2600 music - rockin' the Casbah
(I went back in and edited this blog entry, since I found that the information I was asking for in the first place, was right in front of me the whole time. Serves me right for not doing a little more research before posting this blog entry. )
One of my still-unfinished projects is to create a set of 2600 sound samples for use with Apple's GarageBand.
Thanks to this handy web page, I now know how to do just that.
The trick is, having the 2600 spit out as the correct* notes, so I can assign them to the right keys.
Tommy's java app gives a list of 2600 sounds and corresponding notes. You can also tell it to restrict the list to notes that are only a given amount out of tune. Very handy. That, coupled with SoundX, should let me record a select range of notes needed for the samples.
In the end, I'm hoping to end up with a GarageBand version of Tommy's 2600 Music Utility. The only downside, is that GarageBand won't actually spit out any data useful for programming the 2600 (unless there's a way to convert the project files). But it would still be fun to play with.
We'll see how all this works very shortly. I'll be using a modded 2600 to record the sounds - not an emulator. It's a little more work to set up, but it will be more accurate.
* "correct" being a relative term when applied to the 2600's ability to generate anything resembling a note
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