Hmm, would you by any chance be interested in contributing to libmdal? I haven't defined any API for dealing with MDAL modules yet, but in general what I'm looking for is a set of utility functions for algorithmic pattern data generation that users can glue together to form actual generators. Perhaps later wave data as well, but it's not a priority right now. New lib is written in Scheme (specifically Chicken Scheme).
377 2018-09-12 15:43:38
Re: new chip label (8 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Slightly related question, did you ever play around with the Nyquist prompt in Audacity to generate/manipulate wave data?
378 2018-09-11 19:59:20
Re: new chip label (8 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Hmm algorithmic pattern/sample generator, how does that work? Does it write to XM, or directly to .asm? What are the inputs to the algo? I'm asking because I eventually want to support algorithmic data generation natively in the upcoming new libmdal/bintracker, but I'm not not really much into that field myself.
Anyway, nice release 
Hopefully I'll get around to making something for the label one day but first I gotta finish that thing I promised for Bit Rot ages ago... ducks
379 2018-09-06 17:13:50
Re: Questions about three engines. Could you identify them ? (14 replies, posted in Sinclair)
Well, so the duty thing would be pretty much like in modern pulse-interleaving engines.
I assume there must be a connection between this and the Cybernoid series. Netherworld, too, and Turbo Boat Simulator.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlF1g3vovGs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fExKarocRHM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y-M1HnoLso
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.p … mp;id=5456
I'm assuming Dave Rogers wrote the beeper music for all of these (Nick Jones always used Wham for beeper). I think the engine must be his as well, because Turbo Boat Simulator is not a Hewson Title and none of the other usual suspects were involved in this. Also I wonder if it's always the same engine or if there's some evolution from Cybernoid -> Cybernoid II -> Netherworld/Stormlord.
Edit: Wow, forgot how insane that Netherworld music was. Easily one of the top monophonic beeper titles.
Sadly it seems Dave Rogers didn't have much love for the beeper, actually:
4: How was it working with the single channel Spectrum Beeper?
What can I say? Incredibly limiting would be an understatement. I always did the best I could with the 128k sound, trying to overcome it's limitations, but the beeper just felt like a waste of effort. The only time I did anything specifically for the beeper was for Cybernoid - a three channel tune for the 128k and a completely different one for the 48k.
The rest of the time I took the lazy way out and just squashed the three channel AY-chip data down into one channel for the beeper.
380 2018-09-02 13:57:58
Re: Another Live Performance... (6 replies, posted in Sinclair)
He doesn't have any for offer, but there's a good chance he'd build you one on request. https://www.bytedelight.com/?page_id=499
I've bought stuff from the guy before and can vouch for the quality of his products.
381 2018-09-02 09:39:51
Re: Another Live Performance... (6 replies, posted in Sinclair)
Ha, just read your comment on yt about playing the lead with a laserharp. Well, a ZX laserharp does exist!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSJY3PIaII4
Just need some beeper software for it 
382 2018-09-02 09:38:14
Re: irrlicht project live (6 replies, posted in Sinclair)
Thanks guys Yes, the last song is indeed the one I played at IVP last year. To be released on my next album, coming out in 2125
383 2018-08-28 10:31:15
Topic: irrlicht project live (6 replies, posted in Sinclair)
A recording of my live set at Ohrbit Festival 2018, featuring the usual beeper metal, calculator unce, and senseless screaming.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11eMAXjuqBE
384 2018-08-26 17:38:35
Re: AON, project in progress (35 replies, posted in Other Platforms)
Ha ha epic demo, mate! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3db3HIQuGds
385 2018-08-25 13:13:42
Re: Another Live Performance... (6 replies, posted in Sinclair)
Fantastic work, mate. Very professionally executed, and the music's great. Keep 'em coming!
386 2018-08-15 15:01:45
Re: AON, project in progress (35 replies, posted in Other Platforms)
Hmm, very intriguing. So there was some Ukrainian involvement.
More info: http://nodehist.fidonet.org.ua/?address=2%3A461%2F256 http://nodehist.fidonet.org.ua/?address=2%3A461%2F60
387 2018-08-13 10:59:39
Re: AON, project in progress (35 replies, posted in Other Platforms)
Thanks for your hard work, Shiru. Any chance of migrating from VCL to CLX though, so the emu could become portable?
388 2018-08-13 10:46:41
Re: Unknown engine - DoubleDash (3 replies, posted in Sinclair)
Thanks, detective, much obliged!
