LofiAndy Sounds Space Invaders [WAV]

Nowadays you can "emulate" almost any old videogame titles on about any electronic device. Therefore it gets easier, for the nostalgic ones like myself, to access vintage sounds and videogames. I loaded Space Invader into an old generation gaming console, played a few games while sampling the sound output straight into my Digitakt sampler. The next step was chopping the recorded audio material into individual sounds, which I could then play chromatically and/or rhythmically using Digitakt's "keyboard" and sequencer. Sampling directly from an old analog device makes a whole difference: sounds are warmer and lofi.

Some of the sounds were heavily tweaked to obtain more interesting and melodic results, some others were left almost untouched; this is clearly audible in the Space Invaders finished track.

Insight: I always loved remixing old videogame tunes, reinventing arrangements whilst keeping the original vibe. Sometimes I stick to a favorite part of a soundtrack and build a whole new music piece around that. In the case of Space Invaders, this iconic title never had a soundtrack of its own. I wanted to challenge myself and create one, based on its in-game sounds only: think of a laser shot, or an invader explosion sound you hear all the time while blasting away the next invaders wave, and imagine each of those sounds become a musical instrument that plays a phrase or a rhythm within an arrangement. That is what this sound pack + original track is about.

I hope you'll have fun with it!
Andrea

• WAV 16Bit 44.1kHz · BPM 120
• 25 loops (2-8 bars)
• 44 One-Shot samples
• Compatible with any sampler, sequencer, DAW that handles WAV files.
• Metadata included
• ROYALTY FREE Sound Library

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