A new tutorial video, complete with at least three audible stomach gurgles. Let’s think of them as easter eggs hah!
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By the end of this tutorial, you should be able to:
By the end of this tutorial, you should be able to:
Dec. 13/18 edit: I’ve updated the article and images in “A Scale for Descending” to include anchor points. It’s also more succinct and organized, without the digressions into alternativ...
2018-09-19 13:29:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Tutorial #2 on music theory in Pico-8. Hope you like! As always, I appreciate all feedback, good and bad.
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By the end of this tutorial, you should be able to:
Dec. 5/18 edit: I’ve updated the article and images in “A Scale for Ascending” to include anchor points. It’s also more succinct and organized, without the digressions into alternative ...
2018-09-07 23:05:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Here’s the first tutorial in a 10-part series about music theory and composing in Pico-8!
For now, this is Patron-only content. I’m looking for feedback. What do you like? What wou...
2018-09-06 15:59:00 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons!
A quick update:
So far, I’ve written about half of the 10-part tutorial series. The plan is to finish writing them this week and start 'filming' them NEXT week. If everything ...
2018-08-29 01:57:21 +0000 UTC View PostThis is great news, thank you thank you!
This means I get to start producing more tutorials, specifically on writing music in Pico-8. The primary goal of these tutorials will be to give you a rudime...
2018-08-20 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the last video tutorial of a four-part introduction series to MilkyTracker. I’m experimenting with a tutorial structure where I introduce a concept, explain how to achieve it, write some ...
2018-08-13 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
By the end of this tutorial you should be able to:
By the end of this tutorial you should be able to:
Patrons!
I’m very excited about starting this new tutorial series.
Over the next month, I’ll be releasing a four-part series called “Getting Started with Chiptunes & Mil...
2018-07-23 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
I figured out how to write a shepard tone in Pico-8.
If you don’t know what a shepard tone is, it’s an aural illusion that gives the impression that a tone is infinitely rising (or descen...
2018-07-16 13:36:03 +0000 UTC View Post
It was pretty much unanimous on Twitter - everyone preferred the Pico-8 version of Guile’s Theme over MilkyTracker.
So what if I imported Pico-8 samples into MilkyTracker? That was the goal for th...
2018-07-09 15:19:16 +0000 UTC View Post
About a year ago I inputted all of the music and SFX from Super Mario Bros. into Pico-8 (You can listen to all the music 2018-07-02 13:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Sheet music and project files attached!
Thanks to Brian, who requested hearing some music from another tracker. Working on this made me realize how much I missed working in MilkyTracker. It’s much...
2018-06-25 13:52:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Another track produced using Ableton. Mp3 attached!
Actually, this composition has gone though many different iterations, including an acoustic version by my jazz trio Myriad3.(2018-06-21 13:21:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Vote on your TWO favourite SNES games!
Arranging SNES music in Pico-8 will be more interesting and challenging than music from NES, hence the topic of this poll! I picked what...
2018-06-14 18:54:05 +0000 UTC View Post
This song is featured in Counterpoint, but was originally composed years ago in Ableton. I'm working on m...
2018-06-11 14:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
I chose this for a couple of reasons:
First, I wanted to arrange a Pico-8 cover that’s NOT originally from the NES.
Secondly, considering the popularity of Fortnite, I thought it...
2018-06-04 13:16:29 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm hoping this is especially useful for people who are stuck with a short sketch, and don't know how to make it sound better or how to make it longer.
(I might make this a regular ...
2018-05-25 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Pico-8 carts and sheet music attached! Thanks to Egor Dorichev for the request!
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Writing in triple time isn’t very ...
2018-05-21 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
@relsqui had the idea on stream of using the instrument editor to create more precisely timed echos. This is me trying out that idea!
Basically, you create an instrument starting on the...
2018-05-18 14:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Attached is the sheet music and the Pico-8 cart (thanks to Trasevol_Dog for the request)
My goal for these has been to try an...
2018-05-11 14:12:25 +0000 UTC View Post
I noticed that most of the music in SMB3 is very short. Most of the themes have one section (A) and only a few of them have multiple sections (AB).
This is in contrast to the original SM...
2018-05-07 14:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's an updated link to my entire discography. It now includes my new album, Pico Mix...
2018-04-30 14:00:27 +0000 UTC View Post
I just released Pico Mix - a collection of Pico-8 compositions I've written over the last two years. It features alot of stand alone music, but also music from games by @matthughson, @relsqui and @kra...
2018-04-30 14:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostWorking on Mega Man 2 was lots of fun. I’m going to try and do these every week or so.
Please vote on your favourite retro Mario game! I’ll transcribe a tune from the winner, upload...
2018-04-28 16:08:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Mega Man intro & title music is complete - thanks for your votes!
There are three things attached to this post:
The pico-8 cart - The music uses about 95% of the SFX slots...
2018-04-23 12:30:55 +0000 UTC View PostTrying something new:
Instead of posting works-in-progress, I’ll be hosting polls to determine what music I’ll remake. Every poll will have a theme (console, year, genre etc.). Suggestions for t...
2018-04-12 16:47:16 +0000 UTC View Post