MIDI to Atari

[Devin]

Hello everyone,

 

I'm quite new here, but I might have some programming that could help the homebrewers. I wrote a short VB program a while ago that is able to load MIDI files and convert the notes to the format used by the QBasic Play Statement.

 

It won't be much work to have the system create data that can be used by Atari games. I have just began looking into sound (I'm a newbie).

[Zach]

Hello everyone,

 

I'm quite new here, but I might have some programming that could help the homebrewers. I wrote a short VB program a while ago that is able to load MIDI files and convert the notes to the format used by the QBasic Play Statement.

 

It won't be much work to have the system create data that can be used by Atari games. I have just began looking into sound (I'm a newbie).

 

Hey Devin, nice to see you here finally.

 

This guy knows his stuff, everyone. We were in grad school at the same time, and now he teaches Introduction to Computer Science in college. Sound is not my forte, but I imagine if you have data that can be used by VB, it would just be a matter of mapping the data to the notes as close as the Atari can come. Unfortunately, Stella doesn't play every note in tune.

[supercat]

Unfortunately, Stella doesn't play every note in tune.

 

With a little magic it can do pretty well. Some notes are a little out of tune even with the SuperCat magic (Bb is one of the worst), but all pitches are at least present.

 

BTW, are there any good freeware/shareware MIDI editors?

[Cybergoth]

Looking forward to this. MIDI was always another planned addition to my SID2TIA tool, but I never got around to actually do it

[MausGames]

I've never gotten sid2tia to output anything even remotely useable, maybe I'll have more luck with a midi2tia tool...

[Devin]

Thanks for your feedback. When I get to sound, I will see how hard - or even applicable - to convert a midi file into the TIA format.

[tmont]

This might help:

 

MIDI Parser

 

if you need help with the MIDI file format. It's something I wrote a while ago when I was under the influence of my hex editing obsession.

[Devin]

This might help:

 

MIDI Parser

 

if you need help with the MIDI file format. It's something I wrote a while ago when I was under the influence of my hex editing obsession.

 

Thanks. I have the MIDI aspect figured out - reading MIDI files and converting the information into "notes". When I begin to study how music is created on the Atari, I should be able to create a MIDI to Atari conversion utility. That will be some time from now. At this time, I'm playing with sprites.

[Cybergoth]

I've never gotten sid2tia to output anything even remotely useable, maybe I'll have more luck with a midi2tia tool...

 

That's why it is more or less just a toy for developers

 

Still, it did the job for the Seawolf, Crazy Balloon and Colony 7 title tunes, helping me out since Paul Slocum left the building

[Devin]

Hey Devin, nice to see you here finally.

 

This guy knows his stuff, everyone. We were in grad school at the same time, and now he teaches Introduction to Computer Science

 

Thanks Zach.

[Zach]

Unfortunately, Stella doesn't play every note in tune.

 

With a little magic it can do pretty well. Some notes are a little out of tune even with the SuperCat magic (Bb is one of the worst), but all pitches are at least present.

 

BTW, are there any good freeware/shareware MIDI editors?

Right John, I wasn't counting your magic, which is beyond me. Looking forward to Stella's Stocking nonetheless.

 

EDIT: It took me a while to figure out Bb meant B flat instead of Batari Basic.

Edited December 21, 2007 by Zach

[Devin]

Is there a chart that could allow me to convert note values to the Atari frequencies?

 

EDIT: Nevermind, I found the information.

Edited December 22, 2007 by Devin