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Released the first demo of my new project
It's called "Music Station" and it's a digital compressed music replayer like winamp
The file below is just a beta version. Full version will include a wise-like conversor
so anyone can make sms roms with the musics you like most.

http://www.lsi.usp.br/~ricardo/MUSTSMS.ZIP

1. run it in BrSMS
2. run it in DOS
3. run it at the maximum volume your soundcard can make
4. press button 1 to start themusic
5. post bug reports in this forum
6. do not send emails to me
7. enjoy the blue penguins
8. always make lists whose number of itens is a power of two

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> Released the first demo of my new project
> It's called "Music Station" and it's a digital compressed music replayer like winamp

neato.
On a real sms, you should be able to triple the volume by setting all three tone channels to the same amplitude. Would this also work with brsms?

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> 8. always make lists whose number of itens is a power of two

this is just a general rule?

and you didn't give cindi lauper any credit in the docs. shame on you.

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> > Released the first demo of my new project
> > It's called "Music Station" and it's a digital compressed music replayer like winamp

> neato.
> On a real sms, you should be able to triple the volume by setting all three tone channels to the same amplitude. Would this also work with brsms?

Making the volume three times louder is a waste of potential
By setting different values in each channel I could increase the signal-to-noise relation in the output.
This has two problems:

1. It would decrease the compression rate ( currently about 128kb / s )
2. I'm just too lazy to implement it

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> > 8. always make lists whose number of itens is a power of two
> this is just a general rule?

Yes

(really forgot about cyndi. sorry)

These days I'm too often correcting myself

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> 1. It would decrease the compression rate ( currently about 128kb / s )

The compression rate is actually 128 kbytes / minute of music
In sms notation this would be 1 Mbit / minute of music
I believe I need more sleep and less programming.

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> Released the first demo of my new project
> It's called "Music Station" and it's a digital compressed music replayer like winamp
> The file below is just a beta version. Full version will include a wise-like conversor
> so anyone can make sms roms with the musics you like most.

> http://www.lsi.usp.br/~ricardo/MUSTSMS.ZIP

> 1. run it in BrSMS
> 2. run it in DOS
> 3. run it at the maximum volume your soundcard can make
> 4. press button 1 to start themusic
> 5. post bug reports in this forum
> 6. do not send emails to me
> 7. enjoy the blue penguins
> 8. always make lists whose number of itens is a power of two

But I can't hear anything from BRSMS on my computer at all!

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> > neato.
> > On a real sms, you should be able to triple the volume by setting all three tone channels to the same amplitude. Would this also work with brsms?

> Making the volume three times louder is a waste of potential
> By setting different values in each channel I could increase the signal-to-noise relation in the output.

Yeah, I remember a couple years ago Neon Spiral Injector (of SMSC) and I were swapping ideas back and forth about using extra sound channels for PCM clarity. Using both channels would give 31 steps of precision, and the third channel would boost that to 46 I think (number of channels x 15 + 1, though I don't recall offhand how I proved that, or if I did). I was calling that "5 and a half bit sound", not that that would a particularly accurate way of describing it.
Of course, I was all talk and no game back then.

In the meantime, though, boosting the volume might be a better use of the channels than not using htem at all, for all the 6 or 7 opcodes it would cost.

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> > Released the first demo of my new project
> > It's called "Music Station" and it's a digital compressed music replayer like winamp
> > 1. run it in BrSMS
> But I can't hear anything from BRSMS on my computer at all!

1. use another emulator with SG-1000 emulation && frame registers && speech emulation
2. buy another sound card
3. go visit a friend who has those things
4. forget about the music and enjoy the dancing penguin

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> But I can't hear anything from BRSMS on my computer at all!

Hey, I'm trying it at work, and I'm not getting any sound either!
What's wrong with BRSMS?

(oh yeah, I don't have a sound card on my work computer. in case that has something to do with it)

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Ricardo Bittencourt Guest	another program Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2000 5:50 am
Ricardo Bittencourt Guest	Released the first demo of my new project It's called "Music Station" and it's a digital compressed music replayer like winamp The file below is just a beta version. Full version will include a wise-like conversor so anyone can make sms roms with the musics you like most. http://www.lsi.usp.br/~ricardo/MUSTSMS.ZIP 1. run it in BrSMS 2. run it in DOS 3. run it at the maximum volume your soundcard can make 4. press button 1 to start themusic 5. post bug reports in this forum 6. do not send emails to me 7. enjoy the blue penguins 8. always make lists whose number of itens is a power of two

Heliophobe Site Admin Joined: 25 Oct 1999 Posts: 2029 Location: Monterey, California	Re: another program (unfair) Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2000 6:45 am
	Quote > Released the first demo of my new project > It's called "Music Station" and it's a digital compressed music replayer like winamp neato. On a real sms, you should be able to triple the volume by setting all three tone channels to the same amplitude. Would this also work with brsms? Quote > 8. always make lists whose number of itens is a power of two this is just a general rule?

