https://github.com/seclorum/soundToy/tree/main/BUILD
.. I am currently exploring a kind of 'video synthesis', built around the Tufte sparkline concept, but exploiting certain weird things about the Oric, as well.
soundToy 'videosynth' feature
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soundToy 'videosynth' feature
In my 'hacking playground' SOUNDTOY, available here:
https://github.com/seclorum/soundToy/tree/main/BUILD
.. I am currently exploring a kind of 'video synthesis', built around the Tufte sparkline concept, but exploiting certain weird things about the Oric, as well.
The idea is to use 6x8 'cells' to construct a user interface describing the synth registers of the AY chip. These cells are generated by a pseudo random function, producing a unique dataset of both monochrome and colour-altering characters.
In the current version, the sound exploration is done in text mode and the video synth is done in HIRES mode - but soon these will merge. If you're curious what this looks like, run SOUNDTOY.tap, press 'G', and use WASD and IJKL to place cells around. There is also a random screensaver 'thing' splatting the field. IJKL sets the 'input' XY values starting at the top left of the 'pseudorandom' blob, and WASD place the 'output' cell on the screen.
Yes, its weird, but I'm finding the aesthetic appealing, and eventually will have a smaller subset of the psuedorandom blob in order to render the Oric synth registers in a more interesting way .. meanwhile it seems I'm also building an editor, of sorts ..
https://github.com/seclorum/soundToy/tree/main/BUILD
.. I am currently exploring a kind of 'video synthesis', built around the Tufte sparkline concept, but exploiting certain weird things about the Oric, as well.
The idea is to use 6x8 'cells' to construct a user interface describing the synth registers of the AY chip. These cells are generated by a pseudo random function, producing a unique dataset of both monochrome and colour-altering characters.
In the current version, the sound exploration is done in text mode and the video synth is done in HIRES mode - but soon these will merge. If you're curious what this looks like, run SOUNDTOY.tap, press 'G', and use WASD and IJKL to place cells around. There is also a random screensaver 'thing' splatting the field. IJKL sets the 'input' XY values starting at the top left of the 'pseudorandom' blob, and WASD place the 'output' cell on the screen.
Yes, its weird, but I'm finding the aesthetic appealing, and eventually will have a smaller subset of the psuedorandom blob in order to render the Oric synth registers in a more interesting way .. meanwhile it seems I'm also building an editor, of sorts ..
