8-Bit Roygbiv!

[Aserine]

As a chipmusician myself (ie. someone who writes their own 8-bit music) I find this kinda lame. It sounds very much like whoever made this site has just simply dropped a BoC MIDI file into this program which just gives the rather mundane tones of MIDI a NES soundchip makeover (you should try the program out for yourself with any roygbiv midi files you have)

I've composed my own rendition of 'Olson' here for anyone thats interested. It was wrote on a Nintendo Gameboy using little sound dj if you were wondering.

Sorry for the shameless self promotion

[oscillik]

just gives the rather mundane tones of MIDI a NES soundchip makeover

just to clarify, MIDI doesn't have a sound - MIDI is data that tells a synthesizer what notes to play, how long to play them, etc. it was one of the first things i had to grasp when dealing with MIDI data in college.

when you play back a .MID file on your computer (using Windows Media Player, or whatever player you're using) either your soundcard's built in synthesizer will be triggered by the MIDI data, or a software synthesizer that is used by your player will be triggered.

[Aserine]

just gives the rather mundane tones of MIDI a NES soundchip makeover

just to clarify, MIDI doesn't have a sound - MIDI is data that tells a synthesizer what notes to play, how long to play them, etc. it was one of the first things i had to grasp when dealing with MIDI data in college.

when you play back a .MID file on your computer (using Windows Media Player, or whatever player you're using) either your soundcard's built in synthesizer will be triggered by the MIDI data, or a software synthesizer that is used by your player will be triggered.

Well yes you are correct, MIDI was around a long time before I was born so I have very little knowledge of it

What I should have said was that the pre-programmed notes of the roygbiv midi were controlled by the before mentioned program (which instead of using your computers inbuilt soundcard it used a pretty accurate emulation of the Konami SCC soundchip)

[oscillik]

just gives the rather mundane tones of MIDI a NES soundchip makeover

just to clarify, MIDI doesn't have a sound - MIDI is data that tells a synthesizer what notes to play, how long to play them, etc. it was one of the first things i had to grasp when dealing with MIDI data in college.

when you play back a .MID file on your computer (using Windows Media Player, or whatever player you're using) either your soundcard's built in synthesizer will be triggered by the MIDI data, or a software synthesizer that is used by your player will be triggered.

Well yes you are correct, MIDI was around a long time before I was born so I have very little knowledge of it

What I should have said was that the pre-programmed notes of the roygbiv midi were controlled by the before mentioned program (which instead of using your computers inbuilt soundcard it used a pretty accurate emulation of the Konami SCC soundchip)

indeed

having had the chance to play around with Logic 2.5 on an Atari i can really appreciate how powerful MIDI is

[turquoise70]

As a chipmusician myself

i dig your bleeps!

[Aserine]

just gives the rather mundane tones of MIDI a NES soundchip makeover

just to clarify, MIDI doesn't have a sound - MIDI is data that tells a synthesizer what notes to play, how long to play them, etc. it was one of the first things i had to grasp when dealing with MIDI data in college.

when you play back a .MID file on your computer (using Windows Media Player, or whatever player you're using) either your soundcard's built in synthesizer will be triggered by the MIDI data, or a software synthesizer that is used by your player will be triggered.

Well yes you are correct, MIDI was around a long time before I was born so I have very little knowledge of it

What I should have said was that the pre-programmed notes of the roygbiv midi were controlled by the before mentioned program (which instead of using your computers inbuilt soundcard it used a pretty accurate emulation of the Konami SCC soundchip)

indeed

having had the chance to play around with Logic 2.5 on an Atari i can really appreciate how powerful MIDI is

You've got an Atari? Awesome! I've got a 1040st myself.

Never used Logic 2.5 with it though. On the rare occasions where I do decide to boot it up I normally compose music using maxYMiser or Musicmon. Gotta love the sound of the POKEY

[oscillik]

You've got an Atari? Awesome! I've got a 1040st myself.

Never used Logic 2.5 with it though. On the rare occasions where I do decide to boot it up I normally compose music using maxYMiser or Musicmon. Gotta love the sound of the POKEY

i used to have an Atari Falcon030 which i'd use to sequence my hardware as shown below

(bad picture quality is down to my crappy phone camera at the time)

only thing i have left now is the mixer on the side...

but i'm going off topic!

getting back on topic, i still want a SIDstation

[Aserine]

As a chipmusician myself

i dig your bleeps!

really? thanks! there are a lot more better artists out there than myself though, the 8bitcollective and 8bitpeoples are two awesome starting points for anyone wanting to hear more chiptune/8bit music (with free and legal downloads as well which is always a bonus )

your music is really nice too btw!

[s7409651]

As a chipmusician myself (ie. someone who writes their own 8-bit music) I find this kinda lame. It sounds very much like whoever made this site has just simply dropped a BoC MIDI file into this program which just gives the rather mundane tones of MIDI a NES soundchip makeover (you should try the program out for yourself with any roygbiv midi files you have)

I've composed my own rendition of 'Olson' here for anyone thats interested. It was wrote on a Nintendo Gameboy using little sound dj if you were wondering.

Sorry for the shameless self promotion

Thanks for this software link I'm having fun with it. I have lots of home made midi-files. ( As a struggling non-musician myself, I would love links to any similar programs )

The olson cover is fun

[Aserine]

As a chipmusician myself (ie. someone who writes their own 8-bit music) I find this kinda lame. It sounds very much like whoever made this site has just simply dropped a BoC MIDI file into this program which just gives the rather mundane tones of MIDI a NES soundchip makeover (you should try the program out for yourself with any roygbiv midi files you have)

I've composed my own rendition of 'Olson' here for anyone thats interested. It was wrote on a Nintendo Gameboy using little sound dj if you were wondering.

Sorry for the shameless self promotion

Thanks for this software link I'm having fun with it. I have lots of home made midi-files. ( As a struggling non-musician myself, I would love links to any similar programs )

The olson cover is fun

No problem Unfortunatly there isn't another program that I know of can generate 8-bit tones whilst maintaining such an easy method of dragging and dropping a .mid file. Other viable alternatives would be to import your .mid into a DAW such as Ableton or FL Studio and then change the midi channel to a plugin of your choice. Or you could gradually learn how to use a tracker such as ModPlug.

and thanks! it was just something I did for fun on a lazy sunday a long time ago

[s7409651]

Thanks for the advice. I'm having wayyy too much fun with this NES thing (geek)