This is super impressive and I’m not gonna pretend to be anywhere near as good of a composer as this, but a couple of suggestions: 1. Look at using musescore. I know 8-bit sound fonts are your thing, but I’ve used both beepbox and musescore and the latter was so much more user friendly and just let me do more things. 2. Instead of each bar being 6 measures of 4/4, make it 8 bars of 3/4. The strong beat occurs on every 3rd note in the piece, but the way you’ve subdivided it makes that hard to see when looking at it. 3. Don’t be afraid to change keys. There are quite a few bits, especially in the opening, that seem like they’d resolve better into a 5th than the tonic. Again, musescore makes it way easier to change keys, but even just implying more subdominant or dominant chords within the key will give a greater sense of melodic progression. Seriously though, great work and I cant wait to see the end result
I actually have tried using musescore, and while it is more capable than beepbox, I don't have a whole lot of experience with engraving programs, and the piano roll format is generally easier for me to compose in just because of the fluidity of it and not having to mess around with too many symbols and lines etc. (I also don't really have too much music theory knowledge). Usually for me the thing at the top of my list of importance is the ability to efficiently spew my thoughts onto a canvas over capability, the only sticking points being that key changes are a little wack in beepbox, and that you can't change time signatures. Were I to make a full orchestral arrangement or something of the like I would probably go to musescore, but for straight composing, the learning curve is a little too high for me to be able to manage. The thing I really like about beepbox over other music software is that all of the instruments are synthesized (FM synthesis I think?), and while some sounds end up sounding kind of unavoidably awful (the percussion in particular), you can make some really crazy sounds. I particularly like one of the instruments on the top row, I've used it in a bunch of songs because it makes these confusing alien sound effects. On top of that, I love the feeling of sculpting every aspect of a piece that you get from making the instruments, and that's something that's hard to find in more traditional music software. I probably should use key changes more often in songs I write, It never really comes to mind, but it could probably add some variation.
you gotta fine tune the instruments to sound smoother because a lot of the default instruments are too small and crunchy (or press shift+r a bunch of times or turn up the reverb) but mostly you just gotta have a bunch of instruments to fill out all the octaves so there's no big empty spaces, that makes it sound wider, then do some panning. use the synth kick instrument in a low octave on top of the percussion
Seriously like i aspire to be as cool as someone like this, i make little songs in my head and think up games for them but then i never have the time or skill to make it with instruments instead of brain noises 🙃😰 like i literally thought of a song that soundd so banger i recorded it for once but the microphone made it sound so bad )::: how do i be as cool as you friend
@@DeXyfero yknow I've been trying to think of a way to answer this question for a while, but it's not easy. a few "tips" that come to mind are 1. if you wanna do something well, keep doing it badly a lot. you might never think you've made something good if you compare yourself to people you look up to, but your frame of reference for "bad" will shift upwards over time and even if you still think you are bad at it you'll be not insignificantly better than you from like, a year ago. 2. for me, it helps to "algorithmize" what cool/funny/whatever means to me and kind of make a metaphorical formula for it and just keep adding "variables" whenever there's another aspect I can think of that applies. it helps to pay close attention to what it is about the people you like that is cool might only apply to my brain, though. 3. don't feel bad about using any sort of tool/instrument/program or whatever so long as it helps you achieve the sound/look/vibe you're trying to get. you shouldn't bother with anything super expensive if you don't think it will help you that much, always make sure that what you currently have at your disposal is not enough when considering getting more take what I say with a grain of salt, though. I think i've only been "cool" for like, less than a year edit: don't worry too much about the pronouns! really anything goes as far as I'm concerned but most people tend to use he/him pronouns for me. I suppose I'd rather be a legend than a man or a woman, though.
