Web-Frickin'-Log

Well, it "mostly" works in Safari.

 

Bummer though for Mac users, since IE was abandoned years ago (not that we miss it, mind you).

 

Not knowing anything about coding, is the data this generates able to be plugged into 2600 code directly? Or would a conversion utility be required for that?

 

Cool idea though. I've been hoping someone would do something like this.

 

BTW: Really cool samples!

Well, it "mostly" works in Safari.

Bummer though for Mac users, since IE was abandoned years ago (not that we miss it, mind you).

 

Not knowing anything about coding, is the data this generates able to be plugged into 2600 code directly? Or would a conversion utility be required for that?

 

Everything besides the sound should work in all browsers (well, I don't have a way to test Safari or Konqueror). Actually, Opera, one of the most annoying browsers available, doesn't allow disabling the context menu (right click menu), so the little window that pops up when you click on a key won't work.

 

As for the code, I don't know anything either, but I think the music driver is unique to each game, so in essense, the code would be different depending on who's doing the coding. Maybe. I don't really know. It shouldn't be all that difficult to just translate the data that the script spits out into 2600-speak, though.

Pretty dope, though the "Dotted" checkbox is right on top of the note value buttons.

Pretty dope, though the "Dotted" checkbox is right on top of the note value buttons.

 

huh? Are you using IE? 6 or 7? What's your screen resolution?

 

(I had the same problem whenever I viewed it in Firefox, but I fixed it before I posted it on here)

IE6. Resolution is 1280 x 1024

IE6

 

That's probably the problem (I don't have IE6 anymore, so I couldn't test it). It should be fine now, except now the buttons are totally offcenter. Lame!

 

Also, an experiment with R.O.D. TV, or whatever that show is called. It turned out to not be quite as awesome as I tried to make it.

 

http://tmont.kicks-ass.org/music/songs/rodtv.mid

Looks better. And RODTV sounds like poo.

And RODTV sounds like poo.

Yeah... gonna have to agree with Bob on that one.

Your guys' compassion breaks my heart.

 

Note that these samples I'm spitting out aren't testaments to my so-fine musical skillz per se, they're more like examples of what my little tool can do. And the rodtv thing was an experiment in trying to create the illusion of a third channel. And I had the music handy.

 

You bastards.

Note that these samples I'm spitting out aren't testaments to my so-fine musical skillz per se, they're more like examples of what my little tool can do. And the rodtv thing was an experiment in trying to create the illusion of a third channel. And I had the music handy.

 

Some computers' MIDI drivers don't do low notes very well, so something that could be reasonable on one setup may sound horrible on another.

 

Would there be any practical way of generating .WAV output? Would probably require a high-speed internet connection to be terribly useful (31.5 kbytes per second of music) but it would give a much more accurate impression of what the thing will sound like.

Would there be any practical way of generating .WAV output? Would probably require a high-speed internet connection to be terribly useful (31.5 kbytes per second of music) but it would give a much more accurate impression of what the thing will sound like.

 

Well, I'd need two things:

• .wav files of all the pitches for all the distortions (for immediate playback, like when you click on a key).
  
• an algorithm to dynamically create .wav files (for when you want to listen to the whole song).
  

Unfortunately, I have neither of those. I used MIDI because I already knew the format, and the files are small enough to make the lag unnoticeable. I would've preferred to use some kind of "true" audio format (I was actually prepared to use .au), but MIDI files are better documented and more easily manipulable.

[*].wav files of all the pitches for all the distortions (for immediate playback, like when you click on a key).

I have generated those in the past. (Let me know and I'll dig through my archives.) The easiest way is to create the waveforms as raw binary (or text) files, then use SOX to convert them to WAV.

I was just looking for all this stuff again, but the server cannot be found. Are these going to be relocated somewhere else?

I was just looking for all this stuff again, but the server cannot be found. Are these going to be relocated somewhere else?

 

Sure! You can find it here: http://www.tommymontgomery.com/2600/. Although, I haven't looked at this stuff for a long time, and the sound doesn't seem to be working for some reason.

Yep... sound isn't working for me either.

Erm - sound works for me. Use IE to get the sounds when you click on the piano keys, creating the MIDI file (click on the "Listen" button) works in Firefox and IE.

 

This reminds me...if I ever get off my duff and find some time, I have some more tunes for you to write, Tommy.

I can't get it to work in either Safari or Firefox on the Mac.

The sound doesn't work in any browser except IE, because all the other browsers can't handle dynamic sound in an efficient enough manner. Here's an alternate link to a server that's not ridiculously slow:

 

http://tmont.ath.cx:99/projects/2600/

 

This reminds me...if I ever get off my duff and find some time, I have some more tunes for you to write, Tommy.

 

Sweet.

I tried it using IE and I don't hear a thing. Do you need something special for it to work?