Lavender Town: How Pokemon's CREEPIEST song was made

[@thofra0117]

Is there a way to download the project file??

[@DylanTallchief]

OMG I FORGOT AHAHAHA

[@DylanTallchief]

fixed: www.mediafire.com/file/uuhd44q2slux7ik/LavenderTown_DylanTallchiefRemake.zip

[@lovehellmusic]

@@DylanTallchief thank you dad

[@REHABBOJ]

@@DylanTallchief why do you sound like a 13 yo old girl in that comment

[@beforeitendsyt]

@@REHABBOJ xd

[@FishPlinko]

I can’t believe the gameboy used sytrus.

[@ihavepissinmybrain]

Lmao

[@JeiShian]

and edison too!

[@saltywaffleZ]

and fl studio 20

[@frankthetankmusic]

I'm thinkinb about a thousand better vst to demonstrate this, not considering the friggin super audio boy

[@TungstenViper]

Y E S

[@nitroanilinmusic]

Making game boy chiptune with Sytrus is kinda like killing a cockroach with TNT

[@griffingibson4389]

It dead as a bich doe

[@batjaidyn823]

Knowing cockroaches that thing is probably still alive

[@nitroanilinmusic]

​@@batjaidyn823 Nah man that would be a mosquito. You blow up a building with the mosquito inside and somehow misses

[@oskusirvio635]

You could nuke a cockroach and still fail to kill it

[@xehP]

IT JUST DOESN'T WORK HAHAHA

[@rubenlourenco6669]

I was studying but this is way more important

[@avelyra]

Education is important, but Pokémon chip tunes are importanter.

[@deadpaul6587]

@@avelyra importanter? Just stick to studying bud

[@benkockert982]

yee

[@geniousOG]

@@deadpaul6587 lol

[@lordzerra8268]

@@deadpaul6587 hahah lol

[@lillie1875]

Dylan has cursed his entire audience with one video

[@JornL]

We're all gonna commi suicide now

[@zxczvxzzv]

Yeah,we commi.

[@JornL]

@@zxczvxzzv goddamnit

[@zxczvxzzv]

@@JornL uf dah

[@rahilsahim1218]

Like to undo

[@Bakashi]

Alternate Title: How to use Sytrus THE RIGHT WAY

[@woahjuice.]

before the video I’ll tell you what it’s made of: *_the nightmares and tears of children_*

[@ayushmanthapa_onion]

Sounds tasty

[@yuuchi404]

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[@FenixBeatz94]

Missinho?

[@zxp3ct3r41]

That's dark

[@crqf2010ruler]

@@yuuchi404 Translate

[@omninuss6847]

The Arp also contains a tritone while descending to the last note, tritones almost always come of as eerie

[@eliagranchi1059]

so glad someone else saw it! the tritone was also called "the devil's interval", but i guess you knew it :)

[@joaocampanha3516]

I dont understand nothing what are u talking about

[@hickorymccay2994]

@@afgh1408 Black Sabbath used it a lot.

[@ujjwalmishra8962]

The devils chord i believe

[@Iwantapplez109]

@@eliagranchi1059 that's actually a myth, composers just took a description of the tritone in a book as literal

[@GabeBynoe]

Dylan is such a great producer...he's the type of person that would take such any music and explain and break it down in much greater detail giving it more a significant meaning than the original producer intended.

[@GabeBynoe]

@exodus K I don't. But Dylan is a well rounded producer who knows himself and is probably better than most producers he does these remakes of. If you analyze his videos where he remakes songs or tracks, he provides information and gives insight into different parts of a song that the original producer can't explain since it was most likely an arbitrary decision on their part.

[@SkymidMusic]

Yeah completely agreed

[@ermajko]

7:00 *phone ringing* hello?

[@alexvanzyl_official]

Finally, I found someone who thought the same as I did lmao

[@prodGGERARD]

@@alexvanzyl_official yeah xD

[@crystalgolemcolossus]

I am your butterfly

[@harcrof2887]

*seven days...*

[@portemanteau3802]

I keep watching the video but I can see about what moment you are talking of

[@rjmario2234]

you recreated this quite perfectly just to break it down for us.

[@equaius893]

now remake this into a happy song

[@mememan2428]

nice one

[@LogansDarling]

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[@blgdoesthings4122]

Thats already a thing in pokemon gold

[@chumcity]

GeoPlayer123 you would have to change the key which would ruin the originality

[@justinlag3646]

Pitch it up and speed it up.

