Patch Mockingboard titles on IIgs to use Ensoniq

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Patch Mockingboard titles on IIgs to use Ensoniq #271

Open roughana opened 4 years ago

roughana commented 4 years ago

The ALF music jukebox disk (which plays the same songs as the Phasor disks) has Ensoniq playback.

I’d like to see some sort of patcher that can play MB content through Ensoniq for total replay.

Seeing as this is IIgs specific, it can load into other banks and be patched in with Pre launcher.

roughana commented 4 years ago

http://mirrors.apple2.org.za/ground.icaen.uiowa.edu/apple8/Music/ALF/ Jimmy Huey wrote the player. Patrick Asato on FB knows Jimmy Huey. I've asked for an introduction. The song player takes music as a sequence of notes and outputs through IIgs ensoniq or Phasor in any configured slot. Lots of questions arise. Such as I'm not sure what would be involved in supporting sound effects. The launch and flight sound effects from SkyFox come to mind.

roughana commented 4 years ago

John Brookes comment on this topic>

“I have looked into this briefly and I think it is possible. If each access to mockingboard registers at $CnXX is replaced with a JSR to a lib, the GS Ensoniq could be used to emulate a mockingboard.“