On 2011-12-29 13:39, Marko Mäkelä wrote: > On the SID, choosing frequencies is much easier, because you would > specify a 16-bit multiplier of a base frequency, not a divider. IIRC, > the TED uses the VIC-I divider principle as well, but the divider is > wider than 7 bits (16 bits?). 10 bits. >> Then we have the PAL vs NTSC issues too.. some songs might sound great >> in one key with PAL frequencies but awful with corresponding NTSC >> frequencies (and even worse if replayed with PAL frequencies on a NTSC >> VIC-20). > Exactly, it is very hard to produce good-sounding music on the VIC-I. Building up a note table on top of the maximum division factor as base note (divider = 128 on the VIC-I) should be IMHO optimal. That way, at least the octaves are inherently precise (128, 64, 32 etc.), and most of the notes are precise-ish enough up to octave 2 ... 2 and a half (if I remember correctly), really depending on the note of the octave itself. This one won't comply with any standard scales anymore, true, but that should be of IMHO less importance. The exact base frequency of a scale doesn't generally matter, only the precision of the relative steps (how precisely the note table approximates base^(n/12)) does. For example, conversion from the 24fps movie system to 25fps European tv systems regularly involves speeding things up by a factor of 25/24... after that anything played in a standard scale would also no longer comply to any standards anymore. This is all only noticed if the gear needs to cooperate with some other equipments, or if someone's an absolute listener... My old TED player does that trick too (the base of the note table is f/1024 ie. the values corresponding to octaves are $03ff, $01ff, $00ff, $007f... respectively). Best regards, Levente -- View this message in context: http://nabble-com-cbm-hackers.2304266.n4.nabble.com/penny-lane-prg-tp4241181p4242747.html Sent from the Nabble.com: cbm-hackers mailing list archive at Nabble.com. Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing listReceived on 2011-12-29 14:00:14
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