Sauraen Posted December 19, 2015 Author Report Posted December 19, 2015 The MBHP_Genesis boards are tested and working! Here is a video of an Atmel MCU playing a small test "song" on the two sound chips. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nM5-QfIv_c Quote
Sauraen Posted January 7, 2016 Author Report Posted January 7, 2016 (edited) Updated schematic (rev. 1e2) for MBHP_Genesis (rev. 1e) boards: Edited May 15, 2016 by Sauraen 1 Quote
Sauraen Posted January 25, 2016 Author Report Posted January 25, 2016 (edited) . Edited January 25, 2016 by Sauraen Quote
Blatboy Posted January 25, 2016 Report Posted January 25, 2016 Hmmm not sure about that link... YouTube is saying the video was removed... Want. To. See. Quote
yogi Posted January 25, 2016 Report Posted January 25, 2016 Awesome work, Not sure what happened to the vid but it was there a little while ago. Hope you post it back up Sauraen, very impressive! Yogi Quote
Sauraen Posted January 26, 2016 Author Report Posted January 26, 2016 Umm... so let's just say that maybe it wasn't the wisest choice to use a song from a game owned by Disney as a demo. The video will not be put back up. However it's sort of for the best, as I've significantly improved the software since then, I hope to have a new video up with "flawless" playback in the next week. Quote
yogi Posted January 26, 2016 Report Posted January 26, 2016 (edited) OOOOH, yes DRM raises its head :) At any rate, streaming VGM is very impressive! Can't wait to see the improved version. Yogi PS is there any word from SmashTV on the boards (or is that left to him)? Been checking his site daily Edited January 26, 2016 by yogi PS added Quote
Sauraen Posted January 26, 2016 Author Report Posted January 26, 2016 SmashTV has the boards and the photos needed to put up the listing. I emailed him about it a few days ago and he said he's been very busy but they're coming soon. Quote
yogi Posted January 26, 2016 Report Posted January 26, 2016 OK very good, I'll keep an eye on it Quote
Blatboy Posted January 26, 2016 Report Posted January 26, 2016 You've awoken THE MOUSE. I used to work for the mouse. Best to keep the red eye of Disney looking elsewhere... ;) Quote
Blatboy Posted January 26, 2016 Report Posted January 26, 2016 Although... being that it was your arrangement (or was it?) of the composition and not the original recording... that should be legal I would think. I don't want to hijack the thread on this tangent, but that's some BS, IMHO. Maybe because it's possible to make money from a YouTube account they don't allow it. So weird and hard core. Makes no sense. Considering I'm someone who makes a portion of my income from performance royalties... if someone did an arrangement of one of my tunes [oh, as if] and put it on YouTube, I'd have no issue. If someone else posted an actual recording I had released...well, then my eyebrow muscles could get some exercise. Anyway... looking forward to your next video! Quote
yogi Posted January 26, 2016 Report Posted January 26, 2016 \o/ Something new over @ AVI Showtech, Thanks Smash :) Can't wait to spend some $$ Quote
Sauraen Posted January 27, 2016 Author Report Posted January 27, 2016 9 hours ago, Blatboy said: Although... being that it was your arrangement (or was it?) of the composition and not the original recording... Don't really want to get into this, but no, it was not my arrangement, it was a verbatim playback of the VGM file of "A Whole New World" from Aladdin on Sega Genesis / Mega Drive. (Well, verbatim, except with timing issues.) I knew there might be an issue, but for two reasons I decided to put it up: (1) I wasn't the first person to upload a copy of that song, and (2) I didn't think Youtube's Content ID system would be smart enough to match a Genesis tune against its original. But I was wrong. No issue for my account, just Disney got to put ads on the video, so I deleted it. Quote
Sauraen Posted January 27, 2016 Author Report Posted January 27, 2016 I am excited to announce that the MBHP_Genesis boards are finally available for sale on the MIDIbox Shop! http://midiboxshop.bigcartel.com/product/midibox-quad-genesis-board Special thanks to SmashTV for helping make this happen! Quote
Sauraen Posted January 29, 2016 Author Report Posted January 29, 2016 As promised, a video of VGM playback on a MBHP_Genesis module! There is still one issue with the frequency correction, which occasionally leads to wrong notes in certain VGM files, but I understand what the issue is and will fix it when I get a chance. Also, there's an inherent incompatibilty between the noise channel in the SN76489 and the one in the SN76489-clone used in the actual Mega Drive / Genesis (shift register length and therefore pitch, and also what happens with zero frequency). I may be able to have the software correct for it in certain cases, but it's not a huge deal overall. 3 Quote
yogi Posted January 29, 2016 Report Posted January 29, 2016 W O W!!!! Just Fantastic. (speechless ATM) Yogi Quote
Hawkeye Posted January 29, 2016 Report Posted January 29, 2016 Great work! :-D Sounds very nice! Many greets, Peter Quote
Katch Posted February 3, 2016 Report Posted February 3, 2016 Now we need Jason to step up and Sammich this up :) Amazing work! Quote
Sauraen Posted February 13, 2016 Author Report Posted February 13, 2016 (edited) I apologize for my quietness recently, I've been spending basically all my free time on this synth, and I haven't gotten a chance to do much documentation. The hardware is due in less than a week, so I've been under a lot of pressure! Here is the front panel PCB with all 600+ LEDs on. (Actually, they're not quite all on, due to another part of the software I forgot to disable while running this test--but the other red and green LEDs in the central matrix do work). Edited February 13, 2016 by Sauraen 4 Quote
Altitude Posted February 13, 2016 Report Posted February 13, 2016 oh hell no. Not pulling any punches are we? Quote
yogi Posted February 13, 2016 Report Posted February 13, 2016 Very amazing work 8) And I've noticed your uploads to the SVN. Just fantastic. Just last week I got boards from Smash, can't wait to start but a little time limited atm. Yogi Quote
Hawkeye Posted February 13, 2016 Report Posted February 13, 2016 Very impressive work, keep it up, man! :-) Many greets, Peter Quote
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