It's a variety of synth instruments that I crafted or modified so they don't exactly correspond to real instruments, but I can give you a rough estimate. the top instrument is mostly nonsense noise that I don't understand but sounds cool (this one actually doesn't sound the same depending on the speakers you are using for whatever reason, it sounds bad when exported as a WAV file but sounds normal exported as MP3. this doesn't happen with any of the other instruments to my knowledge), the second instrument is a xylophone/vibraphone/music box sort of sound, the third instrument is a synth kick drum sound, the fourth instrument is an odd bitcrushed+distorted+reverb guitar sound, the fifth instrument is a distorted guitar+brass bass sound, the sixth instrument is most comparable to a saxophone (it's a brass lead of some variety), the seventh instrument is a bitcrushed rock organ, the eighth instrument is a bunch of weird choir sounds piled on top of each other, and the remaining two instruments are percussion. You can always check the link to the song (it runs in browser) and mess with the instruments yourself :)
sounds like the theme of a creepy hidden boss, love it!
i w o n d e r w h o t h a t c o u l d
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THIS SOUNDS AMAZING!! It makes me want to try beepbox out because this is really impressive
do it!!! it's so cool
yep definetly HOLY SHIT THAT BANGS
This sounds like final boss music and I love it
I just made a song on BeepBox I was actually proud of until I saw this. These beats are just too fire to fathom.
This is super impressive and I’m not gonna pretend to be anywhere near as good of a composer as this, but a couple of suggestions:
1. Look at using musescore. I know 8-bit sound fonts are your thing, but I’ve used both beepbox and musescore and the latter was so much more user friendly and just let me do more things.
2. Instead of each bar being 6 measures of 4/4, make it 8 bars of 3/4. The strong beat occurs on every 3rd note in the piece, but the way you’ve subdivided it makes that hard to see when looking at it.
3. Don’t be afraid to change keys. There are quite a few bits, especially in the opening, that seem like they’d resolve better into a 5th than the tonic. Again, musescore makes it way easier to change keys, but even just implying more subdominant or dominant chords within the key will give a greater sense of melodic progression.
Seriously though, great work and I cant wait to see the end result
I actually have tried using musescore, and while it is more capable than beepbox, I don't have a whole lot of experience with engraving programs, and the piano roll format is generally easier for me to compose in just because of the fluidity of it and not having to mess around with too many symbols and lines etc. (I also don't really have too much music theory knowledge).
Usually for me the thing at the top of my list of importance is the ability to efficiently spew my thoughts onto a canvas over capability, the only sticking points being that key changes are a little wack in beepbox, and that you can't change time signatures. Were I to make a full orchestral arrangement or something of the like I would probably go to musescore, but for straight composing, the learning curve is a little too high for me to be able to manage.
The thing I really like about beepbox over other music software is that all of the instruments are synthesized (FM synthesis I think?), and while some sounds end up sounding kind of unavoidably awful (the percussion in particular), you can make some really crazy sounds. I particularly like one of the instruments on the top row, I've used it in a bunch of songs because it makes these confusing alien sound effects. On top of that, I love the feeling of sculpting every aspect of a piece that you get from making the instruments, and that's something that's hard to find in more traditional music software.
I probably should use key changes more often in songs I write, It never really comes to mind, but it could probably add some variation.
@@radiotomatosauce99 if you make more “normal” music, I’ll for sure listen!!!
Oh this is so cool! I love beep box! Got myself into a slump but seeing this makes me want to work on songs again! Seriously amazing work!
adding this to my playlist
This song made me angry because I don’t think I will ever be able to reach that level of skill.
This gives off the feeling of LittleBigPlanet Sequencer Music.
Gives me Mario & Luigi final boss theme song vibes. Very good work
Sounds like a hidden glitch-related boss
Pretty good.
kinda sounds like the one portal song, real good.
Gives me kinda portal 2 vibes. I cant remember the one song but one of the segments sounds so familiar
the part where he kills you?
Pretty good, would be interested in seeing more.
sounds like drepessed boss is gonna kill the world
love it
Damn, I wish I could be this good. Very good song though, this is a certified bop. (Real)
This is unreasonably cool
This is giving me Portal 2 vibes
It's a good song for a boss battle theme
This gives me Paper mario vibes and I have no clue why.
