Been a while, decided to start uploading stuff again.

This is part of a still in-progress album/music project that I'm working on.
It's mostly related to a Nitrome game I really enjoy (Lockehorn) and my foray into FM, which started with this project.

More info on this project is, and will be present in this folder:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1p6bCqM3HcsrcE7v_DwK-wM_ry2KhKkJ9?usp=sharing

Check it out on Youtube too: 
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbHELQu7M5blz_3ThkWdLt_yzV_YcvEAD&si=SPMFrzZbPE9Jg5gz

CULTURE-BINDER

Had to cram this one out
Made using the NEOGEO Module in Deflemask which is the YM2610 (4 fm, 3 Ssg, a bunch of ADPCM-A)  but I only used 3 fm channels and the SSG so it’s technically the YM2203, yeah?

Cheeky Town (ym2203 Technically) - Week 18

Composed by Julian Breeze
Arranged by Tobikomi

The theme song to the game, Thanatos, for 8-bit computers such as the ZX Spectrum and the Amstrad CPC. There's also a version for the C64 that was arranged by the one and only Rob Hubbard.
I based my cover off of the Amstrad CPC version, the deeper notes gave it a more somber and melancholic feel to it. I also wanted to give this a bit of a JRPG feel to it, something you'd expect to hear on the PC-88.

Made in BambooTracker v0.6.3.

VGM Download: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/rsgrzr4hmdqb30qs6b30w/thanatos.vgm?rlkey=z92228s7w1lqpzusq6dqdu7yg&st=k4l98v55&dl=0
S98 Download: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qdk1vjaybng37p48n5eow/thanatos.s98?rlkey=avi1odzvdphb3nz7vlyalg2mv&st=s04wx74l&dl=0

Thumbnail Image: "Thanatos" by MAC https://zxart.ee/eng/authors/m/mac/thanatos1/

Thanatos

Thanatos (YM2203 Cover)

YM2203 (OPN) + MSM5232

I totally wasn't inspired by "Der Echter Gangster" for the title. lol
Oh yeah, these two chips have quite the chemistry! :O
Made in Furnace.

Was Willst Du Tun?

Furnace 0.6.8
Chip : 1xYM2203
[3xOps] [3xPSG] [180bpm]

Rasters (final version) [1xYM2203]

Furnace 0.6.8
Chip : 1xYM2203 + DigiDrums
[3xOps] [3xPSG] [150bpm]

Fighter-Z (final version) [1xYM2203 Digidrums extended mode]

Furnace 0.6.8
Chip : 1xYM2203
[3xOps] [3xPSG] [210bpm]

Liquid Metal is my 2nd attempt to make an electric guitar sounding as realistic as possible using FM / PSG tricks. This little guy have really kept me busy for months.

Liquid Metal (final version) [1xYM2203]

5th place in the Chaos Constructions 2024 Chiptune compo.
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F-f-f-f-frystylo!

No, not the one from "rakamakafon", and not even the Kazakh one, but the one for 12-year-old Latin American girls from New York or Florida in the 80s or 90s.

Initially, I wanted to make a Spacesynth, but as I was writing, I realized that OPN had too few channels for it (one brass chord would eat up all 3 FM channels) and, in the end, having changed the rhythm of the drums, I decided to make a Freestyle.

This is my first experience with OPN. I wanted to do something within very strict restrictions: only three FM channels and three PSG channels, do whatever you want. Based on the experience I gained, I can confidently say that even the most basic two-operator OPL > OPN, kek.

The track cost me several sleepless nights, but was written in just a few days. It could have been better, but as always. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Don't Force Me

Furnace 0.6.8
Chip : 1xYM2203
[3xOps] [3xPSG]
As a side note. I'll be uploading every finished songs I have made for the YM2203 / Play2CPC expantion board. 
Please note I NO LONGER produce music for any platform.

This cover is one of the first songs I made with Furnace for the YM2203. 
It is greatly inspired from BlueElecric05's work with the SPC700
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubY2S5-j5bI&list=RDubY2S5-j5bI
I had to do some adjustments as it uses more channels
I made it for testing purposes with the hardware TotO developped for Alcon2020
This is an ingame music, so I wanted to keep 1 or 2 free PSG channels for the SFX.

SEGA has made some of my favourites arcade games in the 80' 
I was amazed with the crazy hardware they packed on their boards to keep the lead.
The original Acarde game actualy uses an YM2203 with a custom PCM chip.

Space Harrier - Main Theme (cover) (final version) [1xYM2203]

An experiment made for the Nano Drive 7, a small FM Synth and VGM Player. The small hardware contains four FM chips: 2 OPN (YM2203), an OPL3 (YMF262) and an OPLL (YM2413), allowing the user to playback any music made for all 3 OPL chips, YM2203 and AY-3-8910/YM2149, and YM2413 and MSX-Audio (minus the ADPCM).

@Dexx30, a friend of mine and fellow arcade enthusiast, has one of these and has demonstrated it to me by playing various chiptunes I've made for each chip. Then, I had a funny idea... what if I made a song using all four chips used? So, I got to work! I've had @Dexx30 test out my many WIPs on his hardware to ensure it works, and the rest is history. :D

Please enjoy!
Made in Furnace.

VGM Download: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/arjhuksqd33sdfh83lup9/poolside.vgm?rlkey=ihbe81apq5ckxqu2e5fuhgfq3&st=qy5topf4&dl=0

Poolside

Hi!
This is where I post my recent stuff.

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I like writing tunes for these chips:
-YAMAHA YM2151 (OPM)
-YAMAHA YMF262 (OPL3)
-TI SN76489
-GI AY-3-8910
-ATARI POKEY
-ATARI TIA
-MOS Technology SID 6581/8580
-MOS Technology VIC-I
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Here are some sound chips I hope to learn more about:

-YAMAHA YM3526 (OPL)
-YAMAHA YM2413 (OPLL)
-YAMAHA YM2203 (OPN)

Who am I? Just an odd fella that enjoys making the odd chiptune. And Do a lot, A LOT, of liking and reposting. 

I run a VGM Podcast called "VGMporium" that primarily focuses on obscure and unknown VGM as well as highlighting Original chiptune and VGM adjacent music like demoscene and digital fusion.

Just your average man with an SC-88Pro and (possibly) other media

If you want to see work before the Soundcloud 3 hour limit forced me to move here, check out https://soundcloud.com/kole-o-black2

(i lost the email to my first account, raaaagghhh)

New tracks tagged #YM2203