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Audio Splitter Cable for Atari SM 124 Monitor

2024-10-01T10:28:35Z

Hi there,

I still use an Atari ST for MIDI manipulation and sequencing. I‘m aware that there are adapters and cables for VGA monitors but not only for nostalgic reasons I‘d like to employ my SM 124 monitor. Is there any way to grab or split the audio signal while it gets into the SM124 as there is no extra audio output from the monitor?

Kid Vid Voice Module

2021-09-30T05:12:17Z

Heyo! Anyone ever catch one of these before? I found it at a flee-market and picked it up thinking it was a regular cassette recorder.

It's got some funky adapters off the side-- this unit is missing the cord that would join that Atari 2600(?)

It does seem to play regular tapes! Some noise though-- I suspect it needs a cleaning.

Anywho, is this worth anything to anyone? Are these rare? I had no idea they existed lol. I'm likely gonna toss it on ebay, unless someone here can use it.

Cheers!

Atari 2600 MIDI solutions

2020-11-14T14:32:13Z

Hi there, I'm hoping someone can help me sort out all this chiptune hardware info I'm cramming into my brain, specifically where I can buy a pre-built MIDI interface to control the Atari 2600.

I bought an Atari 2600 years ago (I think it's a heavy sixer) with the intention of buying a Synthcart (I never ended up buying one). I recently uncovered it again and thought I'd get back into using it as a synth. I'm hoping to control it from Ableton, or even with some of my MIDI gear, like my Korg Minilogue.

When I left off, pairing the Synthcart with a Highly Liquid MIDI box was the way to go. Now I can't find any Highly Liquid boxes available and I'm running into a lot of dead links. I then stumbled upon the little-scale A26F DIY instructions, but with a newborn at home, and several other soldering projects piled up, unfortunately I don't have the time for any extra DIY projects.

Now I'm seeing a lot of info about the Kitsch-Bent MIDIJoy interface. This sounds really cool, but I'm not sure if it's intended to be used with the Synthcart or just on it's own. Also it's a bit rich for my blood, but if it can also work well at making my Commodore 64 sing (I have MSSIAH cartridge, if that's relevant) then that would definitely help me justify the price tag.

Anyway, I would be super grateful if anyone here has any suggestions to help me narrow down my choices between: A) Taking a deep breath and buying the MIDIJoy, B) Scouring the internet for someone who's built or can build a little-scale A26F or, C) Scouring the internet for a used Highly Liquid MIDI interface... or D) open to suggestions!

Thanks!

JamLoopy (Atari 2600)

2020-07-16T21:00:21Z

Zden @ Satori released pretty cool cartridge, something like BitWiz on iPad. You can also download bin file and run in emulator such as Stella.

http://satori.sk/jamloopy/

https://youtu.be/9qeM4bR4X1s

ST Software For Squencing Sound Chip & External Midi Simultaneously?

2019-06-21T19:02:39Z

Soo i know about Cubase & I know there are a handful of trackers for the ST's built-in sound hardware, but is there any software out there that will let me sequence external gear and the ST's sound chip at the same time?

MaxYMiser High v.1.34 with High-Res Support

2019-04-16T17:53:33Z

Yeah you are now dreaming or in a coma or anything...
The one and only gwEm just released a new major version of MaxYMiser (the first in nearly 6 years) and changed MaxYMiser Live to MaxYMiser High. Why ? Because as you can see on my thread title it is now supporting Hi-Res monitors (like the SM124, SM125 or VGA adaptor for ST/STe) !
But wait there's more...
For people like me who love to abuse the tracker with a lot of digis and then sync it with a sequencer or a drum machine in MIDI, you can now adjust a MIDI latency in the option (so I can now use my STe like which was impossible since the tracker started to scroll nearly 1 second after my electribe).
Here is a little video made by THE MAN to show you the new features of his baby !

Enjoy and Keep it /|\

CHECKTRAKK - NEW ATARI ST TRACKER

2019-02-21T10:18:11Z

Hello cm people,
I saw something really cool on my facebook feed and I needed to post it here !
Checkpoint group (known for their Second Reality stock ST remake and Thunderdome demos) just released a brand new demotool on the good old Atari ST !
Say hi to CHECKTRAKK, a YM2149 tracker with SID and SyncBuzzer support !

Here is a little video with a Rob Hubbard song:

Download the program and the readme on this website:
https://nolimitstechnologies.net/checkp … hecktrakk/
You can also get it on Pouet :
http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=78349

Have fun guys and Stay Atari ! /|\

Atari 2600 studio

2018-04-30T18:44:58Z

http://www.masswerk.at/rc2018/04/studio2600/
Haven't loaded this up yet, but here's whatever it is...

Raster Music Tracker (RMT)

2017-09-18T18:30:55Z

i didn't see a thread on this tracker, so i thought i'd add it. I've got basically 20 minutes experience with it, but it's a windows AtariXE/XL tracker for writing .SAP files. Capable of writing 4 tracks in mono or 8 tracks in stereo.

http://raster.infos.cz/atari/rmt/rmt.htm

This demo track that came with it is the reason i'm starting to learn RMT:

Caruso - 4tk32.mp3
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6320154/Caruso%20-%204tk32.mp3

Just bought an Atari STE 1040, but it wont turn on ?

