The 1-Bit Forum — Difficult For Weirdos - New Tune

Re: Difficult For Weirdos - New Tune

null@example.com (AtariTufty) — Sat, 02 Jan 2016 23:46:51 +0000

Haha

Thanks utz

Re: Difficult For Weirdos - New Tune

null@example.com (utz) — Fri, 01 Jan 2016 14:46:34 +0000

Neat! Totally not a Robbie Williams fan, but you managed to make even this music sound pleasant to my ears

Re: Difficult For Weirdos - New Tune

null@example.com (AtariTufty) — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 15:07:29 +0000

Cheers Garvalf. Yes maybe a bit Daft Punk sounding too. I like making covers but I'm really trying to compose some original Beeper tracks atm.

The sound was actually just from the .wav export option on Beepola. I put it though the usual EQ and Bass settings I always use on Open MTP. When I get around to recording it from my 48K Speccy I expect the output to have a bit more bass.

Re: Difficult For Weirdos - New Tune

null@example.com (garvalf) — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 10:54:02 +0000

The bass reminds me much of your previous works, but there are some new things in this one, quite a Daft Punk feeling in fact. It's often a good thing to make covers because it helps to have a new view on how to compose a song (how it's structured and how melodies are made). I should do this more often.
The sound is good, which emulator are you using? (I guess there are some postprocessing as well)

Re: Difficult For Weirdos - New Tune

null@example.com (AtariTufty) — Wed, 30 Dec 2015 00:05:25 +0000

Cheers Garvalf

I wasn't sure if people would have heard the original as I don't think Robbie is very well known outside the UK.

I made this version over 12 months ago and have been using some of the Beepola techniques I learnt (pitch slides / synth FX) in some of my own Qchan tunes since.

Thanks a lot for your comments

Re: Difficult For Weirdos - New Tune

null@example.com (garvalf) — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 23:13:08 +0000

it sounds very good. I didn't know Robbie Williams before to be honest. I'm sure you can grab some tricks from this cover for your own music I guess. Well done.

Difficult For Weirdos - New Tune

null@example.com (AtariTufty) — Thu, 24 Dec 2015 18:50:09 +0000

Happy Christmas Everyone.

Here is a version of the Robbie Williams synth-pop track taken down to 1-bit.

As usual I've used the Qchan sound engine and Beepola, I'm still not totally happy with the drums so may continue to work on it a little and I also haven't had time to record it from real hardware yet.

The original has quite a heavy chiptune feel to it so I thought it was fun to make a Speccy version.

Here is the link:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/112 … liams).mp3

I hope you like it