Uploaded May 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this YouTube Short music production tutorial, I outline the process I use to make 8-Bit drums for chiptune music using the DPCM channel in FamiTracker. This is a fun music technique that I use to give my chip tunes a more engaging sound. It also works great for getting sound of the original NES gaming system for songs you make in other genres.
#chiptune
In this YouTube Short music production tutorial, I outline the process I use to make 8-Bit drums for chiptune music using the DPCM channel in FamiTracker. This is a fun music technique that I use to give my chip tunes a more engaging sound. It also works great for getting sound of the original NES gaming system for songs you make in other genres.
#chiptune
![Final Fantasy I: Main Theme [Synth Cover]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/58mMbYZy4rE/mqdefault.jpg "Final Fantasy I: Main Theme [Synth Cover]
This is a cover of Nobuo Uematsus Main Theme from the original Final Fantasy game for the NES. It was recorded with a Korg DS-8 synthesizer. The Korg DS-8 has an interesting story...
In the 1970s Yamaha began developing a type of synthesis known as Frequency Modulation (or FM for short). They released the GS-1, and later the more famous DX-7 in the early 1980s which made use of the new technology. Since Yamaha held the patent for FM synthesis, Korg had to license it from them to develop the DS-8, which was released in 1987. The DS-8 is sort of a stripped down version of the DX-7, but has its own character and charm. Since Final Fantasy was released in 1987 in Japan, I thought it would be fitting to record this classic piece of music with an actual DS-8.
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*Original composer:* Nobuo Uematsu
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*Arranged, performed, mixed, and mastered by:* Jerrold Kavanagh
Relaxing video game music for sleeping. Relaxing video game music for art, painting, and drawing. Relaxing Final Fantasy music. Final Fantasy music video. Music for inspiration. Adventure instrumental music. canción de videojuegos. ゲーム音楽 ゲームミュージック. वीडियो गेम संगीत. 젤다.")
![RITO VILLAGE (Day) ► The Legend of Zelda: BoTW [Instrumental Cover]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5B_X6Vm23m4/mqdefault.jpg "RITO VILLAGE (Day) ► The Legend of Zelda: BoTW [Instrumental Cover]
Instrumental cover of: Rito Village (Day) from #breathofthewild
#legendofzelda #videogamecover #videogamecover #nintendo
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*Original Composers:* Manaka Kataoka, Hajime Wakai, Yasuaki Iwata
*Produced by:* Inner Motion Music
*Arranged, performed, and mixed by:* Jerrold Kavanagh
Relaxing video game music for sleeping. Relaxing video game music for art, painting, and drawing. Relaxing Zelda music. Zelda music video. Music for inspiration. canción de videojuegos. ゲーム音楽 ゲームミュージック. वीडियो गेम संगीत. 젤다.")
![The Day Will Come [Final Fantasy V Instrumental Cover]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5FG1gNiig_0/mqdefault.jpg "The Day Will Come [Final Fantasy V Instrumental Cover]
The Final Fantasy series has always been my favorite video game series of all time - however, last summer I realized that I had never played Final Fantasy V. I decided I would jump into it and make a cover album once I got a feel for the characters and story. The result was 10 tracks of jammy, instrumental, video game covers. When I began playing with the pieces, I found that many of them left quite a lot of space for musical exploration, so the direction I took was to try to incorporate all the familiar elements of the Final Fantasy sound world we all know and love, but put them in a new sonic landscape.
This album is also important for me because it is the first full length album that I created entirely by myself, and is my first attempt at engineering/producing. Ill be posting a few tracks here on YouTube each week until theres none left, then maybe releasing it on the streaming platforms after that.
*Album art commissioned by:* @Stryvec - to whom I am extremely grateful to for lending their skills, care, and attentiveness. You can find more work here:
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#FinalFantasyV #FinalFantasy #NobuoUematsu #Videogamecovers #gamemusic
Relaxing video game music for sleeping. Relaxing video game music for art, painting, and drawing.")
![MYSTIC BALLAD ► Final Fantasy Mystic Quest [Lo-Fi Cover]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5aJnJ8gby1s/mqdefault.jpg "MYSTIC BALLAD ► Final Fantasy Mystic Quest [Lo-Fi Cover]
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I spent many hours waking up before dawn and playing Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest for hours before school back in the early 90s. The game itself is a bit of an after thought for most people, but it offered some really great music - so here is my Lo-Fi Hip Hop arrangement of Mystic Ballad.
*Original composers:* Ryuji Sasai and Yasuhiro Kawakami.
