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Show HN: Pixeltune, a nicer chiptune and VGM player

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80 points tomaspollak | 1 comments | 11 Aug 24 19:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.211s | source

10 years ago I began working on Muki, a web-based MIDI and chiptune player which I eventually announced here on HN[0]. It was a fun weekend project.

Over the years I received numerous requests from people that wanted more: more music, more features, more playable formats, you name it.

Eventually I began working on a complete rewrite of the app (this time for real), and, realizing that each year another chiptune or MIDI website went offline, I decided to start archiving them for preservation.

Today, 10 years after the first release, I think it's finally time for the new, nicer version to hit the shelves. It's now called Pixeltune and yes, now you can actually turn down the volume. :)

Hope you like it!

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10305918

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zeta0134 ◴[12 Aug 24 02:50 UTC] No.41220805[source]▶
This is a really slick player! I have a feature request though. I noticed almost right away that NSF (NES/Famicom) songs are in stereo and seem to have some sort of reverb filter applied. The original console is mono only, so this suggests that whatever core is performing NSF playback is layering on these additional effects. I'd rather hear the stock audio coming out of the console. Can this be exposed as an option?
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1. tomaspollak ◴[12 Aug 24 03:11 UTC] No.41220877[source]▶
Yes indeed. Pixeltune adds a reverb effect on top of the output of some cores. I'll include an option to turn it off. Good one!