Heliophobe Site Admin Joined: 25 Oct 1999 Posts: 2029 Location: Monterey, California	Re: another program (unfair) Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2000 6:46 am
	and you didn't give cindi lauper any credit in the docs. shame on you.

Ricardo Bittencourt Guest	Re: another program (unfair) Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2000 2:06 pm
Ricardo Bittencourt Guest	Quote > > Released the first demo of my new project > > It's called "Music Station" and it's a digital compressed music replayer like winamp > neato. > On a real sms, you should be able to triple the volume by setting all three tone channels to the same amplitude. Would this also work with brsms? Making the volume three times louder is a waste of potential By setting different values in each channel I could increase the signal-to-noise relation in the output. This has two problems: 1. It would decrease the compression rate ( currently about 128kb / s ) 2. I'm just too lazy to implement it Quote > > 8. always make lists whose number of itens is a power of two > this is just a general rule? Yes (really forgot about cyndi. sorry)

Ricardo Bittencourt Guest	Re: another program (bugfix) Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2000 2:23 pm
Ricardo Bittencourt Guest	These days I'm too often correcting myself Quote > 1. It would decrease the compression rate ( currently about 128kb / s ) The compression rate is actually 128 kbytes / minute of music In sms notation this would be 1 Mbit / minute of music I believe I need more sleep and less programming.

unfnknblvbl Joined: 12 Jul 1999 Posts: 891	Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2000 3:57 pm
unfnknblvbl Joined: 12 Jul 1999 Posts: 891	Quote > Released the first demo of my new project > It's called "Music Station" and it's a digital compressed music replayer like winamp > The file below is just a beta version. Full version will include a wise-like conversor > so anyone can make sms roms with the musics you like most. > http://www.lsi.usp.br/~ricardo/MUSTSMS.ZIP > 1. run it in BrSMS > 2. run it in DOS > 3. run it at the maximum volume your soundcard can make > 4. press button 1 to start themusic > 5. post bug reports in this forum > 6. do not send emails to me > 7. enjoy the blue penguins > 8. always make lists whose number of itens is a power of two But I can't hear anything from BRSMS on my computer at all!

Heliophobe Site Admin Joined: 25 Oct 1999 Posts: 2029 Location: Monterey, California	Re: another program (unfair) Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2000 4:48 pm
	Quote > > neato. > > On a real sms, you should be able to triple the volume by setting all three tone channels to the same amplitude. Would this also work with brsms? > Making the volume three times louder is a waste of potential > By setting different values in each channel I could increase the signal-to-noise relation in the output. Yeah, I remember a couple years ago Neon Spiral Injector (of SMSC) and I were swapping ideas back and forth about using extra sound channels for PCM clarity. Using both channels would give 31 steps of precision, and the third channel would boost that to 46 I think (number of channels x 15 + 1, though I don't recall offhand how I proved that, or if I did). I was calling that "5 and a half bit sound", not that that would a particularly accurate way of describing it. Of course, I was all talk and no game back then. In the meantime, though, boosting the volume might be a better use of the channels than not using htem at all, for all the 6 or 7 opcodes it would cost.

Ricardo Bittencourt Guest	Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2000 8:02 pm
Ricardo Bittencourt Guest	Quote > > Released the first demo of my new project > > It's called "Music Station" and it's a digital compressed music replayer like winamp > > 1. run it in BrSMS > But I can't hear anything from BRSMS on my computer at all! 1. use another emulator with SG-1000 emulation && frame registers && speech emulation 2. buy another sound card 3. go visit a friend who has those things 4. forget about the music and enjoy the dancing penguin

Heliophobe Site Admin Joined: 25 Oct 1999 Posts: 2029 Location: Monterey, California	Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2000 8:51 pm
	Quote > But I can't hear anything from BRSMS on my computer at all! Hey, I'm trying it at work, and I'm not getting any sound either! What's wrong with BRSMS? (oh yeah, I don't have a sound card on my work computer. in case that has something to do with it)

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