meraxes

Hey, I'm interested in composing original music for my RPG Maker game, and though I have plenty music samples and VST tools to compose with, my concern is that they all sound too "real" to fit in with a 2D-graphics JRPG game. Can soft-synths do this? I'm looking to dial-in a 16-bit retro sound, similar to the style of the music in games like Chrono Trigger for SNES and Golden Sun for the GBA. I've heard that many of the sounds in these games are actually just real instruments whose sounds were heavily downsampled in order to fit the specs of their platforms. Do I use soft-synths to create that 16-bit sound, or I am I better off composing with my real instrument samples, and then downsampling/bitcrushing these in order to achieve that sound? Any thoughts or opinions would be much appreciated, thanks. -Meraxes

Hi Naito, welcome! I'm new here as well.

Hi! I just acquired RPG Maker VX Ace (thanks to the just ended Steam madness sale, thanks Enterbrain!!!), and I'm very excited to finally be able to get these RPG ideas floating in my mind into an actual game! I also like to do music composition and I'm interested in collaborating with others on scoring their games. Look forward to meeting you all and having fun! Thanks, Meraxes