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    • 1: CommentAuthorat0mic
    • CommentTime16 Feb 2012
     
    fajnie tylko Xlent na A8 daje po czarnych ;)
    ale gdyby nie te fałsze to naprawdę ciekawie brzmi
    • 2: CommentAuthoremkay
    • CommentTime17 Feb 2012
     
    Well, the 1st part is the personal preference.
    Due to the chip's given soundstyle "from scratch", people who liked more high sounds, preferred POKEY, while people who preferred the "fat base sound" , preferred SID.
    • 3: CommentAuthoremkay
    • CommentTime17 Feb 2012
     
    The "bass" sounds , used in POKEY tunes, have been some "note similar sounding" polycounter distortion sounds, that sounded most stable when calling the registers directly. Or the 16 bit poly has been used, dropping a channel and get a good config for a big amount of POKEY tunes.
    The "best fitting pitch basses" always had the problem, that they sound different each "call" . So they were not much usable. The solution here is rather simple: If they sound different each call, then call them more often, to have an approximated sound, deeper than standard basses and more pitch correct.
    • 4: CommentAuthoremkay
    • CommentTime17 Feb 2012
     
    But here is the crux. How to get coders and musicians, that prefer the "high notes", making tools and music, supporting the lower sounds?
    Development always gets haltet by personal preferences, which explains why RMT never supported this directly.
    • 5: CommentAuthoremkay
    • CommentTime17 Feb 2012 zmieniony
     
    But, the modulations also support high notes.

    Listen to xlent's version at 0:50

    2 different pitches were played at the A8's resolution in two different octaves. Bt the pitches were not really a faktor, due to the 8 bit res.
    with the modulations, you get 2 different octaves at the 100% same pitch (of 2 different octaves).
    Higher notes need faster corrections, as done in the "double speed" tune.
    • 6: CommentAuthoremkay
    • CommentTime17 Feb 2012 zmieniony
     
    This one uses 3 "modulated" channels at the same time.
    Due to the real low bass usage, the filtered channel plays at mid range, manipulating the background voice. The background voice automatically gets tunes to the bass by this.
    • 7: CommentAuthoremkay
    • CommentTime17 Feb 2012
     
    And finally some short tunes with a special attitude on the main voice... for some comparision.



    • 8: CommentAuthoremkay
    • CommentTime18 Feb 2012 zmieniony
     
    Not sure about this tune. It doesn't really sound good to me on my PC. But played on the Galaxy Note, it sounds good....

    The most interesting sound to me is the handclapping sound that is somehow familiar with the original Soundtrack ..

    • 9: CommentAuthoremkay
    • CommentTime21 Feb 2012 zmieniony
     
    To make something clear. The Videos were done, using the emulation. Pictures and Music were taken from Atari800Win+4.
    You know, the emulations sound different from the real machine.
    Particular the modulations are very timing accuracy depending. So they vary in the needed timing, and the sound result is about 95% correctness. Some parts the real POKEY plays better, some it plays worse. But the shaping of waveforms is clearly better on the real POKEY.

    • 10: CommentAuthoremkay
    • CommentTime22 Feb 2012
     
    I wonder , if people like this Arcade sounding style?



    It's all played in simple VBI.... just like all videos, except I describe it as in "double speed".
    • 11: CommentAuthoremkay
    • CommentTime22 Feb 2012
     
    Some of my experiments. Because some people asked for som of the tunes...
    I added some stereo tunes
    • 12: CommentAuthoremkay
    • CommentTime22 Feb 2012
     
    If you don't surf on Atariage, you might not know this one:

    • 13: CommentAuthoremkay
    • CommentTime22 Feb 2012
     
    And, to show the different sounds more clearly, here a different version of "double speed" which is originally from the game logical3....

    • 14:
       
      CommentAuthoradv
    • CommentTime22 Feb 2012
     
    You`re making revolution.
    • 15: CommentAuthorvega
    • CommentTime22 Feb 2012
     
    Your samples sound great.
    • 16: CommentAuthoremkay
    • CommentTime22 Feb 2012
     
    You know. The used tracker had been written by Raster.

