How to use OpenMPT to make chiptune ("8-bit") music

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  • Опубликовано: 25 янв 2025

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  • @jadsi
    @jadsi Год назад +9

    I think the dude’s still alive but doesn’t post anymore. He’s active playlist-wise tho.

    • @tpastudios8681
      @tpastudios8681 4 месяца назад +1

      and even he doesn't had a social media on his own due to personal life which i could predict

  • @jakenfred8634
    @jakenfred8634 4 года назад +10

    even a near 6 years later this is unbelievable helpful thanks mate

  • @SanicStudios
    @SanicStudios 7 лет назад +88

    You do realise you pretty much demonstrated how to make an 8 bit version of Billie Jean by Michael Jackson

    • @Goreface69
      @Goreface69 5 лет назад +4

      Congratulations, you have evolved into... Yuzo Koshiro!

  • @aurisbunni
    @aurisbunni 3 года назад +34

    this tutorial still holds up today, still impressive. this actually got me into making chiptune music.
    sad that the 8bit samples are not available now, i hope someone can provide a mirror link. i never got to backup one :(

    • @Loalskii
      @Loalskii 2 года назад +1

      Honestly I just got some average free synth vst, hooked it to OpenMPT and with some tweaking had same result. But on the bright side you can experiment more and not restricted with same samples.
      I hope this helps some folk who will see this vid later

    • @NitroriN2
      @NitroriN2 2 года назад

      @@Loalskii wait does openmpt can run vital?

    • @hnitsua
      @hnitsua 2 года назад

      @@Loalskii i only showed up cuz i wanted to see if there were any comments abt if the uploader would come back. i just randomly wanted to watch the bsod part of this guy's agk vs ice cream truck vid again in a while

    • @hnitsua
      @hnitsua 2 года назад +1

      @@NitroriN2 How did you find out about this you tuber

    • @NitroriN2
      @NitroriN2 2 года назад +1

      @@hnitsua Just got interested in VRC7 sound card due to a composition called coffee zone by fearofdark

  • @lpqocqeeinem2692
    @lpqocqeeinem2692 2 года назад +3

    0:00 Intro
    0:20 OS requirements
    0: 30 Opens OpenMPT
    0:46 Main Icons
    0:49 Setup
    2:03 General Tab
    2:24 NES & Gameboy Channels
    2:40 Instruments Tab
    4:28 Samples Tab
    5:19 Patterns Tab
    6:06 What each Letter and Number mean
    6:12 How to make different samples with same instruments
    6:48 Making Base Drum
    7:23 Making Snare Drum
    8:02 Making Bass Pattern for Melody
    8:24 Making Bit Pattern
    8:47 Copying/Pasting to make chords
    9:12 How to change the notes selected

  • @123fendas
    @123fendas 9 лет назад +8

    Wow, aside from the tutorial, you really put a lot of effort into editing! Good job, man.

  • @joman66
    @joman66 9 лет назад +11

    That 8 bit Jungle Drum & Bass tho!!!!!

  • @thecloudyfox
    @thecloudyfox 6 лет назад +7

    This is where it all started for me

  • @polic72andDrD3ath
    @polic72andDrD3ath 7 лет назад +1

    Very well-composed and informative video. Those samples in the description are super minimalistic and exactly what I needed, thank you.

  • @yashnanda6413
    @yashnanda6413 5 лет назад +4

    Oh man... I absolutely loved this tutorial...pls do more with other software as well. Thanks a lot for this!!

  • @kitayuan9842
    @kitayuan9842 8 лет назад +1

    so square sounds are the melody/ harmony triangle is the baseline, white noise is percussion and the other spot can be used for anything that sounds cool

  • @Wukeywukey
    @Wukeywukey 10 лет назад

    It's been a long time. No matter what you choose to make, I support you!

  • @krum1985
    @krum1985 4 года назад

    Thanks for the tutorial man, got me up n' creatin' in no time =D and was suprised to find out that your dropbox link still actually works (which is rare on videos that are almost 6 years old xD)

    • @xuan.madrid
      @xuan.madrid 2 года назад

      Could you share it?? Please

  • @Jaxv3r
    @Jaxv3r 5 лет назад +14

    2:47 RIP people using headphones while trying this out including me

    • @DrFlox
      @DrFlox 4 года назад +4

      I am deaf since then

    • @PKSuperStar256
      @PKSuperStar256 4 года назад +3

      Yeah, it happened to me too. It really drills into your ears when you don't know how to stop the sound.

