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How to make this sound?

Postby metal_panda » 16 Feb 2013 11:32

How do i make the first 00:14 seconds of this song?
please can it be as simple as possible, i am completly new at this, i am assuming i have to make the chip tune first, then add some echo filter?

Preferably using something like garage band

https://soundcloud.com/automaticjack/glaze-pinkies-lie-automatic-1
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Re: How to make this sound?

Postby Nine Volt » 16 Feb 2013 11:42

That's some simple square waves with reverb and slight delay added.
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Re: How to make this sound?

Postby itroitnyah » 16 Feb 2013 11:42

I don't know if Garage Band has VST support (probably does, idk though), but it sounds just like saw waves with some delay on them. Not just the plain saw waves of course, they were probably ran through a bandpass filter cutting off the low frequencies and some of the higher frequencies.
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Re: How to make this sound?

Postby metal_panda » 16 Feb 2013 11:58

Nine Volt wrote:That's some simple square waves with reverb and slight delay added.


How would i go about doing that?
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Re: How to make this sound?

Postby itroitnyah » 16 Feb 2013 12:03

Apparently GarageBand doesn't offer effects plugin support either. I guess you are really new to this. Do you know what reverb and delay even are?
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Re: How to make this sound?

Postby Nine Volt » 16 Feb 2013 12:03

1. Turn oscillator to square wave/pulse wave with half PW
2. Apply slight delay.
3. Apply reverb.
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Re: How to make this sound?

Postby metal_panda » 16 Feb 2013 12:09

itroitnyah wrote:Apparently GarageBand doesn't offer effects plugin support either. I guess you are really new to this. Do you know what reverb and delay even are?


Yes, i do know what reverb and delay are, i understand what i need to do, but i dont know which buttons to press
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Re: How to make this sound?

Postby metal_panda » 16 Feb 2013 12:27

itroitnyah wrote:Apparently GarageBand doesn't offer effects plugin support either. I guess you are really new to this. Do you know what reverb and delay even are?

can you link me the VST anyway, i think i might be able to use my friends Mixcraft, i know that has VST support
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Re: How to make this sound?

Postby itroitnyah » 16 Feb 2013 12:40

It's not a specific synth, it can be a 3xosc for all the matter. It just needs to be able to play saw waves and square waves. As for the delay and reverb, there isn't a specific button you press and then suddenly it sounds amazing, you need to play around with the knobs or sliders, experiment with them. The delay is really short and sounds pretty quick. So increase the speed of the delay (or whatever the knob is labeled, probably labeled "Time" or something), and decrease the volume of the delay wet signal. For the reverb, it sounds like it has a medium tail, so increase the duration of the reverb, and the room size is medium as well, so probably around 50% room size.
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Re: How to make this sound?

Postby prozeyic » 17 Feb 2013 08:22

Download Reaper, it's a free DAW that supports plugins. I've never used it but I'm sure it's better than Garage Band.
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Re: How to make this sound?

Postby Forza SoundFire » 17 Feb 2013 09:34

the delay is beat-sync'd to triplets. is also a stereo delay, bouncing from L to R, I think (and then maybe some more!).

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Re: How to make this sound?

Postby metal_panda » 17 Feb 2013 16:38

Okay, i have been messing around with it and this is what i have made
https://soundcloud.com/user806429521/wip
the notes and the timing i will imporove later, but the sound it two fuzzy
How would i get it "cleaner" like this song
https://soundcloud.com/automaticjack/glaze-pinkies-lie-automatic-1

but yay i am getting better :D
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Re: How to make this sound?

Postby metal_panda » 17 Feb 2013 16:39

prozeyic wrote:Download Reaper, it's a free DAW that supports plugins. I've never used it but I'm sure it's better than Garage Band.


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Re: How to make this sound?

Postby Nine Volt » 17 Feb 2013 16:40

EQ out some of those 'fuzzy' frequencies, maybe boost the highs a bit. To get it more plucky you should bring down the attack and the decay and sustain.
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Re: How to make this sound?

Postby metal_panda » 17 Feb 2013 16:51

Okay, i got this now

i can sort out the notes and the timing later (I am using a virtual keyboard at the moment)
https://soundcloud.com/user806429521/wip2
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Re: How to make this sound?

Postby metal_panda » 17 Feb 2013 16:57

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Re: How to make this sound?

Postby itroitnyah » 17 Feb 2013 17:00

Quicker attack, it sounds like the attack is too long, higher pitched as well
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Re: How to make this sound?

Postby metal_panda » 17 Feb 2013 18:08

okay, this is what i got now

https://soundcloud.com/user806429521/wip4
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Re: How to make this sound?

Postby metal_panda » 17 Feb 2013 18:13

okay, bit more editing, not sure what i did but now is sounds like this

https://soundcloud.com/user806429521/wip5
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Re: How to make this sound?

Postby Nine Volt » 17 Feb 2013 18:13

Switch it to square waves and make the delay a bit more subtle.
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Re: How to make this sound?

Postby AutomaticJack » 18 Feb 2013 04:14

I did use square waves, delay, and reverb, but the real secret to that sound is the 'telephone' effect found in chiptunes, where you alternate between two or more notes in rapid succesion. The reason for this is the monophonic nature of old sound chips, and therefore the only way to make chords was to alternate the note really fast to simulate a chord.
On this track I'm just doing a quick, two note octave with a duplicate set at a lower volume to make for a manual delay (See the picture), which sounds a like slap-back (quick) delay.
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Re: How to make this sound?

Postby Mondogreen » 18 Feb 2013 09:07

Trill 4 life, yo! For the Massive users, all you have to do is take a square wave and use an LFO to modulate the pitch by 1 at around 1/16 speed and you're golden
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