Re: [stella] Atari 2600 Sound Scale

Subject: Re: [stella] Atari 2600 Sound Scale
From: Nick S Bensema <nickb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 19:29:32 -0700 (MST)
>However, you did establish octave numbers for the notes, which is very
>useful.

I predict that I will eventually have to sneak in a lower octave just to
get it in tune.

>> Hope this is helpful. The higher you want to have the pitch, the fewer notes
>> You get to choose from.  And with all these funky 1/4 and 1/8 tones, you
>> can get some pretty neat east-indian music happening.
>
>One use is when you get close to the end of the scale, notes get very
>close together (less than 1/2 a tone), which could be used to simulate
>vibrato more effectively than with a sound generator that was evenly
>chromatic. 

Vibrato, note bending, whatever.  Or a huge whammy bar dive.

This is why I'd like values for as many distortions as possible.
Smoke on the Waters might sound geeky in pure tones.  :-)


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