    • @PKSuperStar256
      @PKSuperStar256 4 года назад +2

      @Atanas Kozharov, yeah. Thank you. :3

    • @PKSuperStar256
      @PKSuperStar256 4 года назад +2

      @Atanas Kozharov, yeah, I did that.

  • @ofadventure6004
    @ofadventure6004 8 лет назад

    i was looking on how to make 8-bit tunes especially for making games to
    make them more exciting. thank you for this tutorial! :)

  • @simpson6700
    @simpson6700 6 лет назад +6

    i swear "a catchy tune" sounds like it's right out of VVVVVV

  • @sketchbookAlex
    @sketchbookAlex 9 лет назад +29

    can you make an openmpt tutorial for non-chiptune music

  • @kitkat2500
    @kitkat2500 8 лет назад

    Thanks! For the longest time I couldn't figure out how to use this thing

  • @cptray-steam
    @cptray-steam 3 года назад

    0:39 I've never heard a more accurate statement.

  • @kitayuan9842
    @kitayuan9842 8 лет назад +5

    The stick figure though XD

  • @samtodd2327
    @samtodd2327 6 лет назад

    if you're watching this in 2018, use the ' key (not the backtick ` key in the annotations) to cut off the note. can be changed in the keyboard shortcuts under note column > cut off note

  • @mostbirnen4030
    @mostbirnen4030 2 года назад

    You also can import Instruments from any readable tracker song!

  • @PKSuperStar256
    @PKSuperStar256 4 года назад +1

    As a test, I tried recreating Nyeh Heh Heh! based on this video's instructions, though it's still at the beginning, it's going well!

  • @dulkea
    @dulkea 2 года назад +1

    I look forward to returning you by 2029 :)

  • @Freefork
    @Freefork 7 лет назад +1

    1:34
    Don't worry about DSP? THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHUT? ackACK! Ackackackackackackack...

  • @Vinmationgaming
    @Vinmationgaming 10 лет назад

    Cool beans I should give it a try.

  • @spicychicken2
    @spicychicken2 9 лет назад +1

    Hey. Thank you for the great tutorial! One thing I didn't understand how you did it, At 8:30 you were able to hold out the note of the instrument. You must of used a hotkey because I didn't see you click anything. Can you please tell me how to hold out a note? Thank you

    • @spicychicken2
      @spicychicken2 9 лет назад

      jerrrrr So here is what I did, please tell me if it is right or not. I went to the samples section. "Loop" was on, but "Sustain Loop" was off, so I turned that on. Then I went back to patterns, plugged in my note in line "0", and in line "2", when I wanted it to stop, I double clicked the line and selected the effect type "Note Cut". It works, but I don't think that is what you did.

    • @spicychicken2
      @spicychicken2 9 лет назад

      jerrrrr ne'rrr mind. I saw your little comment my second watch through about use the ~ button.

  • @MrSonicTeam
    @MrSonicTeam 5 лет назад

    Useful tutorial!
    thank you!

  • @jeffd4927
    @jeffd4927 8 лет назад

    your original tracks sound cool!

  • @Gerbrand_01
    @Gerbrand_01 6 лет назад +2

    at 8:27, you drag out the length of the note. How do you do that?

    • @scubacat3134
      @scubacat3134 6 лет назад +1

      press the plus key to add a pause in for continuous notes.

  • @mpmedia6735
    @mpmedia6735 11 месяцев назад

    Great video! any chance you can get that sample pack back online again? Much appreciated.

  • @JoystickStereo
    @JoystickStereo 7 лет назад

    I'm missing the colors tab you mention at 1:41. Do you know why?
    -Nevermind; it was under a tab labelled "Display"; that should have been obvious, but I wasn't paying attention, lol.

  • @fallonsky_
    @fallonsky_ 7 лет назад

    thanks a lot. pretty much answered all my questions :P

  • @Decco6306
    @Decco6306 4 года назад

    The songs at the end = Lapfox Vibes

  • @Lilithe
    @Lilithe 8 лет назад

    MIDI tab don't worry about it? I came here for that.
    My USB O2 shows up and notes register in the Patterns tab of the main display though so I guess it's working.
    I really just want to make any tunes at all with my USB MIDI keyboard and this ridiculously complex program.

  • @cuymacu8916
    @cuymacu8916 4 года назад

    2:47 you were about to make Astronomia... XD

  • @reeyu8222
    @reeyu8222 7 лет назад +7

    Do I need to dl the 8-bit samples in order to make chiptune? or is it included with OpenMPT?

