Making Video Game Music with FREE Programs || Shady Cicada 

This song radiates massive “antagonist plotting evil stuff at night” vibes. Very cool shady!

Shady: "I'm on break and I don't wanna push it" Also Shady: **proceeds to make an absolute banger**

This was a reaaaaaaaalllllly chill vid. I feel like the last couple vids have been. I like it, it doesn't replace the sheer chaos of the older vids, but it's still really good. I hope you're okay shady. I dont know you personally but I feel like you need to just take it easy and not force yourself to make content. I know that the RU-vid Algorithm has been harsh on your channel lately but you still have the loyal group of followers that is us to watch your content. Just make sure that you dont force yourself to make entertaining videos in your usual style so you dont burnout. And when you're done, we'll be right here to watch it all :-)

I hate it when there isn't enough comments for me to scroll through while I watch the video yet

I also lose it everytime with alicia’s keys

That hey yall shady here got me really confused. I thought I was watching a shady cicada vid not a scott the woz vid.

So, this makes me wonder, is the game going to have several “daemons” as like bosses for each area? We already have Daemon Silvus for a spooky forest area, now this one makes me picture some sort of late-game mechanized area

Saturday has been blessed. Humanity restored. We missed you shady :’)

Shady: uploads again Me: oh boy, shady time!

Is it just me or does this somg have slight "Amalgam" and "Here we are" (tracks from undertale) vibes. Except its more ah, smooth? Idk. Still sounds fuckin amazing.

I hate the people who subscribe and go on his videos immediately just to dislike

Toby Fox is shaking in his boots right now

7:38 "that actually sounds infinitley better than what i had before wow and it's the first option" yep know that feel

This sounds like a dope dungeon theme

Oh thank goodness Shady uploaded I was starting to miss you

Shady you’re the reason I started composing! Watching your videos I’d think to myself, “That’d be cool if I could do that”. It’s been 4 years now and am working on a video game soundtrack. I always look to you as my inspiration to do better and continue. Keep making content and inspiring others Shady.

"I ended up taking a nap for 20 minutes... but it ended up being 4 hours" If that isn't the biggest mood even today

This is what happens when you let Earthbound enemies take over the DJ station.

I love how the trial version of fl is basically the full program with no time limits and the only limitations is that you can’t save your projects

I wish I could've timed the click but I'm already subscribed. Also, if the end voice is the same as the normal voice but at the end does that mean the beginning voice is the same voice but at the beginning?

Cool to see a kind of instructional video from you again :D As a programmer that can draw at least somewhat decent, I see my excuses for not making a game drift away xD

"You know what a DAW is?" Me: "The archaic term for stupid."

I'm really happy because I have wanted to start making music but don't have any money, for now, to buy a daw so this is really helpful!! :)

Just gonn' throw in my experience real quick: So Ive been using the trial version of FL Studio for ages now but Ive kinda shot myself in the foot since it doesnt let me reload my files so I gotta export and import midi if I wanna work on the track further. Dont wanna diss FLS but it might be good info to have (also because the trial is a free version of the most expensive package)

I use Ableton Live and Studio One lol. Anyway REAPER is epic. Camellia uses it lol. Also try Cakewalk. Used to cost 500$ but now its free since BandLab bought the entire company. Also to anyone else wanting more instruments and stuff. I got a big list here. - LABS is a great and MASSIVE instrument library from Spitfire Audio, the same company that literally recorded the BBC Orchestra and collabed with Hans Zimmer for his instruments. So you know it's good. I LOVED their strings pack and dulcimers. Oh yea speaking about the BBC Orchestra, It costs 49$ but you can get it for absolutely free by filling in their survey right here! www.spitfireaudio.com/bbc-so-discover/application/ - Ample Audio's Lite versions of their acoustic guitar and bass libraries are nice, check them out. - Dexed is a full-fledged Yamaha DX7 emulator. The legendary synthesizer behind all the 70-80s synthpop songs you always hear. If you don't know how to program it there's always soundbanks out there. Go find them yourself. - Supermassive by Valhalla DSP is a really cool delay and reverb effect, it'll definitely give your music the echo you always wanted. - VCV Rack isn't really a DAW, or a VST instrument or effect. It's an entire synth module on your computer. If you decide you want to try some cool modular synths and wire things together to make weird sounds, this is it! - Versilian Studios VSCO is an another orchestral library if you haven't had enough orchestra for the day. It's fully open-source and it comes in a variety of formats. Soundfont, a Konakt library (Not Kontakt Player), or a seperate VST instrument if you don't know how to run any of those aforementioned. - Keyzone Classic is a Piano VST instrument with a few sounds, all pretty nice. -Helm is a very cool wavetable synthesizer with a visualization of what you're doing, just like Xfer Records' Serum without the price tag. Also if you're on a Mac or an iPhone or iPad, of course you can try out Garageband. It's actually pretty good compared with the other free solutions and if you decide you need more you can always buy Logic Pro, which is essentially an upgrade to Garageband. They use Apple's AU Plugin format instead of VST though so keep that in mind. Oh yeah, Pro Tools | First is a thing too! It's pretty limited in features compared to the full version of Pro Tools. But it does come with Xpand! 2, the synth that Shady Cicada himself uses on his other videos. Wood Wood included!

