HOW TO TOBY FOX 101

a 60-second guide on how to make music that sounds like it was made by toby fox.
(90% of the instruments are the SGM soundfont lol)

SOUNDFONTS/VST
Megalovania:

MAIN ➤ @MrEmerald

[MrEmerald]

Never did I expect this video to get so popular, so let me clear some things up

This is less of an actual tutorial and more of a barebones approach to the style of toby fox. I probably should have noted that in the vid itself lol.

Also a link to the soundfonts used will now be in the description of the video.

Thank you everyone for your support and critiques on the song, I appreciate it ❤

[drakewahl]

Now remix it about 100 times.

Congratulations.
You now have a game soundtrack.

[ericwitney]

the counterpoint is lacking. his melody and bass would be opposite. mostly notable in the intro how off the bass is

[SkeleGamer]

You forgot the detuning, and the randomass panning on the strings and random instruments, and other weird unnecessary choices like hiding a melody in the left ear in the brass section of megalovania

[endieend]

I mean this is kind of like Toby Fox in the sense that it's using a soundfont that he often uses. The bassline and overall texture sound nothing like something Toby Fox would do. For example, why would he sustain the (8-bit) bassline in this context? It takes away from the intensity.

Your piece also doesn't have very clear harmony. The bass is hard to hear and it awkwardly meanders in a chord progression that sounds a lot like tonic prolongation.

Like to me your theme sounds kind of quirky like Napstablook's theme. It doesn't hold the same intensity that Megalovania does.

If you're going for Megalovania, don't cadence at the end of the theme and change harmonies very often.

[nas]

Undertale yellow ahh soundtrack (sounds like Dalv got Asgore’s trident)

[tophatgeo]

thank you very much, i shall now transform myself into toby fox

[pixelmate]

I'm gonna Tobyfy everything now, thanks

[androognoix]

Double octave melodies should only play when you played the melody normally first

[antoniofederighi-jyqd]

How to Toby Fox:
Step 1: Create a basic 8-bit melody.
Step 2: POP THE F*CK OFF!!

[Chuckles]

Holy cow, subscribed, if you make more content like this I will stay in tuned!!! 🔥🔥

[Onjerlay]

This sounds like Toby.
Believe me, I listened to ALL of his music (not just undertale and deltarune) like 7 times

[SamiTheAnxiousBean]

No clue how you have so little subscribers, this sounds awesome!

[ThatBratCohen]

he doesn't use the NicePianosGuitarsBass version of sgm

[porterdalton]

How does this not have more views?! Very well done 🎉

[apenaseu]

it's actually very useful to me, heheh. I really get inspired by toby on trying to compose, despite not being a composer

[MentalIllBoy]

Fun secret fact:
Its the same of how to touhou but with different instruments

[Springy]

You forgot the random assortment of obscure effects and EQ, plus some barely audible instrument that no one notices until they try to recreate the song and it sounds bad without it

[TheEpicKeith]

thank you for this tutorial. i have now became Toby Fox and will be releasing chapters 3, and 4 of DELTARUNE within the next 2 centuries.

[adrielbetancourt]

Step 6: Repeat 100 times and now you have 101 songs

Step 7: Make a Game with that soundtrack