Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This is a tutorial about FamiTracker's DPCM channel. I walk through the basic concepts of what DPCM (Delta Pulse Code Modulation) is, show examples from classic NES games, then share an in-depth look at my favorite DPCM channel techniques for making original 8-bit chiptune music.
*Chapters:*
00:00 Intro
00:17 What is DPCM?
01:50 Classic NES Examples
02:55 MESEN Mixer
03:43 Super Mario Bros. 3
05:48 Using Voice Samples
07:15 Processing Your Voice Sample
09:00 Importing Your Voice Sample
14:25 Drum One Shots
15:00 Importing Your Drum Samples
16:50 Designing Cymbals
17:50 Programming a Sequence
19:12 Using Drum Loops
21:25 Slicing Your Drum Loop
25:00 Instrument Doubling
27:35 Harmony
29:10 Synth Pads
30:45 TLoZ Theme with VRC7
32:55 The SunSoft Bass Technique
33:16 Journey to Silius
34:11 Recording a Synth Bass
35:11 Track Breakdown 1
36:05 Using Arpeggios
37:40 The 808 Variation
38:26 Track Breakdown 2
39:21 The ROMpler Technique
39:55 Designing Your Samples
45:05 Programming a Sequence
46:17 Volume Fade Techinque
47:02 Triangle Channel Pitch Dives
48:37 Sample Track
48:51 Closing
*Free FamiTracker Effects & Hot Keys List, DPCM samples, and project files:*
innermotionmusic.gumroad.com/l/FTCrashCourse
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*Free Drum Loops:*
innermotionmusic.gumroad.com/l/dhbtp
*AKAI Kit:*
innermotionmusic.gumroad.com/l/kngxs
*DPCM Kit:*
innermotionmusic.gumroad.com/l/uorpvm
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#chiptune #8bit #nes
*About Inner Motion Music:* Hi, my name is Jerrold. I'm a lifelong, professional musician based in New York City. I started Inner Motion Music to be the digital home for all of my musical endeavors. My goal for this channel is to share my love and passion for music, and hopefully inspire others to embark on musical journeys of their own. I post original music, covers, and tutorial videos covering everything from music performance, to music theory and composition, to music production. My hope is that through a growing community, Inner Motion Music can help musicians and music enthusiasts of all skill levels and backgrounds find positivity and inspiration to foster their own musical development. Thank you for the support!
This is a tutorial about FamiTracker's DPCM channel. I walk through the basic concepts of what DPCM (Delta Pulse Code Modulation) is, show examples from classic NES games, then share an in-depth look at my favorite DPCM channel techniques for making original 8-bit chiptune music.
*Chapters:*
00:00 Intro
00:17 What is DPCM?
01:50 Classic NES Examples
02:55 MESEN Mixer
03:43 Super Mario Bros. 3
05:48 Using Voice Samples
07:15 Processing Your Voice Sample
09:00 Importing Your Voice Sample
14:25 Drum One Shots
15:00 Importing Your Drum Samples
16:50 Designing Cymbals
17:50 Programming a Sequence
19:12 Using Drum Loops
21:25 Slicing Your Drum Loop
25:00 Instrument Doubling
27:35 Harmony
29:10 Synth Pads
30:45 TLoZ Theme with VRC7
32:55 The SunSoft Bass Technique
33:16 Journey to Silius
34:11 Recording a Synth Bass
35:11 Track Breakdown 1
36:05 Using Arpeggios
37:40 The 808 Variation
38:26 Track Breakdown 2
39:21 The ROMpler Technique
39:55 Designing Your Samples
45:05 Programming a Sequence
46:17 Volume Fade Techinque
47:02 Triangle Channel Pitch Dives
48:37 Sample Track
48:51 Closing
*Free FamiTracker Effects & Hot Keys List, DPCM samples, and project files:*
innermotionmusic.gumroad.com/l/FTCrashCourse
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๐ *Streaming*
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๐ต *Apple Music* music.apple.com/us/artist/inner-motion-music/1529898132
๐ต *Band Camp* innermotionmusic.bandcamp.com
*Free Drum Loops:*
innermotionmusic.gumroad.com/l/dhbtp
*AKAI Kit:*
innermotionmusic.gumroad.com/l/kngxs
*DPCM Kit:*
innermotionmusic.gumroad.com/l/uorpvm
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๐ฆ *Twitter* twitter.com/InrMotionMusic
๐ชข *Threads* threads.net/@innermotionmusic
