Music
One of my biggest hobbies is producing "9-bit" electronic chiptune music. Take a listen to one of my albums to hear what I mean!
Featured Releases
Downloads
All of my music is available for download at my official Bandcamp site.
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Patreon
Like my music? Want to become a fan? Patreon is the best way to support me and my work! Support me on Patreon and you'll get access to the following:
- Downloads for all of my music, and early access to unreleased tracks and WIPs.
- Download of my exclusive "Devotion" single - you can't get this song anywhere else!
- Free physical CDs shipped to you when my albums release!
- Your name in my album credits!
- Monthly video updates and access to my exclusive Patron-only feed.
Learn all about my Patreon here!
Licensing and Commissions
Interested in using my music for your video, stream, or game? Want to commission me for a soundtrack? I have a step-by-step form that can provide you info and walk you through the process!
Click here for my Music Licensing and Commissions form!
9-bit Music
So what exactly is "9-bit" music anyways? The term was first coined by halc--it's not in widespread usage, but I've adopted it as a succinct way to describe my music for lack of a better term. To me, 9-bit music is music that mixes together chiptune sounds with more modern, non-chiptune elements. Contrast this to normal chiptune music or "8-bit" music, which is written using only sounds created by sound chips of old video game consoles, and "fakebit", which is written using modern software and synthesizers but designed to closely emulate the sound and limitations of those chips. 9-bit music does away with the restrictions of normal chiptune music and uses chiptune sounds merely as a starting point, so you'll hear things like pulse wave leads on top of modern electronic drums, or rapid pulse-wave arpeggio chords put through filters and echo effects.
Like any broad musical categorization, there's quite a lot of diversity within 9-bit music--some may choose to overlay dry chiptune sounds with vocals or piano accompaniments, while others will take a more liberal approach and only vaguely resemble chiptune music in their choice of instruments and usage of arpeggios. My own flavor of 9-bit tends to incorporate modern drum sounds along with a lot of echo and reverb effects to form a much more lush soundscape than you would find in traditional chiptune music. At the same time, a lot of my instruments and sound effects are rooted in simple waveforms like pulse waves and triangle waves, so the chiptune flavor still carries through.
Some other good examples of 9-bit music are Big Giant Circles' The Glory Days and Impostor Nostalgia, the Dustfall OST, 9-bit Records releases, and the FEZ OST. Plus, of course, most of the music I write myself!
FL Studio Resources (3xOsc presets, waveforms, samples)
The distinctive 9-bit sound that I achieve is largely in part to the 3xOsc presets that I utilize throughout my music. I've made these available for everyone to use, along with some other assorted samples that you may find useful, including lots of NES noise channel samples! (Ever wanted to slice up drum loops from Shovel Knight in your songs?) Download below!
DDRKirby(ISQ)'s FL Resources v2.1
To ensure that the 3xOsc presets load correctly, please unzip this file into the Data/Patches/User directory!
One Hour Compo
My production skills were largely developed by a ton of practice that I got by doing One Hour Compo, a weekly event where you write a song in one hour based on a random prompt.
See my page on OHC to learn more about it.
Sheet Music
Looking for sheet music?
Click here to go to my Sheet Music Resources page!
Remixing My Songs
If you want to do a remix, mashup, or rearrangement of something I've written, go ahead! Please tell me about it, just so that I can hear what it sounds like! For remixes, I generally prefer tags like "DDRKirby(ISQ) - Fortitude (YourNameHere Remix)" where I'm still specified as the original artist, but as long as you make it clear that you're remixing my tune, I'm fine with it.
If you are planning to sell your remix of my song or include it in a paid album, you must contact me first so I can give you the go-ahead. I may require you to make it available as an individual free download.