i'm not sure why i did this either

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F0qS4C0FnY

pot parade

unfortunately for you guys it's all stuff you've already heard huehuehue

http://aeros.bandcamp.com/album/i-o

Icarus

i'm so sorry i could not fucking stop myself

Quad City DJs vs. chibi-tech - Classified BARKLEYS

happy holidays fellas

using:
* REAPER 6.38 & stock plugins

it's november 1st

in the mood to do one of these

using:
* famitracker 0.4.6

vibing

figuring out Schism Tracker, just threw this together with ST-XX samples and a bunch of other shit. now to figure out how the hell the effects all work

Schism Tracker beginner bullshit

oh shit

reupload; originally released as part of Chiptunes=WIN Volume 6, but that has since been taken down from SoundCloud. i only noticed today the only place to find the track is random youtube videos and archives.

it's been a few years now and there's a lot i'd change about this song - composition leaves something to be desired, mixing is a little off, and i clearly rushed a lot of it to meet the compilation submission deadline - but overall i'd say i'm still pretty happy with it, it's one of the best things i've produced.

using:
* REAPER
* Xpand!2
* Strike
* LSDJ (recorded and arranged on modified DMG-01)

Journey

been a while since i've posted something new! new Deltarune dropped so you've got me making covers for a little while. this track stuck with me, both the situation in which it plays and that it sounds almost like a mastered line-out recording of a 3rd/4th generation console... except i don't think anything from that era could replicate this. it's the same deal as with Spider Dance; Toby Fox does a really good job of making stuff with incredibly authentic-sounding chiptune elements in his music. this was mostly just an exercise to see how close i could get with what i know. the answer is "some parts you can get really close, but you're gonna need more than at least what the NES has natively to get it 100%". this is also the first thing i've posted here using Furnace instead of FamiTracker, whose sample support is so far above FamiTracker's that I'm convinced it wouldn't even sound close to this on real hardware. it also runs better and has better features and support for like, everything, so I intend to just use it instead of FamiTracker from now on.

using:
* furnace 0.6.8.1 ('Famicom with MMC5' mode)
* ST-02 "linnkick" sample, modified
* ST-05 "snaredrum" sample, modified

BURNING EYES from Deltarune Chapters 3+4 (2A03+MMC5 cover)

For the late Satoru Iwata, of course. You entertained my entire generation and brought Nintendo to heights it's never seen before. It's been a good run. Rest in peace, you magnificent son of a bitch.

Yes, the chords probably clash half the time and a large amount of the song lacks a lot of polish, but damned if I didn't bring every little bit of creative capability and tracking skill I could muster - and the last few hours I should have been using trying to sleep - to make this.

(2A03+MMC5+VRC6+N163/3 raw softrendered, made in ~8-12 hours)

Smiles and Tears (RIP Iwata)

thx to toby fox for undertale & homestuck stuff i guess

(sorry, had to reupload because i made a huge error on the choir part)

edit: stop asking for the midi, i'm not giving it out. i said some shit in the comments somewhere that explains why.

MIDILOVANIA

literally just my stupid midi with the temmie village 'doo' sample from mixcraft lazily replacing every channel excl. 10

TEMMIELOVANIA

This is a General MIDI cover of the self-titled track "Undertale" from the Undertale OST by Toby "Radiation" Fox. Seriously, go get Undertale and give it a shot. Even if RPGs aren't your thing, it's the most emotional and charming story I've ever seen in a videogame.

.mid downloads down for a while; old uploading service got taken over

"Undertale" MIDI Cover

According to paper-mario-wiki on tumblr, if you speed up "Spider Dance" by 8.8 percent, it matches perfectly with "Dummy!", including tune, tempo, and key. He was right.

(help i can't stop listening to the undertale ost)

Spider Dance + Dummy!

asriel rides an elevator

Black Eyed Memes - PUMPGORE

undertale's music doesn't get less fun to make mashups with, i swear

credits to @Laminationman for the idea

MEGALOTHRIFTIA

~ It's been a while. ~

This is Track 6 on Chiptunes = WIN: Volume 6, a yearly chiptune compilation showcasing some of the best. It's an honor to be on this comp - right next to Trash80, no less! You can get it and the other 50 tracks on the compilation using the 'Buy' button on this track - don't worry, it's pay-what-you-want, and if you feel inclined to pay $0, that's alright too!

--- LINER NOTES ---

Produced using:
* DAW: REAPER v5.40
* Instruments: 14 x Xpand!2 & 1 x LSDJ 4 
* Effects: AIR Instrument Expansion Pack 3 Complete & stock REAPER plug-ins

Special thanks to:
* Adam Lankford
* Max Dolensky
* Bryan Dobbins
* Nigel Foster-Jones
* Alex Lindner
* Brandon & Erin Hood
* You!

