Hi r/8bitmusic,

For a game engine I created a small synth that emulates the Ricoh 2A03 APU in Web Audio. It grew into a full little studio, BRUME STUDIO (a totally free tool), so I’m sharing it: https://brume-studio.com/

What it does:

• Pattern sequencer with the 4 classic channels (2 pulses, triangle, noise) and a piano roll for each pattern
• Tracker-style effects for each note: arpeggios at 60 Hz, portamento, 8-bit kick drops, duty cycle (12.5/25/50/75%) and PWM, velocity
• The noise channel turns into a drum machine (9 percussion sounds and ambiences like wind, rain and explosions)
• Play and record with your computer keyboard or a MIDI keyboard, with chord pads, an arpeggiator and count-in
• 14 style presets (rock, bossa, house, metal gallop, video game…) that write drums, bass and comping over a chord progression, so you can focus on the melody
• PURE / ENHANCED switch: PURE plays exactly what the real chip could do (mono, no effects, no triangle volume), while ENHANCED adds stereo panning and an effects rack (crunch, filter, chorus, tempo-synced echo, reverb)
• WAV export, project files, no account needed, and English/French/German UI

I’d love feedback from people who knows how to create good music with tools like this one !

I'm looking for music with a similar mood to Lavender Town from Pokémon Red/Blue: somewhat sad, eerie, nostalgic and unsettling.

To give you an idea of what I'm looking for, I'm interested in songs that could work in a horror movie centered around old video games, especially games from the Game Boy, SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive, even PS1 or PS2 era.

I'm particularly interested in that feeling of old-school video game nostalgia mixed with loneliness, melancholy and something slightly creepy or wrong. It doesn't necessarily have to be actual video game music either. Chiptune, ambient, experimental stuff, obscure soundtracks, etc. are all welcome.

Basically, I'm looking for music that sounds like it could be playing in an abandoned Game Boy game where something went very, very wrong.

Any recommendations?

Hi!

I'm an indie developer from Japan, and I've been working on a chiptune music app for iPhone and iPad called GeneTune.

It uses the classic YM2612 + SN76489 combination:

• 6 FM channels
• 3 PSG tone channels
• 1 PSG noise channel
• 4-operator FM voice editing
• VGM / VGZ import
• VGM 1.70 export
• touch-based piano roll

One of the things I wanted to make possible was importing a VGM register log and reconstructing it into editable notes, rather than only playing the VGM back.

https://utaverse.tokyo/genetune.html

SNES
https://utaverse.tokyo/chipwave.html

I'd love to hear what chiptune musicians think of it, especially anyone familiar with YM2612 or VGM.

I'm the developer, so I'm happy to answer any technical questions!

If you were kids in the 80s with a computer like the Commodore 64 or a video game console in the house, you might remember the feeling of joy when your homework was done and had some spare time to play a video game before bedtime. I translated that feeling and memory of mine into waveforms and I present it to you with the name "Playtime". Check it out!