    Miker did the main conversion job on the both tracks above. I only adjusted the sounds to fit my ears (as good as possible)
    • 17: CommentAuthoremkay
    • CommentTime22 Feb 2012 zmieniony
     
    This one is very experimental...

    but listen to the harmonics at 1:13 , 1:39 ,

    and particular at 3:34

    • 18:
       
      CommentAuthorpirx
    • CommentTime22 Feb 2012
     
    wow!
    • 19: CommentAuthorat0mic
    • CommentTime23 Feb 2012 zmieniony
     
    in my opinion the music from 13th post is superior to other pieces
    • 20: CommentAuthoremkay
    • CommentTime26 Feb 2012
     
    Btw: Musix and Graphics would run on a stock machine...

    So here a "possible game impression 1980"



    Or what about a game showing a scene partially through a wall of glass... playing "pokey music"

    • 21: CommentAuthoremkay
    • CommentTime26 Feb 2012
     
    Or, how's about games with programmed speech?
    This one you might know from Atari8.Info



    You know this one?



    As you can see, the vocal imitation works within VBI programming of POKEY's generators.

    • 22: CommentAuthoremkay
    • CommentTime26 Feb 2012 zmieniony
     
    This one is recorded using Altirra. It seems the new version gets closer to the original sound, so I gave it a try.
    As you can see, it's still simple VBI programming.



    The most important point: This one uses no frequency vibrato. It uses a waveform-vibrato.
    • 23: CommentAuthoremkay
    • CommentTime26 Feb 2012
     
    A bit NES, a bit POKEY, a bit Pop :)

    When Medusa says don't go.... you won't go....

    • 24: CommentAuthorwieczor
    • CommentTime26 Feb 2012
     
    @emkay, I've a question as a musician. You're showing impressive examples, but I'm missing some details. What you're exactly doing with RMT song - and/or, maybe, player.
    What do you mean talkin about "orbit" manipulation (orbit means shape?) and what's exactly "restart" trick.

    I'm asking cause I'd like to know some details and also start experiments by myself :)
    • 25: CommentAuthoremkay
    • CommentTime26 Feb 2012 zmieniony
     
    To the "Orbit" programming.
    As no Tracker exists for resetting POKEY's registers, it helps to set the channel to a different generator and to play the lowest pitch.
    Playing pitch 41 with gen. C would look like (for example)

    CCCCCACCCC
    44444F4444
    11111F1111

    Speed of repetition (length of the envelope) and position of the "a" command has to depend on the resulting sound for the tune.
    The sound will "warble" to a resulting "new wave" . reducing of volume could be needed.
    • 26: CommentAuthoremkay
    • CommentTime27 Feb 2012 zmieniony
     
    This tune makes it a bit more clear, I guess.
    If you listen to the bass, it has a faster "warbling" sound (running at 2x VBI). The resulting sound stands almost stable and you can use a better fitting pitch for the basses than from the bass table. The short playing of the "gen A" makes the polycounter playing from a different start...

    • 27: CommentAuthorwieczor
    • CommentTime27 Feb 2012
     
    I afraid I've not understood - first line is a distortion? What are another 2? (in terms of RMT instrument edition screen)
    • 28: CommentAuthoremkay
    • CommentTime27 Feb 2012
     
    the other two are just "imaginated" values on the bass generator (means the value you want to play) and the gen A has to be played at lowest pitch.
    A supporting Tracker had to reset Pokey's registers at demand. And the envelope reset (playing gen a at lowest pitch)should be enabled in some cpu cycles, to make it unhearable.
    In RMT it's the only possibility to set it in the envelope.
    • 29: CommentAuthoremkay
    • CommentTime28 Feb 2012 zmieniony
     