Journey is my first release after a three-year-long hiatus. This is the best thing i've produced to date. More - and better - to come. I hope you enjoy.

Chiptunes = WIN: Volume 6

this is why i shouldn't be allowed to touch DAWs

using:
* REAPER v5.40 & stock plugins (mostly ReaSamplOMatic5000)
* GSnap vocal corrector
* "it is wednesday, my dudes" vine
* openMPT render of acidjazzed evening by tempest

acidjazzed wednesday

save yourselves

made using:
- REAPER v5.70 x64
- mGB v1.3.3 routed through arduinoboy shield
- this MIDI i ripped from MuseScore: https://musescore.com/user/7584361/scores/4036476

i have an arduinoboy now

(home improvement but it keeps getting lower)

using:
REAPER 5.70x64
home improvement intro sample

home improvement shitpost

B minor, 4/4, 185bpm.

prod notes:

2012 called, they want their 1xLSDJ dnb back. god i'm rusty. still, to see me doing what would've taken 2012 me a couple weeks in well under 3 hours quick-and-dirty is pretty neat. things i learned:

* i'm still really really bad at transitions and outros. what else is new LMAO
* my usual technique of overproduction and just adding ad nauseum really messes up the DMG processor, i have to remember to stop the song to make anything above minor changes or else it'll take 30 seconds to move a chain. DAWs have spoiled me
* also on overproduction: this is a stark contrast to my last few releases, which i did pretty minimally, for the most part. this is kinda what happens when i go all-out with no respect for dynamic range. it's a bit flimsy and the lack of polish shows more here than in my other submissions, but sometimes it's good to cut loose
* i>VI is boring but still kinda fun
* throwing polish out the window and just fkin doing it is a great way to get ideas out. i'm often kind of a perfectionist - if it's not exactly how i want it it's not worth doing at all - so this is a good exercise for me
* as instrument-oriented as i am now (journey & several other recent tracks and wb submissions came from keyboard improvisation) i can still draft stuff in LSDJ very capably, which is nice! sometimes i almost forget that i spent most of my high school slaving over this program

lsdj reported work time 2:33

using:

* 1z LSDJ v5.7.8 (arduinoboy ver.) running on modded DMG-001 hardware: internal prosound, backlight & bivert
* behringer UMC-22 USB audio interface for recording & mixing
* REAPER for post-prod, using the following FX:
** reafir, in subtractive mode, for signal noise cleanup
** reaverb w/ samplicity "Vienna Hall" reverb, for a little bit of space
** AIR maximizer, to improve loudness

breach (weeklybeats 6)

flamingo.ftm

HOTDIGGEDYDEMON.MOV

they're probably arguing about chalk or something

using:
* fl studio 20.1.1 producer edition
* fruity lsd (general midi input from default windows synth)
* fruity parametric eq 2 (radio preset)

work time ~2.5h

the fun gang has mild discourse in an elevator

late

lol

using:
* REAPER 6.01 and stock effects (ReaEQ, ReaDelay, ReaComp)
* Xpand!2 (sax, organ, piano, bass)
* Strike (drums)
* AIR Spring Reverb

undertale but the human falls into a jazz club instead

aka "brian gets carried by a sample"

i think i played a little too off in a couple places and probably needed to re-record but i literally made this in like less than 2 hours whatever

this is also another case of "uhhh idk where to take this time to fade out"

using:
* teenage engineering op-1, no sequencer usage
* this particular sample from op1.fun https://op1.fun/users/snugsworth/patches/guitar

07-16-2020

this couldn't have taken me more than half an hour, i literally one-taked the lead track, bounces and shitty timing included, and spent half the time trying to figure out instrumentation

progression's good though, i'm impressed i managed to pluck that out in the sequencer while barely functional

(done in about 30 minutes at 2am because i couldnt sleep
using:
* teenage engineering OP-1 (raw output from album record)

07-24-2020

oh yeah we're in the general midi zone

using:
* renoise 3.2.1 (sequencing only)
* yamaha PSR-E363 (all instruments)

08-09-2020 (campy general midi RPG battle theme)

an idea from a friend of mine (thanks jaylon)

using:
* REAPER 5.13 linux
* ReaSamplOMatic5000 sampler
* Chris Christodoulou - The Raindrop that Fell to the Sky (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQyP7qocptY)
* that crying guy from Intervention (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee925OTFBCA)

work time probably like 10 minutes minus all the fiddling with my setup lmao

risk of rain 2 is a good game

WANDERLUST vs X Gonna Give it to Ya

spent about 30 minutes laughing my ass off while making this. mashups are fun.

check out The Quick Brown Fox and the other monickers of Renard Queenston at LAPFOX TRAX: http://lapfoxtrax.com/

Brian!

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