The audio demo above only uses sound effects from this pack. No games were sampled.
Gigabot: SFX
Gigabot: SFX is a collection of NES-style sound effects inspired by the first Mega Man game, capturing the robotic action, platforming mechanics, and mechanical environments of early NES boss-stage gameplay.
This pack focuses on classic 8-bit action and platforming sounds, including special weapon effects, enemy hits, health refills, moving platforms, vanishing blocks, doors, bonus and point pickups, pause tones, and extra-life sounds.
Each sound effect is provided with several closely related variations, giving you alternate sounds that keep the same character and function. All sounds are created from scratch using original synthesis and sound design techniques, capturing the character of the original hardware without sampling or copying any game audio.
This pack contains:
- 99 8-Bit Sound Effects
- 1 SFX Sampler Patch
- Formatted for Kontakt • Ableton Live • EXS24 / Sampler • Maschine • FL Studio • MPC • TAL-Sampler
- 24-bit / 44.1 kHz WAV
- 13 MB
For instruments and drums from this series, check out Gigabot: Notes.
Get all seven Gigabot packs together in the Gigabot Bundle.
The audio demo above only uses sound effects from this pack. No games were sampled.
More Sound Info
Most of these sound effects use at least two waveform channels layered together, and in some cases three, combined with additional noise synthesis. This is sometimes used to create a simple chorus-style effect to make sounds feel bigger, and other times to achieve more complex mechanical-style motion and texture. Some sounds, such as point tallying and health refills, also include loop markers in the WAV files so they can be played continuously when needed.
Instrument & Sample List
Instrument Patches:
- 1 8-Bit Sound Effect Sampler Patch
Sample List:
- 25 Weapon Sounds
- 12 Hit & Damage Sounds
- 13 Jumps
- 8 Points & Refills
- 5 1UPs
- 6 Machines
- 4 Explosions
- 4 Doors
- 4 Get Items
- 5 Menu Sounds
- 4 Pauses
- 2 Deaths
- 7 Misc SFX
Formats Included
Instrument Formats & Required Software:
- Kontakt Library (Kontakt Instruments, .nki), Kontakt 4+
- Maschine Expansion Pack (.mxsnd), Maschine 2+
- Ableton Live Pack (.adv), Live 9+
- FL Studio DirectWave Patches (.dwp), FL Studio 12+
- MPC Expansion Pack (.xpn), MPC Software or MPC Beats
- EXS24/Sampler Instrument Patches (.exs), Logic Pro 9+
- TAL Instrument Patches (.talsmpl), TAL Sampler 3+
- Single WAV files (.wav), usable in any DAW or audio software