Vortex Tracker 3.0

Here's a preview video of the music tracker currently in development by the Rusty Pixels team!

New Features:

  • C# Port of the original by S.V. Bulba, Ivan Pirog and Dexus
  • Open source under the MIT license
  • OpenGL rendering
  • OpenAL audio
  • Spectrum and VU bars
  • 3AY support
  • Built-in OrGen Editor
  • YM2149 Synth slave support
  • Spectrum Next slave support
  • MIDI Out support
  • Plug-ins

Source Code on GitHub

patchram

Broadcom PatchRAM DFU (Device Firmware Upgrade) utility for macOS.

Based on original dfu-tool & dfu-programmer for Linux and BrcmPatchRAM for macOS.

Supports the Intel HEX dfu file format (including zlib compressed).

NOTE: You will need to disable your bluetooth device for this tool to be able to access it.

Usage

patchram <vendorId hex> <productId hex> <firmware.dfu>

Example

./patchram 0x0a5c 0x216f ./BCM20702A1_001.002.014.1443.1572_v5668.zhx

This uses the USB DFU specification (http://www.usb.org/developers/docs/devclass_docs/DFU_1.1.pdf), to upload firmware into a DFU device.

Credits

Source

GitHub Link

Flashing firmware is dangerous and could render your device non-functional. Use this at your own risk!

Z88DK Demos

We've released a series of z88dk demo's for the ZX Spectrum Next. These are designed to complement Stefan Bylund's great series of examples.

Chess Demo

Demonstrates relative sprites for the ZX Spectrum Next.
https://www.baker76.com/zxnext-chess/

Tilemap Demo

Tilemap demo for the ZX Spectrum Next.
https://www.baker76.com/zxnext-tilemap/

Layer2 Tilemap Demo

Example using Layer2 tilemap rendering for the ZX Spectrum Next.
https://www.baker76.com/zxnext-layer2-tilemap/

SFX Demo

Sound effects demo for the ZX Spectrum Next.
https://www.baker76.com/zxnext-sfx/

Dual VT Sound Demo

Example showing dual Vortex Tracker II player for the ZX Spectrum Next.
https://www.baker76.com/zxnext-dual-vt-sound/

DMA Sample Demo

Based on David Saphier (em00k's) Multi Sample Engine in z80 for the ZX Spectrum Next.
https://www.baker76.com/zxnext-dma-sample/