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Re: Pico8 Music Synthesizer

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Post by jsilence » Fri, Dec 23, 2022, 2:09 PM UTC

pinusc wrote: post #22

This is very cool! I've been wanting to play around with synthetizers / trackers (?) for a bit. I played around with TIC-80 (another fantasy console like PICO-8) amazing track + SFX editor, but I'm very lost as to how to actually make... music, instead of noise. Does anyone have any beginner resources on music theory, specifically oriented to working with synthetizers and trackers?

I found this video very helpful, since it avoids a lot of the music theory lingo, but at the same time explains the basics very well (while cutting some corners...): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoeHDN2FVTc

Re: Pico8 Music Synthesizer

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Post by jsilence » Fri, Dec 23, 2022, 2:13 PM UTC

jsilence wrote: post #51

pinusc wrote: post #22

This is very cool! I've been wanting to play around with synthetizers / trackers (?) for a bit. I played around with TIC-80 (another fantasy console like PICO-8) amazing track + SFX editor, but I'm very lost as to how to actually make... music, instead of noise. Does anyone have any beginner resources on music theory, specifically oriented to working with synthetizers and trackers?

I found this video very helpful, since it avoids a lot of the music theory lingo, but at the same time explains the basics very well (while cutting some corners...): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoeHDN2FVTc

Also I find this YT channel very helpful, the video about substractive synthesis is probably a good starting point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfJ9Dbjz6cs

Re: Pico8 Music Synthesizer

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Post by stets » Fri, Dec 23, 2022, 2:16 PM UTC

vanillaicesquad wrote: post #46

This is such a backward way to make music. Sorry to be critical but the point of musical software is to help the musician, and not hinder him with complications For example take a look at ableton live, it changed the music panorama worldwide because even a 12 year old kid from united kingdom can create grime music with it It's not pixelated, like yours.

Are you trolling? It's just a toy for messing around, it's not that serious

Re: Pico8 Music Synthesizer

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Post by tiagod » Fri, Dec 23, 2022, 2:54 PM UTC

vanillaicesquad wrote: post #46

This is such a backward way to make music. Sorry to be critical but the point of musical software is to help the musician, and not hinder him with complications For example take a look at ableton live, it changed the music panorama worldwide because even a 12 year old kid from united kingdom can create grime music with it It's not pixelated, like yours.

Right? Why would people even learn to play the trumpet, violin or clarinet these days if they can just simulate it on fruity loops...

Re: Pico8 Music Synthesizer

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Post by johanpeitz » Sat, Dec 24, 2022, 3:18 PM UTC

olele wrote: post #33

johanpeitz wrote: post #5

Thanks for the lovely comments! I'm the creator of picoSYNTH and it was a really fun project to work on. I don't have much experience in synths so it was a big learning project for me. If there are any questions around the program, just let me know!

Hello Johan! Beautiful program. I'd love to be able to set different sequence length in the sequencers. then its a great ambient generator. Really cute!

Thanks! Yeah that’d be nice. It’s a challenge to balance flexibility vs simplicity and I tend to go for the latter. You can always change the speed and make some notes longer to get some of the same effects I guess