Hey everyone,
With the Celeste Soundtrack complete, I am rebooting! Below are some of the things I’ll be working on until the end of the year:
First thing’s first, I’ve set dates for the next music masterclasses. Thi...
2019-10-09 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone!
The Celeste Soundtrack (Pico-8 Edition) has been released!
Soundtrack is (mostly) complete - WHEW!
Patrons can hear excerpts from the last five tracks in the video above (only 3.5 mins long).
Homestretch!
Some more WIPs in the video above (only 4 minutes). You can hear excerpts from the following tracks, comparing the original with my arrangements:
Also i...
2019-09-10 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone,
Some more WIPs in the video above, have a listen! (only 4 minutes) You can hear excerpts from the following tracks, comparing the original with my arrangements:
I have...
2019-08-19 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
May 25/20 Update - The release of Pico-8 Beta includes a new PAT/SFX music editor. This means new hotkeys!
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Thanks to Discord’s 'wethesqueemish' for the suggestion...
2019-08-12 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Here are some more works in progress, have a listen! (only 3.5 minutes) You can hear excerpts from the following tracks, comparing the original with my arrangements:
Celeste OST Pico-8 remake is underway!
You can watch a video above where I compare the original tracks with my Pico-8 arrangements (will only take you three minutes!). Excerpts are from the first f...
2019-07-20 13:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone!
I’m really enjoying the masterclasses. Thanks to everyone who has stopped by to chat and share music.
For the next round of masterclasses, I was going to send out a poll to ask everyone’s preferred times. But considering where you’re all from (Japan, A...
2019-07-13 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostI thought I’d take a break from the grind of writing about hand independence and transcribe something instead.
In my own practice, I revisited this tune by Phineas Newborn Jr. called Sugar Ray. I enc...
2019-07-03 14:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
All done!
Attached is the rest of the sheet music for the Celeste OST:
Attached is sheet music for the first 10 tracks of the Celeste OST:
Hi everyone!
Work on my Celeste-OST-Pico-8-remake has begun. If you don’t know Lena Raine, she didn’t an amazing job pr...
2019-06-17 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons, hope you’re well!
Horaayy we’ve hit $200/month! Thank you, thank you! To celebrate, I’m considering remaking the Celeste OST in Pico-8. This will include all the sheet music, so it’s a big project, and...
2019-06-03 15:03:28 +0000 UTC View Post
The last MilkyTracker on volume controls and effects! I introduce Lxx, Gxx & Hxx and show a bunch of creative uses. The first two minutes is also dedicated to going through a few hotkeys for quickly opening up menus.
By the END of this tutorial, you should know how to:
This is the 2nd tutorial of three, exploring volume effects and commands in MilkyTracker. In the previous tutorial, I talked about manually adjusting the volume. In THIS tutorial, I talk all about volume slides.
By the END of this tutorial, you should know how to:
There are a handful of volume effects at your disposal in MilkyTracker. To be thorough, I’ve divided these effects into three tutorials.
By the END of this tutorial, you should know how to:
Thanks to everyone who checked out the first masterclass stream. Lots of conversations about transcribing & arranging music in Pico-8, making melodies sound better, and more!
In case you missed it, I've made this first masterclass video available for ALL Patrons (future mas...
2019-05-13 16:15:50 +0000 UTC View Post
What is SPD? What is BPM? How are they different, and how are they related?
Understanding SPD and BPM is really important for understanding how volume envelopes and effects work. When I was first learning MilkyTracker, I could never figure them out, and there weren’t any tutorials t...
2019-05-02 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone!
Starting in May, I’ll be hosting regular “masterclasses” on Twitch. Send me your Pico-8 carts, MilkyTracker projects, and piano music, and I’ll review them live on stream. If you don’t have anything to show, I’ll be streaming anyways, so come say hello ...
2019-04-29 14:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostSept 21/19 Edit – 2600-word update: the las
2019-04-25 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
A tutorial dedicated to all the important controls and buttons in MilkyTracker's main view.
BPM and SPD are the most complex of all the buttons, so I've reserved NEXT tutorial to talk specifically about those. The first couple of tutorials are pretty technical, but sometimes thi...
2019-04-22 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
New MilkyTracker / Chiptune tutorial!
Questions and feedback are always welcome and appreciated. Need clarification? Did I forget something? How can I make these better? Is there a topic you’d like to see covered?
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Hotkeys...
2019-04-15 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
This is an introduction to my tutorial series on making music and chiptunes with MilkyTracker.
Questions and feedback are always welcome and appreciated. Need clarification? Did I forget something? How can I make these better? Is there a topic you’d like to s...
2019-04-08 14:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patrons!
Hope you’re well. An update on future content:
I’ve been thinking about starting a “Feedback Series.” Patrons can send me their music (Pico-8, chiptune, piano music etc.). I can make a kind of t...
2019-03-31 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Moving, texting, attacking, hitting, opening, dying!!
All kinds of different SFX in this pack. I tried to keep them as organized as possible. Let me know if you think I missed any ;)
Overall, there are 42 different sound effects. Attached is the Pico-8 cart and a .zi...
2019-03-25 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Jakub and I released Vol. 1 EXACTLY TWO years ago! Vol. 2 has been in the works for a while, so we're excited to finally have this finished.
If you're not familiar with Pico-8 Tunes, the idea was to fill a Pico-8 cart with music that devs can us...
2019-03-20 14:03:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Taking a break from the SFX packs. This is a cover of a fun, funky tune by Vulfpeck called Speedwalker. Hope you enjoy!
Attached is the Pico-8 cart, an Mp3 for your music library, and an Mp4 for your video library (okay, attaching the video is a bit weird, but why not!?)
I...
2019-03-11 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
🛸🔫 !PEW PEW PEW! 🔫 🛸
+5$ Patrons now have access to 25+ .wav files and a Pico-8 cart with SFX for guns, lasers, fireballs and other projectiles! (Link). Watch the YouTube ...
2019-03-04 15:20:56 +0000 UTC View Post
🛸🔫 !PEW PEW PEW! 🔫 🛸
Attached is a Pico-8 cart with a 25+ sounds for guns, lasers, fireballs and other projectiles! Also attached is a .zip file with all those sounds as .wav files. Use them, change them!
I've attached my live stream session in the video above....
2019-03-04 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post