[@crashniels]

Next video: *I made a trap remix of lavender town*

[@StefanCreates]

I was actually hoping the video turned into that :'D

[@MzHeather-904]

🤣

[@TupacMyLeader]

Actually $uicideboy$ used lavander town melody in their song Ugly which is in a way trap song

[@shu3684]

i actually make it as my first song ever: clyp.it/gx5dnpgq

[@lvnatic578]

listen to Ugly from suicideboys it's a "trap" song wirh the lavendia town sample

[@DerekMK]

The question that comes to mind after all this then, is how did those complex waveforms even get generated on a Gameboy with the sound chip choices you described?

[@nitroanilinmusic]

It's either the PCM, or there's some specific modulation going on in that channel.

[@snailymitch]

​@@nitroanilinmusic The DPCM channel cannot loop samples like that and modulation is non existent. The thing is that he only explained how the NES soundchip works, however the GameBoy soundchip differs from the NES one as it gets rid of the DPCM and triangle channel in favor of a wavetable channel which allows the composer to basically draw in a simple waveshape to use as a synth. There's a few other soundchip quirks he didn't explain or got wrong so I wouldn't fully take his word on how these soundchips work lol

[@cooperp.7238]

Mitchell dead Pokémon haunted the sound chip.

[@dekrain]

Here is the disassembly of lavender town theme: github.com/pret/pokered/blob/master/audio/music/lavender.asm It uses a command to specify the tones for channels. Here: github.com/pret/pokered/blob/master/audio/wave_instruments.asm#L6 is a line which notes the exclusive use of a waveform for lavender town and pokemon tower themes, so it is propably just a wavetable.

[@carloscontreraspal]

Luck must of all

[@BlugiYT]

You absolute madlad. What would we do without you, Dylan??

[@sakurahertz]

The piano version sounds surprisingly beautiful. Sad, but not necessarily creepy. The sound design really adds a lot to the creepiness.

[@fruitygranulizer540]

yeah. in essence its a sad song, but made creepy with a bunch of wonky sound design

[@yasu3d]

7:35 "Its the melodic representation of this picture. You look at this picture, its like *EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE*"

[@samuelbeltrami5647]

The piano version sounds beautiful

[@PegmodeChiptune]

Great video. FYI at 0:48, the Game Boy does not have a dedicated triangle or DCPM channel. You are confusing it with the NES's 2A03. The Game Boy actually uses a wavetable channel. t. GB programmer and Chiptune artist.

[@felixt.2407]

You really are the Fl studio god... These techniques are soo creative and helpful!

[@IamALeaf]

Fl studio gay

[@tsg_frank]

This is actually a great look into sound design

[@androo699]

“Uh oh, stinky”

[@OctoomyYTOfficial]

Oblitorix honestly I get nightmares of the Uh oh, stinky version.

[@bigboiinanut9967]

@@OctoomyYTOfficial me too. Well, not nightmares, just.. scares me

[@nolle]

Thanks for all the videos lately, really drowns out the noise of my parents fighting

[@cmdeckermusic]

I actually learned so much sound design from this.

[@meller7303]

I used to turn off the sound when I went to lavender town 😂

[@crqf2010ruler]

Look up Lavender Town Funk, you won't fear it anymore.

[@RetroPlus]

Lavender town is probably one of the best songs on the Gameboy, it's so incredibly creepy.

[@nsl_black8053]

Retro Plus the Original lavender town theme is even more creepy

[@crqf2010ruler]

@@nsl_black8053 not much tbh

[@crqf2010ruler]

There's a creepier song, Godzilla King of Monsters, Gidorah Theme

[@wyyth]

It's just a vibe how's it creepy

[@Sääftig]

Your fucking genius

[@parsleyak47]

You're a music genius, I Love u

[@chasingdaydreams2788]

No. We love YOU🍆

[@YanKoday]

I remember the sound from the first versions, my ears hurt :')

[@PaulSteenOriginal]

Dude this was SO educational. Thank you

[@gayliljaehyun]

this opened up a portal of repressed memories in my brain

[@Iam36ty5]

The piano version could be a Radiohead song

[@alekosthecrow]

6:54 how the landline starts acting when you don't answer

[@ThatGuyErazo]

This dude can literally recreate any video game soundtracks. Glad I subbed awhile ago.

[@whiterabbit6909]

Dropping straight knowledge in this video 😤😤 dope 🔥

[@cranque__7737]

This song used to give me the chills. Like staying up for 3 days straight being paranoid chills.