*Produced by:* Inner Motion Music
*Performed and Arranged by:* Jerrold Kavanagh
#finalfantasy #videogamecover #lofi
Relaxing video game music for sleeping. Relaxing video game music for art, painting, and drawing.
Relaxing video game music for sleeping. Relaxing video game music for art, painting, and drawing. Music for inspiration. canción de videojuegos. ゲーム音楽 ゲームミュージック. वीडियो गेम संगीत.")
![Invention No 12 in A Major [Chip Tune Arrangement]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/68L82zC2Vj4/mqdefault.jpg "Invention No 12 in A Major [Chip Tune Arrangement]
Triumphant, regal, and majestic. This Invention is a wonderful exploration into the moods of the key of A Major and features some nice cross-rhythmic phrasing - one of my favorite devices which Bach frequently used.
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![Valentinas Theme - Super Mario RPG [8-Bit Cover]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/69Ybm63ScPs/mqdefault.jpg "Valentinas Theme - Super Mario RPG [8-Bit Cover]
This is an 8-bit chip tune cover of the Valentinas theme (also known as Margarie Margarita; played during the Nimbus Castle scenes) from Super Mario RPG. It was done in FamiTracker with the VR6 chip.
*Original Composer:* Yoko Shimomura
*Produced By:* Inner Motion Music
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Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars[b] is a role-playing video game developed by Square and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) in 1996.[c] It was the final Mario game published for the SNES. The game was directed by Chihiro Fujioka and Yoshihiko Maekawa, produced by Shigeru Miyamoto, and scored by Yoko Shimomura.
Super Mario RPGs story focuses on Mario and his friends as they seek to defeat the Smithy Gang, who has crashed into their world and scattered the seven star pieces of Star Road. Super Mario RPG is the first RPG in the Mario franchise, drawing from major elements of Squares RPG franchises such as Final Fantasy. The main form of fighting enemies is turn-based combat with a party of up to three characters. It is also the first game in the Mario franchise to have gameplay within an isometric 3D environment, allowing for a new variety of the exploration and platforming elements reminiscent of the Super Mario series.
Super Mario RPG was critically acclaimed, and particularly praised for its humor and 3D-rendered graphics. It was the inspiration for Nintendos other role-playing series, Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi, and both are spiritual successors which retain some gameplay elements. Super Mario RPG was released on the Wii Virtual Console service in 2008, marking its debut in Europe and Australia, and later for the Wii Us Virtual Console in 2015. It was also included with the Super NES Classic Edition in 2017. A remake for the Nintendo Switch is set to be released on November 17, 2023.
Relaxing video game music for sleeping. Relaxing video game music for art, painting, and drawing.
Relaxing 8 bit music.
canción de videojuegos. ゲーム音楽 ゲームミュージック. वीडियो गेम संगीत.")
![Welcome To Boosters Tower ▷ Super Mario RPG [Cover]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7BvyKCr6OeM/mqdefault.jpg "Welcome To Boosters Tower ▷ Super Mario RPG [Cover]
This is an instrumental cover of Welcome to Boosters Tower from Super Mario RPG. It ended up going in a bluesy/Mo Town/Albert King kind of direction.
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*Original Composer:* Yoko Shimomura
*Performed, Arranged, Mixed, and Mastered by:* Jerrold Kavanagh
*Produced by:* Inner Motion Music
Some instruments used: DAngelico Guitars, Lakland Basses, AKAI Midi controller, Arturia V Collection, Ableton Live, Slingerland Drums, Paiste Cymbals, Pearl Drums, Yamaha Drums, Zildjian Cymbals, Ableton Push 2, Aslin Dane Guitars
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars[a] is a role-playing video game developed by Square and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) in 1996.[b] It was the final Mario game published for the SNES. The game was directed by Chihiro Fujioka and Yoshihiko Maekawa, produced by Shigeru Miyamoto, and scored by Yoko Shimomura.
Super Mario RPGs story focuses on Mario and his friends as they seek to defeat the Smithy Gang, who has crashed into their world and scattered the seven star pieces of Star Road. Super Mario RPG is the first RPG in the Mario franchise, drawing from major elements of Squares RPG franchises such as Final Fantasy. The main form of fighting enemies is turn-based combat with a party of up to three characters. It is also the first game in the Mario franchise to have gameplay within an isometric 3D environment, allowing for a new variety of the exploration and platforming elements reminiscent of the Super Mario series.
