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Hey, i'm new here, and made an account just to ask this question, i'm not a fan of the whole UKF scene but my mate showed me this, And I'm dying to know how to get that sort of arpeggiated 8bit sound throughout the song. It's most noticeable at around 0:28+. I use logic pro, and any tips/links on achieving this sound would be proper appreciated. Cheers DSF

Get yourself Basic 64. It's a wicked freeware synth and arp your ass off

Is it mac compatible?

Find out. I'm a PC

any synth can do this and GASP this is one case where a bit crusher comes in handy
basic waveforms and set your bit crusher to downsample till you have that old nes chiptune sound and go from there

Thanks guys but i'm still a bit confused, i can get the sound, i just can't sort of make it arpeggiate really quickly to give that effect :S

Sqaure wave.
Put the notes in yourself, or use an arpeggio

The square is essential for the classic 8bit sound

Billydoyle wrote:Thanks guys but i'm still a bit confused, i can get the sound, i just can't sort of make it arpeggiate really quickly to give that effect :S

When I do it manually I add a new note each step.
What daw are you using?

I'm using Logic Pro, However i can't seem to find an arpeggiator, Will i have to input the notes manually using piano roll? I was sort of looking for a VST that had one built in, as the track above seems like the synth was made using a VST arp rather than manual input

put an lfo on the pitch of the osc

Interesting, I'll try it.

EDIT: Just did. It sounds similar but it's not the same.

Billydoyle wrote:Interesting, I'll try it.

EDIT: Just did. It sounds similar but it's not the same.

theres a million ways to skin a cat. your not going to find the EXACT noise. Just make one your happy with. Triangle and square waves bitcrushed makes this type of sound. and just manually make an arp

you could try this http://refx.com/products/quadrasid/summary/
Its a synth based on the chip of the commodore 64.

try medusa2, ymvst, unknown 64 pro. get them here:
http://woolyss.com/chipmusic-plugins.php

Can we get a round of applause for komanderkin for all that he is contributed to dsfp?

Seriously bro

No idea if this has been mentioned, but once you find the sound you are looking for, you can use a stepper or and LFO to either make an arpeggiation or make it sound like it's an arpeggiation. It take a bit of tweaking. If you're using an LFO, you need to use like a reverse saw wave I think. I haven't made that sound in a while. I'll let you know if I do it again soon.

drokkr wrote:Get yourself Basic 64. It's a wicked freeware synth and arp your ass off

and also some creative EQing like bring up some hi end.

Distort some random saw and arrpegiate it x)

chiptunes generally are square waves with a ramp lfo/env on the pitch.

Billydoyle wrote:I'm using Logic Pro, However i can't seem to find an arpeggiator, Will i have to input the notes manually using piano roll? I was sort of looking for a VST that had one built in, as the track above seems like the synth was made using a VST arp rather than manual input

http://www.tweakbench.com/peach
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http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/ ... ows-linux/ (or any other free midi arpeggiator)
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easy arpeggiated 8bit sounds.