Thomas Jentzsch Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 As to your question, "How many channels does it play?" Are you just being deliberately obtuse? No, I am probably just obtuse here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serious Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 For a good 2600 demo check out Sound Coder (NTSC). The YT video audio is poor - it sounds a lot better on Stella. This is very cool. Can you share a location where the ROM can be downloaded? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iesposta Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 This is very cool. Can you share a location where the ROM can be downloaded? Sure! Link: Sound CoderEdit: The download contains all 3 region ROMs and the source code. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serious Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Sure! Link: Sound Coder Edit: The download contains all 3 region ROMs and the source code. Thanks. Enjoying it right now. Really cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnystarr Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Best explanation of the demo scene in 90 Minutes: http://molemanfilm.com/moleman-2-download/ Have fun watching! I really enjoyed this video. After watching this, I realized that demos are totally the direction I'm leaning for VCS dev. I'm curious though, if there is any payoff for someone like myself that is so far away from the "scene". Obviously, Euro demo artists have demo parties to look forward to, as this is a social thing. Is it common for someone remote to submit their demos to debut at such a gathering? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enthusi Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 (edited) The 2014 Atari-2600 demo scene is rather new, or at least there is a new active branch. Write a demo and you will be part of the scene - simple as that Some euro-parties alow for remote entries which is not THAT rare. Just check i.e. on pouet where VCS stuff got released... Edited March 24, 2014 by enthusi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SvOlli Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Is it common for someone remote to submit their demos to debut at such a gathering? It depends on the party. Rule of thumb: the bigger the party, the less likely the chance of getting remote entries in. There are two suggestions I can offer: Nordlicht (end of july) and Sillyventure (october/november). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SvOlli Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 It sounds a bit distorted. How many channels does it play? Both, but in an odd way. It plays sound by 5-bit pcm: since the VCS only has 4 bits for volume, the 5th bit is gained by adding the volume of both channels, giving you almost the full 5 bit range with values from 0 to 30 (2*15). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 I could be wrong, but for me there always seems to be a problem when adding two full volume sound channels. It sounds like there is a limit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 I would like to present "Popcorn." One of the first popular electronic tunes (done in 1969 on a Moog synthesizer) on one of the first popular home video game consoles (Atari 2600 VCS). Is the NTSC version supposed to the bit-4-bit identical to the PAL60 version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iesposta Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Is the NTSC version supposed to the bit-4-bit identical to the PAL60 version?I do not know.All I did was prepare the audio to be identical as far as length and bit rate to that of the original wav sound file and typed: "make all" Oh, and changed the graphic to say "KB" like we use in the U.S. and "Popcorn" as the song. The Demoscene source code for Sound Coder spits out all three versions. I have heard differences in different versions of Stella (all quite recent builds), and of course I'd say original hardware sounds best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tjoppen Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Hah, nice Always fun to see people do things with my code Nitpick: KB/KiB is not a US/Europe thing, but rather me being one for details. Oh, and the distortions are likely due to a bunch of reasons. Mostly quantization and low-pass filtering, and Stella not simulating the thing 100% right due to lack of VSYNC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotek_style Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Another resource for VCS demo stuff: https://demozoo.org/productions/?platform=54&production_type= 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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