<![CDATA[ChipMusic.org - Chiptune tracking options for Mac OS]]> 2010-02-20T02:58:39Z PunBB https://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/754/chiptune-tracking-options-for-mac-os/ <![CDATA[Re: Chiptune tracking options for Mac OS]]> KiGB runs smoothly.... it doesnt sound terrible... its just no the real thing though.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/wedanced 2010-02-20T02:58:39Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/11808/#p11808 <![CDATA[Re: Chiptune tracking options for Mac OS]]> Is KiGB actually any good to use with lsdj, because I've tried GB emulators before on the mac and found the sound emulation pretty bad.  Have I been using the wrong emulators or am I just too picky?

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Battle+Lava 2010-02-19T16:08:18Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/11685/#p11685 <![CDATA[Re: Chiptune tracking options for Mac OS]]> so far i've had success using DOSBOX and nerdtracker.

i also use KIGB and LSDJ.

you can always use a program like Reason or Ableton live and sample a bunch of stuff. i did that for a long time.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/nickmaynard 2010-02-19T15:54:02Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/11683/#p11683 <![CDATA[Re: Chiptune tracking options for Mac OS]]> Sabrepulse wrote:

Also, parallels is the long way round getting windows apps emulated on a mac: use crossfire http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxmac/ ...

man i am going to have to try this out!

]]> https://chipmusic.org/wedanced 2010-02-18T20:56:25Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/11526/#p11526 <![CDATA[Re: Chiptune tracking options for Mac OS]]> low-gain wrote:
Russolo wrote:

well its not strictly for chip but how about Renoise

coupled up with some low-bit samples and (maybe) some plug-ins. and you're good to go. :-D

Better yet, throw in some physical hardware controlled by MIDI, like a SID station or a MIDINES while you're at it.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/scienceguy8 2010-02-18T17:29:06Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/11506/#p11506 <![CDATA[Re: Chiptune tracking options for Mac OS]]> sunvox looks pretty cool, and cheap! glad it was posted here, def gonna try this thing out

and yes I can second that mac transferer works fine, just take note of the right settings for the right cart (the default settings don't work if you are using a new usb cart)

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I tried to buy sunvox but couldn't by credit card 'cause I have a free email address, what the hell!?

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Battle+Lava 2010-02-18T16:51:23Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/11502/#p11502 <![CDATA[Re: Chiptune tracking options for Mac OS]]> PULSELOOPER wrote:
Sabrepulse wrote:

I do this with a windows copy of ableton live 8 (alas, I only have 6 for mac native) and famitracker. Works with old-ish games and most music applications..

well, this is great, cos when I tried crossfire a couple of years ago (early days of mac and desperate-searching for windows solution for it), crossfire couldn't even run photoshop. Great to know it runs ableton for windows! Gonna give it a shot.

but anyway, parallels still work for me for dingoo file-managing and lsdj cart transfer smile

i've been very impressed with it so far, it's very useful.

I'm not sure what gameboy carts you have, but this native mac usb cart manager works a treat

http://thretris.blogspot.com/2009/12/ho … acosx.html

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Sabrepulse 2010-02-18T16:21:23Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/11500/#p11500 <![CDATA[Re: Chiptune tracking options for Mac OS]]> Russolo wrote:

well its not strictly for chip but how about Renoise

coupled up with some low-bit samples and (maybe) some plug-ins. and you're good to go. :-D

]]> https://chipmusic.org/low-gain 2010-02-18T15:03:21Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/11490/#p11490 <![CDATA[Re: Chiptune tracking options for Mac OS]]> DOSBox on Mac runs kinda shitty depending on what you're doing. Works fine for ripping SNES samples but for playing AdlibTracker 2 tunes it lagged a lot. It's kinda tricky to navigate too because it's different without C:/ and all that. You have to use mount c /Users/You/Whatever/BLAH.

Schism seems alright. I still need to learn that. I know there are a few bugs but there are ways to get around them. Same with MilkyTracker.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/arlen 2010-02-18T14:48:50Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/11487/#p11487 <![CDATA[Re: Chiptune tracking options for Mac OS]]> Schism tracker also runs on Mac. Sunvox is a good suggestion. If you have DosBox and it works nicely then there's a whole load of trackers you can run in there, so you should try that out too.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/ant1 2010-02-18T14:42:21Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/11486/#p11486 <![CDATA[Re: Chiptune tracking options for Mac OS]]> You can adjust MilkyTracker's screensize to whatever you want if I recall correctly.

I think it has a custom option when choosing the size where you can input a value.

I forget what size I use, I think it's just a little bit bigger than the default. I should make it fullsize... it'd be easier to track with lots of channels.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/arlen 2010-02-18T14:27:50Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/11484/#p11484 <![CDATA[Re: Chiptune tracking options for Mac OS]]> Sabrepulse wrote:

I do this with a windows copy of ableton live 8 (alas, I only have 6 for mac native) and famitracker. Works with old-ish games and most music applications..

well, this is great, cos when I tried crossfire a couple of years ago (early days of mac and desperate-searching for windows solution for it), crossfire couldn't even run photoshop. Great to know it runs ableton for windows! Gonna give it a shot.

but anyway, parallels still work for me for dingoo file-managing and lsdj cart transfer smile

]]> https://chipmusic.org/PULSELOOPER 2010-02-18T12:28:12Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/11468/#p11468 <![CDATA[Re: Chiptune tracking options for Mac OS]]> Milky resizes perfectly on my mbp 13", you need to go into the options and change the resolution.

Also, parallels is the long way round getting windows apps emulated on a mac: use crossfire http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxmac/ - you can run windows programs within osx without having to install/boot a copy of windows. Click on the .exe you want to run and away you go. I do this with a windows copy of ableton live 8 (alas, I only have 6 for mac native) and famitracker. Works with old-ish games and most music applications.

since getting crossfire i've barely touched my windows 7 bootcamp on the same machine, it's that good!

A large majority of applications billed as 'mac native' are actually windows applications with a mac 'wrapper' (read: virtual machine emulation). This is true of most current videogames which are supposedly 'ported' to the mac. So what you're kinda doing with crossfire is doing the port yourself.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Sabrepulse 2010-02-18T12:21:09Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/11467/#p11467 <![CDATA[Re: Chiptune tracking options for Mac OS]]> I_CACTUS wrote:

I'm beginning to think that I've made a mistake getting a Macbook, sadly.

watch your language! smile

don't worry, I'm a mac user (mostly because of final cut) and I know windows has a lot of more options for chipmusic than mac (not only trackers, but transfer programs, etc). The simplest solution is grab a copy of parallels. Parallels used to suck a few years ago, but today it's a blast! Windows XP run smoothly, right inside the OSX.

http://www.parallels.com/

]]> https://chipmusic.org/PULSELOOPER 2010-02-18T11:49:08Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/11464/#p11464 <![CDATA[Re: Chiptune tracking options for Mac OS]]> I_CACTUS wrote:

I'm beginning to think that I've made a mistake getting a Macbook, sadly.

I used to think that, and thought about getting a Windows netbook for a while, but to be honest the only tool that I was interested in that wouldn't run on a Mac natively was Famitracker, and when I tried it I didn't really get on with it anyway.

My current apps of choice are Renoise, LGPT and a little bit of Sunvox, all of which run natively on the Mac.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/matt.nida 2010-02-18T10:18:38Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/11459/#p11459