CPC Scene is now Push’n’Pop / CPC Radio is back

 Amstrad CPC, Common, Music  No Responses »
Sep 092010
 

You might have noticed it, the CPC Scene page changed it’s name to Push’n’Pop. Along with a server change, it also brought back the great CPC Radio which features game and demo tunes from the CPC. It was a huge group collaboration which made this possible, but you can read more about it on the Push’n’Pop homepage. If you want to listen to the tunes, then you can do that here.

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Arkos Tracker v1.0

 Amstrad CPC, Music  No Responses »
Jul 092010
 

Ok, here it is: The final version of the Arkos Tracker.

With the Arkos Tracker you can compose your chiptune music for the Amstrad CPC (and a variety of other computers), compile them and use the player for the specific system. The sound playback is done via emulation of the AY-3-891x soundchip on your PC or directly on an Amstrad CPC via the CPC Booster+.

You can download the new Beta version from the tools section of the Arkos homepage.

Changes:

  • The “Load Song” dialog can now load both AKS and SKS files at the same time.
  • You use use the command line to load a song.
  • Drag’n'drop possible to the Arkos Tracker executable file to load a song.
  • Bug corrected: Could not close the application with the top-right cross when the player was active.

    Arkos Tracker v1.0 Beta 4

     Amstrad CPC, Music  No Responses »
    Jun 292010
     

    Arkos released a new Beta version of their cross-plattform tracker “Arkos Tracker”. With the Arkos Tracker you can compose your chiptune music for the Amstrad CPC (and a variety of other computers), compile them and use the player for the specific system. The sound playback is done via emulation of the AY-3-891x soundchip on your PC or directly on an Amstrad CPC via the CPC Booster+.

    You can download the new Beta version from the tools section of the Arkos homepage.

    Changes:

    • Ability to drag’n'drop AKS, AKI, SKS files into the Arkos Tracker.
    • Ability to limit the Pattern Viewer refresh rate in order to improve performance.
    • Load Song and Import SKS options are now mixed into one single option.
    • Corrected a bug that could make the Pattern Viewer not refreshed after having entered a volume, pitch or instrument.
    • Corrected a bug that would make the player use a wrong frequency when changing the replay frequency.
    • Corrected a bug that would make sounds not evolve on Speed 1 while adding them in the Pattern Viewer.
    • Slight improvement of the replay routine (shouldn’t be noticeable in 16 bits, but should in 8), after Dadman noticed a bug in the 8 bits replay.
    • A few cycles optimisations of the player (thanks to Grim/Arkos).
    • Spectrum player redesigned, corrected, and optimised by Grim/Arkos (using the “Molusk” song, max TM is 5300t, average is 2400t).
    • MSX player test debugged by Syx. MSX DSK updated by Syx.
    • Source of the CPCBooster client and management now included (Sources/CPCBooster).

      Arkos Tracker v1.0 Beta 3

       Amstrad CPC, Music  No Responses »
      Jun 142010
       

      Arkos released a new Beta version of their cross-plattform tracker “Arkos Tracker”. With the Arkos Tracker you can compose your chiptune music for the Amstrad CPC (and a variety of other computers), compile them and use the player for the specific system. The sound playback is done via emulation of the AY-3-891x soundchip on your PC or directly on an Amstrad CPC via the CPC Booster+.

      You can download the new Beta version from the tools section of the Arkos homepage.

      Changes:

      • AKStoYM, a command line tool to convert any AKS song into an interleaved or non-interleaved YM6 format.
      • MSX2 compatible player test thanks to WYZ.

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