Composing with Filters (Part 4) – Pico-8 Music Tutorial #69
Added 2021-04-26 14:01:03 +0000 UTCMore composing using Pico-8’s new filters!
Here you can watch me design some nasty, grungy bass sounds. As well as using the filters, there are two workflows that are important to note here.
The first is using layering to explore the timbre of sounds. At first, this is as easy as copying and pasting notes from one SFX to another, and playing them simultaneously. As you explore this, you’ll hear that different instruments, volumes and effects can change the whole sound in interesting ways.
The second is how sound design inspires composition and vice versa.
For example, after composing a simple bass line, I’ll try to make it sound more interesting with the instrument editor (sound design). After tinkering with it for a while, I’ll return to the bass line and see if I can make the composition longer and more interesting. There’s a back-and-forth that occurs until the composition and instrument feel like a one, unified part.
Send me all your nasty bass lines!
