Good Free Music Makers

Started by ashmc2, Mon 28/12/2009 18:50:19

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ashmc2

Mon 28/12/2009 18:50:19
I hope this is the right forum - I'm still new!

I'm working on my first game...learning how to put my ideas together and technically do everything. I would like to tinker with the background music aspect. Could someone point me to a free download that is kinda noobie-friendly. One that already has different sounds/instruments that I can work with.

Thanks for any help or tips.

Damien

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Mon 28/12/2009 20:01:29
My recommendation would be the LMMS (Linux Multimedia Studio) which is very similar to FL Studio:

http://lmms.sourceforge.net/

There are sites with free instruments or effects (echo, chorus, phaser, distortion, ...) which can be used within LMMS like

http://freemusicsoftware.org/category/vsti or complete databases:
http://www.kvraudio.com/get.php


You could also check out "Sound Club for Windows":

http://www.bluemoon.ee/history/scwin/

bicilotti

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Mon 28/12/2009 22:54:45 Last Edit: Mon 28/12/2009 23:03:26 by bicilotti
Noobie as I am, I've always had fun messing with Musagi, a very intuitive tool.

Also, a fellow AGSer, jon_swe made a very nice tutorial on how to make MIDI music.

ashmc2

#3
Tue 29/12/2009 18:19:51
Thanks for the suggestions. I downloaded sound club and I am happy with that at the moment. It has some pre-installed sounds and instruments.

DrWhite

#4
Wed 30/12/2009 00:37:24
Hey bicilotti, thanks for the info about Musagi. I´ve been looking for a tool like that so long.

Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens

#5
Thu 31/12/2009 00:13:53
If you're at all familiar with music modules you can find a variety of free trackers out there, from MilkyTracker to MadTracker to Fast Tracker 2.  Heck, if you want to make NES style music there's FamiTracker and there's a gameboy tracker out there as well.  For putting together a library of samples it's as easy as opening up your favorite music mod and borrowing the samples from it you like, and some of the newer trackers support Vsti's as well.

Dualnames

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Mon 04/01/2010 12:28:34
Quote from: bicilotti on Mon 28/12/2009 22:54:45
Noobie as I am, I've always had fun messing with Musagi, a very intuitive tool.

Also, a fellow AGSer, jon_swe made a very nice tutorial on how to make MIDI music.

http://drpetter.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=musagi&action=displayhread=47

Working links for musagi if the server of its author is down (as it is now)!
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aventurero

#7
Wed 06/01/2010 21:48:01
Maybe this has nothing to do with this thread, but... I can't listen to midis in my computer! Any hints?  ;D
Code: ags
function iToxicWaste_Talk()
{
Display ("You eat the toxic waste. Obviously, you die.");
QuitGame (0);}

Gilbert

#8
Thu 07/01/2010 01:21:46
Check the mixer setting of your system?

aventurero

#9
Thu 07/01/2010 01:26:07
I think it's got something to do with the codecs, but I can't find them anywhere. It's hard to make a graphic adventure without midis, please help :-\
Code: ags
function iToxicWaste_Talk()
{
Display ("You eat the toxic waste. Obviously, you die.");
QuitGame (0);}

Gilbert

#10
Thu 07/01/2010 01:35:19
MIDI does not need codecs, as long as your sound card and driver (which should be true for all cards) support them. Try to find if there is a Synthesiser setting in the mixer.

OneDollar

#11
Thu 07/01/2010 13:20:22
I remember there was some odd behaviour with playing midis in Windows Media Player. Something like closing the program without stopping the midi, or pausing or stopping it normally set the volume on the synth channel to zero.
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