Re: [stella] New idea for 6 channel music on the 2600

Subject: Re: [stella] New idea for 6 channel music on the 2600
From: "Thomas Jentzsch" <tjentzsch@xxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 10:39:34 +0200
Kevin wrote:
> >What's the reason for the 6 channels? Is it due to hardware restrictions, 
> >or don't you just have enough cycles to do more?
> 
> Each volume register can have a maximum of 16 values between silence and 
> full volume.  To add multiple channels together, you simple add :-).

So, you could also produce 2 channels with 8 volume values, 4 channels with 4 values, or 8 channes with 2 values (if there would be enough cpu time). And the channels only loose some (or a lot of) dynamic.

Correct? 

Have fun!
Thomas
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