[@PlatinumEagleStudios]

6:43 made me think of the "brrr brrr hello moto" sound. In fact, I'm pretty sure that sound was made in Sytrus

[@desca733]

Big Seth Everman vibes from your sense of humor and video style. And so, you have a new subscriber.

[@LTRX_]

6:21 Time to eat ghosts

[@Elliott_Ives]

Your sound design was crazy spot on

[@kanyekubrick5391]

Dude awesome idea. Do more stuff like this !

[@Deft0wn]

Awesome work. Had to leave a like so I can sleep tonight.

[@kinzokumusic6250]

wow, using the techniques you shared with us, I managed to recreate the "original" fanmade edition of lavender town's theme! thanks man

[@baul997]

Every time the music starts after the dit dit dit part I get goosebumps

[@tempekrpk]

This is so cool! Please do more of these

[@lenny5023]

Good job dude, what a remake.

[@dvniel01]

Brah u deadass scared the shit out of me wit that noise u put in the beginning

[@dreaesposito4977]

6:53 thank you for teaching us how to make a telephone ring

[@twoscoops2]

Thanks. I love your videos on game music!!

[@ilililililil3776]

6:57 telephone lmao

[@FSXgta]

I was expecting a telephone picture to pop up :/

[@StevenCasteelYT]

You're a great teacher. Thanks for breaking it down.

[@mli3083]

This was a masterclass in sound design

[@EvilNeonETC]

7:35 This is all you neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed to know

[@djadj_]

C# doesn't feel natural, and it sounds accidental, I C what you did there

[@theoriginalcoolkid]

Bitch, the door.

[@elliottmunger5154]

Awesome use of Edison, Sytrus, and spectral view. Thanks.

[@nixel1324]

Yes, this looks like a good video to watch right before going to bed.

[@monkios4414]

Omg hes wearing a Daft Punk shirt 😳 I fucking love you Dylan

[@miztahrayeproductions2942]

You taught me something I didn't even know about FL Studio and I have been using it since its release. Off to Fruity Loops I go!!!

[@caneboi134]

Saw you at Melkweg in the line for Madeon sadly enough I couldn't find you later. VoeltSlechtMan. Nice video nonetheless!

[@DylanTallchief]

dope, hope u enjoyed the show :)

[@Benito264]

Dutch ?

[@youngmosh]

Really enjoyed how you explained it all!

[@punkmchappy2335]

Very informative, thank you for explaining everything you did instead of just “then I remade that sound”. 🧖‍♂️

[@diacosiapentacontahex]

Dear lord, that explains so much! And now I even know how to recreate it! Tried it a while back but failed miserably due to using a gameboy soundfont and just being generally inexperienced at the time lol Great video! I learned a lot from it!

[@manuelcheeser8935]

Dude after seeing this I have to make some pokemon piano beats, sounds so nostalgic and just straight up cool.

[@Ben-cg8qk]

really cool video glad i came across this

[@zzzzander]

This is some of the best narrated DAW theory I've ever seen.

[@LadyMeroko]

This is so interesting, thank you. 🥺

[@EmilsonLacht]

But did you also include the ghost in the spectogram??!?!?!??!

[@dxmon1226]

This Gengar Type Beat is on spot bro 👀

[@snailymitch]

Some small detail corrections about your explanation of the soundchips since I'm a fuckin nerd lol -0:30, if you look at a lot of other songs from older soundchips you will also notice that many of them have a weird very specific tempo, this is really just due to the music being played back at the framerate the game plays at. At each frame the game gets instructions on what frequency needs to be being played, at what volume, etc. this is why if a game lags the music slows down as a result. Anyways, framerates and beats per minute are just different ways of denoting time and when you convey chiptune tracks in the standard more musical form (rather then the technical one a chiptune track is stuck to) you can get these very specific tempos with lots of decimals. -1:02, this is not correct, the DPCM and the triangle channel on the NES 2a03 soundchip are seperate and can both be used at the same time, if you listen to the SMB3 soundtrack you can hear both the triangle (bassline) and the DPCM (percussion, both the noise and DPCM channel are used for it to give it a bit more punch) being used at the same time. -Something to note about this however is that the DPCM channel does decrease the volume of both the noise and triangle channels, so composers had to keep this reduced volume in mind in case they wanted to use DPCM. Also a last fun fact about the DPCM channel is that these samples, despite being insanely bitcrushed, still took up a sizable portion of the rom which is why they're not seen that much especially early on, however developers like sunsoft did think it was worth it and even used the DPCM channel to load up bass samples which gives their soundtracks a very recognizable sound. -3:10, the main distinction between the GameBoy soundchip and the NES is that the GameBoy soundchip does not have a DPCM or triangle channel, and instead makes use of a simple wavetable synth, this wavetable synth has 32 steps and at each step you have 16 values to choose from, bit vague but basically all you need to know is that you can draw in very short and rudimentary waveforms with it. Hope this might be interesting for anyone