    • @zebanon5
      @zebanon5 7 лет назад +1

      Yes, you do. He has a link to the dropbox in the description.

  • @ronlivingstone1634
    @ronlivingstone1634 2 года назад

    I would want to check out and listen to your Super mario bros 2 song that you created on OpenMPT

  • @erikdevice8021
    @erikdevice8021 8 лет назад

    How do you make traces like the one at 10:20?

  • @rudolof8540
    @rudolof8540 4 года назад +2

    Ohh my god hahahahaha, I pee myself with the 0:39 to 0:45 part >_

  • @NBKevin98x
    @NBKevin98x 10 лет назад +18

    You don't make much Videos. Not even saying thats bad. But when you upload something, its something that is really worth to watch. Good Job Jeeves! :D
    Btw. why did you changed your name?

    • @Jeeves476
      @Jeeves476  10 лет назад +11

      A couple years ago, I started to feel that the number "476" didn't mean much anymore. The number came from the last three digits of an old ID I had from from way back in grade school. I've been contemplating on making a new screen name since then.
      Around the same time, I randomly tried getting an Xbox gamertag of the same name. Nope, "Jeeves476" was already taken. (I don't own, let alone regularly play, an Xbox anyway.) But that was a very minor reason for a name change.
      Another reason was that college changes you as a person. If I met myself from 5 years ago, I'd have trouble recognizing me at first. But 2009-me would know I'm still fundamentally the same guy. I'd explain that later if you'd like.
      For a long while I was like "You know, if I had a new screenname, it's gonna have a 'V' and an 'E' in it somewhere." Coincidentally, in that same time period was when Google+ was being phased in into RUclips, along with the confusion of real names and pseudonyms and stuff.
      I presented myself a challenge: think of a new screenname without digits in it. What made it even harder is that I'm horrible at coming up with names. So I sat in the bathroom one day and focused all my mental energy into thinking of a new name. 45 minutes later, there it is. Y_VE_Squared, or "Y_" for short.
      Origin of the name is where it gets geeky: mathematical equations that say "one half (blah) (bleh) squared." For example: kinetic energy is "1/2 mv^2". So I've basically combined my IRL name with an equation. There's something really metaphorical about this. Something about a part of me being constant and another part being a variable that changes over time.
      I'm still completely fine with being called "Jeeves476". I don't expect anyone to immediately remember a new name if I can't do that myself. lol

  • @beattherapydotcom
    @beattherapydotcom 4 года назад +1

    MPT, FamiTracker et al could really use an option for re-skinning... Trackers used to look awesome (FastTracker 2, Octamed 4 etc...) Can we bring that aesthetic back? Please? ;-) 😅💙👍

  • @blankwood5696
    @blankwood5696 4 года назад +2

    12:30 aphex twin? is that you?

  • @LukeWhittingham87
    @LukeWhittingham87 9 лет назад

    Thank you this helped!

  • @tequilawolf64
    @tequilawolf64 7 лет назад

    I give up. I can't believe it's 2017 and there's not a single app to make chiptune music as simple as GarageBand. This is madness.

  • @kitayuan9842
    @kitayuan9842 8 лет назад

    when i add the loop at 3:18 it just constantly restarts the note

    • @user-or1jt8ol6s
      @user-or1jt8ol6s 8 лет назад

      If you're still interested, right click the white line and uncheck Loop, but check Sustain.

    • @kitayuan9842
      @kitayuan9842 8 лет назад

      k, thx

  • @RetroRob420
    @RetroRob420 6 лет назад

    okay so i understand 99% of this tutorial, but yet i have no clue how you manipulated the wav sounds to get the instrument you use starting at at 10:21??? is that made using the square.wav? how do you make the sound flutter like that?

  • @footkong5937
    @footkong5937 9 лет назад +1

    I can't seem to achieve the nice low pop sound from the bass drum from your instructions. I am a scrublord.

  • @Mike.Garcia
    @Mike.Garcia 8 лет назад

    awesome!

  • @fedism
    @fedism 5 лет назад

    Can you connect a Midi keyboard to play notes instead if so where do I find that option? thanks!

  • @GENATARi
    @GENATARi 8 лет назад

    how do you change the note layout on a regular keyboard to more of a famitracker/deflemask layout?

  • @matim.7173
    @matim.7173 6 лет назад

    How do i make the song longer than 1024 bars? I know its possible but how?