    You have to understand simple physics for that, and how POKEY works.
    2 high pitch tones played at the same time will result in a loud high pitch tone.
    2 high pitch tones played close together will result in a lower tone (harmonic)because you don't recognize the switch between the high pitches.
    for basses it means, to set the chance for POKEY of playing more than one high pitch at the same time with bass gerators, you have to spread the generator peaks from each other. This is granted when playing the lowest pitch on the used channel(s)
    For creating effects in higher ranges, you have to find a way to set the peaks as close as possible.
    This is done playing the highest pitch on the filter voices, until they get synchronous. In RMT it means playing 2 times the highest pitch on the envelope . Then you can adjust the offset of the filter by playing a lower pitch and set it back .... thats all.
    • 30: CommentAuthoremkay
    • CommentTime28 Feb 2012
     
    The adjustments in RMT are rather coarse, because it's a long time between the adjustments. The shorter the time for adjustments, the sharper the effect will get.
    That's why double speed sounds even sharper than single speed tunes.
    • 31: CommentAuthorat0mic
    • CommentTime28 Feb 2012 zmieniony
     
    The music from 27th post is horrible and awful!
    it doesn't stay the tune. The lead voice is out of the key and background sounds are pitch shifted less than an 1/4 of note to the lead.

    I atached an example of good practice of modulation and pitch-bending.
    Listen to, from about 44 second. Every notes are almost perfect in tune and the pitch is changing very gently and carefully.
    • 32: CommentAuthoremkay
    • CommentTime28 Feb 2012
     
    Funny. Have you realized the change?
    You show me a tune that uses standard features of a "synth", and compare it to my workarounds with RMT.

    Let's talk about the possible, with a modulation supporting POKEY tracker.
    • 33: CommentAuthoremkay
    • CommentTime28 Feb 2012
     
    You know, it took more than 20 years people thought POKEY is not able of doing (controlled) modulations.
    POKEY is now ~35 Years old, and no Tracker supports all features right now.
    So I'm happy with the results....

    • 34: CommentAuthoremkay
    • CommentTime28 Feb 2012
     
    No chance to keep the work , yet. As you might see, all tunes were very backdated.
    • 35: CommentAuthorat0mic
    • CommentTime28 Feb 2012
     
    Those projects are quite new!
    The end of the 2010 year is not The Carboniferous...
    • 36: CommentAuthoremkay
    • CommentTime29 Feb 2012 zmieniony
     
    You know what happened last year.
    No chance for Raster to support his tracker from the place he belongs to now.

    We'd need a new Tracker and someone who puts the relevant features into it.
    Actually, someone has started a project. But it may take a long time till a useful release may appear.
    • 37:
       
      CommentAuthoradv
    • CommentTime1 Mar 2012
     
    I believe that cooperation in this challenge could be succesfull. Maybe someone who read this thread wants to join.
    • 38: CommentAuthoremkay
    • CommentTime3 Mar 2012
     
    Doesn't this sound like several POKEYs play together?



    I hope, we can finish some day...

    Modulation used for a voice spreading, make the bass clearer, and to make a solo voice clean and precise sounding ....
    • 39: CommentAuthorat0mic
    • CommentTime11 Mar 2012 zmieniony
     


    w intro gry jest jeszcze lepszy dźwięk (w załączniku plik z grą)
    • 40: CommentAuthorat0mic
    • CommentTime11 Mar 2012 zmieniony
     
    i jeszcze jeden przykład jak przyjemne dźwięki generuje SID



    a przy okazji, czy nie przypomina trochę Crowlanda ?
    • 41: CommentAuthoremkay
    • CommentTime12 Mar 2012
     
    SID is simply the "newer" Chip. It also has design taken from ATARI devices inside.

    The "softest" sounding with POKEY yet:

    • 42:
       
      CommentAuthorbooker
    • CommentTime12 Mar 2012
     
    @emkay, it's kinda interesting what you say. What part of SID has design taken from what Atari devices?
    • 43: CommentAuthoremkay
    • CommentTime12 Mar 2012
     
    Bob Yannes himself explained it. If you have a look at the Noise and the Pulse generator....
    He actually had a look at the "Sounddevices" from other companies (incl. Atari) and built the Sid upon that.
    The part with POKEY simply missed the coordinated programming of the pulse width, which has been handled right now. And it makes 2 operator modulations possible.
    Let's have a supporting Tracker/Sound development tool and and Oscilloscope , and make real POKEY music in the future :)
    • 44:
       
      CommentAuthorbooker
    • CommentTime13 Mar 2012 zmieniony
     
    @emkay, do you have a quote on that from Bob Yannes? Because from what I can find his "base" was that devices he found in homecomputers of his time were... terrible and he said their creators obviously had no idea about music. Hence he wanted to release a proper synthesizer, or at least what Commodore has let him to release, because what he was intending was not SID we know - it was much more than that.

