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Re: Chiptune.app

#71

Post by jimmydddd »

Are these all actual tracks from games? I'm a jazz fan and I never knew tunes by Chic Corea, Wayne Shorter, etc., were incorporated into games?

Re: Chiptune.app

#72

Post by nurettin »

bronikowski wrote: post #8

Am I blind or are there no SID modules? C64 is like 90% of tracked music that I'm listening to. :(

Now you get an entire thread of nerds explain you the etymological history of sound chips and the huge differences between a sid program and the mid format despite having perfectly working converters in both directions.

Re: Chiptune.app

#73

Post by zeta0134 »

Jake Kaufman was kind enough to release the entire Shovel Knight OST as an NSF under creative commons, meaning we're allowed to host it and do cool stuff with it. So I'll take this opportunity to plug an NES visualizer I've been working on. Did you know the Shovel Knight OST can and will run on a real FamiCom, using Konami's VRC6 mapper? Knowing that, I can look at the register writes as they're being made, work out the appropriate frequency on the keyboard, and show a piano roll in realtime:

https://rusticnes.reploid.cafe/wasm/?tab=jam&cartridge=Shove...

But I don't have a slick interface or a way to browse chiptunes, so...

chiptune.app: 1

zeta: 0

Clearly I need to get to work :) (At the very least, you can load up most NSF files and even NES games, and the visualizer will still run. If you want to know what notes the "coin" sound in SMB makes, now you can.)

Re: Chiptune.app

#74

Post by aflag »

jimmydddd wrote: post #71

Are these all actual tracks from games? I'm a jazz fan and I never knew tunes by Chic Corea, Wayne Shorter, etc., were incorporated into games?

I think some of them are just midi versions of famous songs.

Re: Chiptune.app

#76

Post by teddyh »

For those who want MP3 files to use locally, there’s the Stone Oakvalley collections, recorded from real Amiga and Commodore 64 computers:

• Amiga Music Collection (SOAMC=) https://www.paula8364.com/>

• Authentic SID Collection (SOASC=) https://www.6581-8580.com/>

Re: Chiptune.app

#77

Post by sonjaqql »

zeta0134 wrote: post #73

Jake Kaufman was kind enough to release the entire Shovel Knight OST as an NSF under creative commons, meaning we're allowed to host it and do cool stuff with it. So I'll take this opportunity to plug an NES visualizer I've been working on. Did you know the Shovel Knight OST can and will run on a real FamiCom, using Konami's VRC6 mapper? Knowing that, I can look at the register writes as they're being made, work out…

This is a really cool visualizer. Neat work!

Re: Chiptune.app

#79

Post by 29athrowaway »

They have Dancing Mad from Final Fantasy VI.

That composition is equivalent to painting the Sistine Chapel with only crayons and making it look 95% the same.

Nobuo Uematsu is an impressive man.

Re: Chiptune.app

#80

Post by TulliusCicero »

zeta0134 wrote: post #73

Jake Kaufman was kind enough to release the entire Shovel Knight OST as an NSF under creative commons, meaning we're allowed to host it and do cool stuff with it. So I'll take this opportunity to plug an NES visualizer I've been working on. Did you know the Shovel Knight OST can and will run on a real FamiCom, using Konami's VRC6 mapper? Knowing that, I can look at the register writes as they're being made, work out…

Wow, this visualizer is awesome!
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