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[sage]

matashen, on Mon Sep 26, 2011 3:33 PM, said:

it dosnt compile

D:\LYNX\sound\chipper (beta)\lynxtc>lyxass handymusic.asm
HandyMusic PCM IRQ Address: $3277
Sound Engine IRQ Address: $3644
HandyMusic Memory left: $3F60
handymusic.asm: 721:ERROR:
Unsolved labels !

whats going wrong?

Let the chipper compile it, it knows what to do.
This is done if you click on "export tc" or "export bll", the tracks are then exported for the selected driver, compiled and an image is build.

[rockfistus]

I'd love to help beta test or whatever, My programming for this kind of stuff is crap though. So I can't help there. I've got 15 years or so of tracking experience though.

[philipj]

I not to good with trackers, but I do have some musical experience. As time would allow I'd like to beta test as well.

Edited by philipj, Tue Sep 27, 2011 5:37 PM.

[sage]

rockfistus, on Tue Sep 27, 2011 4:44 PM, said:

I'd love to help beta test or whatever, My programming for this kind of stuff is crap though. So I can't help there. I've got 15 years or so of tracking experience though.

U R welcome.

[sage]

just as a note:

the archive also contains new (bugfixed) versions of lyxass and lynxdir (ROM image builder), but without the source nor documentation.

[matashen]

in chipper the export to bll runs, the exporttc dosnt run, some files are dont found.

Regards
Matashen

[sage]

matashen, on Wed Sep 28, 2011 1:03 PM, said:

in chipper the export to bll runs, the exporttc dosnt run, some files are dont found.

Anyone else have the same problem?

[TailChao]

sage, on Thu Sep 29, 2011 1:44 PM, said:

Anyone else have the same problem?

It is exporting fine for me, and I'm using the new version.

[sage]

Matashen: I checked it with Windows, with wine and from linux command line, all run fine. Please try again from the latest archive, and do not update the files in the current directory, but create a new one. Check that no environment varaible is set which would lead to either lyxass executed from elsewhere on your system or includfiles not loaded from lyxntc but from you include directory.

[sage]

Version 1.4.9 is out, with improved exporter code (size!) and a few other changes in the lynx player code... mainly cosmetic ones :-) File- and pathnames have been changed to something ... eh ... more intuitive.

[sage]

some news:
I ported the player routine to c (well inline assembler, but hell, who cares). Only newcc65 is supported now _and_ a few bugfixes had to be done to ra65. did nobody noticed or cared that in this thing the macro processing and localy symbols were f***ed up?

[matashen]

I dont found the c-routines for the newcc65. where can i download ?

[sage]

you need the patched ra65, which i would have to compile for windows first.

[TailChao]

Driver version 1.3 is now available here.

The changes are as follows:
*Short note mode added for music scripts.
*As requested by Sage: channel timers are only disabled for changes, making the waveforms much cleaner.
*Better channel redirection setup, giving more time for running your game. There's also much more free memory to add extra features to HandyMusic later.

As usual, all music and sound effects made for the old versions are completely compatible.

The next version will include a SPL style sound compiler, HMCC. So at that point it will be a complete replacement for Epyx's HSPL libraries.
Enjoy!

[sage]

TailChao, on Sat Feb 11, 2012 11:07 AM, said:

Driver version 1.3 is now available here.

The changes are as follows:
*Short note mode added for music scripts.
*As requested by Sage: channel timers are only disabled for changes, making the waveforms much cleaner.
*Better channel redirection setup, giving more time for running your game. There's also much more free memory to add extra features to HandyMusic later.

As usual, all music and sound effects made for the old versions are completely compatible.

good work.
... and after the usual change it is already working as driver for chipper exports.
-> will be included in the next update.

[karri]

Wow. This is really a complete sound programming language. I have to try it out.

--
Karri

[sage]

sage, on Sat Feb 11, 2012 4:20 PM, said:

good work.
... and after the usual change it is already working as driver for chipper exports.
-> will be included in the next update.

Update! Find it at the usual place

[TailChao]

karri, on Sun Feb 12, 2012 3:27 AM, said:

Wow. This is really a complete sound programming language. I have to try it out.

It will be a little nicer to use in the next release when HMCC is done, since then you can do straight notes instead of frequencies like:

	   using triangle_powpow ; specify instrument used for the following
	   as4 40 ; note on for triangle powpow instrument, a-sharp in 4th octave, wait 40/60ths of a second
	   rest 20 ; note off + rest for 20/60ths of a second

But of course, things can always be exported from Sage's tracker.
I liked working with HSPL when I was finishing up Zaku, but the driver was so heavy on both memory and CPU. There was also no stereo support out of the box and you could not use integrate mode on instruments, only SFX. It was also very easy to get the driver to mess up and change the music waveforms with those of a recently played SFX.
So this driver was designed to replace HSPL completely in my current project. Also be a little more friendly to use from the game side, and not require an Amiga.

sage, on Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:16 AM, said:

Update! Find it at the usual place

Thanks very much! The tracker support is always appreciated