yerzmyey Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Hi guys.Lately I bought Atari TT because I wanted to test what are its music capabilities.Usually, the machine was considered a graphic station, like Atarimania states, but I was always interested in pushing classic computers to their limits and this time I was given this opportunity by Paulo Simoes who programmed the Hex-Tracker 849a.So this is a test-song I made with standard Atari TT 4Mb. It's entitled "aTTraction", heheh. Recorded from real hardware, of course:http://yerzmyey.i-demo.pl/Yerzmyey-aTTraction.mp3I suspected the computer is very powerful - and I was right.Hex gives here 16 channels, using the Atari's 32Mhz Motorola CPU. (Can make more but with a substantial sound quality reduction).Setup for Hex-Tracker 849a: DMA / MONO / 25x50, volume: 6.The MOD itself: http://yerzmyey.i-demo.pl/aTTraction_16ch_MOD_for_TT_HexTracker849a.rar What a powerful machine. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodLightning Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Very cool. Thanks for sharing. It's great to see the Atari TT getting some publicity! A friend of mine had a TT back in the 90s..lots of fun memories there. It was and is a worthy machine. I look forward to the day when we have 100% TT emulation as I will probably never own the real hardware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemonday Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 This sounds great. Any chance of putting it up as an mp3? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yerzmyey Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share Posted January 27, 2015 Thanks guys. Yes, this machine surely can *do things*. As for the file, there is actually a link (this forum's engine changes such links automatically into a flash player or sommit) but I can remove the HTTP and stuff, so it would like like this one: yerzmyey.i-demo.pl/Yerzmyey-aTTraction.mp3 and still if You put it into Your browser, You will be able to download it now. Best wishes. Y Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griz Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Very cool. Thanks for sharing. Long live the TT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yerzmyey Posted January 29, 2015 Author Share Posted January 29, 2015 Hey, thanks a lot. And yes - surely I will be using the TT more extensively. :) It rulez. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qq1975b Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Sounds great! Is it mono? Can't be in stereo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yerzmyey Posted February 2, 2015 Author Share Posted February 2, 2015 Hi, well - I didn't try actually. It could work, I imagine, although it wouldn't be in the full 50khz quality of sound then. I think so anyway. So I didn't take this risk. 16 channels was quite a dangerous number for a 32Mhz CPU anyway. It didn't work on the highest quality even in mono (I had to pull it down. Only one step, but still). And with even lower quality, the dynamic would get ugly. So I left it mono. Of course You can experiment with the MOD file and the HexTracker, if You have Atari TT. Kind regards! Y 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yerzmyey Posted February 11, 2015 Author Share Posted February 11, 2015 By the way, for some time already I was wondering whether it is possible to make symphonic music using only Atari TT. (I have a standard machine. With 4Mb of RAM).Well, the final effect isn't very satisfactory, however - here is a song with this kind of music, made entirely for Hex/Atari TT (recorded from real hardware of course).http://yerzmyey.i-demo.pl/Yerzmyey-uTTerly_unseTTling_transmiTTal.mp3Well, could be worse, hahaha. PS: If anybody would be interested, I can send the MOD to PM or something. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Said it at Atari Forum and it's worth repeating here: "Me likes!".... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yerzmyey Posted February 14, 2015 Author Share Posted February 14, 2015 Thx a lot. Here is the Atari format: http://yerzmyey.i-demo.pl/UTTERLY.MOD For Hex 849a or b. Setup:STE DMA MonoF: 25x50V: 6 The same setup goes for Falcon too, heh. Hex has abilities to export file into an Amiga/PC format of MOD and Paulo (the Hex's author) was kind enough to do it for me: http://yerzmyey.i-demo.pl/Yerzmyey-uTTerly_unseTTling_transmiTTal_PC_MOD.MOD It should be easy to do with CTRL+P but somehow it didn't worked on my Falcon, hm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yerzmyey Posted February 22, 2015 Author Share Posted February 22, 2015 With a pleasure I can state, that HexTracker & Atari TT have beaten (almost) all the powerful modern PC machines in the "WildChip" compo of "Winter Chip X / Battle of the Bits" - it took the 2nd place. All works (also for small Atari machines) -http://battleofthebits.org/arena/Battle/2301/Winter+Chip+X/ 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DarkLord Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Woohoo! Congrats on a great performance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qq1975b Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 (edited) Congratulations! that's very good to hear Edited February 23, 2015 by qq1975b Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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