Fast City

I now have an album out :D It's called Motorway , and can be downloaded here:
ubiktune.com/re...
As for this song, this is track 6 from the album. The song itself was inspired by a trip to New York city, hence the title "Fast City." Artwork at the end was made by Jordan Chewing, who's portfolio can be viewed here : djvenom.deviant...
Unfortunately, my laptop for some reason didn't want to record sound, so I had to place the actual song over the top of the recorded video. So, not the most authentic of playbacks, but hopefully it shall suffice.
Enjoy! :)

[@actuallyusingmyrealnameher5061]

Is it just me who has noticed he picked the channels at the start of the tune to look like high rise tower blocks?

[@cardboardbox_tech]

The entire tune resembles a city full of high rises

[@MrFib]

Necessary for the reverb/delay effect to happen in trackers

[@parakeetskeet]

First heard this walking between classes on my first day of college. What a good way to remember :)

[@chemicalx9710]

Still listening to this regularly after all these years. Try as I might, I struggle to understand most of your music on even the most basic technical level, but it sure does sound amazing. You're definitely one of a kind, in an awesome way. Thanks for sharing your tunes with the world!

[@runo4155]

I mean you got your drums and your melody with backup melody, but *h o w d o e s h e p u t i t a l l t o g e t h e r*

[@AutieMedia]

Ironically I like listening to this at 1.25x speed... this is a masterpiece, to say the least! Kind of sad I didn't find it sooner though

[@joeymeyer6956]

Austin S. - Autie 1.25x speed is phenomenal omg

[@dliciouscrabmeat6355]

a little garbled because KZbin bad at stretching audio, but i agree, the tempo is more fitting.

[@residenteye6818]

Now it’s a fast city

[@moicpoyo]

lmao it rly sound good

[@plaaaant]

My god that slaps

[@CoyotePark]

Man... this is chiptune heaven.. absolutely amazing.

[@rizlmilk]

Found Surfing on a Sine Wave a while ago on 8bc. I love it so I bought your album and downloaded all the songs on your site. Can't wait to listen to them.

[@Landonherobrineyt]

This is a realy cool song i like how it has 2 songs in one and this is how i found your channel

[@elmaor129]

This beauty... I can’t take this! This... so much glory! Ugh! I can’t help but love this!

[@samuellillge9319]

For something called fast city, the song's tempo is pretty slow in comparison to his other songs. Not trashing the song, just pointing that out.

[@rockstarbonett886]

Why am I only finding out about this person now??? I have a bunch of songs to groove to now!

[@xavitheyt]

One of the best pieces from fod legit this man is a musical genius

[@MoctorDac]

been almost a decade and I keep coming back to this song, good stuff mate :^)

[@hydelun92]

This track and Funknitium-99 are bigger than B-17 carpet bombings. Top notch composer!

[@kilianhekhuis]

One of the tunes I keep revisiting. Brilliant!

[@nyume815]

I just want to say, ever since I found out about you by a friend and specially Motorway, it has become and still is my favorite album of all time :) Thank you for creating such masterpiece

[@kanyelover644]

Idk why but I get a Streets of Rage vibe from this. Great stuff!

[@Lakatu]

So excited to have more of your work! Keep up the amazing tunes!

[@keijaygib]

I love that change to 7/8 at 3:35

[@username4471]

2 high IQ 4 me

[@username4471]

I have a question. How did you figure out the lower numeral (*x* in -/*x*) of the time signature when this is a tracker module, and not sheet music? Are quarter/half/whatever notes even a thing in tracker music? And how does one accurately find the top numeral?

[@keijaygib]

@@username4471 I got the time signature just by listening, I don't know much about how it would work in the program. Musically to me, the previous time signature felt like 6/4, so at the switch it felt like it was more subdivided into eighth notes like "12 12 123" or even like 4/4 minus an eighth note like "1 2 3 (1/2)4". As far as the tracker is concerned, I assume it works just with the top numeral (ie: 7) and a tempo, so if you went from 6/4 to 7/8, it would be like 6 with a tempo of 170 to 7 with a tempo of 340. Then again I'm really not sure. Sorry if this is all just nonsense, haha

[@Graedius]

An album, of your music!? Fucking, right there, right now, oh goodness.

[@arsonburgertv]

That city is pretty fast

[@chamberkingston7609]

There is one person here who doesn't know what REAL music should be.

[@trupotato]

Hasn't changed in an entire year.

[@rekhyl]

@@trupotato 2 now :(

[@Cheesecannon25]

I start to wonder if they dislike it for the attention 🤔

[@funnyguy6110]

@valcaron if you have a problem with nerds, your ether a cliche high school jock, or an asshole...

[@reygenne1]

Wtf!! it's 12 now...

[@b0w5er]

Well, it's working now, and I bought the album! Keep it up!

