el-bee! I love your work! The music for Aesterozoa is still one of my favourite pieces of softsynth demo music.

Anyway, very happy you're interested in testing with a Launchpad. PM me once you have the other hardware and I'll send you some info on how to hook it up. Thanks!

If you're still looking for Launchpad testers, sign me up. Just need to get the arduino bits

Hi all, xspheric and I are still working on VGX Live - software features are being added and playback timing made more stable. I'm working on a nice version of the hardware interface, too!

A big thank you to all the beta testers who've been involved, testing the software for us and giving us feedback - it's very much appreciated!

See the OP for a video example of using VGX Live as part of a real performance. :]

Thanks! At this stage it's a performance tool allowing hardware controlled playback of vgm files from Deflemask tracker. It lets you turn channels (i.e instruments) on and off and select different looped sections of a track and also select which track to play. We are now working to add MIDI support and turn it into a full fledged controllable synthesizer, ultimately. The first version of the software will soon be released!

These demo songs were awesome. Not really familiar with making music using a grid, but I can see the appeal after this. I wish I knew more about what the heck this was. For a Genesis freak, I don't know a lot about the DIY scene for it. This all looks like magic to me. In the plainest of terms, what am I actually seeing here?

Hey theskyis256k, Thanks a lot for your help with testing!

You can buy small LCD screens from Dealextreme (DX.com). :]

also... where do i get me one of those tiny screens?

just emailed you buddy

FIRST: i'd like to say that this project looks great! i've inherited a coule of Segas from my cousins when they were cleaning out the house and since i'm the "8 bit guy" they automatically thought of me. perfect.

I ususally just used gameboys up o this point but ive been thinking of including a sega in my live setup.

i did some research and from my understanding the sega master system is more accessible for music DIY than the genesis?

Anyways i have a technical question about he sound chips... i was researching the sound chips on them and i understand that on the japanese model of the SMS there's the yamaha chip? YM... something something. (sorry i forget the numbers) but on the north american version it's an SN76489....

I opened up my master system and i could not find that chip.... in fact i couldn't find any chip that seemed like a ound chip. on little scale's blog he mentions in the prosound mod that the sn is inside of the sega 315-5146.... but the closest chip i could find on mine was 315-5216....tried to find some docs on it but couldn't find anything useful.

Tl;Dr... would this work on my sega? and why do i have different chips? on the inside it's marked as a sega M4 powerbase from 1987.
EDIT: Forgot to mention it's NTSC.... so if you're still looking for beta testers i'd be honored to give this a whirl! (i live in montreal, canada)

I *may* have already formed a duo in anticipation so yes please.

We haven't been able to get in contact with everyone via PM. For anyone still able to help out with further testing - please drop me an email via my profile!

Theta_Frost, freezedream and I have been talking about potential future support for running two segas either in lock-step (aiming at having more channels and two separate outputs for different mixing/effects) or somewhat independently (e.g. multiple segas and Arduinos/Teensys controlled separately/MIDI tempo sync). Ideas welcome.

Devereux, I can send you a ROM to test? Could I get your email address? (PM or email via my profile)

Thanks for all the encouragement everyone.

I'm working on an update to get the tempo locked down precisely right according to the vertical interrupt, and hope to have a second beta ready soon.

This is like my dream software right here. Would make my dual Nomad DJ setup I'm envisioning so much easier! Props!

This is something I have been looking for for so long! I love the Mega Drive (I've got a Model 1 - PAL) and I've always wanted to make music with the actual console rather than use emulators.

I'd love to help in any way I can

Thanks dude! More updates soon. :]