Pico-8 Music Tutorial #56 – Feedback Series #5
Added 2020-04-06 14:00:04 +0000 UTCHey everyone!
I found another fun cart on the Pico-8 forums called A Hat on Time
This is kind of a continuation of the previous tutorial, where I discuss composition as an exploratory process – playing and listening to individual parts, then playing and listening to them in relation to other parts.
These ideas have been on my mind for a while now, and I’ve been thinking about designing another Pico-8 tutorials series with a focus on composition. What do you think? What topics would you like to see covered?
Time stamps:
- 0:00 Choosing & playing a random cart
- 2:03 Taking a survey of all the SFX and patterns
- 3:06 Making things quieter, exploring variability
- 4:30 Creating rhythmic patterns using volume
- 7:00 Varying instruments & octave to complement rhythmic pattern
- 7:50 Lining up rhythmic pattern with drum pattern
- 9:25 Adding more volume/vibrato variability to melody
- 11:05 Listening to melody in relation to other parts
- 11:45 Making aesthetic and stylistic decisions deliberately through exploration
- 13:28 Reviewing the composition process
- 15:10 Listening to the game music
- 15:25 Turning down volumes, Instrument 6 & perceived loudness
- 17:40 Starting & stopping sound to create rhythmic variability
- 18:26 Listening in relation to other parts
- 23:30 Listen to music in relation to in-game SFX
- 27:00 Comparing original to edited version
