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May blog post 4: Extracting music from the PICO-8 (Patreon)

Published:

2016-05-31 07:05:42

Imported:

2023-10

Content

https://eev.ee/blog/2016/05/30/extracting-music-from-the-pico-8/

This was an interesting little exercise that taught me some extremely basic things about audio. Like. Extremely basic. Like if you know what a note is then you're probably going to laugh at me.

Wow, 4 regular posts in a month, for the first time ever! 🎉 WE DID IT! 🎉 Now onwards to 5!

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Extracting music from the PICO-8 / fuzzy notepad

The actual audio is defined in the sound editor, despite not being sound effects. There are 64 sound slots, and each sound can have up to 32 notes. Each note can have its own frequency, volume, instrument (waveform), and effect. You can also change the speed of the entire sound, which affects how long each note lasts.