[@ORACLEBALL]

Lavender Town was made with FL 20 engine running on a Gameboy Color... truly creepy

[@Andres33AU]

I loved this musical analysis, it was very informative and very fun to watch! I didn't have the Gameboy growing up, so I didn't play Pokemon; I listened to Lavender Town for the first time as a grown man, and it still creeped me out, haha. They did a great job with the music.

[@ThatKidTony]

That weird vibrato sound always makes me think of those Halloween decorations that dance and play spooky music. They always use that exact sound.

[@toxinbrewer9126]

6:43 Hello?

[@giorgos9557]

I clicked the description and shat my pants

[@匚尺卄]

i dont watch this channel but oddly when i was at work the other day Lavender Town start playing in my head.

[@Nomisuryoutube]

Amazing video one again ! :)

[@Captyr_____]

I was sold after hearing Dylan's K-pop song. And being someone who uses the game boy for music, I really appreciate the effort and attention to detail.

[@x3ll3nmusic]

For the guys who are too lazy to sound design, there's a nice plugin called Magical 8bit plugin, it's free !

[@onelgalagedara4472]

ツX3LL3N also there’s tbh peach with all the presets for free I think haha

[@sparklygames71]

@Phonk Vibes grammar

[@beforeitendsyt]

@Phonk Vibes english

[@amazigh8087]

@Phonk Vibes grammar nazi

[@ssiillvveerr11]

i love the showcase of ryuichi sakamoto's async in this video !!

[@Ersciimusic]

Dylan you are goddamn underrated

[@Tenacious_xd]

Ok Mr tallman chief, tell me, can you do a video on how to sound like Nosia? i honestly believe you cant replicate their rather unique sound, please prove me wrong! :)

[@cosmicclone123]

This is really cool, however there are several inaccuracies, mainly with the intro pulse. I think you'd be better off using FamiTracker or something similar for full accuracy.

[@LimeFoot]

Amazing Tutorial

[@LeCVSUVL]

Can we have a video where you do a track in the same style of Ryuichi Sakamoto? Especially from the Async album😊

[@Asdayasman]

You and Retro Game Mechanics Explained should for sure have teamed up on this. He figures out the parameters used to drive the chip, and you recreate them in the DAW.

[@TimBurtonTim]

If you want to learn FL Studio at the same time as music theory, and at the same time you want to eventually master Sytrus, this is a good video to watch. It would have been nice to have for me back in the day. Bravo. A little of everything.

[@glasxstar]

kinda wanna remix lavender town song now

[@moyeajinomisanghan8160]

Dylan a legend I Stan

[@MatthewRichardson1]

Even at 33 years old the Lavender town theme still gives me the creeps.

[@daetheknight.]

Did you already do one of these for the song of unhealing from the legend of Zelda Majora's mask? I always felt like that song had a similar vibe to this one

[@ar_snl]

i learned a ton in 20 secinds. Plus i have a chipshop pack and wondered how the waveforms look the way they do.

[@SystemGlitch]

that description spooked me

[@ayushmanthapa_onion]

i cant wait for pokemon go 2

[@bloodfrostgaming9204]

I don't know how the publishers even let this pass.

[@linkedwinters]

out of every song, you remake the same song as me on the same day. weiiiiiird

[@Nomisuryoutube]

Amazing video

[@nightzzmixx]

You should do more of these

[@tipsytomato8933]

This brings back bad memories

[@Firedemon72]

thanks gonna abuse the hell out of that sytrus tip

[@vovagusse]

Virtual Riot - "The Recall" tutorial please

[@tdwl2802]

HYPERSPEED Didn’t he do one himself explaining the main sound?

[@vovagusse]

@@tdwl2802 yes, but not the whole track, I mean the lower bass is pretty cool but I have no idea how to replicate one...

[@tdwl2802]

HYPERSPEED Yeah, I’d like to get hold of that bass as well tbh