[HN Gopher] The Family Bass - Music with an NES
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       The Family Bass - Music with an NES
        
       Author : rcarmo
       Score  : 130 points
       Date   : 2025-01-17 08:54 UTC (14 hours ago)
        
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       | gwbas1c wrote:
       | IMO: Play the second video
       | (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gds1EeQGMaQ&t=166s) for a few
       | seconds, and observe when Linus plays with the Japanese Famicom
       | keyboard.
       | 
       | It'll give you a good idea for what he's making. (The music video
       | is also really cool.)
        
       | RamRodification wrote:
       | This was great.
       | 
       | I always recommend watching his old Chipophone video (homemade
       | 8-bit synthesizer from a repurposed old electronic organ). He has
       | made many cool instruments since. Some of which maybe more
       | tehcnically impressive, I can't tell. But this one is probably
       | still on my all time top 10 "most enjoyment from watching a
       | Youtube video" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1pchpDD5EU
       | 
       | Such cool sounds and he plays it well!
        
       | klodolph wrote:
       | For those who want to try it out, you can _also_ access these
       | sounds in a somewhat easier way by using an NES audio emulator in
       | your favorite DAW, or by using one of the various tracker
       | programs:
       | 
       | https://www.mattmontag.com/projects-page/nintendo-vst
       | 
       | http://famitracker.com
        
         | mock-possum wrote:
         | Further, FYI: famitracker has a few different variants, with
         | DN-famitracker being the fork, currently closest to accurately
         | reproducing, the NES and the most common extant sound expansion
         | chips: https://github.com/Dn-Programming-Core-Management/Dn-
         | FamiTra...
         | 
         | And Famistudio is an excellent alternative if you prefer
         | composing on a piano roll: https://famistudio.org
        
         | xxr wrote:
         | This one lets you play the bass on the left hand of a keyboard
         | and the square waves (should really be PWM) on the right hand:
         | 
         | https://aframe.itch.io/famikondo
        
       | kstrauser wrote:
       | This is the nerdiest, hackeriest thing I've seen in ages, and I
       | love every moment of it. That was brilliant.
        
       | Lammy wrote:
       | Super cool, and I also love how this page has text and still-
       | image content equivalent to what's said and shown in the video.
        
       | omoikane wrote:
       | I am a fan of these Famicom/NES synthesized sounds, they have a
       | flavor that is rarely found in modern game music. There are a few
       | musicians who does rearrangements of songs for playback on the
       | Famicom, example:
       | 
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM3bYVt-c1k
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       | Original song:
       | 
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIKKyrGGaDk
        
       | ethagknight wrote:
       | So many other videos are amazing as well. I am blown away.
       | 
       | https://www.linusakesson.net/music/vivaldi-summer-presto/ind...
       | https://www.linusakesson.net/music/withering-bytes/index.php
        
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