Are you ready to party??

Once again it's Friday, Friday... and we gotta get down on Friday ♪♪.

I was looking forward to it and for those who want to be in the party mood I have the perfect song!!

Royalty-free music for professional licensing

This is a real 8 bit artist because he uses only the old school techniques such as: Gameboy and the LSDJ to create music. You can find more info here and you can also download his music for free in Jamendo. He's part of a french collective "Chiptunes-Headbangers" where you can also  find more chiptune artists.


 So enjoy the weekend.

A cool 8 bit app!!

Well, here you go!  I'm back to the blog and I'm getting back to my favorite theme: 8 bit.

This time showing you a super cool app which is a sequencer, composer and a retro synthesizer: "The 8bitone".



This is one of the things that i'm including in my list to buy, unfortunately I will have to wait for a few days before to get this app because my iphone is broken.

Anyway, the 8bitone has a very easy and  friendly use interface as you can see in the video and you can find several video tutorials in the Yudo inc. youtube's channel.

I would rather play this on a bigger screen like the ipad but I guess the $3.99 is gonna be worth it if you use it on the subway or on the bus on your way to go to work, school or home.



And that was another cheap and cool option for those who want to make 8 music and not waste lots of time and money.

See you soon!

Plugins, plugins, plugins!!

As a beginner on the topic of digital music creation, I found out what I have to do to make 8 bit sounds. The plugins are the answer.

I started to use the FL studio, but If you have another software like Renoise, Cubase or other, you can use it too!

How it works? It´s pretty simple, first you have to download the file, then you have to copy the file ".dll" into the folder "vst" in the folders of the program of your music software.
Specifically with FL studio, you have to make some other things. Go to menu "Channels" and select the option "add one", select "more" and at the bottom of the window click on "refresh".


To make 8 bit music you can use a lot of plugins, I found these:

Magical 8 bit Plug (no image) Tri force plugin (from TWEAKBENCH):

The Peach (from Nintendo Mario BRos.) from TWEAKBENCH too.

The Toad plugin: (In Tweakbench you can find a Wide Variety of Plugins and effects)

The Great Basic 64:

The awesome YMVST:

I will share my tracks as soon as I can PD: Even if you want to create a different kind of sound, or don't like the 8bit at all, every plugin works exactly as the 8 bit does, just remember the VST folder. 

By the way, I found this funny picture!!

A Great 8 bit end!

I love 8 bit music!!

I always loved the electronic music, and also I loved to play Nintendo, but now I can get both in a single awesome fusion: the 8 bit music. Thinking about that, I found the Blipfestival . Here the main topics of the event are: Archaic game and home computer hardware with a four-day event showcasing nearly 40 musicians and visual artists occupying the international low-res cutting edge.

In the Festival, Devices such as the Nintendo Entertainment System, Commodore 64, Atari ST, Nintendo Game Boy, among others, are the popular musical instruments. The Blipfestival is part of the activities of the 8bitpeoples.

The 8bitpeoples first came together in 1999 as a collective of artists sharing a common love for classic videogames and an approach to music which reflected this obsession. The primary interests were to provide quality music for free and most importantly to have fun. In the years since, they have grown in rank and expanded their goals.

From hard-pumping dance electro to atmospheric pieces, even the nostalgia of the vintage, artists like:Crystal Castles, Binarpilot and Pornophonique used this technique.

Check this out!

Djs from the Outer space!!!!

A very long time ago, a robot named Arcadion the Forager, travelled across the universe, seeking something for man yet unknown. During his quest, Arcadion explored almost every corner of every galaxy, and even other dimensions. Although, the hope now rests with a teenager, Albin Karlsson the Decoder, to unravel the mysteries about this enigmatic robot. In 2007, Albin found Arcadion's logbook through a dream, hidden in the snow on a desolate mountain in the north of Sweden. In this logbook he could find two things; the name Arcadion the Forager and an enormous DATABASe filled with information about Arcadion's quest. Albin started to decipher the information found in the DATABASe and discovered that Arcadion's journey was coded into music. Music, that through which the mystery of Arcadion can, and will be unveiled by the Decoder, to answer the epic question; what was the purpose of Arcadion's search? The music of DATABAS is decoded material from the logbook that crashed on planet earth in spring 2007 and the voice of Arcadion the Forager. Incredible!! Robots, electronic music, sci-fic, great beats. What else is there? check his music here: Enjoy!