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I was planning to make a homebrew nes game and needed some bird chirping sounds. I don't want to use DPCM. I've heard similar effects be done by other artists in the pulse channels but could not figure out how to replicate it. Someone help please!
RE: Bird Chirping Sound Using Pulse Channels.Posted: 2013-04-06 07:32
[quote=Klutz517]I was planning to make a homebrew nes game and needed some bird chirping sounds. I don't want to use DPCM. I've heard similar effects be done by other artists in the pulse channels but could not figure out how to replicate it. Someone help please![/quote]
All you need to make sound effects like bird chirps are to figure out what pitch you want to start on, how fast you want to bend (1xx for up, 2xx for down - try small numbers before big numbers) and what duty cycle you're using (V00 for 12.5%, V01 for 25%, V02 for 50%). I suggest you play notes until you find the pitch you want to start on, then try different bend amounts narrowing down the exact amount you want, then try different duty cycles/how fast the volume should fade out/etc.
Attached is an .ftm where, on pulse 1, I use a huge amount of pitch bends to emulate the feel of IIDX songs full of record scratching sound effects, to give you an idea of what's possible with just single bends.
Also, if you have access to the .ftm of an artist where you heard a sound you want to use, analyze it! The more you learn, the stronger a chiptune artist you become. Soon you will conquer the galaxy with your knowledge! Even if you only have access to the .nsf, you can use NSF Importer or NSFPlay Synthesia on it.
The 4th boss from GIMMICK! has a lovely chirp. It's subsong 84 on the nsf.
The actual JP version nsf (which you can't use NSFImport on because all sfx were on the 5B) sounds much better but here's the European version at PAL 50hz
