Whoa, that was unexpected. Well, I stopped using VSTs many years ago and I don't even have a host installed anymore, but I still think it's a neat idea. Looking forward to hear some sound examples made with it.
976 2015-07-02 16:06:11
Re: 1bitstudio - a bundle of VST plugins (27 replies, posted in Other Platforms)
977 2015-07-01 15:59:02
Re: 1-bit music on GameBoy (7 replies, posted in Other Platforms)
Isn't there also a maximum to how fast the sound registers can be updated? I have it somewhere in the back of my head that access was quite slow.
As for beeper engines on the thing, I think the closest there is is still nitro2k1's "mystery rom", which uses the battery save function to flip the output state.
978 2015-07-01 15:50:07
Re: upcoming beeper compos (130 replies, posted in Sinclair)
Yeah, there were beeper tunes submitted to that one in the past, so that should be possible 
979 2015-06-30 22:24:32
Re: upcoming beeper compos (130 replies, posted in Sinclair)
To quote the boss:
puke7 wrote:
You can use any format for any year. Try to earn a badge!
I think that means you can do all beeper if you're so inclined. Thinking of also doing a few YM2149s myself, though.
980 2015-06-30 22:17:55
Topic: List of calculator engines (0 replies, posted in Calculators & Pocket Computers)
Below you will find a list of multi-channel 1-bit sound routines available for various calculators. If you know of any other, please post them below.
Texas Instruments Z80
AudaciTI by Hayleia
- TI-83+/84+
- 4 channels
- OR/AND sound
- basic on-calc editor available
download
Editor is not quite finished and can't create new songs yet. To take full advantage of the routine you must manually write song data into an 8xv appvar. Documentation on the file format is here (in the spoiler).
CalcMod 2.2 by Paul Marks and Dhordain Florent
- TI-83+/84+
- 2 channels
- square wave sound
download, manual
HoustonTracker by utz
- TI-73/82/83/83+/84+
- 3 engines in one on-calc editor
- 2-4 channels, PFM (pin pulse) and pulse-interleaving (square wave) sound
- has been discontinued because of critical bugs (especially on 83+/84+) and bad interface. You might still be able to squeeze a tune out of it though.
download
QuadPlayer by Ben Ryves
- TI-83+/84+
- 4 channels
- pulse-interleaving (square wave) sound
download
mobileTunes 3.2, a QuadPlay player by KermMartian
rawp-ti by utz
- TI-82/83/83+/84+
- 2 channels + interrupting hihat
- 13 different instruments, limited volume control
download
TI 1-bit pack by utz
- TI-82/83
- build Huby, LSEngine, The Music Studio, Octode, Qchan, Wham!, and ZX10 tracks from music.asm source
download
Sharp PC-1403(H)
Osaka 2 by utz
- 2 channels + interrupting click drums
- pulse-interleaving (square wave) sound
download (includes XM converter)
981 2015-06-30 20:34:50
Topic: upcoming beeper compos (130 replies, posted in Sinclair)
It's summertime, and as usual it means there are several chances to submit your beeper works at competitions.
DiHalt - July 4th-5th
rules (general), rules (zx)
ChaosConstructions - August 29th-30th
website (rules not published yet, but will most likely be the same as on DiHalt)
DotB's Decadent Decade - till September 5th or so
Not exactly a beeper compo, but there's nothing stopping you to submit up to 10 beeper covers of BotB tunes
rules
Also, there'll be a big fat compo happening here at the forum very soon. Stay tuned
982 2015-06-30 16:49:53
Re: We're back! (8 replies, posted in General Discussion)
The database might still be on Yerzmyey's server, for all I know. However, for the time being the chances of retrieving it are... not so good.
983 2015-06-30 09:22:25
Re: colorbepp 2 (5 replies, posted in Sinclair)
Uh... at the end I didn't even know myself anymore what is going on in this mess of code. Mind you most of it was written at the party 
The basic trick is that it's using a pentatonic scale. So the output will sound more or less harmonic regardless of the combination of tones.
984 2015-06-29 23:47:07
Topic: ViTracker for Apogey (1 replies, posted in Other Platforms)
I'm curious what happened to Kakos_nonos' ViTracker for the Apogey BK-01. Latest build I could find was this one, from February 17th. Are there any newer ones? Perhaps someone could redirect Kakos_nonos here?
985 2015-06-29 23:26:40
Topic: List of Atari GTIA engines and converters (1 replies, posted in Atari)
Below you can find a list of all available 1-bit routines for Atari 8-bit computers and their GTIA chip. There are currently no native engines for this platform. All the available ones were originally developed for the ZX Spectrum beeper, and were ported to Atari by XXL. For tutorials on usage, refer to the ZX beeper list.
LSengine by Lyndon Sharp
- 2 tone channels + non-interrupting sample drums
- custom synthesis
XM converter
Octode by Shiru
- 8 tone channels + interrupting click drums
- pulse-frequency modulated (pin pulse) sound
XM converter
Qchan by Shiru
- 4 tone channels + interrupting click drums
- pulse-frequency modulated (pin pulse) sound, volume control, envelopes
XM converter
Tritone by Shiru
- 3 tone channels + interrupting click drums
- pulse-interleaving (square wave) sound, variable pulse-width
XM converter
XXL has also ported several other engines including Music Studio, Octode XL, Phaser1, ZX-7, and ZX-10, but there are currently no converters available for these.
986 2015-06-29 19:33:47
Topic: colorbepp 2 (5 replies, posted in Sinclair)
Oh this horrible emptyness... better fill up the board with some useless crap 
So, here's a little 128 byte beeper demo I made for Outline a few weeks ago. Basically what it does is play back the Spectrum's ROM as a 3-channel beeper tune, and also produce some glitch visuals on the side. Unsurprisingly, it couldn't really compete with the all the mindblowing stuff that other people made for the compo. But considering it was my first 128 byte prod, I'm nontheless proud of it
987 2015-06-29 18:09:49
Topic: Call for Action: Design a new forum header background (41 replies, posted in General Discussion)
I think we need a new forum header background... Would anyone of you honoured members be willing to design one?
Optimally it would be lightweight in terms of file size, and would tile (so it doesn't look crap on mobile devices.
Also I was wondering if we should officially expand the forum's scope to include 1-bit art and design. Black and white pixel stuff, basically. Not that I know of any people who actively produce this kind of stuff, but it would great to have some fitting visuals to complement the music, no? What do you folks think? We'd probably need to set a few examples ourselves for people to follow suit, though...
988 2015-06-29 10:29:33
Topic: We're back! (8 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Yay, the 1-bit Forum is back! A big round of applause for d0x10 for providing the server space, and installing the board system, please.
989 2015-06-28 12:16:07
Topic: Welcome to the 1-Bit Forum (aka The Introduction Thread) (49 replies, posted in General Discussion)
Welcome aboard the 1-Bit Forum, great to have you here! Please make yourself at home, and if you like, please introduce yourself in this thread 
So, for a start... I'm utz I make 1-bit music (surprise surprise) and I've also coded a few sound routines. Also I run Ancient Wonderworld, a blog about oldschool computer art - see the links in my signature.