New PCE chiptunes thread

[Arkhan Asylum]

When the fuck did that thing come out, and where do I get one. 

[Digi.k]

That MIDI thing is cool; now I don't need to make my own interface or software.  ;-P

Does the MIDI card have envelope / wave editors?  The envelopes in some of those live performances were a bit off...

I'm afraid I am just as much in the dark as you guys.  His twitter don't give much away either but I guess it's custom made.

twitter translation

Project announcements 4 See the PCE source of introduction movie. Demo sound of the connected MIDI PC engine experimental new aircraft played in the playing hand. PCE BAND to play one sound at a time with up to 6 people this band is envisioned in the new.

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[Arkhan Asylum]

They aren't for sale.  his friend made it.

bummer.

I want one.   

[Speedy]

Another MOD cover. If anyone wants a ROM of it with fixed noise channel volume, just ask and I'll make one.

youtu .be/dmxLvMbFi7Y

[TurboXray]

I'll definitely take a rom.

 How close/compatible is Deflemask FX in comparison to XM format?

[StarDust4Ever]

I'll definitely take a rom.

Bring tthe Romz!

[Speedy]

I'll definitely take a rom.

 How close/compatible is Deflemask FX in comparison to XM format?

Well, I had some issues with the ROM. Listening to it in Mednafen, the beginning of it (where it's constantly changing waveforms with 10xx) is very crackly. PCEjin sounds fine though. Hopefully everything sounds fine on a real PC Engine though; it should be identical to the video I linked earlier. AcidJazz5-HES.zip

As far as I can tell, the value for effects that are in both Deflemask and XM files are identical.

[TurboXray]

The original 6280 puts out a pop if you turn off a channel off and turn it back on (one pop for each). Doing this rapidly, for changing waveforms at a fast pace, makes the sound a bit "dirty" (clickity). The 6280A (found in SGX and some CoreGrafx models) doesn't have this problem. Most emulators don't emulate this, but mednafen does (and even allows you to pick which version to use 6280 or 6280a).

 Also, when you change waveforms, the new waveform pointer isn't going to align up with the old one, so there's going to be some clicking going on right there (square waves best hide this). It might be a thing on deflemask where he is doing something to soften this. This would be something that all emulators would emulate though, since it's a misaligned pointer in relation to the new waveform. So if it plays fine on other emulators, then it's a channel on/off thing.

[Speedy]

Finished another cover. I'll upload a DMF and HES tomorrow.

^{♫ https://soundcloud.com/speedyongaku/sor2br2-gostraight-pce}

[esteban]

Finished another cover. I'll upload a DMF and HES tomorrow.

^{♫ https://soundcloud.com/speedyongaku/sor2br2-gostraight-pce}

[elmer]

Finished another cover. I'll upload a DMF and HES tomorrow.

^{♫ https://soundcloud.com/speedyongaku/sor2br2-gostraight-pce}

Nice!

[Speedy]

Here's the HES and DMF as promised. For some reason I'm not hearing any PCM when I export a HES file and play it back on Mednafen, and PCEjin is missing a lot of PCM sounds and the ones that are present are very quiet. Exporting as a VGM and playing it back in Foobar 2000 GEP works fine (though the PCM is quiet). If someone can confirm whether or not the Deflemask HES exporter is bad I'd appreciate it.

deflemask.com/forum/show-off-your-work/cover-game-music-on-a-different-system/msg5935/

Go Straight from Streets of Rage 2 on PC Engine.

^{♫ https://soundcloud.com/speedyongaku/sor2br2-gostraight-pce}

[ccovell]

How about some direct links?  I'm pretty sure that whatever files you've posted in that forum are visible only to subscribers to that forum.

[Speedy]

How about some direct links?  I'm pretty sure that whatever files you've posted in that forum are visible only to subscribers to that forum.

Ah, sorry about that; I thought links were public on the site! Here's the HES and both DMFs. The PAL file has the correct tempo but is (of course) at 50hz. The NTSC version is a little too fast but runs at 60.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-AzexHchwV1dTJKM3dQSEVSM1k/view?usp=sharing

^{♫ https://soundcloud.com/speedyongaku/sor2br2-gostraight-pce}

[TurboXray]

soundcloud .com/diagamblic/night-visions
Made with Deflemask

 He's working on a whole TG16 album.