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Hey guys! New here. Just wondering what most people use for background music and such for their games. Is there a decent resource out there? Do you make your own?

In this very subforum, there's a stickied thread devoted to free (always as in beer, usually as in freedom) resources. http://love2d.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=12

I actually did come across that . Wasn't sure how up to date it was kept, and most of the links are kind of meh (some even dead.) Is that what most use? I also wanted to get an idea of how many actually develop their own sounds.

saiko-chriskun wrote:I actually did come across that . Wasn't sure how up to date it was kept, and most of the links are kind of meh (some even dead.) Is that what most use? I also wanted to get an idea of how many actually develop their own sounds.

1: computer with awesome sound card
2: computer with awesome processor
3: computer with awesome sound recording software
4: instruments and equipment for hooking up instruments to computer
5: epical talent.

I have none of the above, so I hire the8bitmoon for making sounds.

saiko-chriskun wrote:I actually did come across that . Wasn't sure how up to date it was kept, and most of the links are kind of meh (some even dead.) Is that what most use? I also wanted to get an idea of how many actually develop their own sounds.

Please point out the dead links. I didn't find any when I did the wiki page (you can also edit them out yourself, if you feel like it)

(Also, for a moment I thought you were a fellow Saikyō-ryū practitioner. Alas, it seems you are not)

saiko-chriskun wrote:I actually did come across that . Wasn't sure how up to date it was kept, and most of the links are kind of meh (some even dead.) Is that what most use? I also wanted to get an idea of how many actually develop their own sounds.

There are audio production software like Ableton (what I use) and Fruity Loops (what everyone uses). From there you could download VST's to make your music sound 8-bit, or you could just work with the default sounds.

I use Propellerhead Reason and Record for my 8bit sounds?

GarageBand and some apps I have on my iPhone. Nice to have a synthesizer on the go whenever I come up with something in my head that could work for future work.

I like Musagi. It's free, small, fast, and pretty powerful. It's made for chipmusic and other old game sounds, and comes with simple synthesizers so you can very easily make your own chip instruments. It's quite a bit easier to use than other things I've tried (Modplug Tracker and FL Studio). I highly recommend it.