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WB07 Heaps Buzz (Atari 2600..ish)

By cTrix on February 19, 2012 6:07 pm

Well - here is something I was working on for Blip Australia 2012 before I realized it wasn't possible to run it on the real Atari hardware  (without some seriously modded code).   I maaaaay try and get this to run on hardware in the future, but it's literally days of work!! (I'd rather just move on to a new tune)   So this is not technically an Atari 2600 track - yes, it's the sound pallete and theoretically possible but this is "pre conversion" playing out of the tracker that links to my compiler. (tempo is currently impossible, it takes too much memory, high hats corrupt the 2nd voice)

It's been 4 days of Blip Fest Melbourne and I've met a ton of kick arse people - a number who are weekly beaters too -   amaaaazing times.  Especially people from Tasmania, Radilaide, Perth, Sydney, etc.   You all seriously rock!

Heaps awesome. Holy fuck that sound is IMMENSE!

This is such a dope tune <333

Blip rape!!! yess! Respect. Loved your set on the Australia blip! Sucks that your cart for Atari wasn't there

Man, that is one massive sound!

dat bass

Cool heavy shit!  Sonic barrage!

Oh, man. Crunchy and smooth, like types of peanut butter.

(WHAT I AM SAYING IS THAT IT IS GOOD)

I think I'm going to make it my mission to try and get tracks like this (and extended with more variation) to work this year.  Basically I need to call the audio routine mid screen refresh, bank switch memory addresses and include a better HH macro.  But that's heaps deep within the assembly code!!!

This is a monster, nice work!

cTrix getting to hang with you was one of my highlights of Blipfest! Thanks for organising (or at least helping to?) such an awesome night I had a blast the same goes for my gf and friend, I intend to make it across water for SoundBytes in the future smile mad weeklybeat by the way big_smile - Lynden aka Tweaklab

I feel like I just mind melded with your atari...:cool:

fuuuuuu this is amazing

Very nice stuff! Really intense, especially with that sound palette. Sorry I didn't get a chance to meet you at Blip. Next time, p'raps!

Atari junkie overdose!  smile

Tighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhttttttt!!! I just love how you Atari chippers rock with one of the most arcaic chiptune hardwares. Rock on!

holy chip great stuff i also like the theoretically possible part lol

Love it.

incredible!

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