Hi there, this week is something very different than what i uploaded so far but somehow closer to what i usually write.

I stumbled upon ChipNomad by accident on a discord server and decided to check it out. Its basically the M8 workflow and system (so LSDJ navigation layout but with all the M8 improvements attached to it) but for the AY-3-8910/YM2149F soundchips. So basically 3 channels of bleeps and bloops.

This was my first attempt at writing something on it and i decided to go a bit more sound design oriented instead of melody writing to learn about the soundchip some more. Its very funny to use because you can play noise at the same time as melodic waves but from my understanding the noise oscillator is shared between all channels so there is tons of fun fooling around with envelopes and using noise to give square waves some more attack.

Overall im very satisfied but it could have used some more variation but i ran out of time so its basically just a copy paste for the „second part“.

The reason why its called GenreNomad is basically me not being able to stick to genre „limitations“ and just do whatever i want no matter if its a desktop daw or a soundchip used on the 1982 ZX Spectrum.

It also has a slight stereo shift between the 3 channels (a slightly left, b center, c slightly right) which adds a lot of separation for „same“ sounding channels.

Overall im very pleased with the workflow and the interface so if you feel like trying it too check it out over at https://chipnomad.org/ and make sure to share your stuff in the discord!

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