Yeah for the most part, just gotta tweak and add some of the magic herbs and spices 
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I think itās time for me to bring the Maschine mk3 into play.
It has such a huge learning curve, plus so many expansions to go through, that is been taking some time getting comfortable using her.
Iāve been defaulting to the 404, since Iām comfortable using it with all its fun and quirky limitations.
Edit: I just picked up the chip tune expansion from Native Instruments.
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the less rules the better, just finished the Zelda hip hop track, and there were more rules than the game itself. too bad cuz if I won we would be doing a Memphis horrorcore type battle next lol
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You are right. Someone made the suggestion, so I had to put it out there.
But less to no rules the better.
Iāll even say it, you donāt even need to sample a game. It can be an original composition, as long as you use chiptunes.
There just has to be some tie to video games, even if itās just on paper.
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Well, if you get the votes, that may be the next battle.
I know phonk came out of those roots as well.
And the cowbells on my TR8S donāt get used enough.
There are websites for downloading YouTube videos as video or audio files.
Might be easier than black hole?
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Did you do something for the Zelda battle?
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No, missed it Iām afraid.
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So itās like this is a 1up
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And Iāll be sure to mix master in stereo with decent gain staging too. Thatās the feedback Iāve received on my recordings. I figure it will help me produce quality tunes.
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Well, thatās good practice in general. People in this battle are pretty forgiving, so just do your best.
If anything, make sure you gain stage first. It helps to get everything to a similar level when you go to mix. -12 to -18 is usually the norm to leave headroom. Then use a maximizer or a limiter at the end with a brick wall at -0.3.
Iām sure there are other opininions on this too, but this is what I picked up from Chicago City Colleges.
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Thanks Iām thinking of picking up Izotope in the future when on sale. Iāve heard that producers use it a lot to clean up gain staging issues. People on SoundCloud are too critical especially when itās not paid music lol.
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People are mixed (āmixedāā¦ haha get it?) on Izotope.
I use it on every track. But it doesnāt help with gain staging. Thatās something you do on your own. Whatās your audio interface?
Izotope is good for maximizing, limiting, and EQāing. It has a āmastering assistantā that gets my tracks loud enough to be used on SoundCloud and YouTube, without worrying about clipping. It also EQās, but I use it as a starting point, and adjust how I want, and I always add a high pass shelf at 20Hrz, to keep the bass from getting muddy from the Moogs.
If Iām getting anything wrong, please correct me, anybody. I feel like Iām going out on a limb talking about mastering on a public forum, especially since Iāve been producing only a year, but I did take a production class at a college, and got an A.
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Gotcha. Iāll keep this in mind. Iām using my Zoom Livetrak L12 and TX-6 for audio interfaces.
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I just reread your post, and you are right. It can help with gain staging issues.
Itās easy, just play your sound, or your instrument at its loudest, and see what it reads in your DAW. Get all of them between -18 and -12, by turning down the fader on the mixer. On the instrument, I usually keep them 80% volume, just so the noise floor is manageable. If it is still too hot, go lower.
Thatās really all there is to gain staging.
Hope I helped!
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Thank you!
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Raided my kidās stash in the piano bench. Pretty sure I wonāt use it but it is cool! (Iāve started an original DnB chiptune riff and drum line this afternoon)
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I hope you have time to post a quick tune from the Ocarina. I wold love to hear how it sounds.
EDIT. wait. Thatās for piano. I should get that book. Iām currently taking piano lessons.
Plus, I wonder what the Zelda themes sound like ran through a Prophet 6!
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Iām just gonna leave this here.
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