Polly Tracker

Music editor with 4 independent sample channels

- 4-9 kHz sample rate on each channel (C-2 = 8000 Hz)
- 4-bit output (or 8-bit with Digimax)
- Based on polling the hardware timers (hence the name Polly)
- 48K reserved for sample data
- Loads 8-bit unsigned raw samples

So what does it sound like? Crunchy. Here's two songs I wrote for testing the playroutine: Make Some Tea and Backwoods

Polly Tracker is I believe the first ever 4 voice sample player on a stock C-64 - Netherworld title song by Jori Olkkonen had 3 sampled voices and Reflex Tracker has only two.

If you're feeling super-nerdy then you can read my complete explanation of the technical feat (for short, it's just about a workaround for a HW timer bug) in SIDin magazine issue 8.

Download the editor: pollytracker.zip
Help text: pollytracker.txt