Standupmaths Theme (8-Bit cover)

The original by Howard Carter: standupmaths.b...
Just 'slightly' overboard with the arpeggios, I think.
So... yeah. Not much of a story I could tell here. I figured I could just give it a go, so I did. Worked on it for two days and became frustrated when my ignorance regarding music theory was put on full display. Somehow I found a few chord progressions that sort of work. And I played around with pulse width modulation a bit. Sounds not bad.
It's by far not the best, even when compared against my own standards. But I think I made it a non-zero amount of acceptable.

[@r.pizzamonkey7379]

I never realized just how much of a banger the standup maths theme was

[@garr_inc]

It still is.

[@dielaughing73]

Always has been

[@rowanaboat4523]

Always will be.

[@timothytraver5918]

It always gets my psyched.

[@dan3843]

100pi likes

[@Dalenthas]

Channels 0-6: carrying the rhythm and the harmony. Channel 7: fine, I'll do the whole melody myself.

[@Dalenthas]

More accurate breakdown after a rewatch: Channels 0-2: Rhythm Channel 3: occasional burst of noise Channels 4-6: Harmony Channel 7: Melody

[@asheep7797]

7 seen here 1:23

[@Raffael-Tausend]

0 is Bass

[@andrewkepert923]

Some of those square waves are trapezoidal. It’s as though they’re not true square waves, but they gave it their best shot. If only we had a name for them....

[@DelayRGC]

That's because they're lin- nevermind.

[@timtomnec]

I vote we call them Pi waves! Because I like pie.

[@leofisher1280]

Parker Square waves

[@TheMuzykant]

@@leofisher1280 Perfect!!

[@therobot1080]

@@leofisher1280 PFF-

[@mattgardeski7369]

This is obviously the best take on the Standup Maths theme

[@TheMuzykant]

Imagine if someone made a C64 version of this...

[@garr_inc]

I object. This is glorious, but NOTHING beats the original.

[@dacolib]

Honestly, I would love to see matt do a vid on waves or fourier transforms or whatnot using this video as base

[@stevelknievel4183]

I wouldn't put it past Matt to request to use this as the official music video.

[@ntlespino]

Has he seen this yet?

[@phs125]

YES PLEASE

[@fariesz6786]

he could be sneaky and critique the waves in the video without using the audio 😛

[@yuristocat]

love the waveform diagrams

[@levtokol8649]

Parker Square Waves, eh?

[@JiMwB]

The best version. Love the almost square " parker" waves, they were a nice reference to the lore. All jokes aside, this is a great version of the song.

[@geep6910]

i like how the square waves go crazy when they arpeggio 😂

[@nicholasvinen]

Arpeggios make everything great!

[@gallium-gonzollium]

1:41 That little quarter-semitone step down then back up.. those little details is why I love this so much

[@helved807]

We calculating pi by hand with this one 🔥🔥🔥

[@kirby1024]

One thing I appreciate about your version of this theme is that the melody is no longer lost in the doof doof. I feel like this is a much more balanced version. I love it, I'm definitely providing a non-zero share of the views on this video!

[@lukegilbert1662]

I find this a non zero percent amazing

[@mdkc]

3:10 is when the nerds in the moshpit go wild.

[@Varksterable]

I like the bit where it goes "Beep blip-blip blop blop beep."

[@XixNoExiX]

Dude, those waves are like Hypnotoad to my eyes

[@jrevillug]

Non-zero comment to show appreciation to you and as an offering to The Algorithm.

[@mar_sze]

I actually listened to the whole thing! I always kind of loved such simplistic versions, because everything is so out there and when a piece of music still works like this without any fancy sounds it shows that it's truly well composed.

[@TheMuzykant]

LOL "non-zero amount of acceptable"! Nice job man! This is an amazing proper 8-bit rendition!

[@primephoenix1.077]

Heavy Mathal Music!

[@Kuba87687]

Heavy Mattal

[@Cwmwd24]

You should check out M.B.R. on bandcamp for actual chiptune metal, it's all sorts of awesome! masterbootrecord.bandcamp.com/

[@primephoenix1.077]

@@Cwmwd24 Thanks man 😊

[@sinpi314]

Dang those trapezoidal square waves They indeed are Parker square waves.

[@YMandarin]

I never knew what noise a square wave makes when you reduce the duty cycle now I know

[@1996Pinocchio]

Good job, I love this! I hope Matt uses this when he does a video on something 8-bit related.

[@MathDM329]

How have I never realized how good this song is?!

[@wuliajeber]

This'll be stuck in my head all day now

[@Christian_Martel]

This is an almost perfect score, I’d say this is a Parker score!

[@tomatosoup44]

The visualization is just gorgeous!

[@cabbagepotato2421]

This is wonderful, and the visualization is interesting. Thank you very much for making this!

[@YMandarin]

it's soo satisfying to see all thoese squares

[@Anklejbiter]

I think an improvement would be to add some pitch slides on the melody (Channel 7, non-arpeggiated) Okay, now that my evil side is out of the way this is amazing! Makes me want to get into making 8-bit music. I especially love the way the waveform display is lockes to a rise of a note and not just time based. makes it easier to see what's happening lol

[@TheMuzykant]

I love that I came back to this. This was one of the main reasons I stuck around. Loved the phrase "non-zero amount" in your description.

[@nyzrh]

I really like it dude. A great version of the original, in some ways it is different from the original but not too much. I love it.

[@yudoball]

I smell yt Recommendations for everyone

[@yudoball]

8k views rn

[@TheMuzykant]

Yep, was here by a recommendation after watching a ton of Matt's videos.

[@elodkovacs1405]

I really hope Matt makes a video of Forier trasforms or something in the field of artificial sounds and includes this

[@PeterVerbeek]

Just brilliant :) Reminds my of the SID chip of a C64 although that only had 3 voices.

[@boris2342]

thanks for the new ringtone

[@DelayRGC]

You're welcome?

[@egohicsum]

perfection

[@Elonimous]

I love this! Would love to see how you made it

[@TinLethax]

Man, I'm gonna buy 3 SID chips for turning this into boombox 😂

[@capybara5494]

That buildup mate, so awesome!

[@kidredglow2060]

somebody finaly did this yay

[@polyacov_yury]

This is almost the only thing to sound legible on a Tesla Coil without editing

[@SuperYoonHo]

Amazing cover bro! Thanks so much!

[@bonbondojoe1522]

This is amazing

[@WilcoVerhoef]

I like the subtle shaking of the vibratos

[@ruudbuijsrogge]

when you slow down the playback-speed to 25% you get a pretty sharp view of how the shape of the diagrams......especially #2..... and while you do that you will experience a pretty psychedelic music trip..

[@sterrenkijker915]

I agree. It also sounds a bit like boss music

[@mauritsvanriezen8119]

Better than the original even. Awesome work

[@YMandarin]

man this makes my wanna build a frequency generator with my FPGA board

[@Sean-of9rs]

This is amazing! Congratulations on hitting the algorithm!

[@Sean-of9rs]

Ironically, I'm seeing this again a year later!

[@Questiala124]

This is fire.

[@blueberry1c2]

youve inspired me to start learning how to arrange SID tracks so i can squish this down into 3 voices!

[@DanTheStripe]

This is bloody fantastic.

[@Red-in-Green]

Does anyone else always feel like the “duh duuuuuh da da dada da duh nah” part has Gravity Falls vibes?

[@wesleymays1931]

This is frickin' amazing! Could we have the tracker file for this? (Edit: I wanted the tracker file because this seems like a good test for sound cards)

[@vinijoncrafts2882]

1:11 Is it only me that finds 7 growing funny?

[@Pining_for_the_fjords]

Where is the original available? I've only ever heard like about 20-30 seconds of it on the Standup maths videos.

[@DelayRGC]

Right, the original is available here: standupmaths.bandcamp.com/track/stand-up-maths-theme I've also added the link to the description. I should've done that long ago, actually.

[@Finat0]

@@DelayRGC Better Late Than Never

[@photelegy]

1:42 I love how 5 moves in this part ☺️ So smooth

[@Irondragon1945]

The part at 1:00 gave me major Gameboy Colour flashbacks heck yes

[@SuperYoonHo]

Subbed bro!

[@unpronouncable2442]

Yup. Menu music for a NES RPG.... Or Pause menu

[@spiguy420]

3 be like: SSSSSSSHHHHHHHHH

[@bdot02]

Okay this made me smile. Well done.

[@catmadeofdog]

Instrument numbers in Cambria Math for good measure :)

[@DelayRGC]

The font is just called Cambria in the program, so I never noticed that!

[@TheMuzykant]

What software did you use to make this masterpiece? Edit: He said it was MilkyTracker. I personally would use OpenMPT.

[@abellematheux7632]

that was so satisfying to watch

[@traywor1615]

I want this as my ringtone.

[@shubhsrivastava4417]

best edm drop!!

[@TheSmegPod]

this would work well in a Super Hexagon level

[@yoyoyuan]

Hype

[@sleepyboi2852]

Yoo nice! Also would you ever release the tracker file?

[@DelayRGC]

I might at some point, but my files are pure abominations behind the scenes. Though right now, I don't plan to.

[@dan3843]

This is very good.

[@bbrouant]

Love the arrangement! I like the portal one too. Are there download links somewhere?

[@Erekose2023]

I like it. Puts me in mind of Kraftwerk, especially at the 1:26 mark

[@AdhiNarayananYR]

Too good man!

[@Chrnan6710]

(plays video) This little tune is *certainly* one of my absolute... favorites It is SO good that I went ahead and ran the numbers and discovered, strangely enough, it is the *BEST*, using all possible definitions of "BEST". Now that's math.

[@pantopia3518]

2:28 this is the exact sound my fridge plays if I leave it open

[@rasput1n6]

pretty cool!

