this is super cool, what do you use to achieve these fm sounds?

Thumbnail artwork by Charger342.

Xander Martin requested a WL4 cover of this from me. Unlike some of his past requests this one seemed easy enough to warrant actually following up on. So I took a stab at it. 

At first I was using WarioWare, inc. as my standard for which sounds I could use. Actual Flute and Pan Flute sounds would be open to me this way, and the choir as well. 
[30,2] was an absolute shoe-in for the chorused plucked string, so that was obviously the first thing I did. I also went to the trouble of making this with Sappy playback in mind, unlike some of my other recent WL4 covers. 

Because of these 2 things I'd been flip-flopping on the idea of going full Arabian Nights with this waarangement. Finding ways of limiting the # of sound channels and # of voices while keeping audio seamless put the idea of also limiting myself to base WL4 instruments (justl ike good old day) in mind. 

So, after the initial arrangement was finished, I basically halted production for a while. I finally took a drug holiday this week, and I may resume it tomorrow (not sure just yet).
But anyway, today I came back to work on it a little more, since I remembered not being satisfied with it where it was. I did a bunch of patch event changes, and spruced up the choir part (which is now strings). 
For a while I had the 1st Flute set to be the Soft Electric Piano, but ended up changing it to [113,2], the Arabian Nights shanai. I ended up leaving the echo as [5,2] though, because it sounded like an echo for just the flutier portion of [113,2]'s sound. This gives the illusion that the lead is a doubling.

Cursed Wathedral - Wario's Mystery Meat

FamiTracker module (requires 0CC 0.3.15): https://drive.google.com/file/d/177ia0lt8tzyPaFocaUfwkffjZPBbmOpf/view?usp=sharing

I used three N163 channels for the "guitar" sound, then ran them through an amp simulator in my DAW, so no, this isn't purely FamiTracker, but I made the song fully in FamiTracker before adding the stereo effects. I hope you enjoy it.

Kraid's Lair (FamiTracker with effects)

https://soundcloud.com/zxspriters-stuff/castle-lololo-kirby a whopping three years later it is complete

Castle Lololo

A.

DMF: https://www.mediafire.com/file/6577f7szysmjj08/SUPER_MARIO_RPG.dmf/file
VGM: https://www.mediafire.com/file/mpuusjbsup2w5ib/MARIO.vgm/file

Forest Maze [YM2151 + SEGA PCM]

waow

original composition by jun ishikawa

Float Islands

Song name: Freedom Planet 2 - Dragon Valley (Caustic 3 Arrangement)
Written by Leila Wilson (Woofle), Falk Au Yong;
Arranged by John Tay

downloads
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1YGTh8pohCu1Xsx-QS83wsCWoQw6RWxaG?usp=sharing

discord
https://discord.gg/WvNP6cr

twitter
https://twitter.com/johntayjinf

Freedom Planet 2

Dragon Valley

Shy Dance * Instrumental

ORIGINAL by Nick Roselin, please do check it out https://soundcloud.com/epicrpgremixes/a-battle-of-grand-proportions

This is for the GRAND DAD Reboot fangame, made by RED-FIRE. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC15dfiQuRLqhgDl7bnz0gAg

Made using OCC Famitracker

A Battle Of Grand Proportions - Fortran Boss Battle (8-bit Famitracker arr.)

i'm still afraid of these torpedo teds, jeez

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7lhkRI3nKY

Super Mario Galaxy - Buoy Base Galaxy (Cover)

My offering to the RRThiel ritual circle... this song was really funky so I covered it.
Cover Art: https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/karakato/annalynn

Lava Factory - Annalynn (FM Cover - OG. RRThiel)

commissioned by Steve McCool (@SteveMcCool4 on Twitter)
original track by Frostix
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I've decided to kick my ass and do more stuff in 2021 - this commission is a good start for all of it. It's time to dust off some FDS and N163 guitar instruments.
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YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU2u5DujIoY
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Made with love in Dn-FamiTracker 0.2.1.0 using 2A03, FDS, MMC5, and N163 expansion chips.

Oregano Mirage

Pizza Tower OST - Oregano Mirage (Chiptune Arrangement)

https://soundcloud.com/r3_act2
Unfortunately, Soundcloud hates me, so I've made a second account where the rest of my uploads and albums will go. Think of it as an extension of my music portfolio, as irritating as it may be...

Contact me for business inquiries and commissions here: r3tronaut@gmail.com

I love FM, NES, and Digital Fusion. Never a bad time to make sum funkadelic jams!

Lava Factory - Annalynn (FM Cover - OG. RRThiel)

R3「ACT 1」

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