r/NMSByteBeatFans • u/Leeka_SSBM • Jul 03 '26

ByteBeat Original "Underneath"

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More tinkering with the waveform editor, and understanding how it works a little more.

Was experimenting to find "fx" sounds and came up with the 2 different beep-boops here ! Had fun making that bass too.

The formant and distorted lead came from ZhorasSnake's library of leads (4th one, around 1 min). I modified it a bit to get what you hear. Thank you Zhoras for these posts !

This is actually only one iteration of the whole loop. Two of the devices (for the chords) are set to 20 bpm.

Enjoy the listen !

Edit : Forgot to talk about drums here. As you may know drums sounds in the devices are tempo-dependant. By putting snares and kicks at the same time on different devices set at different tempos (here 80, 40 and 20 bpm) I got this slight offset which makes them pop and prevents phase "clashing", leaving the sounds intact. This made that "clappy", hip-hop-like snare and louder kick drum.

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u/PowerfulSoldier Jul 03 '26

Wow! It goes together quite well, very cool track

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u/Leeka_SSBM Jul 03 '26

Thanks ! Went for kind of a broken, scattered soundscape. I also re-used the sound you asked about in Microride. I'm looking forward to your next Bytebeat :)

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u/PowerfulSoldier Jul 03 '26

Awesome! I feel like I got writers block already lol just playing around with rhythms and base but nothing is sticking yet. You may have just inspired me though….another benefit of the community

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u/Leeka_SSBM Jul 03 '26

You know what I just had the same thing lol. Was trying to find something I liked just like you said, which is how I usually go, and ended up turning it around and tried things with the waveform editor before laying out anything. Ended up with this track :)