i have seen a video about the GATARi but havent see any trackers

i have seen a video about the GATARi but havent see any trackers

I LOVE the sound of using the TIA as a DAC... sounds really chunky but still quite clear

Hey!  I stopped work on my software because I hit a brick wall with memory and needed to start over with a new routine for bank switching, etc.  A friend of mine wrote a new routine for playback which is way more advanced than Paul's but had a motorbike accident and never finished it :-/   I met up with an amazing coder in Germany at Evoke who has got a simlar and I gave him my infrustructer - so we'll see where it goes.

As pointed above, you will probably not see a sequencer with the 128 bytes of RAM the 2600 has!  Unless it's some kind of special custom cart.  That's why I took the make it on PC and translate it to code approach.

If you talk to anyone who has the cTrix USB key, they will be able to get you the software and video files that take you though how to use it.

As a few people have said - the Atari 2600 is basically Atonal and making music for it a bit of a joke really, but it's quite fun.  I think little-scales use of samples though the chips is amazing balls though.  That shit sounds rad!!

C

Not a problem. ETA is early December. Sorry about the wait!

Wonderful!  Thank you so much.

When I have time (hopefully soon) I will write a comprehensive how-to article, and make the code, instructions etc available for free and open.

I've been mess'n with A2600 for a while. There are a few points that limit the platform, CPU and memory. The sound system is very primitive, so with the limited resources a full on tracker cart is just 'not happenin'
  Synthcart and/or Loopcart is about the best you will find for real time play, just up against the limits of the system.
On a real A2600 your best bet is the Synthcart and Highly Liquid's Midi interface (which is open sourced now for the DIYer out there). Do the sequencing on a PC or whatever linked to the A2600 for live play.
Much Fun, Yogi

http://www.qotile.net/synth.html
Over there.

Any links to get a synthcart ROM?

yeah it's even more untuned than the Vic-20.  Still the Trilobit guys got some good stuff out of it.

edit: some more by Wamma and Shadow

also you might be surprised how UNMUSICAL the atari chip is. You should play with synthcart in an emulator just to see how difficult writing a song with one can be. I see it as more of a gnarly beat box.

Also, little-scale's MIDI interface!  Where 'dat at?

http://www.atariage.com/store/index.php … &p=101 (synthcart cartridge)
http://www.atariage.com/store/index.php … &p=930 (external MIDI2600)

i know its not what you mean, but with the above (cart + MIDI control) you could use an external device and have a lot more control over the machine than trying to do this via a cart only.  just sequence via MIDI, good software with full midi support shold allow you to pretty much whatever you'd like (well, whatever synthcart will allow, if not limited just by the atari tech).

there just isn't the level of support for the console in music making to have demanded full-on tracking on the system like you're talking about.  soooo less atari music makers than there are people using nintendo stuff.

even if you use a PC/whatever tracker and create tunes for a 2600 on this, you're still faced with the whole EPROM cart burning and playback on a console bit...

not totally unrelated, but if you pick up stuff from atariage, there is this too: http://www.atariage.com/store/index.php … &p=285 (features the 2600 in the music, but also its a CLASSIC album...  Tree Wave's Cabana EP)

grab this http://little-scale.blogspot.com.br/200 … e-set.html

and toss inside milkytracker. I'll be good to go.