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Wavemaker · 30 January 2021, 10:55

Writing your music in ASM makes sense in the C64 because no matter which tool you use you're directly programming the SID either way and even the most user friendly "tracker" requires you to know how this chip works.

It does not make that much sense in the Amiga. What is it exactly that you're going to do in assembler? You're not programming a sound chip, all Paula does is replay samples. You can make your own routine to generate waveforms and stuff like ML, AHX, and many others.

He probably made his own tracker like tool mimicking the c64 sounds. There's literally hundreds of those made in the 80s and early 90s. Even for a single tune, this would be more efficient.

30 January 2021, 10:55	#36
Wavemaker Registered User Join Date: Jan 2020 Location: Poland Posts: 48	Writing your music in ASM makes sense in the C64 because no matter which tool you use you're directly programming the SID either way and even the most user friendly "tracker" requires you to know how this chip works. It does not make that much sense in the Amiga. What is it exactly that you're going to do in assembler? You're not programming a sound chip, all Paula does is replay samples. You can make your own routine to generate waveforms and stuff like ML, AHX, and many others. He probably made his own tracker like tool mimicking the c64 sounds. There's literally hundreds of those made in the 80s and early 90s. Even for a single tune, this would be more efficient.