1-bit music news

tBeepr in 1tracker

Thu, 13 Aug 2015 20:14:00 +0200

A new old engine, tBeepr, has been added to 1tracker. This engine was written by introspec in 1995 and restored in 2013 also by him. It provides two tone channels with duty cycle settings, and interrupting drums.

Besided that, a number of recently added engines had broken loop support, which has been fixed in this update.

ZX7 support in 1tracker

Tue, 04 Aug 2015 10:32:00 +0200

The classic 8-channel engine, ZX-7, added to 1tracker. There are minor fixes for other engines as well.

prdr - new engine

Sun, 02 Aug 2015 02:02:00 +0200

Yet another fresh beeper engine, along with 1tracker support. It is quite simplistic, but capable for interesting sounds. The synthesis is based on periodic noises with short periods, there are detune and slide support as well.

Octode XL in 1tracker

Sat, 01 Aug 2015 07:45:00 +0200

Octode XL by introspec, a much improved version of the original Octode engine, now available in 1tracker.

Phaser3

Thu, 30 Jul 2015 09:03:00 +0200

A new ZX Spectrum engine, Phaser3, has been created and added to the 1tracker. It has two tone channels, more synthesis features, and customizeable sampled drums.

1tracker v0.19

Sat, 25 Jul 2015 04:21:00 +0200

1tracker got an update. Two new engines added, Stocker and Phaser2.

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1bitstudio - a bundle of VST plugins

Thu, 02 Jul 2015 03:29:00 +0200

A bundle of VST plugins aimed for different kinds of 1-bit sound synthesis and processing has been released. It includes six plugins, two of them for processing, two drum synths, and two tone generators, covering majority of the 1-bit sound types. Comes with source code.

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New 1-bit forum

Mon, 29 Jun 2015 19:13:00 +0200

The now-old 1-bit music forum has been defunct for a while, so a new forum has been started. Welcome: http://randomflux.info/1bit/

Beepola 1.08

Tue, 17 Dec 2013 07:45:00 +0200

Just a month after previous version, Beepola got another update! It fixes various bugs, and adds two more engines - QChan and Tritone.

Get new Beepola here

This is Tritone! Part 1

Tue, 17 Dec 2013 07:32:00 +0200

A compilation of 1-bit songs that uses Tritone engine for ZX Spectrum has been created recently. The compilation is made by nix./site, brightentayle and TK90X Fan, and contains songs composed by Battle of the Bits participants. Available in various tape and TR-DOS formats, along with the source code.

Download links and forum discussion are here

Beep'em All IV Released

Sun, 24 Nov 2013 22:45:00 +0200

XXL has released the 4th installment of his Beep'em All series for GTIA/Atari 8-bit computers. Once again, a massive compilation, this time with tracks from Strobe, Mister Beep, moviemovies1, Rene Sens, and myself.

Download .atr

Beepola 1.07

Thu, 14 Nov 2013 01:29:00 +0200

Great news, everyone. After a long time of silence, the best ZX Spectrum 1-bit music cross tracker, Beepola, got an update! Various things are fixed and improved, two and a half new engines support is added, including one that didn't have support in any editor yet - the famous Plip Plop (used in Cobra, Ping Pong, and many other Ocean and Imagine games).

Get new Beepola here

New 1-Bit Music Forum

Fri, 01 Nov 2013 12:54:00 +0200

A new forum for 1-bit music has been set up recently. It aims to cover all the various platforms, including ZX Spectrum, Atari 8-bit, PC, Apple, and more.

Check it out at 1bit.i-demo.pl.

1-Bit Works Accepted at SV2k13 Atari Music Compo

Tue, 17 Sep 2013 22:19:00 +0200

The major beeper competitions are over for this year, but there is one special dessert: This year, 1-bit GTIA music will be accepted at Sillyventure's Atari XL/XE music competition. A perfect chance to try out the new LSengine, Octode, QChan, and Tritone converters by XXL.

Deadline is November 8th.

More info and rules can be found at www.sillyventure.eu/comp,en.

Tritone ported to GTIA/Atari

Mon, 12 Aug 2013 08:34:00 +0200

XXL has finished his port of the Tritone engine to GTIA/Atari 8-bit. The XM converter is available here.

Note that converters for LSengine, Octode and Qchan are also available from the same author.