Plug-In Request: 8-bit-ification

Programming and Development Nyquist
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Hey there, I’m kinda new here, and I don’t know any coding so…

I haven’t found a plug-in that makes sound 8-bit like, so I’m requesting one here, in hope that someone can make one, please.

Thanks in advance.

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Use the “Nyquist Prompt” effect (Effect menu) and paste this code into the text box:

(quantize s 127)

When the number of “steps” is 127, then a signal that ranges from -1 to +1 will be quantized to 255 levels (127 less than zero, 127 greater than zero, and zero itself), which is equivalent to 8 bit audio.

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Is it the “Nyquist Command Line”?
(Using Audicity 2.0.5)

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“Effect menu > Nyquist Prompt” http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/nyquist_prompt.html

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Ah, so it is (sorry, I’m not English so Audacity isn’t either :confused: ).

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Updating this answer 10 years later since people are still visiting this page.
In modern versions of Audacity the Nyquist command is:

(quantize *track* 127)

What this command does is to reduce the precision of sample values to 127 levels, which is equivalent to 8-bit audio.

Note that it does not may normal audio sound like a vintage video game. For a vintage video game sound you could use “Chiptune” software.

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Here’s one I found recently that has decent results: GitHub - LemonATsu/pop-to-8bit: A tool for converting pop song into 8bit chiptune song.