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Re: Chiptune.app

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Post by jakemauer »

panzi wrote: post #133

Anyone can recommend anything to listen to on there? I already know (since back then) and still regularly listen to: - Unreal 1 - Megaman (1-7, X, ...) - Super Metroid - Chrono Trigger - Zelda Preferring actual chiptunes over MIDI.

I still listen to all of the following regularly. Castlevania IV and ActRaiser in particular have pretty incredible arrangement and sound design for being so early in the system's life.

From the Super NES:

  - Super Castlevania IV
  - ActRaiser
  - Axelay
  - StarFox
  - Gradius III
  - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles In Time
  - U.N. Squadron
  - Final Fantasy VI (III in the US)
From the Genesis:

  - Sonic 2
  - Sonic 3 & Knuckles
  - Ranger-X
From the Unreal Tournament Soundtrack:

  08 - Botmca
  11 - Enigma
  17 - Skyward Fire
  28 - Foregone Destruction
Note: I think there's something up with chipplayer.js' tracker playback because some of these Unreal Tournament tracks were definitely playing slower than they should.

Re: Chiptune.app

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Post by Jasper_ »

wiradikusuma wrote: post #103
Jakob wrote: post #23

If you are on macOS, download the .mid file and open it in Garageband and listen for how much (free!) MIDI synthesis has improved.

You're right! Why is that? Shouldn't regardless of the app (Chrome vs GarageBand) the sound be the same? I mean the underlaying player should be the same right?

MIDI does not have a sound. It's just instrument data. The classic "MIDI sound" that you recognize is the Roland GM soundkit shipped with Windows (an early version of Roland's Virtual Sound Canvas product).

This website uses a different instrument set. You can actually select which one it uses in the Settings panel, but by default it uses Kenneth Rundt's GMGSx.sf2 (which does sound quite a bit Roland-y to me), as shipped by SynthFont.

I don't know what instrument collection GarageBand uses.

Re: Chiptune.app

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Post by div3rs3 »

panzi wrote: post #133

Anyone can recommend anything to listen to on there? I already know (since back then) and still regularly listen to: - Unreal 1 - Megaman (1-7, X, ...) - Super Metroid - Chrono Trigger - Zelda Preferring actual chiptunes over MIDI.

Lizardking’s stuff is great, e.g. Triton Theme: https://chiptune.app/?q=lizardking

Re: Chiptune.app

#145

Post by jakemauer »

Dig1t wrote: post #107

https://chiptune.app/browse/Nintendo%2064/Bomberman%20Hero%2... "Redial" in this folder is one of the best and most underrated video game songs of all time. Very nice.

Wow this is really great, thanks for sharing.

Re: Chiptune.app

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Post by montag »

Dig1t wrote: post #107

https://chiptune.app/browse/Nintendo%2064/Bomberman%20Hero%2... "Redial" in this folder is one of the best and most underrated video game songs of all time. Very nice.

Also check out the Soundfont conversion - not perfectly accurate, but sounds nice https://chiptune.app/?play=Nintendo%2064%20(SoundFont%20MIDI...

(I spent entirely too much time on these conversions...)

Re: Chiptune.app

#147

Post by montag »

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. :(

You are not blind! This is my personal bias showing, I should really add SID modules to the catalog.

Re: Chiptune.app

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Post by m_walden »

jon_adler wrote: post #62

I really enjoyed the Xtree Gold vibes of the website. I used to own a Gravis Ultrasound back in the day, and this UI and music took me back there.

If you like Xtree Gold, then check out the updated successor:

ZTreeWin https://ztree.com/html/ztreewin.htm Free 30 day trial period (USD $29.95)

Re: Chiptune.app

#150

Post by montag »

twoodfin wrote: post #36
boomlinde wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd guess the hard work is done by the WebAssembly blob. There are open libraries written in C and C++ for the rendering of just about any audio format into a sample buffer. For General MIDI playback you could use e.g. the TiMidity++ or FluidSynth libraries, which use instrument data from SoundFont files.

The settings offer a variety of playback options, including FluidSynth—with a choice of SoundFonts—or direct Web MIDI. This is wild. Anyone who’s more into this space than I am have any editorial comments on the various SoundFont options? …listening to Space Quest III…

GMGSx Plus is basically a Roland SC-55 sound-alike, except with the Piano patch swapped with a nicer one from GeneralUser GS. Good tradeoff of size and sound quality.

There's a huge variance in Soundfont quality, and the craft put in by Soundfont authors to program all the modulators properly makes a huge difference. GeneralUser is one of the best. https://schristiancollins.com/generaluser.php

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