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SerTapTap · Sep 30, 2014

Ronnie said:
I love the NES sound chip!

fog said:
The "limited" sound channels of the SID produced some of the greatest game music of all time.

The actual sounds created by the chip have little to do with the absolute count of sound channels. Chiptunes are great, but let's not pretend they were actually better because they had to cut out significant portions of songs mid-gameplay

Battlesmurf · Sep 30, 2014

I came here to say what others have already said- I like some of those limitations. It adds to the charm. Sometimes I feel like the modern stuff is so jam-packed with sensory overload, I can't remember as much. I can still remember some 8/16bit era music in my head- not so much with the new stuff.

jett · Sep 30, 2014

djtiesto said:
Holy shit, I had no idea that Purple Motion was still around and doing (seemingly awesome) things... his music was a big part of my childhood.

He's doing great work with the Symphonic Fantasies, Symphonic Legends, Symphonic Odysseys series.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=nvMAa8qEZYw#t=188

Krejlooc · Sep 30, 2014

Mousnis said:
I wonder if something like this could be done for a 8bit/16bit console emulator.

You need content to fill these sound channels. That content doesn't exist.

A few retro games use software mixing, however.

pulsemyne · Sep 30, 2014

Behold what a true music wizard can do with just the ZX81's beeper.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-D24A_N4d4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOZ8rbmlWrk

The beeper was just 1bit i.e it was either on or off. Thanks to some brilliant software trickery it could be made to produce various notes.

Krejlooc · Sep 30, 2014

pulsemyne said:
Behold what a true music wizard can do with just the ZX81's beeper.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-D24A_N4d4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOZ8rbmlWrk

The beeper was just 1bit i.e it was either on or off. Thanks to some brilliant software trickery it could be made to produce various notes.

this is true of anything that can generate virbration. Sound is awesome:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaVqewZYrNM

The great thing about sound is that it's additive. It's why Software mixing can exist in the first place.

jett · Sep 30, 2014

pulsemyne said:
Behold what a true music wizard can do with just the ZX81's beeper.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-D24A_N4d4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOZ8rbmlWrk

The beeper was just 1bit i.e it was either on or off. Thanks to some brilliant software trickery it could be made to produce various notes.

Tim Follin was such a master. Few people knew how to get the best out of a machine like he did. Too bad he quit the industry.

Drkirby · Sep 30, 2014

pulsemyne said:
Behold what a true music wizard can do with just the ZX81's beeper.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-D24A_N4d4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOZ8rbmlWrk

The beeper was just 1bit i.e it was either on or off. Thanks to some brilliant software trickery it could be made to produce various notes.

Ah, the power of the Pulse Width Modulator.

mktrOOp · Sep 30, 2014

I hate this too and that's why I prefer the SMB3 SMA version.

pulsemyne · Sep 30, 2014

jett said:
Tim Follin was such a master. Few people knew how to get the best out of a machine like he did. Too bad he quit the industry.

Just think he was only 16 when doing tunes of this quality.

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