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  1. I wouldn't mind hearing a bit more about this! Would it be possible to explain what exactly "forced volume" is? Is this only a programming technique or would it be possible through a music program such as Theta Music Composer or Chaos Music Composer?
  2. how was he able to get a sine wave out of the 800XL? isn't the POKEY only capable of producing Pulse(Square) waves and noise?
  3. i pretty much stand equally in both camps, although i do tend to play favorites with my ataris... the commodores: • 4 Commodore 64's • Amiga 2000HD (+ lots of upgrades) • A1200 (pretty close to stock but has a few nice mods) the ataris: • 600XL (RAM upgrade/dual POKEY's/rev. C BASIC, etc.) • 800XL (same as 600XL) • 1040STe (4MB RAM/TOS 2.xx/etc..) • 2600 (S-video mod) • 7800 (stock) for a while i thought the ataris were far superior, especially with the addition of the SIO2PC/SIO2USB stuff, but i just recently got the C64TPC and i feel like my C64's can finally compete with the a8's. i definitely prefer to program on the ataris over the commodore stuff but each has it's own strengths.
  4. thanks for the info! if my Timex/Sinclair 1000 could handle this, i'd be all over it but it'll have to wait for now. maybe i'll try an emulator and port it over to my A8's...
  5. so cool!! i want to do this!!
  6. that is a very interesting observation. are you saying that the "filter" is in fact, an LFO modulating the pulse width of the square waves? in my short experience so far with the POKEY, i've been curious about this very thing. to me, it actually does sound more like PWM than a filter... cool stuff!
  7. this was done in RMT? very cool sound.
  8. fantastic! now all we need is one of the trackers/editors ported over so we can actually write 1 channel tunes on the A8's. if not, one of these days hopefully i will!
  9. perfect! now i just need to find out if the software i use is compatible with the IDE Flash modules... my 600XL has 64K RAM. i would assume that you'd need at least 64K to run something like this. [edit]did the OS's that came with your cart come on the cart itself or pre-flashed on the IDE module? i was thinking of just getting the cart as i can find the IDE flash modules super cheap. i just don't want to have to search for all the OS's that you listed if they don't come on the cartridge itself.
  10. i've actually been quite curious about the MyIDE + Flash IDE interface as well. i assume that unless one can afford two internal versions, just getting one cart will suffice when having more than one A8 (not used simultaneously of course). with the cart, would i be able to start my 600XL and 800XL in Rev. C Basic or Turbo Basic XL (once flashed to the cart)? if not, is the only option to get the internal version or an APE Warp OS+ 32 in 1? i only use my A8's for learning Basic, ASM, watching demos and playing with Trackers so i don't need much. Rev. B basic is pissing me off though with it's intermittent freezing etc. i need an alternative OS but i can't afford the MyIDE cart and the APE Wart OS+ at this point.
  11. anyone feel like giving a complete n00b a quick tutorial on how to get one of these working on my Mac? i'm completely lost. i have the developer stuff installed on my Mac (Xcode, Darwin, etc.) i just don't know where to start....
  12. out of curiosity, will there be a way to "write" music this way on the atari or will we need a speccy for that part of the process? i don't own a speccy so writing for the GTIA in my XL's would be awesome. very cool demos by the way! they sound like Mr. Beep's stuff.
  13. i've considered adding a 3rd POKEY to my dual POKEY 600XL strictly for handling MIDI etc. the problem with interfacing the POKEY via SIO when it is used in a sound production environment (in my case) is that the IO communications introduce a lot of excess noise. the other issue is getting hold of a program that allows you to create music with POKEYs 1 and 2 while sending and receiving MIDI commands with the 3rd. i've definitely considered writing a program of this nature but i just don't have the chops in assembly right now. it'll be a few years most likely. ideally, one would be able to use the stock POKEY for SIO and have the 2nd POKEY mirror the 1st and the 3rd POKEY addressed as if it were the second POKEY. then again, that defeats the purpose of multi-POKEY IO as introduced in this thread.
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