Members Sic666 Posted November 29, 2012 Members Share Posted November 29, 2012 Well the title says everything and yes I checked the stickies but all the threads are 2-3 years old. What I want is mostly 8 bit and 16 bit video game sounds and that I can patch the synth with my computer. My budget is $200 I know I won't get the best but at least I want something that I could use until I get a better one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chevybusa Posted November 29, 2012 Members Share Posted November 29, 2012 Plogue Chipsounds would be perfect for you, as would reFX quadraSID from what I hear but do you have a DAW or do you need a stand alone hardware synth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chevybusa Posted November 29, 2012 Members Share Posted November 29, 2012 Actually, TBH, it's really not that hard to get the 8 bit VG sounds you're looking for our of mot synhts, most of them are just straight up square, sine and triangle waves..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members liliththekitten Posted November 30, 2012 Members Share Posted November 30, 2012 +1 Plogue chipsounds Also all the tweakbench Nintendo VSTs, ProtoPSG (for Colecovision, Sega Master System etc.) and VOPM (Sega MegaDrive/Genesis) ...these are all cheap as free. Plus a decimator effect. QuadraSID too. If you want a synth with keys and hands-on control you could sample these into a Korg MicroSampler or a Casio XW-G1 or even a SK-5 (though the SK-5 only holds 4 samples). Some Casio keyboards have very Atari POKEY sounds on them, particularly in the drum kits. Yamaha 4-op FM keyboards will get you the Sega Genesis sound like VOPM. 4-op FM was also used in arcade games like OutRun. Yamaha models are DX100, 21, 27, 11 and some I prob missed, also the Korg DS-1 and 707 keyboards. 2-op was used in older ones like Bubble Bobble and is available on some old Yamaha PSR keyboards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DJ RAZZ Posted November 30, 2012 Members Share Posted November 30, 2012 The korg Monotribe is good and very easy to obtain new or used. It can modded with midi as well mix it with a mono delay and look out.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bruto Posted November 30, 2012 Members Share Posted November 30, 2012 You can also get those sounds with an old 386 / 486 computer with an old soundcard without wavetables. That's what composers like TreeWave have been doing (although I think he uses an Akai S900 sampler for polyphony.) Treewave Treewave, May Banners http://www.qotile.net/audio/may_bann..._tree_wave.mp3 ... such a beautiful song IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members plaid_emu Posted November 30, 2012 Members Share Posted November 30, 2012 For any Reaktor owners, I found this nifty NES synth ensemble the other day. Very cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bruto Posted November 30, 2012 Members Share Posted November 30, 2012 Originally Posted by plaid_emu For any Reaktor owners, I found this nifty NES synth ensemble the other day. Very cool. That's pretty cool. Reactor has some pretty wicked add on modules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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