OK.. Before the rumours start to lead there own life: Here are some details about ixs! It should be clear that the music consists of notes and samples, that's basicly how any tracker works. The current tracker we use is Impulse Tracker! The basic sound-scheme is FM... rather familiar :) The current audio tools we have (based on CRAPPY code by me in c++ :) in a way MORE possibilities than the OPL4, but in another way, less possibilities on other stuff too. It's a strange mix of functions of which nobody would believe it create such feaky sounds... (www.ambience.nl -> 64kb intro winner (a videocard and a t-shirt :)) These applictions are only in-house apps, creating FM-sounds, sequences and synthpads.. We are busy here with rebuilding all.. the soundsystem will be a modular system (with all kinda filters, oscs, envelopes, and more freaky stuff) and the video stuff will be based on realtime 3d, like in TBL demo's... Ixalance will become something like Flash.. and (we hope) within .. maybe 6 months or so.. for sell.. so anyone could make these sound files! So, MBM conversion... hmm... not impossible, but keep in mind the we PRECALC samples, instead of realtime generation (the realtime 3d needs all the avialable time!!) If you use FM-scaling and such stuff there might be some problems.. If you want to use a sample a few octaves higher, make a new sample.. like wavetables. Now, we ARE busy with a small stupid, but funny util, to create IXS files yourself, but only with library samples! :( Will be released to make ppl familliar with IXS.. Any questions ??? ask..! (and don't forget www.ambience.nl) Maarten van Strien, (composer + sounddesigner) ----------------------------------------------------- GizmoZone launched! (November 17th, 1999) We provide you with the world's best Gizmos. Desktop Commercials, Screensavers, Desktop-themes, Ixalance(tm) Music, and much more... Flawless technology and dazzling content at: http://www.GizmoZone.com ----------------------------------------------------- http://www.shortcut.nl/ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------- Shortcut Software Development BV Julianaweg 9 3603 AP Maarssen The Netherlands Phone: ++31 (0) 346 579 659 Fax: ++31 (0) 346 579 745 ----------------------------------------------------- **** MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe msx [EMAIL PROTECTED]" (without the quotes) in the body (not the subject) of the message. Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] More information on MSX can be found in the following places: The MSX faq: http://www.faq.msxnet.org/ The MSX newsgroup: comp.sys.msx The MSX IRC channel: #MSX on Undernet ****