  • @PauloSilva111
    @PauloSilva111 7 лет назад

    do you think that one tutorial about how to compose chiptunes in ay-3-8910+k051649 (msx konami) instead of rp2a03 (nes/famicom) would make sense?

  • @seanlolx2
    @seanlolx2 9 лет назад +1

    This is amazing! thank you! any suggestions to someone completely new to music and editing to take the next step from this video? like idk what im doing still idk what sounds i want or where im going.

  • @Wukeywukey
    @Wukeywukey 10 лет назад +4

    Where can I get the wav samples?

    • @Jeeves476
      @Jeeves476  10 лет назад +3

      Maybe I should put those files into Dropbox and have them shared. I'll have them up (and other files) when I get the chance. I'll update the video's annotations after that.

    • @BlackJaguarGX64
      @BlackJaguarGX64 9 лет назад

      Y_VE_Squared long time no see you mate :) how's going? do you still planning to make agk episodes? it's me former as shwabo1000 if you remember

    • @Wukeywukey
      @Wukeywukey 9 лет назад

      Hey, dude! I'm busy with college at the moment. Maybe this summer, who knows.

    • @antediluvegan7236
      @antediluvegan7236 8 лет назад

      +Y_VE_Squared Thank you for sharing these samples with us, but how would we generate our own samples like these if we want to make everything from scratch?

    • @antediluvegan7236
      @antediluvegan7236 8 лет назад

      +Vega Addendum: I messed around with the sample editor to make my own but it sounds buzzy and nasty when I use it as an instrument compared to the square.wav file you provided.
      If you could explore the creation of good sound samples from scratch I would really appreciate it!

  • @tauheximus
    @tauheximus 7 лет назад

    Is there a way to start playing a sample at later than the actual beginning of the sample?

  • @aravsanwal7152
    @aravsanwal7152 8 лет назад +2

    How do we extend the length of the note?

  • @kzeriar25
    @kzeriar25 10 лет назад

    how can i search for more sound samples?
    what keywords do i type?

  • @SinanAkkoyun
    @SinanAkkoyun 7 лет назад

    How can I make the chords sound like in the first example? :)

  • @TheBena007
    @TheBena007 9 лет назад

    Thank you SOOOOOOOOOOOOO much!

  • @samanthavandersluis
    @samanthavandersluis 4 года назад

    Thanks so much for this helpful tutorial! I have a noob question: can I export an .it file as a .mod? Or do I need to start a MOD file to save only as a .mod?

    • @noorhafizat
      @noorhafizat Год назад

      it might be a compatibility issue because it and mod works differently and mpt uses different configuration to work with compatibility. So maybe you can, but needs some expertise to do it

  • @princenaimNFS
    @princenaimNFS 10 лет назад

    We want more agk

  • @BuIlDaLiBlE
    @BuIlDaLiBlE 10 лет назад +2

    0:37 LOL

  • @haxidenti6001
    @haxidenti6001 2 года назад

    Please share 8bit samples. Link is broken

  • @PrinceOfOriel
    @PrinceOfOriel 9 лет назад

    The backtick key is doing literally nothing for me, I have no way of stopping the notes.

  • @Dantecreateshere
    @Dantecreateshere Год назад

    Come back, Jeeves!

  • @amakiii
    @amakiii 2 года назад +1

    Your dropbox link doesn't work

  • @Decco6306
    @Decco6306 9 лет назад

    Woah... wher'd that snare sample come from on the D&B one?

  • @archive94
    @archive94 3 года назад

    Ah yes, THE SAMPLES ARE GONE! How am I gonna do most of this stuff now? I can't even find a decent tutorial, and now the samples are gone. Why?

  • @Yixop
    @Yixop 3 года назад +1

    Make vid man u good

  • @idonotknowwhyyoutubeletsyo5893
    @idonotknowwhyyoutubeletsyo5893 5 лет назад

    Still looks really complicated to me(but simple at the same time).I guess I'm just not used to it

  • @alphabloodhawk
    @alphabloodhawk 10 лет назад

    Yay its jeeves!

  • @huevitoss
    @huevitoss 7 лет назад

    400th like, and this is useful!

  • @stockton1856
    @stockton1856 9 лет назад +9

    THIS MAKE NOO SENSE WHEN EVER I PUT ANY THING IN TO THE INSTRUMENTS NOTHING PLAYS PLEASE HELP

    • @uberallesxd
      @uberallesxd 7 лет назад +1

      did you use .wav files?

