I've ran into a few topics using Search regarding Saturn music, but just to clarify.
1. There is absolutely no way to make module-based Saturn music without a Macintosh.
(as in sequenced music).
Is that right?
2. SGL says that Sega provides a wave and tone editor. Also that you are free to use third-party sequencing programs. This would seem to be reasonable...
But one of the particular threads I've read says you have to use Sega software to write the actual music.
http://forums.segaxtreme.net/index.php?showtopic=6034&hl=
(if this is true, obviously #1 is true. Else #1 is false).
3. On the other hand, the SGL tutorial for Sound clearly says you only need to create the music in Standard MIDI file (version 1) format.
Out of 1/2 & 3, one of these has to be wrong.
4. And certainly there is no Windows tool to easily create and load DSP plugins. Considering it was a proprietary Mac tool, right? DSP Linker or somesuch? And not that you could get it to work if we have it, since you can't really make an old-style Saturn cart-dev environment.
5. Is there any way to, assuming you could create the samples and sequenced music, actually use them in a Saturn? I have unfortunately only vaguely understood just the part about uploading to the target platform using the Macintosh.
1. There is absolutely no way to make module-based Saturn music without a Macintosh.
(as in sequenced music).
Is that right?
2. SGL says that Sega provides a wave and tone editor. Also that you are free to use third-party sequencing programs. This would seem to be reasonable...
But one of the particular threads I've read says you have to use Sega software to write the actual music.
http://forums.segaxtreme.net/index.php?showtopic=6034&hl=
(if this is true, obviously #1 is true. Else #1 is false).
3. On the other hand, the SGL tutorial for Sound clearly says you only need to create the music in Standard MIDI file (version 1) format.
Out of 1/2 & 3, one of these has to be wrong.
4. And certainly there is no Windows tool to easily create and load DSP plugins. Considering it was a proprietary Mac tool, right? DSP Linker or somesuch? And not that you could get it to work if we have it, since you can't really make an old-style Saturn cart-dev environment.
5. Is there any way to, assuming you could create the samples and sequenced music, actually use them in a Saturn? I have unfortunately only vaguely understood just the part about uploading to the target platform using the Macintosh.
. In any case, at least it's gonna be fun putting one more piece of the hardware to good use.
