Shitty Synth Music!
So, after watching a bunch of PC demos online (I'm addicted to this site now), I've decided I want to actually try to make a demo myself. I'm going for a 64k demo, so everything needs to be compressed and procedurally generated, which is a lot harder, but more impressive if you understand the limitations.
For those of you unaware, the idea of demos is to show off programming/art skills, and in Europe they have big LAN parties where they project demos onto a big screen and compete against each other for the best demos. One of these days when I can afford to take a vacation I really want to go to a demoparty, but only if I have an actual demo to release at the party. The main thing that was preventing me from making a real demo is that I don't have much musical talent and making a sound synthesizer is totally beyond my abilities...or at least it was.
A few weeks ago I decided to see if I could get something simple up & running that might fit into a 64k demo, and here are the results.
First, here's what my theoretical competition would be. These are all 64 kilobyte demos. My synthesizer isn't even in the same ballpark:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Fd8lDaTfwk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s1lbk-gH7M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK3jEoBrx5w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH03IcqBwzo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK3jEoBrx5w
Now here are my crappy synth songs:
Dope by Complex
Original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R__IrgCireM#t=4m20s
Crappy synth version:
This is the first song I made, it sounds pretty incomplete at the moment. But it demonstrates the different types of instruments I can make.
Second Reality by Purple Motion
Original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G_aUxbbqWU#t=4m58s
Crappy synth version:
The Product by kb/Farbrausch (this one's arguably the best one):
Original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkEsP9H2HGM#t=5m00s
Crappy synth version:
The main thing that's horrible is that when new notes are played the old note just cuts off awkwardly, and I have no control over the note length yet. But it's a start!
For those of you unaware, the idea of demos is to show off programming/art skills, and in Europe they have big LAN parties where they project demos onto a big screen and compete against each other for the best demos. One of these days when I can afford to take a vacation I really want to go to a demoparty, but only if I have an actual demo to release at the party. The main thing that was preventing me from making a real demo is that I don't have much musical talent and making a sound synthesizer is totally beyond my abilities...or at least it was.
A few weeks ago I decided to see if I could get something simple up & running that might fit into a 64k demo, and here are the results.
First, here's what my theoretical competition would be. These are all 64 kilobyte demos. My synthesizer isn't even in the same ballpark:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Fd8lDaTfwk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s1lbk-gH7M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK3jEoBrx5w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH03IcqBwzo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK3jEoBrx5w
Now here are my crappy synth songs:
Dope by Complex
Original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R__IrgCireM#t=4m20s
Crappy synth version:
This is the first song I made, it sounds pretty incomplete at the moment. But it demonstrates the different types of instruments I can make.
Second Reality by Purple Motion
Original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G_aUxbbqWU#t=4m58s
Crappy synth version:
The Product by kb/Farbrausch (this one's arguably the best one):
Original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkEsP9H2HGM#t=5m00s
Crappy synth version:
The main thing that's horrible is that when new notes are played the old note just cuts off awkwardly, and I have no control over the note length yet. But it's a start!