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Paul Slocum - You Doing Mastercard Commercials?

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a mastercard commercial just played with background music that reminded me /strongly/ of paul's stuff, complete with an undulating track reminiscent of his modified fx-80.

 

any chance you are getting some much deserved recognition?

 

if you haven't downloaded his samples yet, do so -- amazing stuff.

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I have actually done some commercial music work before, but don't have anything to do with the new Mastercard Commercials. I'll watch for em tho.

 

-paul

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I have always been a fan of your music Paul. I can't tell you how many times I have let the Thrust + Platnum music play in the background while I post here, and then play another game.

 

I was also wondering why the thrust music sounds slightly different on the 2600 than it did on the mp3 on AA website. I listened to the mp3 a few times before I bought the cart, and I got the cart and noticed there are some subtle differences on the actual hardware. (more clicks on the long notes) Most likely just due to memory limitations

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Glad you like the music. ;) The Thrust mp3 I posted wasn't quite the final version. I think the difference your noticing is that I added a "high hat" sound later to give a little better rhythm at the expense of the smoothness of longer notes. Also, the version I posted was recorded directly from a modified 2600 with audio out. It sounds a little different when it's run through RF.

 

-paul

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It is still great music for the 2600. I downloaded your music kit and read thru most of it. (seems pretty complicated) Also I am reading the books on programming at Atariarchives.org and trying to understand it best I can. I also looked thru a lot of Andrew davies newbie programming pages, which help a little.

 

I guess it hasen't clicked in my head yet as to how I am supposed to start my own game. I will probly try a few hacks first, but even those with the bankswitching get complicated.

 

I envy all of the programmers in here, and wish I could do what they all do. I guess I just need the years of experience first. before I feel like I know what I am doing.

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Glad you like the music.  ;)  The Thrust mp3 I posted wasn't quite the final version.  I think the difference your noticing is that I added a "high hat" sound later to give a little better rhythm at the expense of the smoothness of longer notes.  

Ah, that explains it. I was already getting a little bit afraid I might have made a mistake when implementing it.

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