2017-07-08T16:44:40Z

Hi fellow chiptuners,
so I just bought a lot of two Ataris on a flee market. These are my first ever 16bit computers. One of them is the STe 1040 and other STf 520 but unfortunately the STe 1040 doesn't seem to turn on.
So basically nothing happens when flipping the switch to turn on the STe, the two lights on the keyboard don't light up.. So I decided to open it up to see what was going on and to my great surprise I saw that there where no RF shields what so ever under the hood, could that really be why the STe wasn't starting ?
Then I checked the power supply board but nothing seemed really weird there after a first glans. What's your suggestions?

Could I maybe take the powersupply board from the STf and put it in the STe ?

http://imgur.com/AFNFHX9
http://imgur.com/a/033lX
http://imgur.com/GnHArk4

YAMARI - OPL3 Soundcard for A800

2017-06-22T13:56:25Z

Today on one Atari forum from Poland i found
amazing cartridge for Atari 65XE/800XE/130XE/800XL/XEGS.
It is 18 channel stereo - OPL3 soundcard!!!

Webpage:
http://atari.neostrada.pl/yamari/yamari.html

OPL3Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamaha_YMF262

How OPL3 sounds:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWGLRg9Vm_Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVGoCWpLSbs

Picture:

Now I want 4x of them... I hope there will be some OPL3 player or
even native tracker on A800 too...

SOnari - YM2149 cartridge

2017-06-22T12:23:56Z

2x YM2149 from Atari ST on Atari 800XL/65XE/800XE/130XE/XEGS

WWW
http://atari.neostrada.pl/sonari/sonari.html

PHOTO

HELP! maxYMiser resolution issues

2017-06-18T15:03:09Z

So I was gifted an Atari 1040STe and have been dying to work on maxYMiser, but no matter what video output I use, the resolution for maxYMiser is too low and makes the program unreadable. First I tried the composite AV and RF adapters, which worked great for other Atari ST prg's, but didn't work for maxYMiser. So I messaged gwEM and he recommended SCART output... So I bought a 13pin - > SCART cable and a SCART -> HDMI adapter, both just came in the mail yesterday. I tried hooking it up this morning, but I keep getting "no signal" ... Are there any Atari folks in America that have figured out what devices will properly convert SCART to HDMI or any other AV out methods that have yielded a legible display for maxYMiser? I doubt i'll be able to find a TV with a SCART input... PLEASE HELP MEH!

A26F: Atari 2600 MIDI Music Interface

2017-06-16T16:23:19Z

The A26F is a MIDI interface for the Atari, allowing you to sequence chipmusic on a real Atari 2600 console using modern MIDI sequencing software.

URL: http://www.little-scale.blogspot.com.au … music.html

A special thanks to Paul Slocum and his groundbreaking work with Atari 2600 music.

1088XEL and ÈclaireXL (2017 HW)

2017-04-23T07:53:03Z

Year 2017 is HHHUUUGGGEEE for 8bit ATARIs (smaller brothers of Atari ST).
There are 2 most amazing projects since 80s! Brand new ATARI boards which fits
into MAC MINI like mini ITX PC cases!!!

ATARIBITS (ataribits.com) brings us ATARI compatible 1088XEL mini ITX board.
With real CPU and original 2x POKEY (8 channels), PS/2 keyboard and mouse accelerator, 1MB RAM and flash for multiple OSes,PC USB connection for loading and saving games,Atari joystick ports,cartridge port...So ideal Atari for tracking music or playing old or new games...Original and clean sound from original Atari PSG Pokey chips with 8channels stereo.Or with mpt you can have 6channels PSG and 2 PCM samples...

LINKS:
http://ataribits.weebly.com/1088xel.html

DEV-FORUM:
http://atariage.com/forums/topic/261147 … ct/page-15

PICTURE:

XEL will be masterpiece based upon original ATARI board design.

Another beautiful amazing miniITX board is bassed on FPGA miniITX EclairéXL. It is not using original chips on other hand
you will have ultra fast 28MHz 6502 turbo mode faster than AMIGA!!! Ideal for watching 3D demos or playing unplayable
vector or 3D games... Dual pokey... Or using 28MHz for unknown pokey effects!!! Everything is HW emulated. But
Extremely compatible with existing software...

PICTURE:

Dev-FORUM:
http://atariage.com/forums/topic/258454 … a-project/
http://www.atari.org.pl/forum/viewtopic.php?id=14499

So I hope you will buy/build new boards. And use them together with SIDs, GAMEBOYS,NESes as POKEY sounds supercute too!
Price of boards will be almost same as price of old Atari 130XE from 1985 or 2x NESes on ebay. So 200-300USD. But everything will be brand new. Manufactured in small series (so why price is little bit higher). Anyways in price of 4x Nike sneakers or price of snowboard
you will gets highest Atari 8bit HW specs. Atari 130XE got 128KB of ram and 1x POKEY. With new boards you will get 1024KB of ram and 2x pokey. SDcard...
Plus you will be unicorn on chipmusic scene. As there are very few Pokey musicians out there. It means original sound!