".
I think this competition would turn out pretty average if it were all just remakes of Christmas carols, how boring would that be to judge! And would it really be worth a prize?

My two cents, you know they be true.

MY SUBMISSIONS:
Jingle Bells-8 bit and
Deck the Halls- 8 bit

HOPE YOU GUYS HAVE FUN LISTENING TO ALL THE SUBMISSIONS

Is there a place where you can download '8-bit sounding' generators? Sytrus sounds too real and advanced to be computer-game-like. If not, which generators are best to use?

Alright, here's some stuff to get you started! These are VST plugins that work well in FL Studio. Sorry if I can't help everyone, wish that I could :)

-Atari VST
-Realistic Atari sounds, have fun!!!

-Tweakbench
-Tweakbench offers some VST's that are realistic to nintendo gameboy sounds. I would suggest triforce and toad, but look at all the other VST's, you never know :D

-Anything specific? I'd be happy to look it up! I'm sick at the moment, so I'll be at home writing music and doing any homework for AP class (hate and love relationship lol).

At 12/9/07 06:31 PM, Dragonberry wrote: Jingle Bells-8 bit and

When they said limited polyphony, I don't think they meant that...

Reverb: No. Basically those games with reverb mimicks had delay and release.

drums: gameboy and nes allowed wav samples imported into low qualities. As for snares and hihats, a lot of chiptune uses noise. I posted a link to a bunch of gameboy drum samples earlier.

Correct you are! Good to see someone who knows their VG history. :]