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i clicked because i'm a metal musician and want to make metal game music 👀

the free plugins spreadsheet has a lot of errors on the vst effects section

I can approve on what he said about learning chords, It is definitely worth it If you only know the basic Majors and Minors it would be pretty hard for you to make variatons and different / specific feelings for you song

A thing i dont see alot of people talk about it, but Sample CDs that composers used from before stuff like Kontakt is a HUGE good way to get instruments, stuff like AKAI and Roland Libraries to stuff like Advanced Orchestra and East West Quantum Leap Brass are good and now free alternatives for composers!

another DAW that is similar to fl studio (in a way) is lmms its pretty cool

How do you get around Spitfire LABS crashing you all the time?

clicked on this video because the deadline for the game jam is in two days and I still don't have music written

for the drums, id recommend using analog mixing, or tape virtual machines. That way, it gives more of a realistic and warm tone, addictive drums are very harsh and arent really good by themselves, multi outing would help alot yes ik this is 2 years old but i figured why not edit: also, adding interesting fills/grooves would also make it sound less bland. if you dont have an edrumkit, you can use alt+q to add humanization to certain instrument drums

as a fellow rage game maker this video was very helpfull

I love the intro. Rules in music only matter if they fit with what’s in your head.

Bitcrush is also p cool

1:33 if you want to mainly go for a retro 8-bit style, programs like famitracker and famistudio are great tools

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If you want a more advanced synth for a variety of genres, Vital is an industry-grade software synth that can create basically any synth sound you can think of. It does have a learning curve, though, but I've made entire songs exclusively with vital, including drums and every possible synth.

I swear ive heard this song before

What plugin did you use for the Sax?

"hopefully you chose melody A" My brain cause ive learned music for 10+ years: sings melody B more than A cause it's more interesting LOL joking aside though, melody A def is the way to go for someone starting out. Simple, memorable, and can be easily sung by anybody hearing it for the first time. As someone still getting into composing, thank you so much for this video. Very helpful stuff here for getting started.

Does anyone know of any good free daws or would I have to spend some money to see something good

I already know how to make a song. But clicking on this video is funny. So ill do it, but for that as a standalone reason and a standalone reason alone. Good video. I liked the part. So in conclusion, i liked and subscribed. But then I soon after that unsubscribed. I left the like intact though. Because, as I have already once stated, for the reason only that its a funny thing to do. But dont get it twisted. I resubscribed, undoing the unsubscribe, as a surprising twist. I really thought this message through. So I hope I dont get any likes, as that would degrade any authenticity inherent in the expression of pure art, for pure arts sake, held within this message. Like a pearl locked inside of an oyster. Or a treasure locked inside of a treasure chest. These things are important, guys. Dont degrade the value of the expression of pure art, for the sake of pure arts sake. I really tried here, guys. As a perfectionist is want to do in any endeavor in which he/she/they/them/ze/zer is want to take part in. I really tried to do something here. There is a concept to be present here, guys. In conclusion, I conclude with a conclusion. Its conclusive, if nothing else. Save for anything inconclusive, of course. 😅 I realize this could come off in some type of way. Fret not, guys. Im just sleepy and somewhat delerious, due to the poopedness. This is the type of thing I like to do from time to time, in such a state. Because as I feel I should state again, it is a fun/funny thing to do. Stay blessed, guys and artists. Everyone ever, really... 😶👄👁 Guys, I was here the whole night, okay? I dont want to talk about it. But just... if anyone asks... okay. I dont want to talk about it. But we dont have to worry about it anymore. So dont worry. Please, goodnight. Please, just shut up. Put the device down. Everything is okay. But just, goodbye. Can you hear me? Oh okay bye.

do you sell custom midi or midi files form projects created?

Audio Imperia Nucleus is the best orchestral library for vidya imo, or Jaeger.

Hey Zectro aside from the fact that this is by far the most useful guide i've seen on digital music composition, I'd like to know how you go about finding (and distinguishing) different high quality samples ? And also how do you go about exploring different sounds? Meaning, i get from the video for a cathedral setting you'd find cathedral-like instruments but sometimes you wanna mix it up, and maybe get a trumpet in there, i'd like to know whats your logic when choosing new sounds to put into your mix. Do you think about the feeling of the song or do you just use the instruments found in the context as reference to choose. Sorry if it's too long!

Thanks to your video I learned about this composer jam and will participate in it with my music band!:) Band consists of three participants, so we pass by the terms of the jam :)

I need a guide on how to make non video game music lmao, because EVERY time i make music everyone always says: "Omg i love it, would work great in a game!" after nearly 20 years of making music It's actually kind of annoying XD

2:52 I just got jumpscared because cello suite no1 is my alarm clock tone lol

thank you for this 😭 my friends and i are planning to make a game and i gotta to learn how to compose some music

could you add timestamps

the first track's bass + drums sounds like Papa's Freezeria 🗣🗣

5:38 but B could make a good background to a slightly different melody.

None of em, actually. I’m just someone who wants to create music capable of delivering a certain feeling or portraying a certain scene, something like what Toby fox can do. All I have by my side is GarageBand iOS(boy is it hard to make good music with these instruments) and a lot of determination.

very sigma.

HOW MANY MONTHS???

very impressive. much better than every other version I found

I've seen so many versions of this video. lets see if its as disappointing as the others

Nice video! Just another recomendation: Sana 8bit is an AWESOME NES chiptune vst as well, you can make some really cool stuff with it.

Honestly the only thing different between videogame music and regular music (especially electronic music) is that it usually needs to loop seamlessly from the end of the tracks back to the beginning. The rest isn't exclusive to videogame music, such as using soundfonts and scene context

I clicked this video because making music is fun but idk what im doing

4:57 i'm crying bro this is beautiful

huge resource. bookmarked thanks

I didn’t click on this video at all, my phone fell out of my hand and this started playing

As the current owner of the Toby Fox sheet this was an incredibly informative video!! Composing is so much fun and I’m glad to see more guides on making tracks.

I'm mixed kind of person. I'm both a solo game developer (or at least am working on a game I hope to finish) and would love to make music for other developers. Edit: The free VST spreadsheet is a golden resource. Thanks so much for sharing that.

Great video. But sforzando doesn't support *.sf2, only *.sfz

Saw that jam a while ago, excited to participate!

really solid vid! great tips :) definitely gonna look around for some game soundfonts to use

i clicked because i like music production

i personally just like to look at music tutorials for fun

das Leitmotiv🇩🇪. Leit- for lead and -motiv for theme, so Leitmotiv is equal to leding theme.

Finally someone how doesn't overcomplicate the subject with difficult words and provides a simple roadmap to get started for anyone who would mant to! I've been trying to learn how to make music many times and always failed but I have a strong feeling that just following your video WILL make me complete my first song. Thanks so much, I'll start first thing toworrow❤

Great job, i like how if turned out. I would recommend you to try Moises, it's a web that splits the tracks and gives the chords of the songs, it's very useful