Milkytracker songs5/20/2023 There’s also really complex software-synthesizers that you can use.ĭo you have a background in chiptune music?įor chiptune stuff I mostly use a ZX Spectrum 48K with AY-interface, although when I started in the late eighties, there was only BEEPER accessible, so initially I was making 1-bit music on ‘Wham! The Music Box’ and after that I changed to SoundTracker 1.1 and the AY chip. There’s other software of course for instance, there is Unreal Speccy Emulator for ZX/AY lovers and so on. I tested how the SID chip emulation works on the Pi 2, with the GoatTracker, and it is really nice. Of course the Pi can do a lot, so for example one can use emulators or cross-platform trackers to make chiptune music too. My weapon of choice on the Raspberry Pi is MilkyTracker, a familiar and powerful tool. Of course, the multilayer technique is useful there too, so I can ‘play simultaneously’ on many guitars. I cut these recorded guitars into loops and put them into the song/module in a form of WAV files. Otherwise I use loops, but only when it comes to drum ‘n’ bass music (drum loops are indispensable there) or when I play the guitar (or ask some friends to do it for me I’m not a very good guitarist). You have to put all the notes/sounds in manually without any automatic help. I programmed all notes one-by-one, as is customary on the music trackers. How did you go about composing the album? The Pi can surely manage more, but that wasn’t the point of this album. The most complex song on the album consists of 26 independent channels of digi-music. The Pi 2 is powerful so the songs can be complicated and use multichannel, which makes for a great tune for the listener. ![]() I composed this music on the Pi and then recorded it all directly from the headphone output of the board. The entire idea of the project was to use only Pi 2 and nothing else. Obviously, it’s not old school, but you can feel some cool old-school philosophy behind it. I thought, “Aha! I have to get one NOW!” The Raspberry Pi, being a British computer, is important to me as I’ve been a ZX Spectrum fan and user since the eighties. However, my decision back then was motivated directly by the announcement that the Raspberry Pi outsold the ZX Spectrum. I bought one when the Pi 2 was still the new model. It then ends in a chiptune style with BitPusher2600’s remix made on the Pi. In general you can find all kinds of electronic music, although every song is different: from electro/techno-pop, through Eurodance, to instrumental electronica Mike Oldfield. ![]() The songs on my Raspberry Pi album are modules – the XM modules to be exact – made with a Raspberry Pi 2 and MilkyTracker working on the regular Raspbian system. Generally we might say that chiptune music is usually synthetic and full modules – like MOD, S3M, XM, etc. Typical demoscene music is usually divided in two basic types: chiptunes and modules. Tell us about your album! What kind of music would you say it is? This article first appeared in The MagPi 68 and was written by Rob Zwetsloot You can listen to RPi ZWEI while you read through our interview with him. However, demoscene musician Yerzmyey decided to go one step further and make an entire album using the Raspberry Pi as his instrument. Making music on a Raspberry Pi is simple enough thanks to Sonic Pi.
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