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asiekierka / nitrotracker

A Fasttracker II style tracker for the Nintendo DS
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Implement touch sensitivity (0xtob/#54) #73

Open asiekierka opened 1 year ago

asiekierka commented 1 year ago

Use the touch sensitivity of the DS screen to play notes on the keyboard, or for creating envelopes, or anything else. The touch sensitivity could be a useful or fun tool for Nitrotracker!

Yeah, it could be like the note velocity on a MIDI keyboard. Cause then when you record a note to the arrangement it could have its volume set to the note velocity. I doesn't even need to be that good. I could be like an experimental/optional thing you can turn on and off.

asiekierka commented 1 year ago

I'm not sure if the touch sensitivity works well enough for usage in a music/keyboard context; further testing is required.

At least we can have it on DSi/3DS now...

deadpahn commented 1 year ago

Yeah Im not too crazy about this either. If I need to I use the envelopes or the volume effect.

M-O-Marmalade commented 1 year ago

Wait.... the DS can detect the pressure of a touch?!

b4ssrp commented 1 year ago

Wait.... the DS can detect the pressure of a touch?!

Colors! on DS measures touch resistance for sensitivity. Actually in libnds there is function called touchRead() that returns z1 and z2 with description "Raw cross panel resistance."

deadpahn commented 1 year ago

Not sure what purpose it would serve honestly. I would vote to add the ability to drag along the keyboard keys to input randomness into the pattern over touch pressure. I used to be able to hit record and move the stylus around to populate notes but no more, just manual tapping. A novice would probably ask WHY but 1337 trackers like myself know that adding variance to hi hats is fun. Gliding the stylus over a couple of keys would be fun and easy to do. Now I have to tap like a woodpecker now on the bus lol