Comment by stuaxo
16 years ago
Well hang on a sec, I'm sure the original composers also worked this out, they were working with 8 bit sounds for years and years.
16 years ago
Well hang on a sec, I'm sure the original composers also worked this out, they were working with 8 bit sounds for years and years.
Worked what out exactly? 8-bit sounds were very much tied to the idea of translating music and sound effects, and not of developing novel music or techniques. Though some degree of innovation did occur, as technology advanced the gaming industry left behind 8-bit sounds, moving to more advanced wave-table MIDI synthesis, CD-ROM audio, etc, abandoning the 8-bit sounds as outdated and limited.
How many games on the SNES or on CD-ROM used 8-bit soundtracks? It was only later when 8-bit sound was sought after as a musical form on its own, for its own aesthetics and nature, that it flourished as an art independent of the need to imitate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK4Hdy9wWl4