There are people out there who use gameboys to make music :o I was watching something on TV about it, this bloke connected his gameboy to this digital box with loads of nobs and made these odd sounds.
Here are some songs made with Gameboys:
http://www.gameboymu...-steyrhouse.mp3
http://www.gameboymu...baum-choral.mp3
http://www.opaquecha...ttacks_town.mp3
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Posted 20 February 2005 - 9:44 PM
Back in the old days game music was made with the hardware on the machine. Later on they started using samples found on the carts to get a better variety of sounds. For the Genesis and Super NES they actually made programs to rip the samples off of the ROM files when videogame emulation got big. You basically convert your cartridges to a ROM file that you store on your PC and use a program to rip out the sounds. There are a lot of sites out there that have already done the conversion themselves and are hosting those ROM files. However, ROM files are a legal gray area. I know that Nintendo has shut a lot of those sites down.
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Posted 21 February 2005 - 12:34 AM
chemd'up Escribi�:
i have a cd of a band that make their music entirely on comodore 64's!
must dig the cd out....
Now this I have to hear. If you don't want to share, at least tell us who it's by!
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Posted 21 February 2005 - 2:05 AM
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Much of my production uses old atari/sega/nintendo/etc sample. Have a couple that are 100% gameboy. The cartrage used for sequencing in a gameboy is around 700 dollars 8O Not cheap but would definately be worth it.
Much of my production uses old atari/sega/nintendo/etc sample. Have a couple that are 100% gameboy. The cartrage used for sequencing in a gameboy is around 700 dollars 8O Not cheap but would definately be worth it.
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Posted 21 February 2005 - 3:59 AM
It appears that some of the links to that gameboymusicclub page actually have links to free Gameboy programs. Probably have to use use emulation to pull it off. How exactly do you create your own cartridge anyway?
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Posted 21 February 2005 - 7:58 AM
If this interests you guys, you should check out circuit bending.
http://www.google.co...circuit+bending
It involves going into old casios, say it!, those spelling things, and re wiring the ciruits to make all these wierd sounds. it's pretty cool
http://www.google.co...circuit+bending
It involves going into old casios, say it!, those spelling things, and re wiring the ciruits to make all these wierd sounds. it's pretty cool
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Posted 21 February 2005 - 10:09 AM
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I'll probably get a few people pointing and laughing here, but anyone remember 'Castle of Illusion' for the Mega Drive? The music was better than the game itself!
Sonic had some quality sounds and funky music.
I'll probably get a few people pointing and laughing here, but anyone remember 'Castle of Illusion' for the Mega Drive? The music was better than the game itself!