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Most current tracks.  Figured I'd go back and clean up my page.  So, here are the essentials.

D34DStep - Sounds of th4 D34D

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The 321 Club

First track from my new EP "Return of th4 D34D"!  Check out the video: https://youtu.be/8I08wJgCt5c

And grab the EP over at https://d34d.bandcamp.com/album/return-of-th4-d34d

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Vuvuzela love.  Dis wan goes hard. Fixed some mixing glitch problems I didn't catch before, sound good?

Un1te

Posted to BattleoftheBits on 12/1/24: https://battleofthebits.com/arena/Entry/XM4S+3V3/72890/
*knock* *knock* *knock*
We present to you...
X-M4S 3V3!

A different kind of carol for a different kind of jilted generation.

All Sega Genesis, no samples. Started this at 12:36:44, ended up taking most of the recommended time. I think it was worth it though.

th4 D34D - XM4S 3V3 (YM2612+SN76489 No Samples)

Took a break from the darker music to revisit this classic from my childhood.  Written by Jesse Harris and the Ferdinandos, popularized by Norah Jones, and now re-imagined in this th4 D34D arrangement as a classic Sonic style jam.

No samples, pure YM2612 + SN76489 sound design.  Composed in Deflmask.

Youtube video: https://youtu.be/B8CJGaWzkW8

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Don't Know Why (YM2612 + SN76489)

Track I made for a BattleOfTheBits battle, but ended up having to use an alternate version without the directx fx.  This version sounds a bit more intense of course haha.  IT with directx fx applied for eq+distortion+reverb

th4 D34D - GAK (64k)

Wrote an oldschool intelligent dnb track in OpenMPT today for a sample remix competition: https://battleofthebits.com/arena/Entry/T1N+G0DS/73858/

Tin Gods

New EP out now!  First half is some retro mixed with epic dubstep for some uplifting vibes.  Second half is a dark crushing mix of neurohop, dubstep and dancefloor dnb.

Buy the full EP here!

Bad For Education (Good For Health)

Made a holiday track yesterday with the ol' Roland Sound Canvas!

sn0w t0wn (Roland SC-55 Midi)

Made another holiday themed song for this winter, this time for the PC-9801 sound chip!  Much like the Sega Genesis, except with a built in drum kit that I utilized.  Not the most amazing proprietary drum samples, but they got the job done and freed up all the psg and FM channels!

th4 D34D - H34RT W4RM3R (PC-9801)

The Calabi-Yau Manifold

So this was a crazy collab that Street Cleaner and I did a while back.  I hadn't been playing guitar much, and got so into this recording that I ended up with some badical blisters! (peep the photo)   I laid down a few synths on top of what he had sent me and recorded the gnarly guitar shredding, and quickly fell in love with this track!  I.M.O. this is the best collab we ever did (and of course, his final version and mix doesn't do my parts justice ...says the guitar player XD )

Anyway, I sent him the tracks, but he ended up having a computer crash and losing all of his files, so he rebuilt his final version of the track from scratch.  This is actually the original files, but here's where the story takes an extra turn.  Shortly after this I had my own HDD crash and lost all of the files myself (and I had deleted all of the stems from drop box).  So, unfortunately I can't continue to mix this, but I don't think it needs any extra dramatic mixing and mastering for the style anyway.  Hope you guys enjoy this unearthed gem as much as I do!

Street Cleaner - Never Again (D34D's Guitar Shred MiX)

Some sick Castlevania-ish inspired track that turned out to sound kind of like an 80's Russian track, ha ha.  Look for the bonus version of this track that uses realistic instruments instead of the chip instruments!

Check out the album "Chip Lover" as well as the animated pixel promo at http://deadstep.com

In The Court Of The Pixel King [Check out the video at deadstep.com!]

First single from the upcoming EP, "SynthStep"!  Full EP release soon.

Synthstep

Dance With th4 D34D (SynthStep EP deadstep.com)

Opening track for my new SynthStep EP, which I will be releasing soon.  Follow me here and check out twitter.com/th4d34d , facebook.com/th4d34d/ and deadstep.com !

Droid Gods (SynthStep EP out now at deadstep.com)

Really old track from like 8 years ago that I never released because I wanted to add a vocaloid-like fake singer but never did.  LoL oh well, here it is now.

When I Talk To The Stars The Stars Talk Back

♬♪ new theme song I wrote a few months back ♪(๑ᴖ◡ᴖ๑)♪
Prolly gonna release this in a new EP soon...

Yes, I drew the dinosaur.

D34D ST3P

Maybe you should have taken your vote a little more seriously this past election, America... you know what to do next time!  ;D

D34D P23$1D3N7

Another entry into my Sentai theme song remakes!  This one features a cool solo and some sick percussive bumps from the sega master Jredd!  Made in Deflemask using the Ym2612 engine.

