November 15, 20178 yr Here's something a bit different. I've always been a big fan of composing in as many mediums as I can get my hands on, and one medium that I've really been getting into over the last couple years is chiptunes. I've done quite a few that I really like but this one is probably my most well-liked so far on the website I participate in (battleofthebits.org). It's quite classical-leaning in many ways, as opposed to a lot of chiptunes which deliberately seek to sound videogame-y. I called it 'ceilidh' because it was inspired by two ceilidhs that I attended during my first week here in Glasgow. A ceilidh, to put it as simply as possible, is a traditional Scottish gathering with song and dance. To me, the term 'chiptune' is distinct from '8-bit' in that a chiptune is music that could actually be physically played on a specific music chip. To prove it, the .mp3 I have uploaded here is an actual recording that another user took of their own NES, playing the music file I had created. It also means there's not much use me uploading the source file, because it was created in FamiTracker which is not notation software.
November 16, 20178 yr It sounds so awesome! I'm a big fan both of scottish music and chiptune music, and never heard a mix of the two. This is such a great idea! I wish I could compose something like that myself. May I ask what sound library did you use for this one? I found some chiptune libraries, but none of them was in 64-bit. The problem is that I bought my cubase only when there was Cubase 9, therefore it automatically downloaded Cubase 9, that can only use 64-bit plugins. I'd also like to hear if you know any other good sound libraries in 64-bit.
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