Shiru's 1-Bit Music 2010 Compilation

[@keklord4128]

Why am i feeling nostalgia for something that i just discovered moments ago? The composer is a true goddamn artist. Pure unfiltered SWAG!

[@Atmatan]

I hear birds chirping in the back of butterfly catcher. Heckin wild

[@boogitybboo]

This is a certified hood classic

[@MichaelPuterbaugh]

1-bit impulse waves on headphones do an ASMR thing to my brain

[@cheeseburgerinvr]

Yall if you put the speaker in your mouth (not fully) then you can speak using the music

[@user-03-gsa3]

Such a unique sound, sounds harsh yet melodic. thank you for creating these songs sir.

[@shiru8bit]

Thanks! Exactly my thoughts on this kind of sound, it weirdly lo fi, harsh, but kinda pleasant to the ear. I think that's the harmonics, they resemble the overdriven guitar.

[@Trap-Girl]

Disposal Orbit may be the best 1bit piece I will ever hear in my life. Amazing work, you create nostalgia for games that didnt exist to begin with!

[@GoGris2007]

It sounds good my ears hurt a lot listening to it

[@shiru8bit]

You just wait a bit till the next one. It'll shave your ears 😁

[@el.blanco552]

Wow this was way better than expected, amazing

[@kilianhekhuis]

Really cool. Wouldn't have thought this was possible.

[@witheredluna2319]

I turned the volume loud as hecc and then the audio actually started

[@neocortexlab]

Very Cewl ))) it would be astonishing if we could hear it in late 80s or early 90s )))

[@KarolOfGutovo]

While it's 1 bit, I think the sampling rate must be so high for this to work out that computers back then would have trouble playing this.

[@neocortexlab]

@@KarolOfGutovo Zilog Z80 did it as text says -- this music composed in 2010 on real hardware

[@KarolOfGutovo]

@@neocortexlab ohhh, that's cool. I didn't read the description honestly 😅

[@capriomrowkicz1751]

4:30 ITS REALLY GOOD :D

[@noanime5762]

Fase Tres kicks ass.

[@capriomrowkicz1751]

11:50 When ufo lend on earth

[@swinki33]

Tim Follin's apprentice ::D Good job!!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[@misterkuda704]

Everyone gangsta until someone ports Attack of the PETSCII Robots on the Z80

[@Nbrother1607]

There is

[@malygos1898]

Отличные композиции. Особенно понравился Restless Fighter.

[@carlelliston3365]

I agree with you!

[@mr_vit8512]

+

[@shadoninja]

This is insane. Well done

[@Flesh_Is_Tasty]

This is awesome, bro, i really enjoy your music

[@kooldudeno-lastname]

This music is insane!

[@Ribula1]

How many channels are these? This can't be less than 4 right?

[@shiru8bit]

All of these are 2 channel. 2 and a half perhaps, the half references to the drum sounds that interrupt the two main channels at times. But in general, there is never more than two different sounds/tones playing at once.

[@JasperTedVidalTale]

Please make more ibm pc speaker songs

[@KM-hv1jg]

Holy smoke! How’d you do this? It’s really good!

[@shiru8bit]

Thanks! Most of this has been composed using Beepola, a dedicated sound editor: freestuff.grok.co.uk/beepola/

[@EchoFaustMusic]

Back in the 80s, this kind of stuff was created by using buffers while coding the music, creating a very very very rudimentary sort of pcm by turning on and off the speaker incredibly quickly (its one bit, so that's all it can do, really.) if I recall correctly, it's pitch is limited by processor speed, and the more "channels" added, the pitch fluctuates.

[@capriomrowkicz1751]

7:31 Butterfly Cather

[@m3rc3b0ss8]

Thank yoouuuuuu! 😍😍😍😍😍

[@ImperishableRetroZenith_1507]

Actually very good

[@trumpet_boooi]

If I could I would like this video once for every song here.

[@Lyonsytron]

Always quality Shiru

[@Binglesquirk]

64 bits, 32 bits...

[@diaIga]

16 bits, 8 bits...

[@fobacore2460]

4 BITS,2 BITS!!!!!!!!!

[@diaIga]

@@fobacore2460 HALF BIT, QUARTER BIT!!!!!

