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Received my NS4 last week, and this weekend I finally had the chance to sit down and go through in more detail. One program I was trying to find was an "8 bit" style. I came across Chip Bass, but the last note played is the sound that stops all other notes playing.
Does anyone have a program that sounds like the old school NES / Gameboy consoles, or is it possible to turn off the note "cut off' in Chip Bass?
Re: 8 bit sound - possible?
Posted: 28 Sep 2025, 16:29
by maxpiano
Hi and welcome to NUF,
just set that SyntLayer mode to Poly (i.e. switch off Mono) and there you go.
Note: if you haven't reaad yet your NS4 manual, it is a good time to do it
Re: 8 bit sound - possible?
Posted: 28 Sep 2025, 18:58
by cphollis
maxpiano wrote: 28 Sep 2025, 16:29
Hi and welcome to NUF,
just set that SyntLayer mode to Poly (i.e. switch off Mono) and there you go.
Note: if you haven't reaad yet your NS4 manual, it is a good time to do it
I'd go farther. If you are new to the world of Nords (as I was once), spending an hour or so going through the examples in the manual is time very well invested. The manual is exceptionally concise and well-written, and it'll show you a lot of powerful functionality that maybe you might not need today, but is good to know about anyway!
Re: 8 bit sound - possible?
Posted: 28 Sep 2025, 23:29
by submeg
maxpiano wrote: 28 Sep 2025, 16:29
Hi and welcome to NUF,
just set that SyntLayer mode to Poly (i.e. switch off Mono) and there you go.
Note: if you haven't read yet your NS4 manual, it is a good time to do it
Nice, thank you; will give that a go this arvo! Yep, I have just started on the manual, there's quite a bit in there. I was hoping that someone had gone through the manual and made a video tutorial series, but a guy can dream!
maxpiano wrote: 28 Sep 2025, 16:29
Hi and welcome to NUF,
just set that SyntLayer mode to Poly (i.e. switch off Mono) and there you go.
Note: if you haven't read yet your NS4 manual, it is a good time to do it
Nice, thank you; will give that a go this arvo! Yep, I have just started on the manual, there's quite a bit in there. I was hoping that someone had gone through the manual and made a video tutorial series, but a guy can dream!
