Pico-8 Music Tutorial List
Added 2019-01-24 15:01:05 +0000 UTCHowdy!
I got some feedback from Patrons who thought it’d be a good idea to make a list of all my Pico-8 music tutorials with links to where you can watch them. Here they are!
I’ve produced these tutorials non-linearly, so I’ve also divided them between beginner, intermediate and advanced tutorials. The ones marked as "Patreon" means there is exclusive content available.
Hope this is helpful!
Beginner
- Getting Started with Sound & Music (#00)
- Creating a Drum Beat (#1)
- Creating a Bass Line with One Note (#2)
- New Features in 0.1.11 (#13)
- The Instruments (#14)
- Using Effect 1 (Slide) (#15)
- Using Effect 2 (Vibrato) (#16)
- Using Effect 3 (Drop) (#17)
- Using Effects 4&5 (Fades) (#18)
- Using Effects 6&7 (Arts) (#19)
- 10 Flow Tips & Tricks - Pico-8 Music Tutorial (#22)
- 4 Tips for Developing Compositions (#34)
- Creating SFX (Jumps) (#47) - Patreon
- Creating SFX (UI) (#48) - Patreon
- Creating SFX (Explosions) (#49) - Patreon
- Music Hotkeys (#50) - Patreon
- Gruber's Music Machine (#60)
- Copying SFX Between Carts (#62) - Patreon
- New Features in 0.2.2 (#65)
Intermediate
- Echo Effects Pt. 1 (#4)
- Echo Effects Pt. 2 (#5)
- What is Meter? (#6)
- Creating Melodic Motion Pt.1 (#7)
- Creating Melodic Motion Pt. 2 (#8)
- Creating Melodic Motion Pt. 3 (#9)
- The Pentatonic Scale Pt. 1 (#10)
- The Pentatonic Scale Pt. 2 (#11)
- The Pentatonic Scale Pt. 3 (#12)
- Compositional Form & Development Pt. 1 (#20)
- Compositional Form & Development Pt. 2 (#21)
- Composing Music From Scratch Pt. 1 (#25)
- Composing Music From Scratch Pt. 2 (#26)
- 3 Ways to write in Odd Time-Signatures (#27) - Patreon
- Bach Workflow (#28) - Patreon
- Semitones & the Chromatic Scale (Noob Theory 1/10) (#37) - Patreon
- Wholetones and the Wholetone Scale (Noob Theory 2/10) (#38) - Patreon
- The Major Scale (Noob Theory 3/10) (#39) - Patreon
- Modes and Chords (Noob Theory 4/10) (#40) - Patreon
- Meter (Noob Theory 5/10) (#41) - Patreon
- Odd Meters (Noob Theory 6/10) (#42) - Patreon
- Studying Modes in Video Game Music (Noob Theory 7/10) (#43) - Patreon
- Composing with Modes #1 (Noob Theory 8/10) (#44) - Patreon
- Composing with Modes #2 (Noob Theory 9/10) (#45) - Patreon
- Composing with Modes #3 (Noob Theory 10/10) (#46) - Patreon
- How to Write Triplets (#52) - Patreon
- Feedback and Workflow (#61) - Patreon
Advanced
- Creating Sub Tones (#3)
- The Instrument Editor Pt. 1 (#23)
- The Instrument Editor Pt. 2 (#24)
- From 4-Channels to 2-Channels (#29) - Patreon
- Composing Horror Ambience (#30) - Patreon
- The Music of Slipways (#31) - Patreon
- Creating a Pico-8 Multi-Sampler for Ableton (#32) - Patreon
- Advanced Delays and Echos (#33) - Patreon
- Using Sequences to Create Sound Effects (#35) - Patreon
- How to Write a Shepard Tone (#36) - Patreon
- Feedback Series #1 (#51) - Patreon
- Feedback Series #2 (#53) - Patreon
- Feedback Series #3 (#54) - Patreon
- Feedback Series #4 (#55) - Patreon
- Feedback Series #5 (#56) - Patreon
- Transcribing & Porting Cover Music (#57) - Patreon
- Creating a Drum Beat, Advanced (#58) - Patreon
- Writing Bass Lines, Advanced (#59) - Patreon
- Feedback Series #6 (#63) - Patreon
- Feedback Series #7 (#64) - Patreon
- Composing with Filters, part 1 (#66) - Patreon
- Composing with Filters, part 2 (#67) - Patreon
- Composing with Filters, part 3 (#68) - Patreon