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-----Mensaje original-----
De: Chris Wilkson <ecwilkso@xxxxxxx>
Para: stella maillist <stella@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Fecha: sábado 3 de abril de 1999 2:57
Asunto: Re: [stella] music compression
>> Hi all, here's my lastest puzzle: I'm working on a four channel music
>> engine, and I'm trying to work out some of the internal memory management
>
>Andrew,
>
>Have you considered creating your own waveforms? This allows you to use
any
>frequency you want. If you only update the sound registers once per line,
>you get 0 to 15.7kHz, or 8 (resonable) octaves. If you update every other
>scanline, you get a top end of 7.85kHz...still not bad.
>
>Also, let's assume that no voice ever jumps more than an octave. If you
>use relative motion, with chromatic scales, you need 3.5 bits of storage
>for each voice, and you give each voice a total range of 4 octaves
>(conservative 2-scanline approach). Also, since (I assume) you're doing
>2 voices per channel, if you're just re-writing the volume data for each
>channel, you can store the information in terms of channels instead of
>voices. Doing this gives double the storage resolution, or 1.75 bits
>per voice, per beat.
>
>This all assumes infinite clock cycles with which to work. :) Right now,
>I'm way too tired to do the math and get the *real* numbers. But it might
>give you a different way of thinking about the problem.
>
>"So why didn't he try to give feedback before my engine was locked
>in place!???" - Andrew
>
>Ok, I have to go watch TV. But I'll think more on this and get back to
you.
>
>-Chris
>
>
>
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