FamiTracker - Cybernoid (C64)

[@41-Haiku]

That bassline. Chef's kiss.

[@Skelpolu]

"I attempted to make a Famicom sound more like a C64." Ya serious? Sounds like you do such tracks for years. Nicely done, I'm stunned. :o

[@shaantitus]

Great work! Thanks for honoring one of the best tracks in gaming history in such a great way.

[@windwalkerrangerdm]

This music is so awesome man, I had a c64 when I was a kid and I played it alot. How come I never had this game?

[@andyukmonkey]

+Arconath Resonath There were a ridiculous amount of games made for the C64. Something like 15,000. It's easy to have let one slip you by lol

[@efiks1994]

AWESOME! Brings back some great memories while playing this game :) Thank you!

[@madbit76]

Totally nailed it, congrats man!

[@HoffayStudios35]

My god the amount of pitch bending is unreal. One day I'll compose something like this, when I finally master all the things.

[@AozoraOrigami]

i did a cover of cybernoid 2! haha i love this man it sounds fantastic!

[@NancyZurdo-v2e]

Esto es impresionante

[@vuurniacsquarewave5091]

This was really good, especially since it's done with the VRC6... Now with the N163 this could sound even more accurate with better PWM resolution!

[@NecrophageonIII]

+za909returns I totally agree, but it wouldn't be as fun or challenging IMO.

[@ashkirby8896]

Yeah, using the VRC6 and Namco 163 are the best way to make perfectly accurate Commodore 64 covers.

[@Richard.Linder]

Wow. You nailed it! This is one of my favorite chiptunes. So many people cover it... and so many people get it wrong. I cringe with ther incorrect notes etc. But yours is just perfect! Did you really do this whole track manually "by ear"?

[@NecrophageonIII]

To say that it was done "manually by ear" would only be a half-truth; I used a SID player to isolate the three channels, but each of those channels were transcribed by ear, yes.

[@Richard.Linder]

+NecrophageonIII Ah. still very impressive. I have heard many versions of this, and to my ear, yours is perfect. The notes, the sounds, the timing... from start to finish, it all just sounds right.

[@NecrophageonIII]

I hear you man, I have the same cringey reaction to sour notes and bad timing. XD I guess what I mean is, thank you. :)

[@groovingood]

Faithful to original

[@PedroPlanas777]

Jeroen Tel did a good work here, really. Nice arrangement!

[@noctania]

Great!

[@LeonStephan]

Hi! I'm trying to learn to making music in this style and I'd like to know if I can use the instruments in your .ftm please. I also don't know how to properly use the Arp Envelope, Arp Phase Lead, Echo and Curve instruments.

[@NecrophageonIII]

That's a lot to unpack in a single comment but I'll give it a go: The Arp Envelope instrument is just a volume envelope that tapers off - the actual arpeggio effect comes from FamiTracker's 0xy effect (x and y being distance in semitones from the note you are using). Check the effect column in patterns where this instrument is used and you'll see what I mean. The Arp Phase instruments are all just one-shot instruments made to simulate the pulse-width modulation effect in the intro and are never used again after that. The only difference between them is the pulse-width envelopes they use. They were made to be used in specific sequence, so I numbered them to keep them in order. These are also used with the 0xy effect in this track. The lead instrument is just a giant sequence of pulse-width changes that honestly sounds like total trash without some other stuff in the mix to hide it. :P It has about 3 1/4 seconds worth of instructions for arbitrary reasons I can't recall anymore, but it can be made to loop the effect just fine. The Echo instrument is meant to follow behind the Lead instrument - you just mirror the Lead instrument with Echo and drop it down a row or two at a lower volume to simulate the echo effect. It's a pretty common practice in chiptune - the only reason this echo has it's own instrument is because I wanted the volume envelope to end at 15; when you combine volume envelopes with changes in the volume column things get a bit complicated and you have to look up a volume table to find out where you're going to land. Curve is made to emulate a specific instrument in a small section of this song and I'm not sure if there's a "correct" way to use it outside the context of this track, though I guess you could really say that about all of these lol. :P Anyway I'm not sure if any of that really helped or just made things more confusing... I do that sometimes. Also yes, it's fine to use any of these instruments for whatever you like. Sorry for the late reply!

[@Korgi_Polymer]

I knew that it was possible that with the vrc6 the next can almost match a sid, my a temp wasn't to good...

[@YuzoTibi]

So you can do pulse wave modulation on Famitracker? Good one!

[@GRaVITY2DX]

GOOD SHIT HERE!!!

[@jackcimino8822]

Sometimes I heard the last part of Cybernoid in G# minor. Many other times, I hear it in A minor.

[@Nico93]

could you do a cover of the game gianna sister's in the sid version?.

[@RicardoQueiros666]

666 subscribers for u sir!

[@plrusek]

wow, this is sooo C64.