AGameAWeek Blog 2024-07-07 - Echo

[chorus] July's word for the 7th is Echo.(Echo!) Echo (Echo!) The word is Echo. (Echo!) [more] [verse] JSE has some nice Echo functions, which make use of Javascript's ability to use some "impulse" sounds to generate echos and such. As I started to fiddle about with sounds and echos, and impulses too, something else popped into my head. [bridge] What if I made a little keyboard to play all of the sounds with!? So that's what I did. [break] [chorus] July's word for the 7th is Echo.(Echo!) Echo (Echo!) The word is Echo. (Echo!) [break] [verse] It took a while to get the keyboard looking right. I tried to make it so that tapping keys would do what they're supposed to do. [verse] Then I set a slider of sorts to choose from all the echo styles, (echo styles) and then I added all the little sounds that sounded decent, (sounded decent) when played upon the keyboard. [bridge] After that, I had to add all of the frequencies, so headed back in time (back in time) to where I knew they all lived happily. [break] [verse] I grabbed the Amstrad CPC 6128 manual, and flicked to Chapter 7, Page 25. On there are a super handy selection of Notes and Frequencies, which I typically tend to return to whenever I need them. [chorus] July's word for the 7th is Echo.(Echo!) Echo (Echo!) The word is Echo. (Echo!)