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Amiga Soundchip Emulator

megaionstormmegaionstorm Posts: 178
edited 2012-05-18 18:46 in Propeller 1
Is there no Amiga Soundchip emulator for the P8X32A ?

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  • Ahle2Ahle2 Posts: 1,179
    edited 2012-05-16 13:40
    It would be much easier to emulate than the SID chip; It's just 4 channels of sample playback. Very easy to do!
    It all comes down to the fact that the Propeller doesn't even come close to have enough RAM for it to being useful. :(
    Even the original Amiga 1000 didn't have enough RAM (256 KB) for high quality samples while doing anything graphics intensive at the same time.
    Later Amiga models with at least 512 KB of chipmem + extra fastmem for program code could utilitize HQ samples. (and BOOOOOY that sounded good for the time)
  • potatoheadpotatohead Posts: 10,261
    edited 2012-05-16 13:55
    We have a lot of external memory options now. Those would be plenty fast enough for audio.
  • Ahle2Ahle2 Posts: 1,179
    edited 2012-05-16 14:13
    112 KB/s of bandwidth is all that is needed from external memory.
    Paula emulator + 4 channel protracker module replay routine wouldn't be very hard to get working.

    Then we could play music like

    Or why not do like this crazy guy (but with a Propeller)
  • megaionstormmegaionstorm Posts: 178
    edited 2012-05-16 15:22
    Ahle2 wrote: »
    112 KB/s of bandwidth is all that is needed from external memory.
    Paula emulator + 4 channel protracker module replay routine wouldn't be very hard to get working.

    Sounds very good !
  • pik33pik33 Posts: 2,398
    edited 2012-05-17 00:27
    Wavplayer works with propeller/SD without any problems and it needs 150 kB/s.

    There are many short mods some 5-15 kB in size which can fit in hub ram without external memory to start with :)
  • Oldbitcollector (Jeff)Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091
    edited 2012-05-17 18:46
    I have dreams about being able to construct a device like this one using the Prop2.
    (Even getting half-way there would be fine with me.)
  • HShankoHShanko Posts: 402
    edited 2012-05-17 21:21
    Jeff,

    What is that matrix of lights and switches? I've never see on before, nor have any idea what it was doing.
  • Oldbitcollector (Jeff)Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091
    edited 2012-05-17 21:23
    This...

    http://www.novationmusic.com/products/midi_controllers/launchpad

    Samples are assigned to buttons, then it has an instrument mode as you saw in the video.

    HShanko wrote: »
    Jeff,

    What is that matrix of lights and switches? I've never see on before, nor have any idea what it was doing.
  • HShankoHShanko Posts: 402
    edited 2012-05-17 23:11
    Thank you Jeff,

    I see I've not been keeping up on 'toys' in the music area. Neat looking toy.
  • AribaAriba Posts: 2,690
    edited 2012-05-18 18:46
    But this NOVATION Launchpad is only a controller for a PC software. This PC software plays the samples and sequences.
    I'm pretty sure you can do that also with a Propeller 1 and a MIDI out (if you know all the command sequences of the sequencer).

    There is an instrument from Yamaha with a LED matrix, the TENORI-ON, which does all in a little device.

    Andy
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