Re: [LAU] LittleGPTracker

Thanks Ken ! I always think my journey through various style is a reflection of my inability to really control what I do in a consistent way :) Actually the 'tracker' nickname refers more to the way you interact to build songs (vertical kind of quantised step tracks rather than piano roll type of interface).. various trackers implement various sound engine (some of them driving directly sound chip in old computers, others using sampling based engine) All sound comes from the unit itself. Now, like most recent game consoles, the GP2X doesn't have a synth engine. It's basically a linux machine with a RealTek chip in it. So, internally the tracker is sample based and you can import pretty much any type of sound you want (simple waveforms, piano samples, phrases, drum loops etc.). This tracker tho allows you to alter the 'base' sounds in pretty drastic ways. For example the opening track (using the infamous pink floyd meddle 'ping') uses merely 10k of sample (apart from that ping of course): 8 waveforms, one BD, one SD & one Hat. All of the various 'timbres' are generated from those. The focus for me is to provide a flexible ultra portable sound machine that has 'character' - I'm not too much into the clinic / perfect sound that seems to be the rage in today's manufacturers mind - and basically allows you to lay down consistent track anywere. As I said in another thread, we are in the process of building little demonstration videos to explain the way the software works and hopefully in a month from now, I'll be more able to make understand how 'synthesis' works in this little bugger. hopes this answer your question, Regards Marc