ANOTHER BEEPBOX COMPOSER AYYYYY
It sounds like an eggman boss fight
Very good!
toby fox: i ain't gonna hire this guy, just to make everybody mad :]
Toby: haahaaaa
you should compose songs for videogames
this kinda sounds like a sonic.exe what ever the crystal guy is i forgor song
THIS IS AWESOME HOLY SHIT
I made two beepbox songs and seeing this makes me want to make more any tips?
press shift+r on instruments a lot
THIS IS SO COOL? its scratching some brain itches i didnt know i had...
how did you get your bb so W I D E btw?
you gotta fine tune the instruments to sound smoother because a lot of the default instruments are too small and crunchy (or press shift+r a bunch of times or turn up the reverb)
but mostly you just gotta have a bunch of instruments to fill out all the octaves so there's no big empty spaces, that makes it sound wider, then do some panning. use the synth kick instrument in a low octave on top of the percussion
@@radiotomatosauce99 oh i meant the actual UI itself lol, i've never seen it fill the screen horizontally like this
@@viiuan it's under preferences in "choose layout"
420 blaze it
WAIT I JUST REALIZED THIS IS THE PART WHERE HE KILLS YOU OMG IM SO DUNB
ah, you're right it does kinda sound like it doesn't it.
FUCK YES I DO
Edit: Now that I've actually listened to it, Hell fucking yes, gave me castlevania vibes hardcore. Love it!!!!!! Does it have a name??
aaaa I never thought about naming it but as of now it is called unfathomable zinglethorpes
Absolutely love that name
bow jee bow jee pow pow bow jee
srsly why does this sound like a terraria calamity mod theme
Wish i was as cool as this man, woman, or legend edit: 😳
Seriously like i aspire to be as cool as someone like this, i make little songs in my head and think up games for them but then i never have the time or skill to make it with instruments instead of brain noises 🙃😰 like i literally thought of a song that soundd so banger i recorded it for once but the microphone made it sound so bad )::: how do i be as cool as you friend
@@DeXyfero yknow I've been trying to think of a way to answer this question for a while, but it's not easy. a few "tips" that come to mind are 1. if you wanna do something well, keep doing it badly a lot. you might never think you've made something good if you compare yourself to people you look up to, but your frame of reference for "bad" will shift upwards over time and even if you still think you are bad at it you'll be not insignificantly better than you from like, a year ago.
2. for me, it helps to "algorithmize" what cool/funny/whatever means to me and kind of make a metaphorical formula for it and just keep adding "variables" whenever there's another aspect I can think of that applies. it helps to pay close attention to what it is about the people you like that is cool might only apply to my brain, though.
3. don't feel bad about using any sort of tool/instrument/program or whatever so long as it helps you achieve the sound/look/vibe you're trying to get. you shouldn't bother with anything super expensive if you don't think it will help you that much, always make sure that what you currently have at your disposal is not enough when considering getting more
take what I say with a grain of salt, though. I think i've only been "cool" for like, less than a year
edit: don't worry too much about the pronouns! really anything goes as far as I'm concerned but most people tend to use he/him pronouns for me. I suppose I'd rather be a legend than a man or a woman, though.
update: she/her
@@radiotomatosauce99 cool! I support you.
Just curious, but what instruments did you use for the song?
It's a variety of synth instruments that I crafted or modified so they don't exactly correspond to real instruments, but I can give you a rough estimate. the top instrument is mostly nonsense noise that I don't understand but sounds cool (this one actually doesn't sound the same depending on the speakers you are using for whatever reason, it sounds bad when exported as a WAV file but sounds normal exported as MP3. this doesn't happen with any of the other instruments to my knowledge), the second instrument is a xylophone/vibraphone/music box sort of sound, the third instrument is a synth kick drum sound, the fourth instrument is an odd bitcrushed+distorted+reverb guitar sound, the fifth instrument is a distorted guitar+brass bass sound, the sixth instrument is most comparable to a saxophone (it's a brass lead of some variety), the seventh instrument is a bitcrushed rock organ, the eighth instrument is a bunch of weird choir sounds piled on top of each other, and the remaining two instruments are percussion.
You can always check the link to the song (it runs in browser) and mess with the instruments yourself :)
@@radiotomatosauce99 ok thanks!
How the hell did you get numbers higher than eight?
*Why do i hear final boss music?*
Is that part where he kills you?
cool
круто звучит
Tiene copy?
I don't know what this means
@@radiotomatosauce99 he was asking if it’s copyrighted by you
@@ilarrauri well, I think legally speaking anything you create is automatically copyrighted, but I don't really care if anyone uses it.
@@radiotomatosauce99 As long as they credit you, I'm assuming. Common courtesy.
Mientras lo acredites, lo puedes utilizar
bro legit made a fnf mod