Łukasz Sychowicz (X-Ray) - "Drunk Chessboard" -- Chiptune Visualization / Atari SAP

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So, I decided to take a look at all the separate channels of some chiptune music at once. Thought it might look cool, since those waveforms are usually so pretty. I quickly put together a script to create this and other videos.
Here's the soundtrack from the demo "Drunk Chessboard" composed by X-Ray. You can see the demo here: • Atari XL/XE - Drunk Ch...
This video has a lame naive timbre-capture algorithm: it just finds the first zero-crossing and locks it to the left side of the screen. This way you see waveforms aligned to eachother - at least most of the time. A decent algorithm is trickier than I thought. Until then, have another one. CZcams needs more chiptune anyway.
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The Grayscale Project is an awesome Atari 8-bit music collaboration from Poland. Members are:
Grzegorz Kwiatek (Greg), Łukasz Sychowicz (X-Ray) and Bartek Wąsiel (BeWu).
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You can find their work, along with tons of other great Atari music, on the Atari SAP Music Archive (ASMA) at:
asma.atari.org/

[@handlesareanunfortunatefeature]

This is the kind of the song where that special crunchiness and deep bass of the POKEY absolutely explodes into your ears. This wouldn't sound as good on a SID or AY, it just simply couldn't.

[@YourIdeologyIsDelusional]

This sounds like an epic anthem of the final stage in a Metroidvania style game. I dunno who this X-Ray dude is, but if I was making a retro or neo-retro style action adventure platformer game I'd grab him up in a second.

[@1ucasvb]

Not a surprise, as I'm usually more fond of those. But there are a few "upbeat" tunes I've posted as well: "Sweet", "Bells", "Jam Session", "Irish Wood", "Let it Roll", "Saddam's Secret Moonbase", "Hivmania - Ingame Music".
They're not "happy" either, I guess. The happy Atari tunes tend to be really simple and a bit boring and childish, but maybe that's just me.

[@billkendrick1]

One of the only Atari demos I got a "greetings" in. ;)

[@lisalikescows]

2:07 Love that transition into the next part

[@Yizak]

Yes, the ones with a more sad tone seem to be the most emotional, which I guess makes them more memorable. It might be possibly to do with the whole Radek Sterba story... RIP..

[@BelMisi3000]

i totally agree with you!

[@lordwarcraft666]

Dude!! I a big fan of your work in greysacle and this is a awesome piece of code you got here... have you the "stereo" version of this chiptune?? that will be pretty much epic... sorry for my bad english :P
greattings from Venezuela... :D

[@nekomasteryoutube3232]

This sounds like a mix of Shining Force and Contra hard corps

[@1ucasvb]

I'm not the composer, I just kinda share the name.

[@Yizak]

I find the music you post usually seem to have a sad tone. It's awesome music, but it makes me feel a little depressed.
Weird...

[@MrMine2000]

Yikak4 this one sounds a bit aggressive

[@VinsCool]

I love that stuff, honestly.

[@SamplrOfMoonshine]

pokey vibes