We had another thread about this stuff: http://randomflux.info/1bit/viewtopic.php?id=153
Sadly punBB doesn't allow to merge topics (only with some 3rd party mod which reportedly doesn't work properly), so I'll have to think about collecting all this info into a sticky master post at some point.
389 2018-08-13 10:34:25
Re: Play Binary Time constant (BTc) Sound on the Apple II (1 replies, posted in Other Platforms)
Interesting, always nice to see experiments like this happen.
I don't quite understand what's the difference between this and regular DPCM, though.
390 2018-08-08 09:24:59
Re: 16k & 48k Spectrum Audio Tools from Decadebridge (3 replies, posted in Sinclair)
You can just load .sna from divMMC. Otherwise there's SnapToTap for .sna->.tap conversion, and z802tzx for .z80->.tzx conversion (which you'll then have to convert to .tap for use with divMMC). See http://www.worldofspectrum.org/utilities.html#tzxtools
Assuming that the programs are written in pure BASIC, you could probably also dump the BASIC from Fuse and then shove it through zmakebas.
391 2018-08-08 08:30:04
Re: 16k & 48k Spectrum Audio Tools from Decadebridge (3 replies, posted in Sinclair)
Hm, seems these are rather simple tools. But somewhat reasonably priced so still a nice item to have. Looking forward to your User Experience Report 
392 2018-08-08 08:23:59
Re: Unknown engine - DoubleDash (3 replies, posted in Sinclair)
Wow, great find! I don't think it's pin-based, actually. Sounds more like a hybrid of Lyndon Sharp's engine and Savage. And 3 channels, too, wow. Unfortunately the parasite tone is strong in this one, but nevertheless very fascinating to see that something like this existed back in 1990.
393 2018-08-02 06:42:15
Re: upcoming beeper compos (137 replies, posted in Sinclair)
https://chaosconstructions.ru/ looks freshly updated and it's the one they gave as official on demoparty.net etc, so I assume that's the one.
394 2018-08-01 10:01:11
Re: The tools/engine hacks I've been using (4 replies, posted in Sinclair)
Thanks for posting these, uglifruit. That's quite a massive collection of tools!
Would you be willing to share the sources of the hacks/patches as well? I might be interested in creating some scripts for these, so one can easily include new patterns for the tritone/qchan tweaks.
395 2018-08-01 09:55:22
Re: upcoming beeper compos (137 replies, posted in Sinclair)
So there will be a beeper compo at Chaos Constructions '18 (August 25-26). However, since the organizers in their infinite wisdom decided to make the party website Russian only, I will not participate in this one.
396 2018-07-20 12:41:57
Re: can't use emulator to run any trackers (10 replies, posted in Calculators & Pocket Computers)
Person111 wrote:
TI-83
WabbitEmu: 1.9.5.21. "Not the correct model for this calculator" (DoorsCS7.8xk)
Makes sense. TI-83 is not TI-83 Plus. You're emulating the wrong calculator. Means you probably got the wrong ROM image.
397 2018-07-19 07:31:09
Re: can't use emulator to run any trackers (10 replies, posted in Calculators & Pocket Computers)
Ok, I'm going to need a lot more info to solve this. First of all, which operating system are you using and which version of TilEm/wabbitEmu?
Second, I'll need you to make a list of the exact steps I need to take to reproduce the problem. So, something like:
1) start TilEm
2) Right click, Send File..., select DCS7.8xk
3) Click on APPS button, select DOORSCS7
and so forth.
398 2018-07-18 21:51:11
Re: New 1-Bit Speccy Live Performance (7 replies, posted in Sinclair)
Sadly not going to be anywhere near Leicester, but best of luck with your performance! Will there be a video recording, by any chance?
399 2018-07-18 21:48:36
Re: can't use emulator to run any trackers (10 replies, posted in Calculators & Pocket Computers)
That seems quite unlikely. Did you install a shell? Are you running HT2 via the shell?
400 2018-07-10 13:58:01
Topic: New Musicdisk: AER - Beeperstack (1 replies, posted in Sinclair)
Aside from the tracks released in the beeper compo, DiHalt also saw the release of a new beeper music album by AER.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhAGz3lO9VY
http://events.retroscene.org/files/dh20 … cdisk_.zip
As usual, all tracks made with Savage engine in AER's unique, quirky style.