I need to buy me splat tim 8.

First a Demon Forest, and now a Demon Ship. Glad to see you're doing well, and I'm looking forward to what this entails.

I love that during the Hyper Follow part of the ad, he used System Failure even though it's his most streamed song on Spotify

THIS GIVES OFF MAJOR TRUE LAB VIBES AND I LOVE IT

@Nintendo Yes, this man right here

Hey Shady, the song and the video are epic, keep it up.I haven't followed you in a long time but I'm faithful and watch all your videos. I hope your break is going great!

This song, more like very epic. Like lowkey got shivers down my spine listening to it. And that means it’s very epic. So huge props for making once again an amazing song. Keep it up!

You're so good at what you do! I love your music. I recommended you to my music teacher because she wanted music recommendations. I really enjoy almost all the songs you've made~

Shit I’m late, but it’s okay, Shady’s bacccckkkkkk. Don’t push yourself to give us content, it’s okay, relax and enjoy your break!!

Just finished working on a fnaf fangame story and now just been looking at what DAW's to use which I probably will end up using this for my future projects. Thanks again so much!

Putting the bass up an octave and then *dropping* it in with the drums and gritty chords was so cool!

It's sci fi smooth jazz. Gives me a strong Phantasy Star feel.

I like how you use this video to make creating seem more approachable, and the song is really smooth too

I like seeing your workflow

Bro this is exactly what I needed rn I've been wondering how to start dabbling in composition without having to invest in it like a career! Thank you my dude

It’s always kinda amazing to me how much you can do with relatively little. Like, if you’ve got a laptop that doesn’t catch fire when you open up powerpoint, you’ve probably got enough to get started and make some pretty freaking cool stuff too!

Thanks for doing this. It's important for aspiring musicians and producers to learn there are *many* professional grade tools (and sample sets) you can get for free out there-- don't let the amount of money you have to spend on _software_ stop you from creating!

Finally, you got reaper. I've been waiting for this moment

Me: "Wait, free music programs exist?" Shady: "Always have." Me: *INVEST'NT*

The MR. Krabs meme on the thumbnail is pure genius.

🔥🤘🔥🤘🔥 Both Daemon Navis and whatever bop plays at 15:13. Heck yes!

Hey! I released some music about a month ago using DISTROKID.. but besides that. You’ve been a huge inspiration to me and I honestly thank you for making some great music and being an inspiration to small music creators and composers!

Hey, month late! Just wanna say you're a very huge inspiration for me. I've started to work on music more due to listening to some of your songs. They really help a lot when I come to a road block! (This song gives me cave exploration/rainy day vibes btw :))

Shady out here with another absolute banger despite being on break

Excellent stuff! i gotta check out this program

Shady, this SLAPS

I really like this. I might actually buy a version of it in a few years to put in one of my video games

Dude you’r the jazza of music

This has a Mass Effect vibe. I love it!

Anything this man touches turns to gold.

I’m trying to get into making electronic music like this and I was looking for a good program. If it’s good enough for shady, good enough for me!

im not a musician and have no idea how music works, but i cant stop watching these videos. they are fun

Ahh some bass plaining! Nice

Well done Shady Cicda - ( Daemon Navis ) 10:27 got damnit I'm so Jealous!!

