The Family Bass - Music with an NES
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·January 17, 2025klodolph
mock-possum
Further, FYI: famitracker has a few different variants, with DN–famitracker being the fork, currently closest to accurately reproducing, the NES and the most common extant sound expansion chips: https://github.com/Dn-Programming-Core-Management/Dn-FamiTra...
And Famistudio is an excellent alternative if you prefer composing on a piano roll: https://famistudio.org
RamRodification
This was great.
I always recommend watching his old Chipophone video (homemade 8-bit synthesizer from a repurposed old electronic organ). He has made many cool instruments since. Some of which maybe more tehcnically impressive, I can't tell. But this one is probably still on my all time top 10 "most enjoyment from watching a Youtube video" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1pchpDD5EU
Such cool sounds and he plays it well!
Lammy
Super cool, and I also love how this page has text and still-image content equivalent to what's said and shown in the video.
gwbas1c
IMO: Play the second video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gds1EeQGMaQ&t=166s) for a few seconds, and observe when Linus plays with the Japanese Famicom keyboard.
It'll give you a good idea for what he's making. (The music video is also really cool.)
kstrauser
This is the nerdiest, hackeriest thing I've seen in ages, and I love every moment of it. That was brilliant.
For those who want to try it out, you can also access these sounds in a somewhat easier way by using an NES audio emulator in your favorite DAW, or by using one of the various tracker programs:
https://www.mattmontag.com/projects-page/nintendo-vst
http://famitracker.com