tbh I'd say try out Arkos Tracker or Vortex to get familiar with the AY first without hardware. I seem to remember the Spectrum trackers are sometimes a bit difficult to get to grips with. (odd keyboard layouts, only saving to certain hardware etc.)
753 Jan 24, 2012 8:42 pm
Re: A little help with Amstrad tracking (12 replies, posted in Other Vintage Computers & Consoles)
754 Jan 23, 2012 7:03 pm
Re: deviantART Chat! (8 replies, posted in General Discussion)
seems like this is the new place to hang out.
755 Jan 22, 2012 1:26 pm
Re: Trackers for C64 (to run on the console) (29 replies, posted in Commodore Computers)
I just stumbled across this page which has pictures of each tool sorted into categories. It also covers sample sequencers and other things.
756 Jan 21, 2012 12:30 pm
Re: sid player on Amstrad CPC 128k (7 replies, posted in Other Vintage Computers & Consoles)
wedanced wrote:
u guys want to post some demos of what this sounds like.
The Amstrad has the same sound chip as a Spectrum 128k or Atari ST and can do the same tricks those machines can from drivers. However only the basic pure tone and noise waveforms are used here, no digi tracks, just envelope and driver playback emulation. A few songs seem to change speed occasionally (like Green Beret) but it's quite impressive nonetheless. I'm intrigued what's going on under the bonnet (as you can use SID files without any conversion) if it's doing cpu emulation or a pre-process or what. Unfortunately the forum it came from is in Hungarian and even with google translate I can't find the post by the author.
If you use the Winape emulator you can copy/paste sid files onto the disk image and try it.
757 Jan 15, 2012 8:38 pm
Re: out of the ordinary SID musicians(SPOONFEEDPLEASE) (34 replies, posted in Commodore Computers)
Kribust wrote some great stuff for Offence lately. Also the Prosonix folder has some more from their demos and the old Panoramic Designs ones. (that group is worth checking for avant-garde c64 demos)
758 Jan 15, 2012 2:42 pm
Re: sid player on Amstrad CPC 128k (7 replies, posted in Other Vintage Computers & Consoles)
incidently, anyone wanting a huge amount of Amstrad music to listen to might enjoy this.
759 Jan 14, 2012 10:03 pm
Topic: sid player on Amstrad CPC 128k (7 replies, posted in Other Vintage Computers & Consoles)
Note pitches and envelopes through the AY, not waveforms. (afaict) Still not bad at all. Having had a go at playing AY tracks on the SID there are certain things that chip can do that SID can't do accurately.
760 Jan 14, 2012 1:15 pm
Re: So you've finished your album... Now what? (40 replies, posted in General Discussion)
post anywhere but chipmusic forums/news sites/channels
761 Jan 12, 2012 8:15 pm
Re: So you've finished your album... Now what? (40 replies, posted in General Discussion)
(actually that was probably a bit harsh)
762 Jan 12, 2012 6:21 pm
Re: So you've finished your album... Now what? (40 replies, posted in General Discussion)
don't call it chipmusic
763 Jan 10, 2012 8:26 pm
Re: Great ZX Spectrum Demo(s) (14 replies, posted in Other Vintage Computers & Consoles)
some triebkraft/4d:
and gasman:
demarche:
and GOA 4K!!!!!
764 Jan 9, 2012 7:04 pm
Re: out of the ordinary SID musicians(SPOONFEEDPLEASE) (34 replies, posted in Commodore Computers)
ATOO
Dave Warhol
Deadman (arps yes, but interesting arps)
Aleksi Eeben
Tony Gibson
Fred Gray
Puterman
Russel Lieblich
SounDemoN
Yip
765 Jan 9, 2012 4:05 pm
Re: out of the ordinary SID musicians(SPOONFEEDPLEASE) (34 replies, posted in Commodore Computers)
David Dunn, Paul Norman , Kjell Nordbo's "Ghost Escapes Body" , Zyron
766 Jan 7, 2012 2:19 pm
Topic: Tim Follin interview (5 replies, posted in General Discussion)
I haven't seen one with him for years, so that's a nice surprise.
767 Jan 6, 2012 7:03 pm
Re: Blipfest NY this year? (46 replies, posted in General Discussion)
DMG IN MOUTH 2012
768 Jan 6, 2012 12:40 pm
Re: Getting started with C64 tracking? (13 replies, posted in Commodore Computers)
akira^8GB wrote:
I guess nobody likes the real machine trackers anymore. I still want to get it on with SDI.
It's more the faffing around with disk drives that makes me recommend GT to beginners. Seeing as most tools just give you a system channel to do maintenance in you can't even do a directory listing easily. If we were going hardware I'd probably say JohnPlayer is an easy one to pick up.