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music @sanxion7.com
💜 @riverofstars.bsky.social @novalus.bsky.social
other accounts:
saxxon.carrd.co
ni Dieu ni maître
Thanks for the insight. I appreciate your work on this. :)
November 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Thanks for the insight. I appreciate your work on this. :)
The big thing I am trying to figure out right now is, what kind of interpolation is being used for lower sample rates. I can tell with lower frequency content that something is being used. But if it's something with a lookup table (like SNES's interpolation) then I'll have to pick it apart in a ROM.
November 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The big thing I am trying to figure out right now is, what kind of interpolation is being used for lower sample rates. I can tell with lower frequency content that something is being used. But if it's something with a lookup table (like SNES's interpolation) then I'll have to pick it apart in a ROM.
The arcade machines have a hard drive in them, and use two of these chips. Songs get banks of 16 megabytes for each song, and pressing the keys plays short samples from it.
I am a rhythm game enthusiast, so getting the audio just right is crucial :) MAME had wrong DPCM tables for years.
I am a rhythm game enthusiast, so getting the audio just right is crucial :) MAME had wrong DPCM tables for years.
November 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The arcade machines have a hard drive in them, and use two of these chips. Songs get banks of 16 megabytes for each song, and pressing the keys plays short samples from it.
I am a rhythm game enthusiast, so getting the audio just right is crucial :) MAME had wrong DPCM tables for years.
I am a rhythm game enthusiast, so getting the audio just right is crucial :) MAME had wrong DPCM tables for years.
Robocopy go brrrrrrrrr
November 11, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Robocopy go brrrrrrrrr
I just recently noticed you were working on this sound chip - I am doing a lot of work with the audio in Beatmania 5-key games, which use this to play back audio! Glad to see you are chipping away at it from another angle.
November 11, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I just recently noticed you were working on this sound chip - I am doing a lot of work with the audio in Beatmania 5-key games, which use this to play back audio! Glad to see you are chipping away at it from another angle.
Makes sense. We'll do what it takes to survive, we're always going to, and if we can't do it within the system's protection, we'll do it outside the system's purview.
November 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Makes sense. We'll do what it takes to survive, we're always going to, and if we can't do it within the system's protection, we'll do it outside the system's purview.
I have my opinions about cryptocurrency, but if it's the only method you've got to stay on necessary meds, sometimes you just have to bite your tongue and do it. If medical systems in place weren't so hostile about prescribing it, I wouldn't have had to do it myself for a period of a couple years.
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I have my opinions about cryptocurrency, but if it's the only method you've got to stay on necessary meds, sometimes you just have to bite your tongue and do it. If medical systems in place weren't so hostile about prescribing it, I wouldn't have had to do it myself for a period of a couple years.
TNT2 right to the 9800 Pro would have been one hell of a jump back then 🔥
November 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
TNT2 right to the 9800 Pro would have been one hell of a jump back then 🔥
Yeah it's sooooo good!! The highlights get me particularly.
November 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Yeah it's sooooo good!! The highlights get me particularly.
Never too late for this on the timeline. 💜
November 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Never too late for this on the timeline. 💜
It's pretty old by now, but mainly where I put all my research in rhythm game file formats
November 8, 2025 at 7:24 AM
It's pretty old by now, but mainly where I put all my research in rhythm game file formats
Yeahhhhh who's vetting these
November 8, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Yeahhhhh who's vetting these
Not that the game isn't worth that- it's that I've already played it through a couple times since it first came out, and that's what a fresh new game might cost me already
November 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Not that the game isn't worth that- it's that I've already played it through a couple times since it first came out, and that's what a fresh new game might cost me already
Hummmm, there's a Steam release of it now as of last year, I guess? The price tag is a little steep for me, though
November 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Hummmm, there's a Steam release of it now as of last year, I guess? The price tag is a little steep for me, though