Bawami Preview [rev 92] (Touhou 06: Lunar Clock ~ Luna Dial)
Although its been in a couple of videos, I've not made a video dedicated to it - so, this is a demonstration of a new program I've been working on since February 2010. It's called BaWaMI (Basic Waveform MIDI Software-Synthesizer), because it's a MIDI file player that makes sound using only basic waveforms and a low-pass filter (hey, at least I was able to think up a name for once!). When I gave up working on Bleeper Music Maker, it's basically because I started dedicating my attention to Bawami. But don't worry! Bawami can play on the PC speaker too. =D
Here, it's playing ZUN's MIDI of the stage 5 boss (Sakuya Izayoi) theme, from his game "Touhou 06: Embodiment of Scarlet Devil". Actually, it's a slightly modified version that uses a "Synth Bass" instrument instead of "Slap Bass", as I haven't coded the slap bass instrument yet. Bawami misinterprets the pitch-bend sensitivity in this video, and as a result, the pitch-bends are overly exaggerated. ^^;
By default, Bawami has 24 internal "sound channels", meaning it can play up to 24 notes (or sounds) at once (after that, old notes will start being cut). There's a setting to change this number, but I leave it at 24 in this video because the internal view (black window) can only show 24 sound channels at most. By the way, that internal view shows 2 tables - one shows information about each sound channel (such as the volume, panning, waveform, frequency), and the other shows information about each MIDI channel (pitch-bend, number of notes playing). Coloured lines appear between the 2 tables to show which sound channels are being used to play notes on which MIDI channel.
This program is the first one I've made where I focussed on trying to make it look nice from the start (although I took inspiration for the design from GASHISOFT's "GXSCC" MIDI player).
The program is not quite ready to be released to the public yet*, but I'm working on it! I'll probably post more videos like this to show off new things that I add to the program, just as I did with Bleeper Music Maker. And, of course, I'll record a video of it controlling the PC speaker, too!
BaWaMI is released now! See lots of info and download it here:
http://somethingunreal.homeip.net/blog?page_id=84#bawami
MIDI used in this demo:
http://somethingunreal.homeip.net/F_s_t_v2_copy/Touhou/EoSD/th06_11.mid
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