Fake N Bake Chiptunes (Pt. 1)

[MSkalandunas]

I was just given a contract where I needed to write chiptunes and this video helped tremendously. Thank you kindly for taking the time to create this, and the generosity to post it.

[ikuyo1comic4man]

fo-rizum

[NeuralNeutrality]

Some day the world will recognize Tettix's genius.

Until then, we'll always have beat boost amirite?

[Dokujin]

You inspired me! Started referring to LFO2 as LF-toe instead after watching this video.. :')

On a serious note (hah), thanks for a good tutorial.

[warcrea]

3:33

I like my tones like I like my women. Nice harsh and flat.

[navelolol]

where can i hear the full quality tune at?

[navelolol]

@navelolol nevermind to myself

[cicadacom]

@navelolol I can't post a link into a comment, but there's a link in the video description to my song archive. This song is called "Boing Boing."

[LittleJoysmusic]

I like your tutorials but I also wish your speech habits were a little manlier

[cicadacom]

@LittleJoysmusic Girrrrrrrl, TELL me about it!

[DJMischkonsum]

Awesome!

[fionncroke]

This is the best chiptune tutorial ever! Thank you so much, very informative, great sounds, extremley close to the real deal synths :)

[Thoraxe619]

Nice. I've been looking for something like this to help me out with Reason, as i'm only familiar with DP6 and Peak Pro for editing and sequencing.

[djswagstep]

holy crap you have a LOT of tracks on your site :') very cool stuff man, i take it you like bit music! XD 

[astrolabe1976]

i enjoyed the tutorial, but i think the bass and the lead synth got glossed over a bit

[midierror]

nice tune

[InstantMix]

Red-drum?

Mate it's Ree-drum

[cicadacom]

@InstantMix Haha - perhaps you're right. I already had this discussion once in the comments. In my defense, it's a reference to The Shining - and he says "Red-rum". But "Ree-drum" does fall more in line with ReBirth and Reason.

[rolotamazi]

@cicadacom

LOL, i've been using reason for years and i've always called it REDdrum. but i guess REEdrum makes more sense... i'll continue calling it REDdrum just cause it sounds more sinister. Great vid BTW. I just started using nanoloop but i like the ease of reason so much more.

[fionncroke]

@cicadacom I call it ree-drum out of habit but I agree with your pronunciation cause of the whole Shining thing :)

[rajam4]

thanks for the great vid cicadacom! very informative series... do you know if its possible to send midi out of reason to a Gameboy DMG or any of the other devices you listed? (so you can sequence midi on the computer but use the GB sounds?)

i would assume that you can do it with a midines, but it would be great with a GB.

cheers

[gwiz210]

What was that thing you showed right after the KORGDS? I couldn't understand you.

[cicadacom]

It's a Midines. It's available from Wayfar industries - you can just google "Midines" (it won't let me post links in comments.)

[rajam4]

@cicadacom

thanks for the great vid cicadacom! very informative series... do you know if its possible to send midi out of reason to a Gameboy DMG or any of the other devices you listed? (so you can sequence midi on the computer but use the GB sounds?)

i would assume that you can do it with a midines, but it would be great with a GB.

cheers

[cicadacom]

@rajam4 To my knowledge, there's no way to do what you're wanting to. I don't think there's any way currently to send midi information to a Gameboy but I'd love for someone to prove me wrong!

[XenonOdyssey22]

Dude, I have to send massive good vibes your way, because you really saved my butt on a deadline I had to make. If you check out my website, the tune I wrote using everything you talked is on the right, if you'd like to here it. Thanks a million!

[cicadacom]

Is it the Keep Rolling track? It's great! Really great work!

[XenonOdyssey22]

@cicadacom That's the one! Glad you liked it :)

[CyberdelicMusic]

You ever just use the "synth raw elements" patches for the NN19? They got a good amount of sampled sounds from Moog, Korg, etc for great chiptune sounds.

[cicadacom]

Yeah, there's a lot of great sounds in that sampler. I really enjoy modeling my own sounds, though.

[KRIMSONKONG]

This is a really great tutorial, thank you!

[RhysHoneMusic1]

hey i got reason 3. how do i get like screamer and stuff

[cicadacom]

Scream distortion was already included in Reason 3, check the menu again. The Thor synth and the mastering suite you will have to buy Reason 4 to get.

[SexyTownBrown]

What a cool guy! Thanks!

[thekaiz48]

what is that thing called that is a game cartridge with the midi cable, can I buy those somewhere?

[cicadacom]

That's called a Midines - it's available from WayFar Industries. I was trying to post a link in this comment, but I don't think it will let me so just do a search for it and you should be able to find the site no problem.

[l33tJoos]

Srsly this guy. Is so kwl.

[kawaiigothicpizza]

music producing software confuses me immensly

[nelrazor1]

...holy lord this is useful!!!!!

Thank you so much for this video! You sir, are my hero!

[Ehmmett]

Never mind. I figured out how to add notes. XD

This program is awesome thanks for showing me this!

Can you upload some tutorials showing how to really use this program.

[Ehmmett]

I worded that wrong. I meant like a normal typing keyboard. Not a "piano" kinda keyboard.

[jewjew1991highest]

0:41 lol funny face

[Ehmmett]

Do I have to have a MIDI Keyboard to use this?

Or will my keyboard work?

[cicadacom]

Some kind of midi controller is useful. If you have a midi interface for your computer, any keyboard with a midi out should work. You can get a cheap M-Audio midi controller on the fly, though. You don't technically need a keyboard at all, but it's helpful.

[Xxparam0r3luv3rxX]

Hey whats the track in this vid called, so i can download it off the link in the side bar?

[cicadacom]

This track is just called "Boing Boing." I actually linked to it specifically in the video info - click on more info, its the second link.

[liambulmer]

lol, red-rum :P

its re-drum... not to be annoying or annything...

cheers for the tuts mate :)

[cicadacom]

Pronounce it how you will, but it's a reference to Kubrick's "The Shining." Redrum is Murder backwards.

[zeepzop]

My Subtracktor does not make a sound when i press a key, i could use some help.

Very nioce tutorial by the way, thanks allready. :) 5/5

[TheIncredibleMasterE]

(Yeah, noob question...) What did you say at 3:37 and what does it mean?

[cicadacom]

No, that's a perfectly good question. I said I have the polyphony turned down to one. The polyphony is the number of different notes that are allowed to trigger at one time, ie: chords. So if the polyphony were set to, say, 4, if you held down four notes you'd hear them all, but when you pressed a fifth, the oldest note would shut off to make room for it. With the polyphony down to one it makes the Subtractor a monophonic synth, meaning no more than one not can play at a time. Does that help?

[TheIncredibleMasterE]

THANK YOU! It sounded like "Pelipity" or "Pelifity" when I heard it and the video definition was too low for me to read it. I have an IRL synth and have used polyphony in factory-made instruments, but I wanted to know the word for future reference/usage!

[gradgt]

thanks a lot for making this man! was pretty helpful!

[tommvsj]

Hey man, love the video!

Just wondering if theres any chance you could tell us how you made that sick effect on your voice for the "fake and bake chiptunes with tetix" at the start?

Thankssssssssss

[cicadacom]

Hey, that was made in Reason as well, using the vocoder. More than I can fit in 500 characters, but look up Reason Vocoder Tutorial and you're bound to find some info on how it's done. Basically just run a carrier (gritty synthesizer) and a modulator (spoken words - I just use redrum and load the vocal sample in, it's quick and easy) into the vocoder and then adjust the pitch using plotted notes in the sequencer.

[JeremyNucleusSound]

Very good stuff. Simple and to the point.

[neuralien]

what samples do you have loaded into Redrum?

[cicadacom]

Let's see... BDCut_Codes, SDCut_Codes, Hh_Jeepkeys, Hh_Congas, Bd_Heimat, Clp_Monk. They're all in the "Xclusive drums sorted" folder in the Redrum drums folder.

I would explore using different ones, though. You can get some interesting sounds if you play around a bit.

[neuralien]

Thanks. I tried a whole bunch of different samples and got some neat sounds from them. I just wanted to know which you used 'cause I liked some of them.

[cocopjojo]

And which effect does he have loaded into Scream?

[cicadacom]

For scream, same deal. Loaded it up with default settings, flipped the distortion type to "digital" and then played with the rate and resolution knobs till I got a sound I was happy with.

[cocopjojo]

Which patches is he starting with? I can mimick all of the settings, but since I don't have the same patch it sounds terrible.

[cicadacom]

All the subtractor and maelstrom patches are the default patch that you get when you load the synth into the rack. Hopefully you should be able to follow what changes I'm making in the tutorial.

[furasu]

Sweet!

[ahhnikitaa]

thats so sickkkk!!

[jamiekin]

The C64 was the king of chip tunes!

[KillJONDead]

Henry Homesweet ! [:

[Chick6517]

i would rather write on my own ass and carry a full length mirror to read it! WHAT A POINTLESS PIECE OF CRAP!!! But Hmmm decent idea anyway..

[notjustanotherface]

So, which personality seems to be in charge of your post, eh, Chick6517?

[Digeridude]

When I heard them all together, I shat my pants. AWESOME.

[rangaryan]

fantastic thanks alot :)

ive got it ordered looks like a great program to work with :)

thanks for the help.

[rangaryan]

nice!

very talented!

do you use a keyboard, or just the software?

and all of those things you use like redrum and stuff, do those come with the software? or do yuo have to buy them seperately?

cheers.

[cicadacom]

I have a midi controller keyboard that I use - but no actual hardware. I once had a Trtion, JP-8000, Microwave XT - but I got rid of it all when I started working in software.

Everything you see in the demo is stuff that can be done in Reason right out of the box without additional purchases.

[notjustanotherface]

Excuse me, cicadacom, but what were the names of those last two things after the Korg DS-10 that the guy mentioned around the first minute of the video? Could you tell me what they were, please? I do apologize for not being familiar with them in my life.

[cicadacom]

All of the songs from the tutorial are available in the archive on my site. The one in this video is called "Boing Boing," but I didn't spend much time on it, so don't expect much. I'll put a link in the video description.

[Snooken]

Thanks alot! This goes straight on my playlist and my mp3 player.

Keep up the good work!

[Snooken]

You have to finish and upload the first song you showed us through this great tutorial. I instantly fell in love with it and I want to hear more!

[TheDjRealm]

8bit beats, nice work and nice tutorial, thanks cicadacom

[cicadacom]

Yes, test6 is correct, don't think you need a Mac to make good music. Reason is cross platform as are applications like Live, ProTools, Milkytracker, etc. The PC also has some exclusives like Acid and Fruity Loops while the Mac gets Logic Studio and the simple (but not to be ignored) Garageband. All are great options, work wherever it makes the most sense for you. So long as you're having fun, that's all that really counts.

[test6]

Very nice. And for those who are wondering, you can get all the same results, and more software on pc. Plus be able to run a few more instances. Not trying to start a pc vs mac war, just stating that for those think that they must have a mac to get good results. It's not true.