tomaspollak

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Comment · 1 year ago

Great work! Maybe you can add an option to use the 'heightmap' method described by Justin in his blog post. And maybe let users add their own palettes? :)

Comment · 2 years ago

Figuring out how to add game boxart and screenshots to my recently-relaunched MIDI and chiptune player: https://pixeltune.org/

It's a fun challenge, because I need to figure out how to reliably determine the matching game for files like /pub/johnny/midi/games/sc2kmenu.mid, and also to show them in a way that fits nicely in the UI.

Comment · 2 years ago

Ok I found it! For some reason those files have an invalid header. I added a workaround so they should play fine now.

Comment · 2 years ago

Thanks for the feedback. I _did_ fix a bug last night so it might be working already.

The "Invalid DataView length" error seems like a parsing error... maybe try using a different set of songs?

Anyway, I'll take a deeper look at it later!

Comment · 2 years ago

Ok, WebMIDI support is live. Try it out and let me know if it works. :)

Comment · 2 years ago

Oh wow, I just checked the prices on the MT-32 and IT IS N-U-T-S! Hope you can find a good one without breaking the bank. :)

Comment · 2 years ago

Yes, as I mentioned in other comment, Pixeltune applies a reverb effect on some of the cores. There's currently no way to turn it off but there will in the near future. :)

Kudos for sfc.fm by the way!

Comment · 2 years ago

Woot!

Comment · 2 years ago

Yes, track duration is on the TODO list.

I will also add an "export data" option for you, so you can rest safe that you won't lose your beautifully curated playlists. :)

Comment · 2 years ago

Oh, yes. That's because the Famitracker port I'm using[0] is a bit old and doesn't support the newer .ftm versions. So in case the player doesn't support a given song, there's a fallback to using FTMtoMID so you can still listen to it.

This was all done before I ported Furnace Tracker (that also supports the .ftm format) so I might just use Furnace for playing them. I have to check whether it can play the newer .ftm versions.

[0] https://github.com/nukep/famitracker-cx

Comment · 2 years ago

Good question. I was thinking of eventually putting the whole archive in a decentralized system like IPFS, but I guess archive.org is also fine.

However I want to wait a bit before doing so, because some of the archive sources haven't responded to the permission request I sent. And I don't want people to download their collections in bulk if they wouldn't want to.

Comment · 2 years ago

Will check. Thanks for the heads up.

Comment · 2 years ago

I still haven't tested the player on mobiles thoroughly. Do you at least see the oscilloscope running?

Comment · 2 years ago

Thank you. I have a few minimal/ambient playlists that are great for concentration. I'll include one or two in the featured section!

Comment · 2 years ago

That's precisely the source of inspiration!