A new tutorial video, complete with at least three audible stomach gurgles. Let’s think of them as easter eggs hah!
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By the end of this tutorial, you should be able to:
By the end of this tutorial, you should be able to:
Dec. 13/18 edit: I’ve updated the article and images in “A Scale for Descending” to include anchor points. It’s also more succinct and organized, without the digressions into alternative fingering exercises.
In the previous article, I explored this scale in C Major:
2018-09-19 13:29:09 +0000 UTC
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Tutorial #2 on music theory in Pico-8. Hope you like! As always, I appreciate all feedback, good and bad.
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By the end of this tutorial, you should be able to:
Dec. 5/18 edit: I’ve updated the article and images in “A Scale for Ascending” to include anchor points. It’s also more succinct and organized, without the digressions into alternative fingering exercises.
Nov. 27/18 edit: I’ve improved my explana...
2018-09-07 23:05:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Here’s the first tutorial in a 10-part series about music theory and composing in Pico-8!
For now, this is Patron-only content. I’m looking for feedback. What do you like? What would you improve? Are they easy to follow? Can you think of a better name than “Noob Theory!?” :)
In this tutorial you’l...
2018-09-06 15:59:00 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons!
A quick update:
So far, I’ve written about half of the 10-part tutorial series. The plan is to finish writing them this week and start 'filming' them NEXT week. If everything goes to plan, the first tutorial will be available to Patrons mid next week.
I’ve slightly changed the tutorial topi...
2018-08-29 01:57:21 +0000 UTC View PostThis is great news, thank you thank you!
This means I get to start producing more tutorials, specifically on writing music in Pico-8. The primary goal of these tutorials will be to give you a rudimentary understanding of music theory and hopefully a foundation for writing music that uses more than the pentatonic scale :)
This is the last video tutorial of a four-part introduction series to MilkyTracker. I’m experimenting with a tutorial structure where I introduce a concept, explain how to achieve it, write some music and show creative uses.
I want to make these tutorials as helpful as possible so feedback is appreciated! What ...
2018-08-13 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
By the end of this tutorial you should be able to:
When you’re first starting out, the easiest way to find expression in a sound is by...
2018-08-06 14:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
By the end of this tutorial you should be able to:
When creating a sample that’s being used for melody or harmony, I recommend it b...
2018-07-30 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Patrons!
I’m very excited about starting this new tutorial series.
Over the next month, I’ll be releasing a four-part series called “Getting Started with Chiptunes & MilkyTracker.” These videos will be for Patrons only, until I make them public (in about a month). They’ll also all be accompanie...
2018-07-23 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
I figured out how to write a shepard tone in Pico-8.
If you don’t know what a shepard tone is, it’s an aural illusion that gives the impression that a tone is infinitely rising (or descending). Here’s an example, with a good visua...
2018-07-16 13:36:03 +0000 UTC View Post
It was pretty much unanimous on Twitter - everyone preferred the Pico-8 version of Guile’s Theme over MilkyTracker.
So what if I imported Pico-8 samples into MilkyTracker? That was the goal for this one - to make them sound identical. Can you hear the difference? There IS a difference, but you have to listen closely :)
About a year ago I inputted all of the music and SFX from Super Mario Bros. into Pico-8 (You can listen to all the music here).
I’m not an expert in this, but I BELIEVE that when it came to designing sound effects for ret...
2018-07-02 13:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Sheet music and project files attached!
Thanks to Brian, who requested hearing some music from another tracker. Working on this made me realize how much I missed working in MilkyTracker. It’s much more complex, especially compared to Pico-8, but once you understand the interface, controls, flow, it’s alot of fun.
... 2018-06-25 13:52:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Another track produced using Ableton. Mp3 attached!
Actually, this composition has gone though many different iterations, including an acoustic version by my jazz trio Myriad3.(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ1w2Qez64M)
Inspired b...
2018-06-21 13:21:51 +0000 UTC View PostVote on your TWO favourite SNES games!
Arranging SNES music in Pico-8 will be more interesting and challenging than music from NES, hence the topic of this poll! I picked what seemed to be the most popular games, except for A Link to the Past, because I already arranged all of those. If you have any spec...
2018-06-14 18:54:05 +0000 UTC View Post
This song is featured in Counterpoint, but was originally composed years ago in Ableton. I'm working on my music production skills so I thought this would be a good song to revisit and polish.
I plan on keep up all the Pico-8 c...
2018-06-11 14:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
I chose this for a couple of reasons:
First, I wanted to arrange a Pico-8 cover that’s NOT originally from the NES.
Secondly, considering the popularity of Fortnite, I thought it’d be interesting to see how it performs on Twitter and Youtube – a little social media experiment! I may try arranging one of...
2018-06-04 13:16:29 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm hoping this is especially useful for people who are stuck with a short sketch, and don't know how to make it sound better or how to make it longer.
(I might make this a regular series, where I take other people's compositions and suggest ways they can be improved and developed. Message me if you're i...
2018-05-25 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Pico-8 carts and sheet music attached! Thanks to Egor Dorichev for the request!
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Writing in triple time isn’t very elegant in Pico-8.
Each SFX is 32 rows, so it takes three SFX to make 66 rows (divisible by three).
This m...
2018-05-21 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
@relsqui had the idea on stream of using the instrument editor to create more precisely timed echos. This is me trying out that idea!
Basically, you create an instrument starting on the 2nd row of an SFX (1st row is blank). Using the SPD values, you can lengthen and shorten the duration of the 1st blank row,...
2018-05-18 14:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Attached is the sheet music and the Pico-8 cart (thanks to Trasevol_Dog for the request)
My goal for these has been to try and make them sound as close to the original as possible. Most NES music has a 4-channel texture, so porting it into Pico-8 is fairl...
2018-05-11 14:12:25 +0000 UTC View Post
I noticed that most of the music in SMB3 is very short. Most of the themes have one section (A) and only a few of them have multiple sections (AB).
This is in contrast to the original SMB theme, which has four sections, and is arranged to make an extremely long form.
So, I thought I'd include two tunes from S...
2018-05-07 14:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's an updated link to my entire discography. It now includes my new album, Pico Mix AND all of the carts.
Unfortunately, Bandcamp doesn't have an elegant way to offer my discography for free, to Patrons. ...
2018-04-30 14:00:27 +0000 UTC View Post
I just released Pico Mix - a collection of Pico-8 compositions I've written over the last two years. It features alot of stand alone music, but also music from games by @matthughson, @relsqui and @krajzeg
Artwork by Egor Dorichev
The music is free to...
2018-04-30 14:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostWorking on Mega Man 2 was lots of fun. I’m going to try and do these every week or so.
Please vote on your favourite retro Mario game! I’ll transcribe a tune from the winner, upload the sheet music, and make a Pico-8 arrangement. I’ll stream the whole thing too, in case you’re interested in the proce...
2018-04-28 16:08:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Mega Man intro & title music is complete - thanks for your votes!
There are three things attached to this post:
The pico-8 cart - The music uses about 95% of the SFX slots!
Sheet Music - A sketch of the music, in case you read music, or want to learn. It includes chords, and th...
2018-04-23 12:30:55 +0000 UTC View PostTrying something new:
Instead of posting works-in-progress, I’ll be hosting polls to determine what music I’ll remake. Every poll will have a theme (console, year, genre etc.). Suggestions for themes are welcome!
So, here’s the first one - I'll remake an NES tune in Pico-8 from the winner (and likely stream the who...
2018-04-12 16:47:16 +0000 UTC View Post