    And surely POKEY has better noise generator.

    As far I'm aware - but feel free to correct me - on POKEY you need 2 voices to generate somewhat proper PWM, and while I agree it's good to have a player which would support it properly, this will effectively render the chip dual-voice. This still makes sense with two POKEYs, but does not make sense to have them stereo in this way.
    • 45: CommentAuthorwieczor
    • CommentTime13 Mar 2012
     
    @booker: Trackers as RMT already support creating instruments involving 2 channels in one (of course withing one pokey). No one said that it's always needed to have it on all 4. See demo track attached to RMT called like_c64 - actually it just contains few notes played with such instrument.
    • 46: CommentAuthorEagle
    • CommentTime13 Mar 2012
     
    Dla mnie z muzą z Sida jest jak z azjatami.
    Wszyscy wyglądają dla mnie tak samo :D
    Oczywiście jestem fanem Pokeya ale też bardzo chętnie czasem posłucham Sida.
    A mój ulubiony kawałek to Gordian Tomb.
    Szczególnie ten - kocham go :)
    • 47:
       
      CommentAuthorbooker
    • CommentTime14 Mar 2012 zmieniony
     
    @wieczór: yes I think I know what you mean wit RMT.

    What I was saying to emkay was that if we want to change way of doing music with POKEY (to be more synthesizer alike, and this has obvious advantages soundwise) then this has to come with the price of extra voice per instrument. And while two POKEYs like it sounds good in mono (or as I prefer 25-30% separation) but puts the stereo output in question due to the obvious separation, which is currently being avoided using echoed instruments, but their sound is nearly always the same as they use standard single voice hardware waveforms.

    @Eagle, dla mnie np. muzyka z SIDa Roba Hubbard'a dajmy z 'Commando' a Linusa dajmy 'Progressive.data' brzmi bardzo różnie :) I mimo, że co często powtarzam, nie kryje się ze swoją głuchotą, to chyba coś je różni :D
    • 48: CommentAuthorat0mic
    • CommentTime14 Mar 2012 zmieniony
     



    i moja ulubiona piosnka ;) , wiec z ta głuchotą nie jest aż tak źle!
    • 49: CommentAuthorat0mic
    • CommentTime14 Mar 2012 zmieniony
     
    :) niektóre instrumenty brzmią tak organicznie że w AY czy POKEY trzeba by użyć sample do naśladowania : ->link<-

    a jeśli ktoś nie wierzy że to jest z C64 to proszę sobie choć na Sidplay2.5 ustawić wersję sid 6581R4_1985S i posłuchać: ->link<- lub lepiej odtworzyć na prawdziwym C64 wyposażonym w SID 6581AR4 (będzie lepsza jakość)
    • 50: CommentAuthorEagle
    • CommentTime14 Mar 2012
     
    @booker: No pewnie że się różnią. Ja jestem muzycznie upośledzony a dostrzegam różnicę.
    Niestety jak słucham muzykę na C64 to mam wrażenie jakby to był remix dopiero co słuchanej innej muzyki.
    Tak jakby wszystko było na jedno kopyto. Muzykiem nie jestem więc trudno mi określić dlaczego ulegam takiemu wrażeniu.
    A rodzynków na C64 jest sporo które bardzo chętnie słucham i które mają nawet dla mnie jakąś wartość sentymentalną.
    No i do tego moja żona bardziej akceptuje puszczanie muzyki 8bit w domu z C64 niż z JIL :( (ona jest z obozu C64)
    Już mój taki pech że musiałem z wrogim mi "ideologicznie" osobnikiem się ożenić :):):)

    A ten kawałek jest zdecydowanie inny niż wszystkie: