The death of 8 Bit music (good riddance)

[Alkaline]

Originally Posted by lepeep

yeah...imagine that, what a doss!

jesus I feel old.

My one of those is red

[Stripey]

Originally Posted by lepeep

yeah...imagine that, what a doss!

jesus I feel old.

Actually it's 4 channels of tiny samples, there's a lot of creativity and ingenuity required to work within that medium, as anyone who has used a tracker will tell you.

Any dickhead with basic cognitive functions can operate a 4 track tape recorder, probably a monkey or a dog could quite easily be trained to do it.

[The Kernel Loaf]

Originally Posted by lepeep

yeah...imagine that, what a doss!

jesus I feel old.

I was referring more to sound chips...

[daveofficer]

Originally Posted by The Kernel Loaf

Excellent link. Cheers!

Haven't we had a very similar thread to this before?

As for 8-bit, I loved video game music and bought soundtracks way before all this retro/ NES controller belt buckles/ Triforce wristband bullshit became popular.

I admire composers during the home computer/8-bit era because you had to be both a composer and a programmer to create soundtracks. Imagine only having 4 channels to work with!

i've got an ace compilation of commodore 64 music remixed and reworked by various artists. bought it for a laugh initiially when i worked in one up years ago but soon grew to love it. it's called output 64 if anyones interested.

[scottyboy]

I haven't heard much 8-bit music outside of game soundtracks but what I have heard I've liked. I love a lot of old, actual game music as well. From a production standpoint it may seem simplistic or gimmicky ( I know nothing about about production), but from a compositional standpoint, there's way more notes than your average rock/pop/indie track.

The Hexstatic stuff is really cool, I'm sure stripey linked that last time there was a thread about 8-bit.

[Tam o' Shantie]

Originally Posted by scottyboy

there's way more notes than your average rock/pop/indie track

more...notes?

[scottyboy]

Originally Posted by Tam o' Shantie

more...notes?

yeah, yeah, i know. my point was just that if you're going to complain that the production is poor on a technical level, might as well have it pointed out that the music is relatively complex in terms of melody.

[la mula]

more like 8-SHIT music

[Bigsby]

Originally Posted by la mula

more like 8-SHIT music

lol

What happened to that pretentious beepy Aberdeen band from a few years ago whose name was : ( and were supposed to be the next big thing?

[Neil]

Originally Posted by Bigsby

lol

What happened to that pretentious beepy Aberdeen band from a few years ago whose name was : ( and were supposed to be the next big thing?

They relocated to Glasgow. I think they are still on the go.