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I used to have a NL 2.6 cart which was great. I'm thinking of buying a 2.7 cart, but I've read a couple of posts that suggested people weren't happy with 2.7 due to a couple of things like no note names etc. Any comments? If I prefer 2.6, is it possible to downgrade somehow?

Has anyone written a Lua script for a song editor in CellsDS? I have made a script that loops the first n blocks (I'm happy to share if anyone interested), but a song editor is more complex. One possibility is to have a dictionary with block numbers in the actual script, but that's a pretty bad solution. I figured maybe having 16 song blocks defined by a Y-value for each X-value would be a start.

Anyone else looked at this up for sharing scripts/ideas?

Anyone have any idea how to achieve this?

I'd like to use Python in the same way that I used to use Sound and Envelope commands in BBC Basic. Ideally I'd like to run the program and hear the results immediately, without having to produce a .wav or .mid file first. I could relearn BASIC and use an emulator, but I'd rather stick with Python since I know it reasonably well already. I'd really like some high-level commands rather than having to go into the physics of sound waves.

BTW winsound.Beep only works for a few consecutive notes before going wrong.

I used to have a nanoloop cart, and I'm sure the wav channel could play four note chords, with notes on the two pulse channels and noise as well. Did I imagine that?

If not, then that makes 7 channels - 6 for notes and one noise. Is it possible to get that many with LDSJ? I've seen the tutorial on the ghost channel, but as far as I could tell, the pitch was locked to the main note being played.

One of my biggest musical influences is Celtic dance music. Usually a tune has two or more parts, which are looped, and then on to another tune.

With letters it might look like this: AA BB AA BB CC DD CC DD stop.

No intro, no build-up, no outro.

I'm looking for ideas/conventions about how to structure chiptune songs, and am curios to know how you guys approach this.

I understand pop music often has verse, chorus, verse chorus, middle-8, verse chorus or something like that.

Another idea is having a loop starting minimally and building up to a crescendo and then fading.

There must be a thousand way of doing it: what works for you?

R.

I'd like to keep all the other channels for melody and harmony. Has anyone managed to get an acceptable drum kit just on the noise channel? If so, could you give me some instructions?

More generally, are there any .sav files around with basic instrument blueprints that can be tweaked? I've found a few containing finished masterpieces, but I'd like to have a basic set of pre-programmed instruments to work with, or maybe just a chart of hex parameters as starting points for common instruments.