1 Topic by garvalf

(0 replies, posted in Releases)

The new Garvalf album, "Joy in Sadness", has been released the 21st of December 2022.

Contrary to the lastest ones, which were in the Dungeon Synth style, this one is pure chiptune (ay-3-8910 / YM2149), but will provide some reminiscences of the ambiences which were found in the previous albums.

This album is more or less a compilation of some old tunes, but it features also a few new works. All the tracks has been recorded and mastered in Autumn 2022 from the Garvuino device, which recreates the original AY sounds from an Atmega8 chip.


https://garvalf.bandcamp.com/album/joy-in-sadness

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2 Reply by garvalf

(1 replies, posted in Sega)

on deflemask desktop, there is no way to choose several midi inputs, it's probably the same on deflemask mobile. It's only possible to choose from midi poly input on or off. I suppose the midi input is only a way to facilitate the creation of tracks, so you can enter notes more easily.

It's not a way to use deflemask as an independant synth. If you wish to play chiptunes sounds from your M8, I suppose there are other tools for that. You can also try the Furnace tracker on your PC, it looks like it can do this kind of stuff, there is an option to "map midi channels to direct channels" (furnace supports dozens of chips). You should also be able to use furnace on a raspberry pi (headless or not) to avoid a full desktop pc.

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3 Reply by garvalf

(76 replies, posted in General Discussion)

I'm still there, but I don't do much chiptunes today (except a few ym2149...)... I don't really enjoy reddit, and even less discord...

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4 Reply by garvalf

(549 replies, posted in Software & Plug-ins)

Looks great!
Can't wait to try it on Linux!

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5 Reply by garvalf

(3 replies, posted in General Discussion)

no

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6 Reply by garvalf

(16 replies, posted in General Discussion)

The great thing with open source is you can support developers too! I've contributed money to some projects I like.

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7 Reply by garvalf

(16 replies, posted in General Discussion)

martin_demsky wrote:

1. You probably want to be first musician on the planet earth to use Libre.
2. Nothing really good is free.
3. I recommend LSDJ (Nintendo), Deflemask (multiple systems) and NanoStudio 2 (iPad, probably most perfect UI for touchscreen and amazing synths).

you must be kidding. Many musicians are happily using open source software. And some great software are also free of charge (you named Deflemask which is free, but not free/libre software, there is also Sunvox to replace FL studio and can make advanced sounds).

I've reviewed a few trackers there, for linux users: http://garvalf.free.fr/index.php?page=articles_trackers (I should update it, Arkos Tracker II is also for Linux now)

If you want something authentic and libre software, Adlib tracker II is open source (and you can create awesome tunes with it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKr-QH8DPQY )

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8 Reply by garvalf

(2 replies, posted in Nintendo Consoles)

I've found a solution. I did change the PAL region in the setting, but it was still too slow. Then I discovered that if we set a custom frequency, a lower frequency will replay faster (I thought it was the opposite). If I enable PAL everywhere (in the engine and in the .NES output), and choose a custom frequency of 50 Hz, it will replay at the right speed. If I choose "default" instead, it's too slow (I don't understand why because PAL should be 50 Hz).

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9 Reply by garvalf

(16 replies, posted in General Discussion)

@garvalf
https://www.instagram.com/garvalf/

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10 Topic by garvalf

(2 replies, posted in Nintendo Consoles)

hello,

I've made a few tunes with Famitracker 0.4.4, but when I replay them on my (Pal) NES with an Everdrive Card, the speed is slower than expected, like it was made for NTSC and replayed on Pal hardware (which is the case).

On one song, the expected tempo was 150 BPM, in the song settings speed was set to 6, tempo to 150 (default NTSC). During export, I've set the output to PAL, and type of file to iNES ROM image. This one replays too slow on my real NES.
So I've changed the tempo to 125 (default PAL), and Speed to 5. The resulting tempo should be 150, and it sounds the same in Famitracker.

But when I export it again to iNES/PAL format, it's still too slow on Real Hardware. What can I do?

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11 Reply by garvalf

(7 replies, posted in Graphics, Artwork & Design)

Hey, it looks great! Why don't you include the name in the logo? It would help people find you better!

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12 Reply by garvalf

(12 replies, posted in Commodore Computers)

wown that's a very impressive work!! Thanks.

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13 Reply by garvalf

(14 replies, posted in Software & Plug-ins)

That's brilliant, thanks for this piece of software!
It's working fine with wine on Linux (probably on osx as well).

Generally step jumps are for the whole song, you simply change it globally, it might be easier to handle for everyone.

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14 Reply by garvalf

(5 replies, posted in Releases)

That sounds brilliant! And with the French touch of course! Bravo mec !

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15 Reply by garvalf

(2 replies, posted in Software & Plug-ins)

it's funny and well design. I generally don't really enjoy web based trackers, but this one is so small and neat it becomes great in itself! Do you know if it's open source?

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16 Reply by garvalf

(257 replies, posted in Software & Plug-ins)

on Android... it would be awesome!

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