Composer World Is The Spiritual Successor To Mario Paint Composer We've Dreamed Of

Neat! Best of luck to Composer World. 🍀

Nintendo could totally bring Mario Paint to NSO (remapping the mouse to an analog stick). Adding the ability to share creations, though, would be more costly.

Def popping this on the wishlist!

@DwaynesGames someone already did a rom hack of that, so no reason why they cant add that option to nso.

I often come up with these catchy little melodies in my head but know nothing about writing sheet music, so I have no real way to put them down. Something like this would be great for a novice like me. I need to know whether you can export sound files, though. I'm not sure if that's possible, but if I could take my compositions from this game and use them in other projects, that would be amazing.

I suck at music creation but I've always wanted to learn, if only to be out of the shackles of having to use pre-determined tracks for my RPG Maker games. I wonder what the stance is on using tracks created on this on potential commercial releases?

Man, a version of Guitar Pro for Switch would be awesome..

As a professional producer for over 20 years, it looks like a solid start for newbies or young kids wanting to dip their feet in and understand making music, using soundfonts is a good way of keeping it simple and not overwhelming ppl with things like synthesis and production tools like EQ/compression ect. Definitely glad things like this exist.

"Just like Mario Paint's music mode, Composer World allows you to create songs from hundreds of different soundfonts, ranging from orchestra, rock, synth, hip hop, and even styles similar to video game consoles such as the NES, SNES, Genesis, and more."

wanna take another swing at that one? 😅

Oh man, I used to use MPC and AMS all the time! I got to pick this up if only to remake one of my earliest videos!

@SpeedRunRocks reading the previous comments I also thought of Guitar Pro. It works so well on PC though

@Bored_Cosmic_Horror totally agree, it's a great way for kids to learn without having to go through actual tedious music learning. Game Builder Garage, Mario Maker, Nintendo Labo, all great initiatives heading that way.

Regarding the trailer, "hundreds of instruments spanning a wide range of styles", isn't that misleading ... I love MIDI sounds but it's still nothing like instruments.

Kinda wished Mario Paint could get a remake or something, anyways I'll keep an eye on this.

@Beefcakeyamato @DwaynesGames

"Mario Paint was re-released in two minor variations on the Satellaview:

Mario Paint BS Ban (マリオペイントＢＳ版) is a version of Mario Paint which had joypad support. For this release of the game, a Mario Paint contest was held, in which contestants of exceptional Mario Paint artistic skill made artwork pieces.[10] This contest was held in November 1997.[11]
Mario Paint Yuushou Naizou Ban (マリオペイント優勝内蔵版) is similar to Mario Paint BS Ban, but it also has a hidden picture - identified as "Dreaming of the Moon" (「月を夢見て」) by Mizota Hiroko (溝田 祐子) from the Mario Paint contest - which can be found by using the "Load" option in "Save/Load/Coloring Book". - MarioWiki

The above text is from the Super Mario Wiki and is available under a Creative Commons license. Attribution must be provided through a list of authors or a link back to the original article. Source: https://www.mariowiki.com/Mario_Paint

Looks like a fun little distraction, but I've always found these apps on the DSI, 3DS and switch a bit clunky. Personally find it much easier to plug these samples into a DAW then just play them (though I realise my circumstance is a bit different from most).

Should be fun for a lotta peeps getting into music though.

@DwaynesGames would prob need a lotta moderation

@DwaynesGames
Or just add wireless mouse support. But yeah, that would be cool.

It doesn’t count without a mouse

I was thinking of making my own cartoons and animated content for a while, so maybe something like this make substantial background music?

@Bored_Cosmic_Horror @Expa0 @Not_Soos I’m in the same boat, in terms of my interest in composing music without the skills to do so.

The only thing I found that worked for me is beepbox.io. It’s a free, browser-based app that I found fairly easy to use after playing around with it a bit. It probably has more functionality than this Switch app might have, and has a bunch of options for exporting and sharing your compositions.

I’m curious to see how using this game compares to that. I’ll definitely be checking it out.

@Impossibilium
Legimately thanks for sharing this, I've never heard of this program before and I'm actually quite loving it after trying it.

@Expa0 You’re welcome! Glad I could help. 👍

It took me a lot of searching, looking for a music tool I could use for chiptunes that was as easy as placing notes on a track like Mario Paint.

BeepBox was perfect for what I wanted. It’s nice to know that when I finally start developing games I’ll be able to create my own soundtracks instead of buying assets.