Keep up the awesome work. This is inspiring me

It feels so chaotically patterned. You can get some adventure , curiosity , troublesome vibes.

Yo Shady this song is rad af

Keep making megabops, Shady. You’re an inspiration to me, man. Edit: I also hope you make it to 300k too

Oh wow, I didn't know about this DAW. I think I'll test it out - I enjoy FL Studio but your videos have inspired me to test new things out~

How am I supposed to know if I'm welcome back to another one of these if the funny internet man doesn't tell me?

I was getting these Weapons Factory vibes quite early on, so seeing it getting mentioned made me laugh. Gotta love those weird time signatures!

It sounded so good!

Yay Shady video, you always make my day

6:45 hold up is that a melody from your Tips on Making Video Game Melodies video?

Shady! Glad to see you back man. Hope that everything is going well for you, despite everything that’s going on in the world. We love you, you goofy music lad! 💙💙💙

Incredible

This track makes me think of some underground laboratory and while you haven’t seen anything directly malicious in it you still get an uneasy feeling from it like it has a dark secret.

Daemon = Supernatural Being Silvus = Forest (Nature) Navis = Ship (Water) Optional song titles to throw out for Shady here: Daemon Nubis (Nubis = Sky) Daemon Ignis (Ignis = Fire) Daemon Tellus (Tellus = Earth) Daemon Inanis (Inanis =Void) Daemon Lucidus (Lucidus = Light)

Reaper is such a good program. I use it myself, that's why I'm so defensive 😂

First sponser that actually helped me

Sounds like a boss area build-up tension but not too much tension theme.

Man i dunno how but your songs are so incredibly evocative, with this song I can imagine a nighttime gathering of occult enthusiasts preparing a morbid ritual. Thanks so much shady!

I love Reaper. I thought I’d never see you use it.

thank you for this video so much shady! I really wanted to start doing music as a small hobby but i dont have money to get expensive programs and that beepbox thing you used that one time isnt that great so im really happy you made this! Much love from florida!

If you are needing a DAW, get Cakewalk. It's a professional program just like Reaper, but 100% free. It's only available on windows though.

haha the scott reference xD

welp, here's another song by the Shady Cicada that I shall come back to, to listen to a gazillion times.

haha wen't on to do other stuff and this song is stuck in my head now, thanks

this just shows what a difference experience makes. i tried reaper as my first DAW and blamed it and the free vst's i had for my failure.

The final product was amazing for a free program! You should try making video game music on a phone! (This may or may not just be an excuse to get people to feel the pain I go through)

Dang, that was a nice video. I don't know why, but this video was very enjoyable to me. The "kloc" of pressing the subscrittle button was nice. Hey, could you make a vid where you give feedback on your fans' music? I know I'd really value your critiques and thoughts on my own music as you've done a lot in inspiring it. Also, since you're technically on break, it might take a little pressure off to make a video where you simply listen to music and talk about it a little. Anyway, keep being awesome! Your music is great! Actually the song you made in this video had some chord ideas I've never thought of before. I might try it out myself, actually. It had a very unique sound. Thanks for making this video!

Ngl, this reminds me of the True Lab from undertale I love these vibes

Yes

It's okay to be a simp for them stats Shady, you already failed no simp september to candy lol.

Bro, this video was super good. you think you could try something similar with LMMS? It's also free but way more complicated so i think it'd be funny seeing you try to learn how to use it.

This guy can make cooler music on free software than I could with the most expensive equipment ever, what a mad lad

I use LMMS and it's really good once you learn all the jank about it

This would be a great track in Spin Rhythm

Some parts of this song reminds me a lot of Here We Are from Undertale, especially when the chords get mixed up. Overall a really nice song, dude.

If there was a Mario Maker spinoff where you just designed Zelda dungeons as Ganon's lead planner, this would be the music that would play in the main menu when you'd be naming your dungeon and editing tags. Very chill and subtly evil

Yo im lowkey kinda happy my boi got sponsored

**sees disclaimer when loading video** yo my boy shady got some PAID PROMOTION? sick, proud of the lad.

Sounds awesome! Are you planning on making this into a series?

My day is now good

ngl I thought soundation was going to be in here.