cTrix wrote:
Hey, here is the software in action in case anyone is interested :-)
I came at 3m45s.
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https://8bc.org/items/music/cTrix-Atari … leRock.mp3
That tune is so great. I really dig the idea of this simple 2 channel house kind of thrashy stuff. I'm new to Modplug, but if I can manage to put some together I might invest in a Harmony later in the summer. Stellar work!
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Melbourne
Saw the video for this on GBA cTrix, you rule in so many ways! It was about time someone got stuck into this because the Atari2600 sounds so great. I love what you've been writing with it too!
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Sydney
i just got an Atari 2600 from a garage sale for $0.50!!! but the switches look diff to the one on your vid ctrix? either way, i know what my first project is when i get back form blip 
deff gonna get crakkin on some of this!
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA
sounds like u got a new bad ass song there..
i fucking love the atari 2600... sounds so gritty and beautiful.
Nicely done cTrix!
here are some of my atari acid beats.
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Australia
I'll be uploading a version of this when I'm back. Did a workshop at blip for it so a few people have it already. Still a few minor silly bugs that need fixing. I think the optimiser is going to be the most important part.
ps. low-gain - that's nuts buddy!!! Wish I could have come hung out but it was too much travelling around in the end!
Last edited by cTrix (May 27, 2011 4:31 am)
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Yes, I do plan on doing a public release of this in the next month or so with a tutorial. Just lettin' it in the wild with a few testers first. Anyone else who wants it before this time will just have to find someone with a cTrix usb stick ;-)
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I was wondering if there was any advancements on this? I can't wait to play around with this.
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xandox wrote:
I was wondering if there was any advancements on this? I can't wait to play around with this.
Well it works enough for me to make tunes (hence the gAtari) - but not without manual optimisation of the tunes so that they fit on the cart. In fact I don't even use the included sequencer because it's just not efficient. I'm working with another dude on something similar for the lynx and learning quite a bit more about writing programs that optimise code.
I guess I could release it as is - but I wanted it to be a tool that made quality optimised output rather than save the same code multiple times into precious memory - which is what it does at the moment instead of using look up tables to optimise the 2.8k of memory you get for the tune. I might look at it in the next couple of weeks. There is just quite a few things going on at the moment and it's tricky to find the time!!
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im-pulze wrote:
The Synthcart? Well it has some preset beats and some notes you can play in realtime from a controller. Fine for sampling notes or a fun little jam off - but it's not a sequencer. I've got one and it's cool to show off the Atari with some awesome preset stuff. That's about it. And it has an arp and a few things - it's quite fun as a live toy actually. Although no way of syncing it to anything else.
The tool I've made actually calls heavily on Paul's play routines (who also made the Synthcart) and I was talking to him yesterday making sure it was ok for me to release this tool with associated files attached. So I'll have it done soon. Just need to find a few days to finish it off, run it by Paul, and link it up here :-)
ps. This is only PC software btw. Mac support via vBox or Paralleles or similar.
Last edited by cTrix (Sep 10, 2011 1:51 pm)