[@Binglesquirk]

THE WRIST GAMEEEEEEEE!!!!!1!1!!1!!

[@brorianszk]

Nice reference.

[@Flo_Resolution]

8:44 Prime Mover Intro

[@KittyKow]

This is pretty wizard

[@Yolwoocle]

I'm your 1000th subscriber! Your music is really awesome, especially only using 1 bit :)

[@shiru8bit]

Thanks!

[@ianhemingway9165]

Why you toxic

[@boiii3productions945]

It sounds better than 8 bit for some reason

[@yt-dman]

i want more of this music

[@danielt2k8]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqPHd4SmgbmKZs0

[@exedeath]

Check mister bleep

[@EndreBarathArt]

wow

[@domokun64]

lit

[@domokun64]

that what it sounds like

[@yoursleepparalysisdemon1828]

1.99k subs... is this really 1 bit music?

[@shiru8bit]

Yeah, should be more like 01010 subs.

[@thescooshinator]

These songs are really good. How long does it take you to make a 1-bit song, on average?

[@shiru8bit]

Thanks! Something between a day and a week.

[@boris118]

I’m playing the music with the tesla coil!! Sounds great!!💣…

[@gabovinazza]

Beautiful, great tracks, love it! What software did you use?

[@shiru8bit]

Thanks! Most tracks were made with Beepola, it is a free 1-bit tracker.

[@gabovinazza]

@@shiru8bit Thanks a lot! It looks very interesting...

[@dakingofyeet4541]

These tracks are the audio equivalent of liminal spaces.

[@csolisr]

Impressive, I was under the impression that the Spectrum was monophonic - is there somewhere I can read more about the sound system of the ZX Spectrum?

[@shiru8bit]

Yes, it is monophonic. The sound hardware is as basic as it gets - a loudspeaker connected to a single bit of an output port. All sound has to be generated completel by software, by toggling this bit.

[@csolisr]

@@shiru8bit Interesting... and how many times a second can this bit be updated? Also, how is it even possible to generate notes with a single non-analog bit of frequency resolution?

[@shiru8bit]

It depends on sound code design, let's say in 8000-50000 times per second range for Z80 @ 3.5 MHz. The sound bit is not related to frequency by itself. You can turn it on and off using very carefully timed assembly code to get basic square wave at desired frequency. There are many more advanced techniques to produce more complex waveforms, imitate volume levels, etc. Here is some very in-depth info: randomflux.info/1bit/viewtopic.php?id=21

[@fygarOnTheRun]

@@shiru8bit great read, thanks a lot for the link!

[@madkirk7431]

Why do my eardrums feel like actual drums?

[@bloodmapedit]

How are the fading volumes made in 1 bit?

[@shiru8bit]

Through PFM basically. The engine that is used in the most songs in this collection provides a basic pulse width decay envelope. At first it generates very short pulses at a given frequency, and reduces their duration over time even more, until it gets down to zero.

[@RishiPurkayastha-it4jz]

This is amazing. Did you compose these tracks or were they made already?

[@shiru8bit]

They're all composed by me.

[@RishiPurkayastha-it4jz]

@@shiru8bit Wow. Just wow. That's amazing.

[@Joe-dh3lx]

Earape on headphone users

[@domokun64]

hehe

[@madkirk7431]

I can confirm.

[@malym9494]

Tell me that at the start of the video

[@oscwav]

Not really, the sound in most of these is really thin.

[@Atmatan]

Weak. Try listening to Atari Teenage Riot. If you can't handle them in headphones, you'd never make it at a live show, moshpits aside.

[@vcuberx]

Very nice music! How did you make it sound like there are multiple sound channels? edit: I found a coomment to which you replied the answer to my question, lol

[@Electricmemerat]

dank

[@dt08archive]

can I use your music for my video please?

[@shiru8bit]

Yes, sure.

[@JohnGames-gz7ue]

Hello how did you make good music with a beeper. You really did a good job. Nice job dude…

[@quincycostello6726]

how do you have more than one note with one bit

[@shiru8bit]

There are many techniques, ranging from software tricks to composing tricks and exploiting quirks of the human ear perception. One simple technique is to multiplex two 1-bit outputs, alternating between them at a high speed, like, 15000 times per second. More on the matter: randomflux.info/1bit/viewtopic.php?id=21

[@DerexArchives]

interesting

[@basementdumpster8325]

This is amazing! I wish I could support you on patron, but I don't have the money to do it. I have subscribed with notifications on!

