Comments on: For those of you who can’t make music

By: Helco

Helco — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 13:19:59 +0000

The source says the application stands under GPL, but which license do the music files generated with this application have?

By: intripoon

intripoon — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:27:07 +0000

For everyone wondering about this as well: The script doesn’t work with python 3.x.x. After installing 2.7.3, it worked.

By: intripoon

intripoon — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:30:58 +0000

Could somebody please explain how to use this? I tried running it from a cmd prompt but I only get an error message:

M:\downloads>atrk-c-edit.py
File “M:\downloads\atrk-c-edit.py”, line 585
print “rep”, self.pat_chorus_base, self.pat_chorus_ord, len(self.orders)
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

By: Peter Cooper

Peter Cooper — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 06:45:42 +0000

For anyone who’s wondering, VLC (open source video and audio player) will play these files. And convert them to MP3, etc (To convert to MP3, use the Streaming/Export wizard, transcode audio to MP3, encapsulate as RAW, then rename file to .mp3 when done.)

By: thristhart

thristhart — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 04:15:35 +0000

Open the .it file in a tracker program – I’ve been using Schism Tracker (linked in the OP) to great effect. From there, convert to wav, and then from wav to mid using the method of your choice.

By: Fenyx

Fenyx — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 01:42:44 +0000

How would you convert the .it files to .mid? I want to use this with Game Maker, but… it doesn’t support .it music files… D:

By: thristhart

thristhart — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 02:38:22 +0000

I was not expecting that to make such moving song. Why is this so awesome? D:

By: GreaseMonkey

GreaseMonkey — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 23:06:59 +0000

Alternatively, try changing the base speed in the .py file.
Look for this line:
fp.write(struct.pack(“

The 125 is where the speed is. If you change that to a lower number, it should be slower.

By: GreaseMonkey

GreaseMonkey — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 23:05:37 +0000

@elbowroom: Get an .it based tracker such as SchismTracker, then edit the speed (F9 to load, F12 for the speed settings, F5 to play, F8 to stop, F10 to save).

By: elbowroom

elbowroom — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 18:50:43 +0000

It keeps making cool music!
How can I customize the output?

I want it to make a slow song

By: ExciteMike

ExciteMike — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 15:50:41 +0000

This is pretty sweet! I’m seeing if I can quickly combine this with http://www.photonstorm.com/flod so that I don’t have to convert to mp3 first.

By: GreaseMonkey

GreaseMonkey — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 19:59:20 +0000

Seems to be an issue when I make something that makes .it files. I think OpenMPT expects MIDI macro information after all the pointers, which is something I don’t shove in because it’s not documented. IIRC you just do 01 00 00 00 00 00 or something.

By: RunnerPack

RunnerPack — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 12:46:25 +0000

*facepalm* I didn’t even notice that

I think the samples are pretty good, actually.

This is totally the “sfxr” of bg music! I’ve already heard it make perfectly recognizable “boss fight”, “shmup”, and “title screen” songs! You rock, GreaseMonkey!

By: RunnerPack

RunnerPack — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 09:29:06 +0000

Well, I figured it out… For some reason, OpenMPT doesn’t like the files. They open fine in SchismTracker (once I learned how to add samples the DOS way But, if you could get OpenMPT and figure out how to get the songs to load in it, I’d be very grateful.

I really like the output, even with unoptimized samples! It’ll definitely get me on my way making music that doesn’t cause ears to bleed ;D Thanks for sharing!

BTW, they seem to use more than the six samples you list above; more like ten or twelve.

By: Billy Wenge-Murphy

Billy Wenge-Murphy — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 09:25:39 +0000

He DID edit that in though, is what I’m saying

“EDIT: Here’s a version which does minor scales every now and then and generates its own (not very good) samples.”

Here’s some examples, if anyone who can’t get it running is curious what they’re missing:

http://billy.wenge-murphy.com/module1.ogg
http://billy.wenge-murphy.com/module2.ogg

By: RunnerPack

RunnerPack — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 09:18:08 +0000

I second the request for including samples. Even if you don’t actually load data from files, some simple, procedural “chiptune” ones would be handy (square, triangle, sine, etc.).

By: RunnerPack

RunnerPack — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 09:15:15 +0000

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5754740/dump-c.it

(Note: straight from the script–I didn’t add samples.)

By: Billy Wenge-Murphy

Billy Wenge-Murphy — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 08:57:39 +0000

I like the edit. Much easier for the lazy when it puts the samples in for you The tracks sound great.
I’ll have to do a few dozen to see how much variation there is, but I’m really impressed! Definitely gonna use this for my entry as I have NO musical aptitude, lol

By: GreaseMonkey

GreaseMonkey — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 08:13:31 +0000

…OK, that’s just weird. Could you please upload the original file somewhere (or generate another)?

By: RunnerPack

RunnerPack — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 07:27:40 +0000

Okay, I put in some samples, but that doesn’t change the fact that it’s looping after a couple of notes in the first pattern; sometimes it loops on the second or third tick before any notes play at all. Could you point out where it chooses the effect so I can just prevent it from putting in loops and pattern breaks entirely?