Super Mario RPG was critically acclaimed, and particularly praised for its humor and 3D-rendered graphics. It was the inspiration for Nintendos other role-playing series, Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi, and both are spiritual successors which retain some gameplay elements. Super Mario RPG was released on the Wii Virtual Console service in 2008, marking its debut in Europe and Australia, and later for the Wii Us Virtual Console in 2015. It was also included with the Super NES Classic Edition in 2017. A remake developed by ArtePiazza for the Nintendo Switch was released worldwide on November 17, 2023, and received positive reviews.
#Supermariorpgremake #videogamecovers
Relaxing video game music for sleeping. Relaxing video game music for art, painting, and drawing. Relaxing Zelda music. Zelda music video. Music for inspiration. canción de videojuegos. ゲーム音楽 ゲームミュージック. वीडियो गेम संगीत.")
![DUNGEON THEME ✇ The Legend of Zelda [Cover]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/81l-CyV0u00/mqdefault.jpg "DUNGEON THEME ✇ The Legend of Zelda [Cover]
This is a music video for my video game cover of the Dungeon Theme from the Original Legend of Zelda game for the NES. I tried to blend the original 8-bit sounds from the NES with live instrumentation. The arrangement was is also a nod to one of the coolest songs ever made Ghost Town by the Specials:
https://youtu.be/RZ2oXzrnti4?si=7tWjyP-zNXVyNVzj
*Original Composer:* Koji Kondo
*Arranged, Performed, Mixed, and Mastered by:* Jerrold Kavanagh
*Produced by:* Inner Motion Music
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The Legend of Zelda, originally released in Japan as The Hyrule Fantasy: Zelda no Densetsu,[b][8][c] is an action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo.[9] The first game of The Legend of Zelda series, it is set in the fantasy land of Hyrule and centers on an elf-like boy named Link, who aims to collect the eight fragments of the Triforce of Wisdom in order to rescue Princess Zelda from Ganon.[10] The player controls Link from a top-down perspective and navigates throughout the overworld and dungeons, collecting weapons, defeating enemies and uncovering secrets along the way.[11]
Designed by Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi Tezuka, it was originally released in Japan as a launch title for the Family Computer Disk System in February 1986.[12] More than a year later, North vbeing the first home console game to include an internal battery in the US for saving data.[13] This version was later released in Japan in 1994 under the title The Hyrule Fantasy: Zelda no Densetsu 1.[d][5] The game was ported to the GameCube[14] and Game Boy Advance,[5] and was available via the Virtual Console on the Wii, Nintendo 3DS and Wii U.[15] It was also one of 30 games included in the NES Classic Edition system, and is available on the Nintendo Switch through the Nintendo Switch Online service.
The Legend of Zelda was a critical and commercial success for Nintendo. The game sold over 6.5 million copies, launched a major franchise, and has been regularly featured in lists of the greatest video games of all time. A sequel, Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, was first released in Japan for the Famicom Disk System less than a year after its predecessor, and numerous additional successors and spinoffs have been released in the decades since its debut.
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Video game music for work. Video game music for drawing. Video game music for exercise. Video game music for work. Video game music for drawing. Video game music for exercise. Relaxing RPG music for reading. canción de videojuegos. ゲーム音楽 ゲームミュージック. वीडियो गेम संगीत. 젤다.")
![Sinfonia No.5 in E Flat Major BWV #791 [Chip Tune Arrangement]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8BZ8YDglFJA/mqdefault.jpg "Sinfonia No.5 in E Flat Major BWV #791 [Chip Tune Arrangement]
The fifth of Bachs 15 Sinfonias (three part inventions) arranged for FamiTracker.
I took a different approach with this project than I did with the Two Part Inventions. Since latter is composed of only two voices, I used the empty channels in the FamiTracker to simulate reverb and delay effects to give the pieces a sense of depth, space, and life. I also kept them in mono, so they were generally a more pure representation of the NES hardware.
Since the Sinfonias introduce a third voice, I decided that I would do most of the sound design inside FamiTracker and export the stems to process inside Ableton Live. The result is less pure to the Chip Tune ethos, but I think service the music in a deeper way. The use of stereo mixing allows for the 3 parts to be spread out across the stereo field, giving the piece a wider sense of perspective - and the use of more conventional reverb and delay effects puts it in more of a real world environment.
As for the pieces themselves, I was less familiar with the Sinfonias than I was the Two Part Inventions. I also didnt do as much consulting of existing recordings for reference. Instead I tried to rely more on my own decisions about tempo, phrasing, and articulations so the interpretations may be less conventional.
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