I've don't want to PROGRAM an SCC synthesizer. I'm just an MSX user, and even more a musician. I'm looking for people who can help me REALISE an SCC synthesizer and who are willing to lend a helping hand.

So basically, my question is:

Is anybody interested in doing some coding for an SCC-synth. I'm looking for a helping hand. If there's anybody who has any suggestions or feels he can help; don't hesitate!

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or write something on the forum...That's what its there for!

Well, what's your real intention? To have a synth whichs sounds like the SCC, or to REALLY physically use the real SCC chip for music?

In the first case, there are enough alternatives, the main thing the SCC does is mixing small waveforms without anti-aliasing afaik. (well, at least KSS doesn't have anti-aliasing.. dunno if the original SCC has ant-aliasing).

I'm not quite sure I get your point, but here's what I want. I want a program that gives me the oppurtunity to use the capacities of the SCC chip as a synthesizer.

Just like you would use a synth-module I want to be able to plug in a midi-keyboard and tweak with parameters -if possible via the midi control channels-. An ADSR envelope and an LFO for the amplitude, or for the pitch, another LFO to make spectral movement in the wave sounds...

I think the SCC really sounds great. It has a unique soundcharacter that I desperately want to use in my music. Take the enddemo from Kings Valley 2: that''s the kind of sound I want to hear: little twinkles on the background; sparkling clear leads.

The SCC has a lot of potential that isn't being used at the moment. If I'm not making myself clear, please let me know. By the way, I don't know what a "KSS" is, could you explain.

Oh, you don't want to program one yourself. I got that impression from "Ik zou heel graag een nieuw stukje MSX software ontwikkelen" and "I would like te develop an SCC - SYNTHESIZER. "

Anyway, KSS is a program to listen to the music of MSX Konami games on PC.

As for finding someone who will want to program your program, good luck!

Yeah well, uhm, don't you think that there are numerous alternatives out there? As I said, it's just waveform mixing.

Once I 'ripped' the most-used Konami-waveforms, made small waveforms of them, load them in Impulse tracker, set the mixing quality to non-interpolated, tweak some envelopes, et viola.. instant SCC.

256 channels if I want to.., and with filtering if I want to ..!

Indeed.. I think there are no real benefits on this one... other than the 'hey, look at my MSX producing this amazing sounds!!!'-effect

Okay...This is quite a lot of text, but please take the time to read it...

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Indeed.. I think there are no real benefits on this one... other than the 'hey, look at my MSX producing this amazing sounds!!!'-effect

I'm struck by that remark.

You've just captured the ESSENCE of my story AND of the ESSENCE of using the MSX in ONE SENTENCE! And you managed to make it into a joke!

I'm seriously question your sanity!

If I would like something to sound like an SCC I could just as well load the waves into my Moonsound. But then; why on earth would I use the Moonsound, with it's crappy flat 16/44 sound, when I could be using my Terratec 24/96? I think I gonna sell my 8280. There are enough very nice emulator to do it's job, and PC vs MSX video editing, well...

If there's anybody thats using the MSX for practical rather than nostalgic reasons: concider visiting a shrink!

For me, working with the MSX system is like riding a classic car. It's a car, it takes you from A to B, but don't ask me how! Nostalgia is the keyword. And let me tell you: it's FUN! I prefer Eric and the Floaters over Unreal. Same game: the hunter hunted.

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Indeed.. I think there are no real benefits on this one... other than the 'hey, look at my MSX producing this amazing sounds!!!'-effect

Your damn right!!! Don't you love it? Personally I would be thrilled if I saw a videoclip that featured an NMS 8245 and an SCC instead of a Clavia Nordlead!

Phew...

Alex,

I agree with you about this! MSX is fun, no 'benefit' other than that is required.

Yeah well, if you want to code your own synth, go for it. But I think it's hard to find anyone else to do it.

I dunno for the rest of the current 'active' scene, but imo games are considered nostalgia, but I think no-one would bother using pc's to develop those games.

As for the moonsound, I also think no-one would bother using a pc tracker to make music for the moonsound, as long as the pc can fully emulate the soundquality of the moonsound.

64k intros on the PC or more or less the same story: just because the result is small, it doesn't mean that the creators don't use many big apps to create it.. it would be real nostalgia if the devtools wouldn't exceed 64k, but who cares?

I've read what your intentions are with the SCC synth. It isn't easy to synthesize FM values into a wave form (or even the other way around, setting up FM values from a wave form), especially when you want that to (or from) just the 32 bytes an SCC wave form is made up of.

Would be nice to be able to do something like that though. Would be a nice addition to the SCC tracker I'm planning as well. Any info on both these points are greatly appreciated.

and MSX is and always will be fun, no doubt about that.

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You've just captured the ESSENCE of my story AND of the ESSENCE of using the MSX in ONE SENTENCE! And you managed to make it into a joke!

I agree, one of the coolest things is the 'Hey my MSX can do that too!' effect, and using the MSX is still fun, and will always be.

I like how this thread turned from a request to programmers to make a certain program for somebody to a MSX fun without benefits thing. (*cough*)

Clearly having a program that allows the SCC to be manipulated via MIDI is beneficial to a MIDI composer. Also, not having such a program while you really want one is no fun.

The 'benefits' snout was talking about were more general. To the general MSX user it is not beneficial to have a program that allows you to use the SCC as a MIDI device, that's simply a fact. Because of this, it will be very hard to convince a programmer to program your program. He will probably rather work on a game or more generally useful utility.

The thing is, this type of program does not take a lot of skill. Why not learn Z80 assembly (old MCM courses are nice) and start coding? You know, in the 80's music composers were in most cases also programmers, because they had to create their own tools.

It is true SCC has a unique sound, and even SCC 'emulated' on MoonSound or any other more modern device does not result in the same sound.

Call me crazy, but MSX does have practical applications even today. TED is still the best texteditor I've ever seen and surely beats the crap out of EDIT.COM or Notepad. Also using a 8280 (or rather a Video9000) to do video editing is far more powerful than using some PC card with software, because on MSX you can control everything yourself. I could name several other examples...

Nostalgia shmostalgia! MSX NOW!!!

Hmm...Personally, I think that the discussion that this thread has turned into, and which you like so much, is UTTERLY USELESS. It's like arueing with the pope about his belief: you can talk for hours and it gets you NOWERE.

True, a midi SCC synth would be a nice thing for me...And that's why I would like to see it being realised...And therefore I want this thread to be CONSTRUCTIVE. So stop argueing about the WHY's and start discussing about the HOW's.

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So stop argueing about the WHY's and start discussing about the HOW's.

It's not really an arguement. If you find a coder who's got the time to do the job, the first thing he will ask you is 'WHY'. (and then..indeed the 'HOW's come along)

I think GuyveR has given you a head-start to the Big HOW's. You don't need highly optimized assembly for this job, and a lot of information on Z80 assembly and the SCC is available already. Finding someone to code this for you will probably be close to impossible (although it already crossed my mind that large parts of Meridian could be quite suitable, and so do large parts of TeddyWareZ' SCC Blaffer... of both programs the sources are available on the web). You could consider learning a bit of ASM and give a try at it yourself, and join the development forums here and #msxdev on irc.rizon.net every now and then if you need the help of "Pro's"