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the bass in rygar? Posted: 2011-07-02 07:51  (Last Edited: 2011-07-02 08:28) Reply | Quote
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hello!

as you might guess, i`m trying to make some music on famitracker.
i know how to put the notes in, created some instruments, blahblah...

now, the point is:
i`m trying to make a bass sound like there is in these 2 tracks from "rygar" (some of the best nes-tracks for sure ;-):
http://soundcloud.com/haudegen_kiel/sets/doug-hubbard-rygar-ost/
i don`t find any .ftm-files on the net to see how doug hubbard got the bass to sound like an old bass-synth (reminds me of kraftwerk sometimes).

has anyone got an idea or can help me out?


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Posted: 2011-07-02 08:45 Reply | Quote
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I suggest opening the NSF in NSFPlay and opening the "Keyboard" window. That gives you plenty of information to start with.

Posted: 2011-07-02 10:56 Reply | Quote
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This is just the sound of two square channels playing an octave or two apart with various duty cycles.

Posted: 2011-07-02 11:57  (Last Edited: 2011-07-02 11:58) Reply | Quote
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rainwarrior wrote:
This is just the sound of two square channels playing an octave or two apart with various duty cycles.
That's right. This effect is also used on GameBoy's Qix (1990).

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Posted: 2011-07-03 07:53  (Last Edited: 2011-07-03 10:29) Reply | Quote
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jrlepage wrote:
I suggest opening the NSF in NSFPlay and opening the "Keyboard" window. That gives you plenty of information to start with.


i did: two square channels only, volume going up and down on one tone each, octave 2-3

Delek wrote:
rainwarrior wrote:
This is just the sound of two square channels playing an octave or two apart with various duty cycles.
That's right. This effect is also used on GameBoy's Qix (1990).


i tried: simple instrument, used the vxx-effect, made the volume go up and down each two lines, octave 2-3.

nothing like that bass-synth but a high swelling tone.

how can you get a bass sound on the square channels and create these overtones?
could someone please send me an example?

thank you
and thank you all for your help -a great forum indeed!
nils


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Posted: 2011-07-03 13:03 Reply | Quote
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rygar_instruments.ftm (3 Kb)
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tadpole wrote:
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wow! thank you!
i`ve listened to a lot of nes-tracks to understand how things are done... but never had a clue about this!

great!

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