โ *Ko-Fi* ko-fi.com/innermotionmusic
๐ *Streaming*
๐ต *Spotify* open.spotify.com/artist/4deXKpk5X04fXVQh6LDYeS
๐ต *Apple Music* music.apple.com/us/artist/inner-motion-music/1529898132
๐ต *Band Camp* innermotionmusic.bandcamp.com
#chiptune #8bit #nes
*About Inner Motion Music:* Hi, my name is Jerrold. I'm a lifelong, professional musician based in New York City. I started Inner Motion Music to be the digital home for all of my musical endeavors. My goal for this channel is to share my love and passion for music, and hopefully inspire others to embark on musical journeys of their own. I post original music, covers, and tutorial videos covering everything from music performance, to music theory and composition, to music production. My hope is that through a growing community, Inner Motion Music can help musicians and music enthusiasts of all skill levels and backgrounds find positivity and inspiration to foster their own musical development. Thank you for the support!
![Good Morning โบ [Copyright Free Lo-Fi Hip Hop]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KuolB8_Fl-U/mqdefault.jpg "Good Morning โบ [Copyright Free Lo-Fi Hip Hop]
โผ๏ธ Take *50% off* my Subway Kit Drum Sample Pack with the discount code: *BOSCO* โผ๏ธ
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This is the title track from an upcoming EP of original, Copyright free Lo-Fi hip hop compositions.
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#lofi #chillvibes #relaxingmusic #copyrightfreemusic
*Composed, Arranged, and Performed By:* Jerrold Kavanagh
*Produced By:* Inner Motion Music
Add some chill vibes to your YouTube videos with this cool lo-fi background track.
Relaxing music for sleeping.
Relaxing music for art.")
![๐ฆ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ โ Lower Brinstar [Instrumental Cover]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LR78ObW_WJ0/mqdefault.jpg "๐ฆ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ โ Lower Brinstar [Instrumental Cover]
This is an istrumental video game cover of Lower Brinstar (also known as โRed Soilโ, and Underground) from Super Metroid for the SNES featuring Samus Aran.
The instrumentation includes: acoustic and electruc guitars, electric piano, drum/percussion, electric bass, flute, melodica, and synthesizers. In addition to the live instruments, I sampled some sounds from the original game using .spc files and incorporated them into the arrangement using sound design techniques in Ableton Live 12. This was one of my favorite games from the 16bit era, and my hope was to offer a musical tribute that would be personal to me, while preserving the dark, eerie, mood of the original.
00:00 Prologue
00:12 Exploring
00:43 Solos for Samus
01:09 Prepare for Battle
01:32 Back to the Depths
01:57 Epilogue
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*Original composers:* Hirofumi Matsuoka and Masahiko Mashimo
*Produced by:* Inner Motion Music
*Arranged, performed, mixed, and mastered by:* Jerrold Kavanagh
Relaxing video game music for sleeping. Relaxing video game music for art, painting, and drawing. Relaxing Metroid music. Metroid music video. Music for inspiration. Adventure instrumental music. canciรณn de videojuegos. ใฒใผใ ้ณๆฅฝ ใฒใผใ ใใฅใผใธใใฏ. เคตเฅเคกเคฟเคฏเฅ เคเฅเคฎ เคธเคเคเฅเคค. ์ ค๋ค.")
![๐ฝ๐ธโ๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ โบ Ninja Gaiden [Piano Cover]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MGTCf5OjYl0/mqdefault.jpg "๐ฝ๐ธโ๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ โบ Ninja Gaiden [Piano Cover]
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๐ต *Apple Music* https://music.apple.com/us/artist/inner-motion-music/1529898132
๐ต *Band Camp* https://innermotionmusic.bandcamp.com/
๐ท *Instagram* https://www.instagram.com/innermotionmusic/
๐ท *tiktok* https://www.tiktok.com/@innermotionmusic?lang=en
This is a piano cover of Farewell, from the ending of Ninja Gaiden for the NES. I recorded it with Keyscape by Spectrasonics in Ableton Live.