[@shiru8bit]

Thanks anyways!

[@slucas1223]

do you think that 1 bit sounds can used in actually games?

[@shiru8bit]

Sure. The music can only be used in a limited way, for jingles, or for games that is low on the screen action, but 1-bit sound effects can be used all around.

[@lucid01]

Omae.. Wou shindeuri.

[@nullification7688]

Did you made this back in 2020?

[@shiru8bit]

As the title says, the music has been composed back in 2010, while this player shell/compilation has been made sometime March 2011.

[@yt-dman]

where can i download the program to make this music?

[@shiru8bit]

freestuff.grok.co.uk/beepola/

[@capybaraman7485]

and thats how phonk was made

[@TheJPooka777]

Do You Have Any Midis For These Tracks? I Would LOVE To Remix Em! With You Permission Ofc

[@shiru8bit]

No, I do'n't have MIDI for any of these tracks. There are source modules that can be opened with Beepola, though, so you can see the notes, but it is not much readable, as it fills the available two channels very tightly to implement echoing effects: shiru.untergrund.net/files/mus/music_1bit.zip

[@ShwappaJ]

Imagine being able to do this on a Nokia

[@CaylanJacobson]

Taylor Swift, Hollywood undead, collective soul, acdc, ghost, theory of a dead man and ehomever else I'm missing you're apart for motley crew, Eminem, kevin Gates, paper airplane, Okay list goes on and and on: Enjoy thy' hack, for tune it down ⅒ and add your instruments - overriding instruments where ⅒ sounds rubbish or null ⅐ :)

[@basementdumpster8325]

Im wanting to do a music event on my discord server using these, can I have permission to do that?

[@shiru8bit]

Sure, no problem.

[@basementdumpster8325]

@@shiru8bit thanks

[@digmsymii321]

A little pity that the matrix stops updating. Even very slow update rate is better than nothing.

[@shiru8bit]

Even a slow update would ruin the sound completely. The running on-screen timer alone introduces decrease in sound quality.

[@digmsymii321]

That is the question, how to do it almost seamlessly! ;-)

[@shiru8bit]

@@digmsymii321 there is no way to do it. The compilation features a number of different engines, some of which are of the pulse interleaving kind, and they're not tolerant to gaps between updates. This is a music compilation, not demo of a kind, you know, so sound quality is a priority here.

[@digmsymii321]

Your commentary is appropriate and thorough. Thank you!

[@vilvd3934]

this is waw

[@-hemloyeno9119]

Ahhhhh crap this my JAM But I like 8 bit more it hurts my ears with headphone UWU

[@Nbrother1607]

1. sounds like music from various games 2. i almost forget it only has one voice 3. 128th comment?

[@brorianszk]

It would be nice on the Playdate. 1 bit graphics with 1 bit music.

[@shiru8bit]

Yeah! Would totally love to create some 1-bit sound for a Playdate game.

[@brorianszk]

@@shiru8bit Oh that would be great! I can imagine this with fast paced games. I've been intrigued by these sounds since I discovered Tristan Perich's 1-BIT symphony, which also came out as an eletronic device inside a CD box. Don't forget the warning message for people who can't stand these sounds with headphones if you do so hehe. I can listen to anything with or without headphones so it's not my problem.

[@Null42x86]

The artist must be very talented to make a music using a single bit wihtout it sounding like ass

[@lonevisuals]

Sorry for your ears i can't support this 1-Bit song is very hypnotic

[@JaredtheNacliFan]

I’m not trying to be rude, but this music hurts my ears

[@shiru8bit]

This is totally fine. Do you like heavy rock music, tho? Interestingly, beeper music and distorted guitars sharing kinda similar set of the harmonics in the spectrum, and some people found it pleasant to the ear, while others find it hurtful and can't stand it.

[@JaredtheNacliFan]

I’m fine with loud sounds, but very high pitched noises like car alarms or white noises hurt my ears

[@JaredtheNacliFan]

I’m fine with rock music

[@vilvd3934]

wow