    • @Uberchix02
      @Uberchix02 7 лет назад

      I am but im having the same problem

    • @barkyyy
      @barkyyy 7 лет назад

      Did you select which instrument to use? Did you Properly import the samples?

  • @jerehaapakoski5763
    @jerehaapakoski5763 9 лет назад

    I cant get the 8-bit sound, i use 5 channels but it's still some kind of ear rape. :(

  • @HangOnThereSlick
    @HangOnThereSlick 9 лет назад

    What's this program called? I had it before but I had to get a new computer.

  • @paksap479
    @paksap479 8 лет назад

    how do i download the samples?

  • @tsunoxx
    @tsunoxx 10 лет назад

    Did you do all your Songs only with These 5 samples?

    • @Jeeves476
      @Jeeves476  10 лет назад +4

      Most of them, maybe 95% of them, yes. There are a few others with other waveforms such as sawtooth or some differently proportioned rectangle wave.

  • @thesaber903
    @thesaber903 7 лет назад

    0:37
    I'm dying

  • @DreamCheaters
    @DreamCheaters Год назад

    link broken

  • @OnyeNacho
    @OnyeNacho 3 года назад

    Where can I download the samples?

    • @tails_the_god
      @tails_the_god 3 года назад

      sadly the link is gone indeed i can make them for you i know how... just will need to wait a bit

    • @Reycko
      @Reycko Год назад

      ​@@tails_the_god its been a year

  • @Nashigogogo
    @Nashigogogo 10 лет назад

    thanks!

  • @DonGoliath
    @DonGoliath 10 лет назад

    kaboom

  • @INIKIATHEKINGXX
    @INIKIATHEKINGXX 10 лет назад

    Y_VE_Squared, Why were you gone for so long? :'(

    • @Jeeves476
      @Jeeves476  10 лет назад

      College gets in the way sometimes... OK, most of the time.
      And then there's social life, and some gaming, and procrastinating on Reddit... etc.

    • @INIKIATHEKINGXX
      @INIKIATHEKINGXX 10 лет назад

      Ah. Alright.

    • @SuperWiiBros08
      @SuperWiiBros08 10 лет назад

      Y_VE_Squared and getting bored of making stuffs

  • @toastyyyyyyyy
    @toastyyyyyyyy 9 лет назад

    I made one of my own before listening to yours, and realized how shit mine is.

  • @angelinatran4930
    @angelinatran4930 9 лет назад

    How the hell do u stop the notes

    • @pekkahaataja5435
      @pekkahaataja5435 9 лет назад

      Angelina Tran You press the key in your keyboard that makes the ^^ (you have to find it) for me its the Ö key
      Not the key above *

  • @eowmeowcat8438
    @eowmeowcat8438 3 года назад

    a sounds is deleted dude

  • @TechnoSinister
    @TechnoSinister 8 лет назад

    It all made sense until the samples table.

  • @robot8675
    @robot8675 4 года назад

    rip annotations

  • @xmvziron
    @xmvziron 6 лет назад

    ... or you could use famitracker instead ;)

  • @VyxtheBat
    @VyxtheBat 4 года назад +4

    Aah.
    complicated.
    evil.
    bad.
    goodbye.

  • @Zhenchat
    @Zhenchat 9 лет назад +1

    The channel is dead or not?

  • @kitayuan9842
    @kitayuan9842 8 лет назад

    your so funny 1+ sub for you

  • @deelan_
    @deelan_ 8 лет назад

    Or, just use famitracker m(

  • @MrRightThinker
    @MrRightThinker 6 лет назад +1

    innovation index is INCRESED while using trackers than modern useless daw

    • @dlol.
      @dlol. 5 лет назад

      Mr.Right Thinker it really depends on the person, personally, ideas come out of DAWs, trackers, and modular. I use whatever I feel like and cool ideas sometimes come out

  • @dimydek6686
    @dimydek6686 7 лет назад +1

    *why cant i get an easy software to use and not this shit... ffs help*

  • @kozyrev27
    @kozyrev27 4 года назад

    Тут есть русские?)

  • @absursi0n122
    @absursi0n122 6 лет назад

    ok that made absolutely no sense

  • @paksap479
    @paksap479 8 лет назад

    still too hard

  • @mintymints5087
    @mintymints5087 8 лет назад

    I think there's a valuable lesson to be learned by this video.
    OPENMPT SUCKS.