#ninjagaiden #nes #videogamecover #pianocover #8bitgoldy
Ninja Gaiden,[a] released in Japan as Ninja Ryลซkenden[b] and as Shadow Warriors in Europe, is an action-platform video game developed and published by Tecmo for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Its development and release coincided with the beat em up arcade version of the same name. It was released in December 1988 in Japan, in March 1989 in North America, and in August 1991 in Europe. It has been ported to several other platforms, including the PC Engine, the Super NES, and mobile phones.
Set in a retro-futuristic version of 1988, the story follows a ninja named Ryu Hayabusa as he journeys to America to avenge his murdered father. There, he learns that a person named the Jaquio plans to take control of the world by unleashing an ancient demon through the power contained in two statues. Featuring side-scrolling platform gameplay similar to Castlevania, players control Ryu through six Acts that comprise 20 levels; they encounter enemies that must be dispatched with Ryus katana and other secondary weapons.
Ninja Gaiden has an elaborate story told through anime-like cinematic cutscenes. It received extensive coverage and won several awards from video gaming magazines, while criticism focused on its high difficulty, particularly in the later levels. Director Hideo Yoshizawa named Ninja Gaiden as his most commercially successful project. The game continued to receive acclaim from print and online publications, being cited as one of the greatest video games of all time. It was novelized as part of the Worlds of Power game adaptations written by Seth Godin and Peter Lerangis. The game was followed by Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos (1990) and Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom (1991). A manga-styled comic book, Ninja Gaiden 88, published by Dark Horse Comics, continued the narrative of the five original games.
Relaxing video game music for sleeping. Relaxing video game music for art, painting, and drawing. Video game theme songs piano. canciรณn de videojuegos. ใฒใผใ ้ณๆฅฝ ใฒใผใ ใใฅใผใธใใฏ. เคตเฅเคกเคฟเคฏเฅ เคเฅเคฎ เคธเคเคเฅเคค.")
![๏ผณ๏ผท๏ผฉ๏ผญ๏ผญ๏ผฉ๏ผฎ๏ผง โบ Super Mario Bros. 3 [Lo-Fi Funk Cover]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MiqD7ydJIuM/mqdefault.jpg "๏ผณ๏ผท๏ผฉ๏ผญ๏ผญ๏ผฉ๏ผฎ๏ผง โบ Super Mario Bros. 3 [Lo-Fi Funk Cover]
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This is a Lo-Fi instrumental funk cover of the swimming theme from Super Mario Bros. 3
*Original Composer:* Koji Kondo
*Produced by:* Inner Motion Music
*Arranged and performed by*: Jerrold Kavanagh")
![DUNGEON & WATERFALLS โบ FFMQ [Lo-Fi Hip Hop Cover]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Mlvcfh8pRxY/mqdefault.jpg "DUNGEON & WATERFALLS โบ FFMQ [Lo-Fi Hip Hop Cover]
*Stream on Spotify:* โบ https://open.spotify.com/album/3SxCX7fwp5yNbydnvUo7DQ
*Download free on Bancamp!:* โบ https://innermotionmusic.bandcamp.com/album/lo-final-fantasy-mystic-quest-2
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๐ท *tiktok* https://www.tiktok.com/@innermotionmusic?lang=en
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 Dungeon & Waterfalls.
Thanks to @ChenLiYong for the great suggestion!
*Original composers:* Ryuji Sasai and Yasuhiro Kawakami.
*Produced by*: Inner Motion Music
*Performed and Arranged by*: Jerrold Kavanagh
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๐ต Apple Music https://music.apple.com/us/artist/inner-motion-music/1529898132
๐ท tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@innermotionmusic?lang=en
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โ Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/innermotionmusic
#finalfantasy #finalfantasymysticquest #lofihiphop #videogamecovers #lofibeats #finalfantasycover
Relaxing video game music for sleeping. Relaxing video game music for art, painting, and drawing.")
