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(32 replies, posted in Other Hardware)

iLKke wrote:

1. How are pixitracker or nanoloop trackers?

how are they not trackers? they are the same as all other trackers basically... maybe you are thrown off by the fact that 1) they go sideways instead of downwards  2) you dont enter notes with a qwerty keyboard. beyond this there are no differences between these and other trackers.

iLKke wrote:

2. Why do you think that trackers are good for touchscreens? They are based on text input

see above, i dont think "based on text input" is part of what makes a tracker a tracker. obviously if trackers are based on text input then a keyboard is the only good way to use a tracker

iLKke wrote:

and if you try any of the existing mobile trackers you will see that they can't compare with desktop or even gamepad trackers in terms of workflow.

right because they are ports of trackers that arent designed for touch screens rather than being bespoke for this interface

iLKke wrote:

Not sure how the likes of LGPT would work on touchscreen unless some serious UI changes are made.

no disagreement here. serious UI changes are not impossible though

iLKke wrote:

Even games with virtual gamepads mostly play like shit. Why not use LSDJ under a GB emu on your device to see how it fits? I find it quite troublesome when I need to hold 2 virtual buttons and press the third one.

again i dont disagree that trackers designed for non-touchscreen devices work better on non-touchscreen devices than on touch screens

iLKke wrote:

Milkytracker is pretty much just a curiosity. I don't think it's usable at all, it's more like a player.

again i dont disagree that trackers designed for non-touchscreen devices work better on non-touchscreen devices than on touch screens

iLKke wrote:

Sunvox is the only serious attempt at mobile tracker that I tried and it is usable, but lacks the ease of use that makes trackers stand out from pianolol-type apps in the first place. Otherwise it's very well implemented and feature rich.

right. it also lacks that ease of use on the desktop so i dont think this is a touch screen issue

think youre being a bit closed minded about what a tracker is. if a tracker is "a piece of software where you press the Z key on your qwerty keyboard to enter the note C", then trackers suck on touch screen, everyone will agree. actually probably the two most popular trackers on this forum dont use a qwerty keyboard, already, tho, so its perfectly possible to tailor the tracker concept to non-qwerty input devices as was already demonstrated by lsdj/lgpt/ntrq and so on. without it losing tracker status.

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(32 replies, posted in Other Hardware)

XyNo wrote:

Dosbox turbo + FT2

NOT what i meant ;-P

419

(32 replies, posted in Other Hardware)

breakphase wrote:

Yes I do think its perfect for trackers. At first I was thrown off of the idea by the lack of a keyboard, but I've since realized that it's probably the best way to make music on such a device. Clunky skeuorphic Daws, and piano rolls are just a waste of space on such a small screen. Anyway I'm working on a project in this vain currently.

h*ll yeah dude! interested to see what you come up with

420

(32 replies, posted in Other Hardware)

imagine SWIPE-ing around the different screens in piggy, oh boy

i think the main thing is to make sure its touch -> tracker rather than touch -> virtual querty keyboard -> tracker

if you can get the virtual querty keyboard out of the equation, touch might be even more suitable for trackers than regular keyboards,

im pretty hyped up for the future of tracking, moreso than i have been before; hopefully theres enough people who are interested in the interface to keep it going. but otoh i think its a pretty natural interface that will be discovered over and over again independently by developers

!!! death to piano roll !!!

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(32 replies, posted in Other Hardware)

DeerPresident wrote:

Both Sunvox and MilkyTracker have been ported to Android, but not having a keyboard makes it kind of awkward (for me at least).
If they could make a LSDJ/LGPT (simple UI, few "buttons") styled tracker for phones and tablets, that would be awesome.

Edit: for typo

ya i think the probelm is thath sunvox and milkytracker werent designed with a touch screen in mind

have you tried pixi tracker, its got a simple ui and few buttons... but its kind of simple in terms of what it can do as well sadly

422

(19 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

ugh

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(32 replies, posted in Other Hardware)

hey so theres pixitracker and nanoloop but are there any more

IMO it seems like the tracker interface is pretty much perfect for touch screen so i thought maybe trackers are having a bit of a comeback on touchscreen objects

but i dont own one so what else is there

and also do you think its true that trackers are making a comeback in the App Stores and also do you think its true that tracker interface is good for touch?

that link should be http://marktdkknight.bandcamp.com/ btw ;-)

weird i missed this well im definitely checking it out now
i was listening to your old songs recently & they rule

426

(9 replies, posted in General Discussion)

glad things worked out for you :-)

427

(64 replies, posted in General Discussion)

1) do a ctrl F for "ayo technology"
2) stop posting

428

(64 replies, posted in General Discussion)

ok heres my rating for 8bitstellar

criminality 1/10
excitement 1/10
likeability 1/10
recency 10/10

429

(64 replies, posted in General Discussion)

it was the intro theme  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE6WFQR8Oik

430

(9 replies, posted in General Discussion)

ok did you pay with paypal (/ ebay)?

because if you paid with paypal you have 45 days from the day that you paid for you to get your money back via paypal

in which case you should

1) contact the seller, say "send me the thing or im going to file a paypal complaint"
2) if the seller doesnt reply in a good way, file a paypal complaint before the 45 days is up https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?c … laint-view

431

(64 replies, posted in General Discussion)

youre right xyno,  i was confused with former liverpool fc footballer "ken dalglish"

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(64 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Bit wish wrote:

This Is the worst List I have seen, You left out '8bitstellar' and "We were once robots".

all of these people and other boring 8bc semiscandals i can barely remember get the exact same scores as mazi, hope this helps