[@TerrorLTZ]

the perfect song when traveling, Walking in the city or doing homework

[@f2play3r]

A city theme from a Rpg game (like earthbound)

[@ehm182_9]

earthbound beginnings music on steroids

[@ALTracer]

Hits different now that WELCOME TO THE CITY by Toby Fox is out

[@f2play3r]

@@ALTracer jeez i didn't even remember this comment existed anymore

[@DJMankiewicz]

I remember when Rolling Down the Street was released on 8BC... at least, I think it was released back there...! Anyways, just want to echo the sentiment expressed here- top of the line work!

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

high pitched noise at the end

[@shaunm6383]

Does anybody know what music program this is?

[@sniffyflakes8953]

Oh, a bit late of a response but it is Openmpt!

[@akvt0107]

Can I download Module File?

[@tonic3898]

OMG.

[@aljazyalq7174]

1.25x=best sonic zone fast city zone act1

[@b0w5er]

um, I can't watch the video. Is it just me? I just see a blank screen.

[@frannielmartinez]

Fast and Famous - Sweet Hollywood (Act 1) - Kirby Discovery

[@alreadynestedhumanwine]

The one person who came from The Wacky Spires:

[@LouigiVerona]

why so slow :D

[@desertpunk2216]

I thought this 8bit music was for tmnt game lol

[@uosasd2]

I have been a huge fan of your music ever since I found your channel here on KZbin. I bought this album, and let me tell you, it's nothing short of amazing. You are an extremely talented composer, and your style is truly unique. PLEASE don't ever stop writing music!

[@Rescuro]

still listening to him?

[@thacuber2a03]

@@Rescuro looks like it

[@FoDSteve]

This is OpenMPT; a multiformat tracker for PC :)

[@BookooZenny]

Fearofdark What I'm wondering is how you create your instruments for openmpt projects. Care to share? :)

[@runo4155]

Dinosaur Hunter apparently not lol

[@SnailDOS]

@@runo4155 lmao

[@malikpotts1246]

@@BookooZenny He uses famitracker. I think you already know this but just in case if you didnt know

[@JohnJohnson-yi6jg]

@@malikpotts1246 So he makes the instruments in famitracker and imports them to OpenMPT?

[@SpongeMagic]

For a second I thought this was an 0cc FamiTracker module and I was liks "Oh my God, he has every add on enabled" but it's not. Either way, I really like it, it's super polished and well done.

[@TheMixedupstuff]

It's OpenMPT if you are wondering.

[@turpenstein411]

What software is this? Bought your album, love your music brother!

[@traztom4082]

It's OpenMPT if you, y'know, were still wondering after 7 years

[@thacuber2a03]

@@traztom4082 yeah maybe he was still wondering, who knows

[@BarbedFire]

I like how I was just listening to this, chilling out and enjoying the prog rock elements and the jazzy elements and the everything elements, and then 4:14 made me sit up and think "This reminds me of the Metropolis music from Spyro 2". It's funny what things you get reminded of by other music.

[@jaysefgames1155]

Surfing on a sine wave straight to fast city

[@SnailDOS]

OK wtf is this 1. It sounds cool 2. It's just random. 3. It's old I like it.

[@Krelez]

This is so awesome, man! I've bought your album as soon as I saw the link. Don't stop making music like this.

[@username4471]

Fancy time signature change at 2:08 Too high IQ stuff is happening at 3:16 And some more fancy high IQ stuff at 3:35

[@n0dltr0n]

congratulations on your album release!

[@wadoodleyt4132]

i made it 1k

[@plrusek]

beautiful.

[@bigblackbadger1]

I am more used to seeing piano rolls. How does this other kind of software work?

[@njsynthesis]

The kind of program this is called is a "tracker". Reading what is going is is actually quite simple. -The highlighted row is where the song is currently. Think of this as like reading lines in a poem in that to access more information, you must advance the position of where you are focusing. -Each column is a different voice the program is producing. When there are more than two producing sound, there is polyphony -Each song created using a tracker is divided into segments called "patterns". Areas of the video marked blue are patterns either not yet played or already played. -Each cell has a command format like this: Where each note is represented by its tone (A-G) and whether or not it is a semitone sharper (there are no flats the arranger can input), each instrument roughly corresponds to an audio sample saved within the file, its volume is in range 0-64 inclusive, and its effect represented by three hexadecimal (base-16) numbers. Some cells are empty. These cells simply continue the command which the last filled cell executed. Some cells only have an effect. These cells modulate the current sound being produced by channel it is located within. You can download this program here: openmpt.org/ . It's completely free, both as in free beer and as in freedom.

[@bigblackbadger1]

@@njsynthesis Thanks, people usually ignore my comments, nice that you didnt

[@OmNomNoms]

omg, this album yes!

[@MrLazenby007]

So dope

[@scottjacko87]

This is fantastic stuff. I have purchased the album and have told all my mates to go out and purchase it for themselves too! including the mob on #gba :D

[@themnotyou]

even more phenomenal now listening to this years later, like a fine wine, top level FoD track

[@CircuitBird]

Oh, wow! This is incredible!

[@phobos2k2]

Subscribed and albums purchased! Cheers!