rdefabri Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 Although I prefer to keep my POKEY songs in 4-channels, I felt the need to challenge myself and try to do something in 8-channel stereo. I was prompted by discovering that the song I chose had been covered on multiple 8-bit or PC sound cards / platforms, including the C64 SID, NES, Yamaha OPL / YM, etc. The song has a unique name, so I won't provide the full name. Rather, it has a sub-title - "Eek!", composed by Netherlands-based Surasshu. He does a lot of 8-bit type songs and this one is a fun little tune. I originally wanted it to be faithful to the original (e.g., use a square bass tone, triangle clarinet, etc), but it was proving to be more work than I wanted it to be, and transcribing the song was no simple task. Check it out, let me know what you think! 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 That's pretty cool. Would be good to have others to do comparison. We can do triangle and sawtooth on Pokey but I don't think RMT has any support for it - also the range and frequency steps available makes it a bit hard to do music using them anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdefabri Posted December 1, 2023 Author Share Posted December 1, 2023 (edited) 39 minutes ago, Rybags said: That's pretty cool. Would be good to have others to do comparison. We can do triangle and sawtooth on Pokey but I don't think RMT has any support for it - also the range and frequency steps available makes it a bit hard to do music using them anyway. Yea I think I could have used more of a triangle-based clarinet, but wasn’t sure if the range of notes would work. I was thinking about analmux’s Instrumentarium, but couldn’t make it work. Here is the original: Here is a solid C64 version. This is what inspired me to do the song: Edited December 1, 2023 by rdefabri 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdefabri Posted December 2, 2023 Author Share Posted December 2, 2023 I created a 4-channel / mono version that can be played on an actual Atari 8-bit. The video is the .xex played through Altirra, and I've attached the .xex and RMT files for it. I've also attached the RMT files for the 8-channel version. NOTE: I create all my songs using NTSC format, so if you play it in PAL, it will sound slower. A few of my songs were posted on ASMA in PAL format, and they didn't sound right. Eek! Surrasshu (mono).xex Eek Surasshu mono version.rmt Eek Surasshu stereo version.rmt 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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