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ok, I would like a basic GB sample trigger thing. Map a sample to UDLR / B / A and you can have a little soundboard. Possibly start or select plus UDLR / B / A accesses 2nd or 3rd banks of samples?

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630 Reply by Lazerbeat Dec 12, 2012 6:57 am

Re: PIGGYTRACKER: COLOR SCHEMES (111 replies, posted in LittleGPTracker)

herr_prof wrote:

http://poyo.co/lgpt/#bg=000000&sn=F … ;cs=FF0900

Prof this is really nice!

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631 Reply by Lazerbeat Dec 12, 2012 6:36 am

Re: Minor Piggy UI user experience improvements. (80 replies, posted in LittleGPTracker)

Ok then I will add my dream feature! Noise generator.

herr_prof wrote:

The fact that everything has been reversioned is good for the piggy scene.. means a bunch of long term todos may be coming (HOPE HOPE). If you want to see whats up, check dis:
https://www.pivotaltracker.com/projects/655891

Does this replace the old bug / feature tracker? it seems kinda groovy as you can tie specific bugs and features to a given release!

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632 Topic by Lazerbeat Dec 11, 2012 1:56 am

Topic: Minor Piggy UI user experience improvements. (80 replies, posted in LittleGPTracker)

This thread is for little improvements to piggy tracker, ie minor tweaks, adjustments, interface changes and thing which should be fairly simple to add. If you have a major feature addition idea, Peter has a thread here.

I suggested these in the epic piggy thread but I thought I would dig them out and post them here. I had a few ideas for some minor user interface tweaks which might be easy to add.

1 - LTRIG up jumping the the top of the phrase / song / chain.

2 - A 4th LTRIG - B select mode. Now we have

Select plus Dpad
Select row
Select screen

how about a 4th one, select column? might be useful for transposing instruments / octaves?

3 - When in the chain screen, L Trig + B -> B selects a row. How about with the row selected and L Trig held, UP or DOWN on the Dpad selects whole screen above or below the selected row?

If you have anything similar to add go ahead. Please note I dont mean big feature requests like "add a noise generator" or "throw in an IRC client" or "midi input". Just simple little UI tweaks.

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633 Reply by Lazerbeat Dec 11, 2012 1:31 am

Re: What was your very first computer / game console ever? And when? (81 replies, posted in General Discussion)

ZX81, honestly not kidding.

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634 Topic by Lazerbeat Dec 10, 2012 2:56 pm

Topic: LGPT/Piggy Tracker FAQ (55 replies, posted in LittleGPTracker)

Pig lovers everywhere, we now have our own forum! To celebrate an FAQ and a Sticky

About

› what is LGPT/Piggy Tracker?

‹ what is LGPT/Piggy Tracker?

LittleGPTracker (a.k.a 'The piggy') is a music tracker optimised to run on portable game consoles.

Compatibility

› What platforms does piggy run on?

‹ What platforms does piggy run on?

It is currently running on Game Park's GP2x & Caanoo, PSP, Dingoo, Windows, Mac OSX (intel/ppc) & Linux (Debian).

› Which handheld unit is best for piggy?

‹ Which handheld unit is best for piggy?

The tl;dr version of the question is, it is a very close run thing, all the different options run piggy pretty well, they are all in 80 to 150 usd range and are all now fairly easy to get up and running (if you have XP for opendingux). If you want Midi out, get a GP2x, if you want a larger comfortable unit with a big screen get a PSP, if you want something which is ultra portable with a really long battery life, get a Dingoo.

More detailed version :

› PSP pros/cons

‹ PSP pros/cons

Pros
- PSP3000 Still in production.
- Sleep mode.
- Clean audio output.
- Large Screen, It really is rather lovely.
- Easy access to memory stick as PSP functions as USB mass storage.
- Easy to find,
- Very comfortable to use
Cons
- Needs Customer Firmware to install custom firmware before LPGT will work
- Larger and heavier than other options.
- Fairly short battery life, especially if you get an older model.
- No Midi out.
- Uses Sony Memory Sticks which are a shade more expensive.
- Headphone jack in a mildly annoying place (bottom left).
- PSP 1000 doesn't have TV out and has 32mb of RAM vs 64mb for PSP2000 and above.

› GP2X pros/cons

‹ GP2X pros/cons

Pros
- only hand held with MIDI OUT
- Uses standard AA batteries,
- Doesn't need custom firmware to get LGPT running, just unzip and go.
- Uses standard SD cards.
- Sensibly placed headphone jack on the back of the unit.
Cons
- Slow boot time
- Seems to go through batteries quickly.
- Increasingly hard to track down.
- Headphone jack is too small for a lot of cables.
- Thumbstick is very much a personal taste thing, I don't like it much, some people swear by it.

› Dingoo pros/cons

‹ Dingoo pros/cons

Pros
- GBMicroish formfactor, literally pocket size and bad ass.
- Charges via standard Mini USB jack
- very long battery life
- Sleep mode via Open Dingux
- Swap/paging file virtual RAM allowed in dingux, so 512MB of RAM possible
Cons
- Requires custom firmware to install LGPT
- Uses MiniSD (weird middle size SD card), minor con but worth bearing in mind.
- By far the least comfortable to use (bleo is a robot and has square hands so it doesn't bother him).
- Open dingux can be a huge pain to install (formatting the SD card correctly is not easy without XP).
- Possible slightly dodgy build quality on later models?

› Cannoo pros/cons

‹ Cannoo pros/cons

Pros
- Uses standard SD cards.
- Very easy to get running.
- Comfortable to use.
Cons
- Thumbstick isnt very strong (dropped my unit once and it broke) and as far as I can see it isn't a replaceable part.

› Which Dingoo variants run Dingux / Open Dingux?

