SMPS & Voice Editor

MarkeyJester · Apr 20, 2009

A long while back I was browsing Emuasylum's PD section of megadrive games and found that someone had attempted to make a voice editor to run on a Megadrive emulator, link here:

http://www.2shared.com/file/5419703/3e6f73...S_V01__PD_.html

it does work surprisingly, but it got me thinking that maybe there's more that could've been done, now as you might have guessed by the Chaotix Soundtest I've been doing research on the Sonic 1 Sound Driver and have been working on a similar Voice editor to the one in the link above, but with added features (I.e. the ability to hear the voice under a different note, or under modulation, etc), and what started out as a simple voice editor has turned into basically a hex editor for SMPS music, but with the ability to preview immediately what you've put, link here:

http://uploading.com/files/GZ79EYA2/SMPSVoiceEditor.bin.html

(simply rum it on your emulator)

now there's a few bugs I need to work out and it isn't exactly user friendly, but there are instructions on how to use it that show up on screen and I will make an instruction txt doc when I've fully finished it, but here's a quick description on a text doc of what each selection is on the menu:

http://uploading.com/files/MV3B3L0K/SMPSVo...QGuide.asm.html

Now I know this isn't exactly “WOW” but it's all I can do for the mean time (Well at least until I learn C), but for now, try to enjoy =)

(Please note, I aware that the menu still displays my counter name “DrXInsanity”, I haven't had time to change that).

Edit: any recommendations to improve it are welcome

TmEE · Apr 20, 2009

I would use TFM Music Maker to make instruments and then a TFI to SMPS instrument converter.... TFM MM has the most awesome instrument editor there is... even I use it

muteKi · Apr 20, 2009

Indeed. I find it almost ridiculously easy to use.

Master3k · Apr 20, 2009

Even compact SMPS it does, that really surprised me. =V

Nice job! This will be handy when doing XM conversions (like, easier for getting voices etc).

MarkeyJester · Apr 20, 2009

Master3k said:

Even compact SMPS it does, that really surprised me. =V

Nice job! This will be handy when doing XM conversions.
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thanks, I'm glad to know that it'll at least come at some use, although I will agree with TmEE that maybe using another program such as TFM will be more helpful than this little thing =P

Hanoch · Apr 20, 2009

Too bad we cant listen to what we have recorded without dumping and all . Still I like that, I have created a voice but I cant record anything with it so... Also, how do I play DAC samples in here?

MarkeyJester · Apr 20, 2009

Hanoch said:

Too bad we cant listen to what we have recorded without dumping and all . Still I like that, I have created a voice but I cant record anything with it so... Also, how do I play DAC samples in here?
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you should be able to listen to what you've made, but like I said, the program isn't really user friendly, and is only meant for people who understand how to make music in SMPS.

Tweaker · Apr 20, 2009

This is one of the single most useful tools I have ever used in regards to music editing. The realtime voice editing is incredibly useful, the modulation testing is invaluable (even I didn't know how modulation worked proper before this!), and the ability to simply nick your voice edits and song modifications through dumping a savestate is absolutely genius! You've produced a fantastic piece of work here, and I look forward to using it a lot in the future.

Fantastic job!

Cinossu · Apr 20, 2009

Tweaker said:

The realtime voice editing is incredibly useful, the modulation testing is invaluable (even I didn't know how modulation worked proper before this!)
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Although I already knew how to use the modulation (lol pitch bends :U), the realtime voice editing is bloody useful. I will be using this in the future for sure.

This really is a great piece of work, although it would be nice to know what those values I'm editing are than having to remember which column does what.. but that's me being picky. :P

MarkeyJester · Apr 20, 2009

Cinossu said:

This really is a great piece of work, although it would be nice to know what those values I'm editing are than having to remember which column does what.. but that's me being picky. :P
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I did want to add in the names to each column, but as you can see, there's no space for them to fit so I guess it's a thing I'll need to work round, maybe removing that Byte to Bit table might help, unless anyone is using it for what ever reason?

muteKi · Apr 20, 2009

This is pretty impessive (I myself would love to see an external SMPS tracker), having finally tried it out myself. I'm surprised at how capable it is.

One recommendation I'd add is to include a graph of the envelopes in the voice editor, something that I laud TFM for.

saxman · Apr 20, 2009

I tried to convince Cyan Helkaraxe to release one of his unique little tools related to what we're discussing, but like most of his cool stuff, the public never sees it because he doesn't release any of it =(

But yeah, this is a super job, bravo =)

ShadowsofYesterday · Apr 21, 2009

I'm unable to download from that site. Can someone mirror?

MarkeyJester · Apr 21, 2009

ShadowsofYesterday said:

I'm unable to download from that site. Can someone mirror?
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try this

http://www.2shared.com/file/5435016/62474c00/s1built.html

Hanoch · Apr 21, 2009

Yay I finaly made modulation work :P. Also, I really think you should make a reset button with B when in smps mode since I hate changing every note to 00 every time I want to restart my song, I have to put modulation at the start of the song I guess.

Edit: No I am wrong about the modulation, When I put modolution at the start of the song its always on, I will have to turn it off and check if its working...

MarkeyJester · Apr 21, 2009

Hanoch said:

I really think you should make a reset button with B when in smps mode since I hate changing every note to 00 every time I want to restart my song
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yeah I seem to find that annoying also, what if I provided some sort of insert function, maybe replace the function for the start button with a mini menu function which displays some quick options (I.e. insert byte, erase byte, return to main menu, etc)? it's either that or get "X" "Y" and "Z" buttons working as well.

Hanoch said:

I have to put modulation at the start of the song I guess.
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...correct, well at the start of where you want the modulation to start working

Hanoch · Apr 21, 2009

Yes X Y and Z are really going to be useful rather than holding a few buttons at once. Maybe something like copy paste and cut (cut is change to 00) if possible.

Also about the modulation, I actually put the modulation at the start of the song but I really think I should put it before the note I want so I could make the song bend in different types of modulation.

UtopiaUK · May 21, 2009

This program is absolutely awesome. It gives music editors like me a great chance to get creative and play around with music. The simplicity of it is also great. I would recommend this program to anyone who is looking to create custom music for their hacks. A very good program and it gets five stars from me.

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