[Chiptune/Electronic] The Old Testament , 5 tracks (MP3 192)

Gaspy Conana · May 25, 2007, 16:54:08

-01- In the Beginning (3:29)
-02- Eden (3:47)
-03- Noah and the Flood (3:02)
-04- Climbing the Ziggurat (5:11)
-05- The Exodus (6:54)

http://jaytholen.net/jaytholen_theoldtestament.zip (30.6 Mb)

This is the first half of a project I've been working on for the past few weeks. Just a fun project I fit in to distract me from my every day responsibilities. I'm still open to messing around with the songs, so any feedback would be appreciated.

Made almost entirely in MPT, with the exception of some scary effects in Eden that I produced externally.

Sam_Zen · May 26, 2007, 00:01:09

Is it possible to offer this also as 5 single zips ? I've quite a slow connection.

Gaspy Conana · May 26, 2007, 02:17:08

Quote from: "Sam_Zen"Is it possible to offer this also as 5 single zips ? I've quite a slow connection.

I'm planning on uploading the individual tracks. They'll be up tomorrow.

KrazyKatz · May 26, 2007, 23:49:04

Two Words..

Bloody Good!

"In the beginning" & "The Exodus" would sound brilliant if they were performed by an orchestra. If you send me the original files, I could try convert them into an orchestral form. Just PM me.

Where have you been hiding?
Exceptional stuff for a chip tune. Keep it up!

Gaspy Conana · May 28, 2007, 14:04:27

Thanks a lot. I'm a fan of the baroque period, so some of that probably comes through at times. I'm also a big fan of prog/krautrock.

But yeah, that would be cool, I'll get some of them uploaded.

http://www.last.fm/music/Jay+Tholen/The+Old+Testament

You can download full mp3s there. Only 128 kbps, but I have limited connectivity and uploading takes forever.

kit beats · May 28, 2007, 15:58:14

The beginning & The Exodus are brilliant, verry nices tunes i think. (im listening now for the 4'd time). i like the banging sounds in The beginning, or how do you say it hahah. it is full of great sounds!

what i don't like are some samples (i think im just not used to/of chip sounds).

The same for The Exodus (sample thing). nice tunes only from 3:25 i think it's going to be long winded.

From 1:38 it's pushing great sounds!

These 2 i think have something of a hiphop beat.

Regards,

Gaspy Conana · May 28, 2007, 23:03:21

Quote from: "Samplekit"The beginning & The Exodus are brilliant, verry nices tunes i think. (im listening now for the 4'd time). i like the banging sounds in The beginning, or how do you say it hahah. it is full of great sounds!

what i don't like are some samples (i think im just not used to/of chip sounds).

The same for The Exodus (sample thing). nice tunes only from 3:25 i think it's going to be long winded.

From 1:38 it's pushing great sounds!

These 2 i think have something of a hiphop beat.

Regards,

I'm not quite sure what you're referring to, could it be the sound effects? Basically I just took some stock sounds and bitcrushed them down to sort of fit the style a bit. Not everyone's cup of tea, I understand.

Asharin · May 29, 2007, 10:03:01

I don't really like chiptunes, but these were pretty good

kit beats · May 29, 2007, 11:19:50

Quote from: "Gaspy Conana"
I'm not quite sure what you're referring to, could it be the sound effects? Basically I just took some stock sounds and bitcrushed them down to sort of fit the style a bit. Not everyone's cup of tea, I understand.

my point is, im not so in to chip tunes, the sounds. Mostly i like straight piano or strait guitar samples etc..

But the notes of The beginning & Exodus i think are really good.

p.s. my english is not so well

What is bitcrushed?!

Saga Musix · May 29, 2007, 17:35:36

i guess "bitcrushing" is just another word for "chipping"... it means that you just take a few hundred bytes of a sound to create a ... well... chip sound

kit beats · May 29, 2007, 17:51:24

Quote from: "Jojo"i guess "bitcrushing" is just another word for "chipping"... it means that you just take a few hundred bytes of a sound to create a ... well... chip sound

Ok

you mean a littlebit of one sample, i mean a really short wave or?

What means a few hundred bytes of a sound?!

Saga Musix · May 29, 2007, 18:15:34

yes, a very little bit of a sound, also called "beep"

Gaspy Conana · May 30, 2007, 14:57:54

Quote from: "Jojo"yes, a very little bit of a sound, also called "beep"

True.

Thanks for the nice comments and such.

Saga Musix · July 07, 2007, 16:23:09

i finally cleaned up my download dir and listened to the tunes. They're pretty nice chip tunes! keep up the nice work!