Sound advice/recommendations/thoughts amp/effects wise

[Jimryan]

Hi all,

I'm hoping to try and recreate (for a laugh until I find a practical reason to use it) the kind of 8 bit/16 bit retro computer game soundtrack sound. Was thinking maybe synth or something, but not overly sure.

Any thoughts?

James

[LukeFRC]

http://www.superflashbros.net/as3sfxr/ ??

[Jimryan]

Well that was silly of me thinking that would work on an iPhone :-S

Sorry Luke, what was it?

[BigRedX]

[url=http://www.otomachines.com/biscuit.html]This[/url]

[Jimryan]

Looks interesting. Shame I don't have the $400 spare though :-(

[phil.i.stein]

some whacky noises can be got with one of these and anything you plug in :

[url="http://www.deviever.com/fx/bit-legend-of-fuzz/"]http://www.deviever.com/fx/bit-legend-of-fuzz/[/url]

[Jimryan]

Good shout phil.i.stein, I like it, just can't seem to find one now :-( don't suppose you still have yours and are willing to let it go?

[chrismuzz]

Bit crusher? Ring mod? Synth? Fuzz? They can all be found on a Zoom B3 which you'll pay no more than £150 for!

[phil.i.stein]

[quote name='Jimryan' timestamp='1352415440' post='1862909']
Good shout phil.i.stein, I like it, just can't seem to find one now :-( don't suppose you still have yours and are willing to let it go?
[/quote]
sorry, i let mine go to a fellow BC'er as i needed the cash, but do regret it.

the only warning i have is that it has a MASSIVE gain, and can be hard to control in a live environment.

[uncle psychosis]

http://www.mooeraudio.com/en/ProductInfo.asp?id=60

^ should do the trick!

[thisnameistaken]

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1352556132' post='1864570']
[url="http://www.mooeraudio.com/en/ProductInfo.asp?id=60"]http://www.mooeraudi...tInfo.asp?id=60[/url]

^ should do the trick!
[/quote]

One of those after a Boss OC-2 would give some very interesting sounds. Not authentic SID chip stuff by any means but a similar vibe. A bit of reverb afterwards helps too.

[Jimryan]

Wow, I like he look of the Mooer one. Sounds amazing too. Right, that's two things added to the list of things to get myself for Xmas.