Chiptune techniques
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2020 9:36 pm
Hello and thanks for this amazing piece of software.
I come from a distant tracker background and I'm trying to transfer some knowledge to LMMS. Right now I'm wondering how best to emulate the "arpeggio" instruments of your typical tracker.
I'm aware of the common LMMS arpeggiator, which to some extent allows to achieve simple patterns like chords that repeat in a fixed order, using Octave with minimum range and Sort mode. This is even simpler than in a tracker, since you don't need an instrument for each different chord, as the arpeggiator plays each "simultaneous" note in order. But I wonder what would be the recommended way of doing other things like more complex patterns that aren't exactly following a chord order (e.g. instead of a simple Cmaj c-e-g repeat, a reversed g-e-c or other more complex sequence). I don't think the arpeggiator is suited for that?
Also, for vibrato/detuning which is also doable with the arpeggio in trackers, what would be an efficient replacement in LMMS? Should I look at effects for that, or some kind of automation?
Thanks!
I come from a distant tracker background and I'm trying to transfer some knowledge to LMMS. Right now I'm wondering how best to emulate the "arpeggio" instruments of your typical tracker.
I'm aware of the common LMMS arpeggiator, which to some extent allows to achieve simple patterns like chords that repeat in a fixed order, using Octave with minimum range and Sort mode. This is even simpler than in a tracker, since you don't need an instrument for each different chord, as the arpeggiator plays each "simultaneous" note in order. But I wonder what would be the recommended way of doing other things like more complex patterns that aren't exactly following a chord order (e.g. instead of a simple Cmaj c-e-g repeat, a reversed g-e-c or other more complex sequence). I don't think the arpeggiator is suited for that?
Also, for vibrato/detuning which is also doable with the arpeggio in trackers, what would be an efficient replacement in LMMS? Should I look at effects for that, or some kind of automation?
Thanks!