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by davidv_
Mon Feb 16, 2009 12:16 pm
Forum: Other Systems
Topic: Micropalooza 2003 video on-line
Replies: 5
Views: 1529

Good to see my Buddy 8Bit Weapon at work! M.U.L.E. rules
by davidv_
Thu Feb 12, 2009 4:26 pm
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: Cardapter - lets atari 2600 carts work with the VIC ?
Replies: 34
Views: 9638

How was that used? To sample the heck out of it for analysis for my soft synth project mentioned elsewhere. By the way: Cabbage Patch Adventures in the Park was quite a good game for the ColecoVision despite the title. Very advanced & smooth gameplay - almost NES-like. I definitely would have t...
by davidv_
Thu Feb 12, 2009 3:27 pm
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: Cardapter - lets atari 2600 carts work with the VIC ?
Replies: 34
Views: 9638

I have very fond memories of Smurf, the nice graphics and color. i stll have fun jumping over the crow sometimes.


I have 3 colecos, one is modified with separate RCA audio/video, and i also have an external SN76489 sound chip on a board that is driven by modified emulator code :)
by davidv_
Thu Feb 12, 2009 9:01 am
Forum: Hardware and Tech
Topic: Cardapter - lets atari 2600 carts work with the VIC ?
Replies: 34
Views: 9638

with the advent of MAME, why would I play a conversion when I can crank up the real thing? Well Smurf for one! And also some games have better sound than their arcade counterparts, like Pepper II imho. But have to admit that i wouldnt play zaxxon for fun on the coleco with the horrible scrolling co...
by davidv_
Sun Feb 01, 2009 9:39 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Where are the Chiptunes?
Replies: 15
Views: 2719

ChipSounds VSTi plugin Hm, can one use VSTi's on the VIC-20? ;-) Or does it just emulate the sound of these pulse waves? In the 6560 case, I do my best to emulate the waveforms , filtering and pitch limitations. Its done on a high level way - im not packaging an cycle accurate emulator in a VSTi - ...
by davidv_
Fri Jan 30, 2009 10:10 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Where are the Chiptunes?
Replies: 15
Views: 2719

So, what were the results? There has been some speculation that the NTSC VIC might not be able to produce the new waveforms. Was it able to? Yes it does! Heres a NTSC sample of all waveforms on soprano voice and 192: http://plogue.com/davidv/CS/VIC_Recordings/rc_sop_viznut_192.mp3 Also, that VSTi s...
by davidv_
Fri Jan 30, 2009 8:34 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Where are the Chiptunes?
Replies: 15
Views: 2719

Until now VICE didn't emulate this any good, I haven't checked the latest version though. Viznut rewrote pretty much the entire sound section in xvic 2.1. Waveforms now look and sound very close to the real thing. major congrats there! BTW. Ive also been sampling and analyzing the viznut waveforms ...
by davidv_
Sun Sep 07, 2008 7:38 am
Forum: Programming
Topic: Special Vic 20 project
Replies: 11
Views: 5912

Hi All good in theory. but no ADSR on a VIC, only a global 16 level global volume ... So if you want envs you only get software emulated EG and monophonic sound. Two interesting things on the VIC would be the viznut waveforms tied to vibrato. There are interesting vibrato effects in this app: http:/...
by davidv_
Sat Aug 30, 2008 10:34 am
Forum: Programming
Topic: Special Vic 20 project
Replies: 11
Views: 5912

Oh man, you have no idea how much I'd love to see a scaled-down Prophet-64 type cartridge for the VIC. Just not sure there is enough user interest to inspire anyone to actually create one. I started a VIC MIDI Synth cart with the help of Eslapion, based around this schematic : http://members.aol.co...
by davidv_
Tue Jul 29, 2008 5:57 am
Forum: Buy, Sell, and Trade
Topic: Behr Bonz multicart in production and shipping!
Replies: 109
Views: 26818

I tested Tutankham and it started fine by pressing the f1 key. ... Please check to see if you can play the game Lunar Leeper. This one too can only be started by pressing f1 but I am sure it works fine. Why the menu use this strange method to start these games ? is it a PAL issue only ? You can scr...
by davidv_
Tue Jul 29, 2008 5:50 am
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: French version of Bits'N'Bytes recovered... sort of.
Replies: 14
Views: 6639

AAC/H264 are the most advanced audio and video codecs right now.
(H264, along with MS's VC1 are the codecs in BluRay and HDDVD)

This does the trick:

http://www.videolan.org/

Alternatively, theres always Quicktime/Itunes on pc.
by davidv_
Wed Jul 23, 2008 9:03 am
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: French version of Bits'N'Bytes recovered... sort of.
Replies: 14
Views: 6639

on a related topic. Just when i was about to hunt down the 3 remaining episodes of the Machine that Changed the Wolrd (1992 PBS/BBC) on the various univ campuses and bugging students to loan them for me, someone has done it for the community! http://waxy.org/2008/06/the_machine_that_changed_the_worl...
by davidv_
Tue May 13, 2008 7:33 pm
Forum: Buy, Sell, and Trade
Topic: Lets all pitch in and get this!
Replies: 35
Views: 9583

Not quite $80, you would have had them, thats for sure. Are you interested in any of the carts? -Brian Well yeah id have a copy of each if i could, but i decided not to put my 80$ cause i would probably not have had the time to package and send all the Jungle hunts to others. So in retrospect it mi...
by davidv_
Tue May 13, 2008 7:39 am
Forum: Buy, Sell, and Trade
Topic: Lets all pitch in and get this!
Replies: 35
Views: 9583

yoyodyne wrote:I upped my bid in the last minutes, and got them! 8)
Out of curiosity, what was your maximum bet on it?
I nearly pop-ed in 80 at last minute, but fell asleep before :)
by davidv_
Fri May 09, 2008 6:20 am
Forum: Buy, Sell, and Trade
Topic: Lets all pitch in and get this!
Replies: 35
Views: 9583

DigitalQuirk wrote:Sure; as long as the auction doesn't get ridiculously high, I'm in.
Sure, problem is the single galaxian :)