‹ Which Dingoo variants run Dingux / Open Dingux?

The A-320 and the A-330 run Dingux / Open Dingux. The A-330e, the A-360 the A-380 don't. Other name / number variants of Dingoo almost certainly won't run Dingux / OpenDingux.

Files

› Where can I download piggy tracker?

‹ Where can I download piggy tracker?

You can download LGPT here.

› Where can I download piggy tracker tunes?

‹ Where can I download piggy tracker tunes?

You can download LGPT musics here.

› Where can I download piggy tracker project files?

‹ Where can I download piggy tracker project files?

You can download LGPT project files here.

Documentation

› Is there a changelog for Piggy?

‹ Is there a changelog for Piggy?

Yep! It is here.

› Where can I find the manual?

‹ Where can I find the manual?

The manual is here.

› where is the Piggy wiki?

‹ where is the Piggy wiki?

That would be here.

Network

› where can I communicate with other piggy tracker users?

‹ where can I communicate with other piggy tracker users?

This forum is a good place. There is also a mailing list and an IRC channel at #hexawe on esper.net

› Is Piggy on Twitter?

‹ Is Piggy on Twitter?

Yep!

› Is Piggy on Facebook?

‹ Is Piggy on Facebook?

Yep!

More information to come!

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635 Reply by Lazerbeat Dec 10, 2012 6:36 am

Re: Piggy Tracker Thread (798 replies, posted in LittleGPTracker)

|That piggy dub set is loooooovely

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636 Topic by Lazerbeat Dec 9, 2012 2:31 am

Topic: Are there NES graphics tools for Mac (4 replies, posted in Nintendo Consoles)

I'm looking for something similar to yychr or shirus graphic tool. Are there any options?

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637 Reply by Lazerbeat Dec 4, 2012 8:05 am

Re: How to put lsdj rom onto a cart with a Mac? (15 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

Clarified title.

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638 Reply by Lazerbeat Dec 3, 2012 9:27 am

Re: how does the Stereo version of goattracker work? (8 replies, posted in Commodore Computers)

Yah, 1234, is what got me interested in it, do you have it hooked up to a hardsid?

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639 Reply by Lazerbeat Dec 3, 2012 5:38 am

Re: how does the Stereo version of goattracker work? (8 replies, posted in Commodore Computers)

Thanks for that! Much easier to visualise, I got how it works now.

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640 Reply by Lazerbeat Dec 2, 2012 3:35 pm

Re: how does the Stereo version of goattracker work? (8 replies, posted in Commodore Computers)

Cheers guys, one final one. Does the interface have 6 channels in one window or it is like 2 synced versions or standard GT?

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630 Reply by Lazerbeat Dec 12, 2012 6:57 am

Re: PIGGYTRACKER: COLOR SCHEMES (111 replies, posted in LittleGPTracker)

631 Reply by Lazerbeat Dec 12, 2012 6:36 am

Re: Minor Piggy UI user experience improvements. (80 replies, posted in LittleGPTracker)

632 Topic by Lazerbeat Dec 11, 2012 1:56 am

Topic: Minor Piggy UI user experience improvements. (80 replies, posted in LittleGPTracker)

633 Reply by Lazerbeat Dec 11, 2012 1:31 am

Re: What was your very first computer / game console ever? And when? (81 replies, posted in General Discussion)

634 Topic by Lazerbeat Dec 10, 2012 2:56 pm

Topic: LGPT/Piggy Tracker FAQ (55 replies, posted in LittleGPTracker)

› what is LGPT/Piggy Tracker?

‹ what is LGPT/Piggy Tracker?

› What platforms does piggy run on?

‹ What platforms does piggy run on?

› Which handheld unit is best for piggy?

‹ Which handheld unit is best for piggy?

› PSP pros/cons

‹ PSP pros/cons

› GP2X pros/cons

‹ GP2X pros/cons

› Dingoo pros/cons

‹ Dingoo pros/cons

› Cannoo pros/cons

‹ Cannoo pros/cons

› Which Dingoo variants run Dingux / Open Dingux?

‹ Which Dingoo variants run Dingux / Open Dingux?

› Where can I download piggy tracker?

‹ Where can I download piggy tracker?

› Where can I download piggy tracker tunes?

‹ Where can I download piggy tracker tunes?

› Where can I download piggy tracker project files?

‹ Where can I download piggy tracker project files?

› Is there a changelog for Piggy?

‹ Is there a changelog for Piggy?

› Where can I find the manual?

‹ Where can I find the manual?

› where is the Piggy wiki?

‹ where is the Piggy wiki?

› where can I communicate with other piggy tracker users?

‹ where can I communicate with other piggy tracker users?

› Is Piggy on Twitter?

‹ Is Piggy on Twitter?

› Is Piggy on Facebook?

‹ Is Piggy on Facebook?

635 Reply by Lazerbeat Dec 10, 2012 6:36 am

Re: Piggy Tracker Thread (798 replies, posted in LittleGPTracker)

636 Topic by Lazerbeat Dec 9, 2012 2:31 am

Topic: Are there NES graphics tools for Mac (4 replies, posted in Nintendo Consoles)

637 Reply by Lazerbeat Dec 4, 2012 8:05 am

Re: How to put lsdj rom onto a cart with a Mac? (15 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

638 Reply by Lazerbeat Dec 3, 2012 9:27 am

Re: how does the Stereo version of goattracker work? (8 replies, posted in Commodore Computers)

639 Reply by Lazerbeat Dec 3, 2012 5:38 am

Re: how does the Stereo version of goattracker work? (8 replies, posted in Commodore Computers)

640 Reply by Lazerbeat Dec 2, 2012 3:35 pm

Re: how does the Stereo version of goattracker work? (8 replies, posted in Commodore Computers)

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