Self running demo with some logic circuitry by Excellence In Art [web] & The Innovator & GGN
XiA, tIn and GGN invite you to experience a warm Christmas tale, right here, in the comfort of your Atari ST. An ensemble we like to call: "Self running demo with some logic circuitry" "And what are the hardware requirements of this production?" we hear you ask. Well, we only require an Atari ST/STE/ MegaST/MegaSTE with 1Mb of RAM. ...oh, and a Roland MT-32. We can already sense the polarisation; some will cheer "Yay! At last a new production to put my ageing old hardware to use!". Others will scream out of their lungs: "What? Extra hardware? Why sir, I do expect my stock machine to be able to run *any* production. This is clearly an outrage!" But, hear us out! Please remember that the Atari ST has been a favorite machine for musicians to create music using the MIDI protocol for quite some time now. Isn't it high time this joy was extended to demos as well? Besides, with the rise of new and inexpensive hardware like the mt32-pi (https://github.com/dwhinham/mt32-pi), is it not criminal to let this opportunity go to waste? So please, lower your pitchforks and torches and join us in celebrating one of the platform's great strengths! (sadly there was no time to test or fix any issues on the Atari TT and Falcon. Do let us know how it goes!) What about emulation? Well, there is a software MT-32 emulator available for all major OSes called "Munt". And as it so happens, both STEem Engine and Hatari can be configured to output audio to that MIDI device, once configured properly. However, accuracy of playback has been hit and miss, so for best results you are encouraged to try this on real hardware, or check out an official video capture, hopefully available at the same time this production is released to the wild. Enough babbling, let us provide you with detailed credits: XiA: Composed the music, drew the lovely text screens, came up with the required poetry, provided invaluable input and guidance throughout the production of this demonstration tIn: Once again demonstrated technical brilliance, effortlessly writing the demo's code, and of course contributing to the design (and poetry) GGN: To quote the late Andy Fletcher: He just bummed around. (He didn't exactly program the MIDI player, as this was extracted mostly from Bad Mood 3.07. He did however have endless discussions with XiA about life, timers, and everything. Maybe some bits of poetry escaped his mind into the keybaord) (Before we totally forget: Is this the first release that is packed using Mr Ni!'s brand new n2 packer? Probably! And we're so happy about it!) With that out of the way, is there anyone that we wish to greet? Certainly, everyone should feel greeted. Including you. And you. And especially you. And, of course, you who are usually forgotten to be greeted in other demos. You get a special mention from the bottom of our hearts. 25th December 2022 Hope you enjoy! (As well as this whimsical text!)
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