<![CDATA[ChipMusic.org - My little project; Sibelius-type program for Gameboy.]]> 2012-08-12T13:00:19Z PunBB https://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/8066/my-little-project-sibeliustype-program-for-gameboy/ <![CDATA[Re: My little project; Sibelius-type program for Gameboy.]]> This sounds incredible smile I have absolutely no idea whats possible but could you potentially have a looping function? I guess primarily for live, so if you preset a tempo and loop length then it loops round recording each time so you can have a sort of additive progression.
So you might set 120bpm + 8 bars, then it will loop, so you could start with the kick, then move on to other sounds to build it up in real time. Its kind of the way I've started to use nanoloop, although with piano roll (or stave) you'd have more scope as you could in theory have a really long progression loop rather than being limited to the 16 nl grid notes.
I'm not sure how easy that would be to do with the d-pad as you might not be able to input notes fast enough (works well on nl for iphone because of the touch screen so its much faster), but if we managed to get an external controller, maybe similar to LSDJ keyboard then it would be easier? ..or even using a midi piano keyboard and an arduinoboy to control it? smile

I have no idea if that made sense, but yeah smile

]]> https://chipmusic.org/threesecondsecret 2012-08-12T13:00:19Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/126115/#p126115 <![CDATA[Re: My little project; Sibelius-type program for Gameboy.]]> I'm learning and finding things bit by bit myself.

Starting with this, reading up.
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]]> https://chipmusic.org/Flat_Mango 2012-08-12T11:49:33Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/126113/#p126113 <![CDATA[Re: My little project; Sibelius-type program for Gameboy.]]> Will the source be available for this once you're finished?
I've been trying to learn more about Game Boy programming but it's been hard. -_-

]]> https://chipmusic.org/The+Silph+Scope 2012-08-12T11:25:08Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/126109/#p126109 <![CDATA[Re: My little project; Sibelius-type program for Gameboy.]]> Wow, thanks everyone. I've got a lot to think about.

I'm drawing out interface ideas on 160x144 grids now. I think the screen size is what will limit me most as to how many bars can be on the screen at a time. Controls are another thing, I'll have to avoid clutter for the screen size, but don't want to have too many sub-menus.

I'll share a few things i'd wish to see on my project:
*Preset drum patterns. I hate writing drum scores tongue
*Chord Symbols for easy arppegios. E.g. IImin7, V7, Imaj7. Would speed up the composing process.
*Save and export as midi. 
*Compatable with Gameboy printer? I guess it'd be reduntant (and too much effort) if you could just export it to PC and print it on A4.

I thought about having preset sounds that catergorise sounds with moods for newer composers, though sounds are subjective. Maybe words like 'fat', 'pure' and 'dirty' might work.

Until i have better knowledge of what's capable on a gameboy such as whether it can recognise a keyboard, plans of linking up a keyboard etc to a stock GB may seem difficult. If it's a matter of software recognising it, then maybe, it'd make life alot easier no doubt. My coding knowledge is limited however. Gameboy uses C#?
There's a Dr. at school who has made his own Instrument (Tim Opie. He's into Granular Synthesis) before and has made open source music programs that can help me with some of this stuff, though the project will be my own journey with help here and there.

This is all very good feedback. Keep it coming.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Flat_Mango 2012-08-12T11:11:15Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/126107/#p126107 <![CDATA[Re: My little project; Sibelius-type program for Gameboy.]]> yeah but that's a lot of effort to go through for a commonly used/wanted sound, which is why i said it'd be nice if there was a triangle waveform to select from in the first place tongue

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Victory+Road 2012-08-11T00:11:58Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/125928/#p125928 <![CDATA[Re: My little project; Sibelius-type program for Gameboy.]]> Just draw a triangle in the waveform editor, and set the instrument type to manual so it doesn't autmatically advance through the other frames.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/nitro2k01 2012-08-11T00:09:17Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/125926/#p125926 <![CDATA[Re: My little project; Sibelius-type program for Gameboy.]]> L-tron wrote:
Victory Road wrote:

...triangle waveform instead of sine would be nice, too!

It is a triangle waveform... However, If you want a sine, set your instrument to triangle, manual, and lower the cutoff by a lot (I think)

is this some wicked old version of LSDJ you're talking about? it's definitely a sine in every version i've used.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Victory+Road 2012-08-11T00:05:09Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/125925/#p125925 <![CDATA[Re: My little project; Sibelius-type program for Gameboy.]]> no pressure.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Auxcide 2012-08-10T17:15:01Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/125873/#p125873 <![CDATA[Re: My little project; Sibelius-type program for Gameboy.]]> YES! PLEASE. YES! This would be the best thing ever. I can't stand the tracker system (though it's starting to grow on me), and the piano roll interface of FLStudio and LMMS and Sound Club make me compose stuff in a weird way.

Of course, it would be cool if you could create it with the option to switch between staff interface and piano roll interface, though, but at least having just the sheet music interface would be just toooo guuuud.

As for suggestions, it'd be cool to be able to control the order of each note in an arp-"chord", perhaps with a little number on the side of each note, and maybe control the speed with a number underneath the staff. Effects could be handled "horizontal tracker" style, with an effects bar running along the top of the staff.

Russellian wrote:
Cementimental wrote:

Really cool idea tho I wouldn't be able to use it since I don't read music smile

Sheet music's actually surprisingly easy to learn.

QFE

]]> https://chipmusic.org/SketchMan3 2012-08-10T17:13:28Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/125872/#p125872 <![CDATA[Re: My little project; Sibelius-type program for Gameboy.]]> if this was done well it would be the best music software ever.
EVER.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/rasta_dan 2012-08-10T16:34:24Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/125870/#p125870 <![CDATA[Re: My little project; Sibelius-type program for Gameboy.]]> This sounds cool. Although, I'm not sure if I'd actually use it that much, since one of the things I hated about using Sibelius was how long it took to input notes compared to a tracker, especially without a MIDI keyboard or anything.

I'd still try it out, though.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/VCMG 2012-08-10T16:23:51Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/125868/#p125868 <![CDATA[Re: My little project; Sibelius-type program for Gameboy.]]> Victory Road wrote:

...triangle waveform instead of sine would be nice, too!

It is a triangle waveform... However, If you want a sine, set your instrument to triangle, manual, and lower the cutoff by a lot (I think)

kineticturtle wrote:

A "learn to read music" feature would be a great addition. smile

this sounds cool as well

]]> https://chipmusic.org/L-tron 2012-08-10T14:56:05Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/125855/#p125855 <![CDATA[Re: My little project; Sibelius-type program for Gameboy.]]> Cementimental wrote:

Really cool idea tho I wouldn't be able to use it since I don't read music smile

Sheet music's actually surprisingly easy to learn. Probably easier than learning to manipulate all of the values in most trackers. tongue

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Russellian 2012-08-10T14:45:01Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/125852/#p125852 <![CDATA[Re: My little project; Sibelius-type program for Gameboy.]]> Cementimental wrote:

Really cool idea tho I wouldn't be able to use it since I don't read music smile

A "learn to read music" feature would be a great addition. smile

]]> https://chipmusic.org/kineticturtle 2012-08-10T14:41:30Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/125851/#p125851 <![CDATA[Re: My little project; Sibelius-type program for Gameboy.]]> Really cool idea tho I wouldn't be able to use it since I don't read music smile

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Cementimental 2012-08-10T14:13:08Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/125842/#p125842