Greetings to all, I have decided to start a bgt tone_synth contest. I have been recently messing around with the waveform tone making system that comes with bgt, which is a new scripting language designed to program audiogames, which is now in its preorder phase but tones can be scripted and converted to wave files as normal, with no demo limitations.
The idea is to create a tune, as simple or as complicated as you wish. The tune can have chords or single notes, with multiple or single waveform types, and can be any length. When your tune is finished you can then create a wave file of your composition.Please note that this is not an instrumental synth, but rather a waveform synth. This means that the sound output produced will be similar to that of an older game console. The three basic waveform types supported are sine, square and sawtooth.When creating a tune, lengths can either be specified in beats, or in milliseconds by using the ms methods. When specifying the length in beats, the synth will automatically calculate the appropriate milliseconds to use based on the tempo property, which specifies beats per minute. Here's a template tone file to get you started: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2142080/template.rar The contest I'm organizing will have prizes for the best 3 tones which wil be judged by me and possibly others. The first prize winner will have access to one of approximately 120 ripped mainstream games sound effects collection. They will also have a custom ringtone made for them. Second and third prize winners will also get a custom tone. Here are my tone maker creations. Use them as examples. The new template format is recommended. Inside the template folder you'll find files like melody.bgt, chords.bgt, bass.bgt. If you don't need one, don't include it. z.bgt is the main file. To generate a wav, just run the z.bgt file and all the notes inside your includes will be converted to wave. Examples link http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2142080/tonemaker.rar Submit your tone creations to [email protected] either in mp3 or bgt code. The deadline is august 5th and the winner will be anounced on aug 10th. To download bgt, visit www.blastbay.com and go to the software page. If you like programming and would like to create audiogames with this powertul tool, please consider preordering, though you don't need to for this contest. I hope you enjoy this contest and that we get good bgt tones going! --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
