Paul Slocum Posted February 22, 2002 Share Posted February 22, 2002 There were a lot of great entries which made this very difficult, but I've finally picked my three favorites: Hally Submission #2 Felemel Submission #2 Jeff Gregory Submission #1 Although only the three top entries win a free Synthcart, I will include some of the other entries on the cartridge. I'm still finalizing my decision on this, and I will announce these in a few days. If you have a favorite that you think needs to be included, let me know. Thanks to everyone for your participation, and thanks to Albert for sponsoring the contest! -Paul [ 02-21-2002: Message edited by: Smart Patrol ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted February 22, 2002 Share Posted February 22, 2002 Congrats to the top 3!!! Way to Go!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyXB Posted February 22, 2002 Share Posted February 22, 2002 Great, will you release a CD with all Atari Tracks? I will buy one if the price not to high. Then we can make an other contest for a Lable for the CD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted February 22, 2002 Share Posted February 22, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Smart Patrol: If you have a favorite that you think needs to be included, let me know. My absolute favourite was Felemel #3. I'd love to use that sequence for a future demo or game. Please give me the required bits'n'bytes for it! Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Monkey Posted February 22, 2002 Share Posted February 22, 2002 Congratulations everyone...there were many great entries! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIPITBULL Posted February 23, 2002 Share Posted February 23, 2002 Way to go people, you all did some very nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc4 Posted February 23, 2002 Share Posted February 23, 2002 Wow! What an amazing contest. I really liked the entries, although I had my own favorites. This was really an unsual contest and I had a great time lisening to them all. Hey, and if anyone hasn't seen the movie Ghost World it rocks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnusultra Posted February 24, 2002 Share Posted February 24, 2002 I liked all the entries too. Hally 2 Felemel 3 are pretty sweet. Ghost World is great! Saw it twice in the theater. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krisjohn Posted February 24, 2002 Share Posted February 24, 2002 Congrats to all the winners. Will we be designing the Synthcart label next? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Slocum Posted February 25, 2002 Author Share Posted February 25, 2002 If there are enough people who are willing to submit songs, I might consider making an Atari song CD. I'm working on a track right now myself. My current layout includes the beat from Felemel #3 but not the bass-line. I'm going to try to finalize the beats tonight. I'll post the list when I finish. I already did the label. I wanted it in a vector graphics format since I was taking it to a print shop. And most of the label had to be a chart of the sound settings anyway. You can see it here: Synthcart Label -Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Slocum Posted February 26, 2002 Author Share Posted February 26, 2002 I've decided which beats will be included on the Synthcart. The Synthcart is so much better because of all these great beats. Part of my decision was based on how well beats combined with other beats. Most of the entries are made up of two combined beats, and in some cases I just used one of the two. In cases where I did this, I indicate A or B. Battlezone 1A Felemel 1 Felemel 2 Felemel 3 Hally 1A Hally 2 Hernan Callo 2A Jeff Gregory 1 Moycon 1B Randy Ball 1A Randy Ball 5A Scot Kinnebrew 1A Smitty 4B Thanks again for all the great entries! -Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Gill Posted March 5, 2002 Share Posted March 5, 2002 Onco, I know how you feel. I tried to come up something good and just couldn't create anything that was worth submitting. I'm glad there were others that could though. The final product is going to be great. Chuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranthulfr Posted March 6, 2002 Share Posted March 6, 2002 Onco Genesis, Here are the main beats from submission 4, thanks for asking. I had alot of fun participating in this contest. ; Beat Data File ; submission 4 ; Randy Ball ; ---------------------------------------------------------- beat1 byte %10011110, 255 byte %00000001, 255 byte %11101111, 255 byte 255, 255 byte %10011110, 255 byte 255, 255 byte %11101111, 255 byte %11101111, 255 byte %10011110, 255 byte %00000001, 255 byte %11101111, 255 byte %00000001, 255 byte %10011110, 255 byte 255, 255 byte %11101111, 255 byte %11101111, 255 byte %10001000, %10001010, %10001000, %10001010 beat2 byte %01111011, %01110101 byte %01101111, 255 byte %01101111, 255 byte %01101111, 255 byte %01101111, 255 byte 255, 255 byte %01101111, 255 byte 255, 255 byte %01111011, %01110101 byte %01101111, 255 byte %01101111, 255 byte 255, 255 byte %01101111, 255 byte %01101111, 255 byte %01101111, 255 byte 255, 255 byte %10000000, %10000000, %10000000, %10000000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Slocum Posted March 6, 2002 Author Share Posted March 6, 2002 It really helps if you've programmed drum machines before because then you kinda know where stuff goes to get a normal sounding beat. When I was making my beats I did a lot of copying and pasting too. I got some basic drum patterns down and then I'd modify them into new ones. Mostly I used the noise sound at a low pitch for a kick drum, middle pitch for a snare, and high pitch for a high hat. I'd make a simple beat using those, then fill in other cool noises between. Here's Hally #2: beat1 byte %10011110, %00111001 byte %00111011, %00111110 byte %01100001, %00111101 byte %00111110, %00110111 byte %10011110, %00111001 byte %00111010, %01100110 byte %01100001, %00111101 byte %00110110, %11000110 byte %10011110, %00111001 byte %00111011, %00111110 byte %01100001, %00111101 byte %00111110, %00110111 byte %10011110, %00111001 byte %00111010, %01100110 byte %01100001, %00111101 byte %01110110, %11000110 byte %10101010, %10101010, %10101010, %10101010 beat2 byte %00110111, %00111111 byte %11110111, %00101111 byte %11010110, %11111111 byte %11100110, %00111111 byte %01100101, %00111111 byte %11110101, %00101111 byte %11010100, %11111111 byte %11100011, %00111111 byte %00110111, %00111111 byte %11110011, %00101111 byte %11010011, %11111111 byte %11100010, %00111111 byte %01100101, %00111111 byte %11110001, %00101111 byte %11010001, %11111111 byte %11100011, %00111111 byte %10001000, %10001000, %10001000, %10001000 [ 03-05-2002: Message edited by: Smart Patrol ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oncogenesis Posted March 6, 2002 Share Posted March 6, 2002 Even though the contest was extended for an extra week, I was unable to craft a beat that I thought was worthy of entry. On the other hand, the beats that were submitted are incredibly creative and well crafted. So how did you guys do it? Would anyone be willing to share their expertise by posting a beatdata.h file here? I'm especially interested in seeing the work of Randy Ball and Hally. TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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