[@executeorder6613]

Good stuff

[@executeorder6613]

Subbed

[@CrixOMix]

Dang. This makes me want to play Tyrian again

[@anuradha7437]

Great Work

[@Luxcium]

I am getting Nerd wow 😮 nice 😊

[@rhebucks_zh]

Commander X16 version plz

[@jkobain]

Dæmn!!

[@jojojorisjhjosef]

There's no way pi isn't coded into this somewhere.

[@George_Bland]

Nice job

[@liambye2233]

I agree very nice job

[@George_Bland]

@@liambye2233 what in god's holy name

[@dave.004]

Excellent job.

[@TheMuzykant]

Also, you said you were ignorant of a ton of music theory. Don't worry, I was there before. You'll learn through experience and through looking up videos about stuff.

[@DelayRGC]

For the past one and a half years of making these kinds of remixes I've mostly been guessing these notes (intervals, really) and rhythms. To be fair, that has decreased considerably since I started, but it's still my unfortunate modus operandi. As you might be able to imagine, that's much more frustrating than doing it properly because the finished song is overshadowed by the brute forcing it took to get there.

[@TheMuzykant]

@@DelayRGC I also guess the intervals sometimes. I use tracker software OpenMPT to make music, so obviously some guesswork may be necessary sometimes. I can relate to you, because my first 8-bit remix of a song was just like that - guessing intervals, not knowing how to read score sheets, not knowing musical terms, brute forcing, etc. But you'll learn one way or another. Like what a C major chord is, or by Googling how to read key signatures and what notes are what. You can find plenty of videos on KZbin talking about these terminologies. Trust me, it helps. What software do you use by the way to make this?

[@DelayRGC]

Sorry - the comment was listed as being for review and I don't check that list very often. I also use a tracker, but not OpenMPT. I'm using MilkyTracker instead, which I've gotten very used to. The main problem I have is transcribing from scratch. I've played the piano for a few years already, so sheets and terms are not a large difficulty. But I do have problems in *hearing* intervals or chords or figuring out a song's key without notes given. Basically, I know the practice and only enough theory to realize this practice, which is actually a bit embarrassing. I do follow a few music theory channels on KZbin, like 8-Bit Music Theory, who specialized in explaining how video game soundtracks are written, and I look stuff up as well when I absolutely need to (I prefer to discover things myself). I'm trying my best to learn and improve.

[@TheMuzykant]

@@DelayRGC What you are describing sounds very similar to me. I think you have relative pitch. I can never figure out what a key is on its own, so I usually press a key on my phone's keyboard and then go up or down to get the key I need to hear. Then I would probably try to play along with the song I'm trying to remix by guessing the scales. As for chords, for triads, I usually can hear the root and the 5th, but never the 3rd. For major 7ths, I can sometimes recognise that dreamy sounding sound. Intervals I tend to have a problem too, though I sometimes recognise intervals through other songs.

[@TheMuzykant]

@@DelayRGC Oh and I don't know if this applies to MilkyTracker, but it sounds like some of your samples are muffled. Have you tried reducing the resampling to no interpolation if the whole song sounds better? I don't even know if resampling is a thing in MilkyTracker.

[@thatgiftguy5271]

This is me when I ⬜

[@trizgo_]

is there anywhere to download this as a .scp? this would be some sick music to put in a romhack

[@DelayRGC]

The song was made in MilkyTracker as a .xm file. As for .scp... Frankly, I don't even know that extension, sorry. But maybe I should consider uploading the xm somewhere, or at least an mp3.

[@trizgo_]

@@DelayRGC my experience with stuff like this is fairly narrow, apologies. thanks for the quick response!

[@DelayRGC]

@@trizgo_ No worries, mine is too!

[@anordinarycat1285]

Damn, how you make the video for this?

[@thegreatsalad]

Nice :)

[@wraithleader012]

I would have given the like anyway, but the opportunity to be the (2^5)th like was too good to pass up.

[@nomekop777]

2 away from 2^6

[@Barely_Edited]

@@nomekop777 that doesn’t sound correct

[@jonathanc8845]

I feel like sped up a bit, this could work well in a Mega Man game.

[@barackobama3264]

This always reminded me of trampled under foot by led zeppelin

[@wolfelkan8183]

At 2:00, the bass seems... wrong somehow. Like some of the notes should be a C instead of an E.

[@gallium-gonzollium]

Listen to the original, I can assure you that they are the same.

[@DelayRGC]

40,000? ...Why?

[@nicholasvinen]

I was recommended this after watching a few stand-up maths videos. It's great!

[@JiMwB]

It's a masterpiece, that's why.

[@nicholasvinen]

@@JiMwB that too

[@sinom]

I don't think something can be "more 8bit" or "less 8bit". Nice cover though.

[@joaomrtins]

I read stupid It's just that, keep on with your life.

[@General12th]

You don't read stupid. You read smart. :)

[@rubenafonso]

@standupmaths

[@Dr.1.]

perfection