How NES Music Was REALLY Composed

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How NES Music Was REALLY Composed
by on (#82312)
Hey there, guys,
I have talked to countless NES composers and they have told me how they composed their NES music and I thought I'd share what they said to you guys:

Akito Nakatsuka - Family BASIC
Alberto Gonzalez - Compact Editor
Allister Brimble - Hex Code, Tracker
Barry Leitch - MODTracker for Commodore Amiga
Brad Fuller - Music V Language
Charles Deenen - Hex Code Written Directly on NES
Dave Warhol - Cakewalk and a program he created that used his own voice patches
Dave Wise - Hex Code
Doug Brandon - CuBase (Atari ST)
Earl Vickers - Music V Language
Ed Bogas - Atari Music Studio
Elliot Delman & Steven Samler - Digital Performer
Frank Klepacki - Dr. T KCS on Commodore Amiga
Gavan Anderson - Hex Code
George Sanger - Digital Performer
Hirohiko Takayama - Assembley Hex Code on MS-DOS
Hirokazu Tanaka - Family BASIC
Jeroen Tel - Hex code with his own program for MS-DOS (He sent me
some of the original music files!)
Jonathan Dunn - Hex Code.
Kinuyo Yamashita - Hex code.
Koji Kondo - Family BASIC
Mark Cooksey - Hex Code and Converted MIDIs in C-Lab Notator
Mark Knight - CuBase on Atari ST with Silver Box that emulated NES chip.
Mark Van Hecke - Dr. T KCS on Atari ST using FB-01.
Marshall Parker - Hex Code
Neil Baldwin - Hex Code.
Paul Webb - Hex Code
Paul Wilkinson - Cakewalk and Hex Code
Russell Ginns/Michael Artin - Master Tracks Pro
Steven Samler/Elliott Delman - Performer
Tania Smith - Hex Code
Zap Ajisai - Music Maker (MSX)

by on (#82315)
Was there not a thread like this before?

by on (#82318)
If this site were running phpBB 3 I'd have merged this topic with the older one.

by on (#82326)
Oh I'm sorry I completely forgot about that...

by on (#82385)
And here I thought I was losing my mind (or having a severe case of deja vu) when I clicked the topic and saw yesterday's date on the first post... O_o