D34D Ft. Jredd - Matenrou Kids (Super Sentai Kakuranger Arranged Version)

Another track from the Winter Chip XII at battle of the bits.  This is also one I expected to place higher, and easily contends as my favorite of the tracks I submitted.

No pcm samples or expansions, just plain 2a03 w/ my own sound design.

Winter Chip XII

Chronicles 0v th4 D34D (NES No samples)

First track from my upcoming album. www.deadstep.com

Rephlexive

Finally getting around to posting my winning Winter Chip XII track!  It technically took second place to a piece of artwork, but was the top music submission, and won a bunch of first place awards in different categories, so I can't complain.  ;D

Made in Deflemask using the ym2612 engine.  All sounds were made by me from scratch, no patches other than the bells which I custom modified from a patch.

Link to the original track post:
http://battleofthebits.org/arena/Entry/Beneath+The+Ice+%E3%83%BE%28%EF%BD%A1%EA%8F%BF%EF%B9%8F%EA%8F%BF%29%EF%BE%89%EF%BE%9E/23879/

Beneath The Ice (Genesis/MD No Samples)

Intro music I made in Deflemask for my (now defunct) youtube channel

VG Fam Intro Theme

Official remix I did for Maschine Brennt back in 2017

Maschine Brennt - Du Bist (th4 D34D MiX)

Did this quick project last night as a little FM sound design study.  All sounds are my own sound design , other than the DAC drum samples, in FM and PSG.  Made in deflemask.

Yasunori Mitsuda - Secret Of The Forest (th4 D34D Sega Remake)

Another study of one of my favorite composers of all time.  All sounds are my own sound design , other than the DAC drum samples, in FM and PSG.  Made in deflemask.

Yasunori Mitsuda - Corridors Of Time (th4 D34D Sega Remake)

Yet another Chrono Trigger track I remade for the megadrive/genesis.  All sounds are my own sound design.

Yasunori Mitsuda - Memories of Green (th4 D34D Sega Remake)

Continuing with the Super Sentai theme remakes, here is my arrangement of the intro to Choushinsei Flashman!
Made in Deflemask transposed by ear.

Choushinsei Flashman Theme (Sega Genesis Remake)

Blood Of Expiation

I made all of the sounds, from scratch for this, except for the cymbals/hats and a few break-fills.

The synth I used for everything is the Ableton stock synth, Operator, which takes 4 FM operators/oscillators and adds some wicked subtractive and additive synth capabilities on top. I used a few 3rd party plugins for some things in the track, but most of this is stock Ableton, so I decided to throw together a sound pack with some of the cool synths, basses, and the drum kick/snare sounds! Aside from the patches, there are also 4 wav files I bounced of different Snares and a heavy, clicky Kick (for those who don't have Ableton). 

Feel free to grab and use these in your own tracks, and send me a link or shoot me a message at soundcloud.com/d34d ! 

Ableton Instrument/Soundpack download: 
http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=18040386079996056624

Took 6th place overall in FM Synth 2 competition at battleofthebits.org

Frequency Maniac

Is the title subtle enough?
A very Follin inspired piece I wrote for the Nintendo Trilogy, and won 3rd place overall.  No DPCM samples used, all sounds are straight 2a03 sound design.
Original entry: http://battleofthebits.org/arena/Entry/Signature+Moves/26623/

Nintendo Trilogy

Signature Moves (NES No samples)

Did this short little number in a few hours, for a potential demo that I don't think ever came to fruition.  At least I got this cool track out of it XD

No post processing.

Drop A Gen On 'Em (Genesis/MD)

Deathstep remix of one of my favorite tracks of all time!  David, Trey and Pete hit me up and let's make it official!

Morbid Angel - Pain Divine (D34D Mix) **FREE DOWNLOAD**

Genesis chiptune cover of Subversive Awareness from Battle garegga.  Little sound design study/practice cover of the Manabu Namiki classic!  All ym2612 + SN76489, no samples for this one.

YouTube:
https://youtu.be/vAlIBnwb0oQ
Albums: 
https://cheapbeatsmusic.bandcamp.com/album/future-2612
https://cheapbeatsmusic.bandcamp.com/album/fm-possible-2
https://d34d.bandcamp.com/

Battle Garegga - Subversive Awareness (th4 D34D Sega Sega Genesis Remake) No samples

ATB's 9PM (Till I Come) always sounded like a keygen demoscene thing anyway, so I decided to do a demoscene style sega genesis remake!

All sounds were created using Deflemask tracker, using the ym2612 and sn76489 chips with no overclocking, ntsc.

video: https://youtu.be/6p_1dKylAeY

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ATB - 9PM (Till I Come) [th4 D34D Sega Remake] all sega no samples

Just finished this bootleg dnb/trap remix of one of my favorite artists to grace the radio waves!  DL this and spin it on the dancefloors!!!

△ th4 D34D ▼

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