TIA Music Explorer
for the Atari 2600 and 7800 consoles
https://pizzatari.github.io/TiaMusicExplorer
Atari Options
NTSC (60 Hz)
PAL (50 Hz)
Video/Audio format
0 or 11 (silence)
1 (buzzy high pitch)
2 (noisy engine)
3 (buzzy engine)
4 or 5 (pure high tone)
6 or 10 (buzzy pure)
7 or 9 (buzzy medium pitch)
8 (noise)
12 or 13 (pure medium tone)
14 (low rumble)
15 (loud rumble)
Atari tone 1 (AUDC)
0 or 11 (silence)
1 (buzzy high pitch)
2 (noisy engine)
3 (buzzy engine)
4 or 5 (pure high tone)
6 or 10 (buzzy pure)
7 or 9 (buzzy medium pitch)
8 (noise)
12 or 13 (pure medium tone)
14 (low rumble)
15 (loud rumble)
Atari tone 2 (AUDC)
0 or 11 (silence)
1 (buzzy high pitch)
2 (noisy engine)
3 (buzzy engine)
4 or 5 (pure high tone)
6 or 10 (buzzy pure)
7 or 9 (buzzy medium pitch)
8 (noise)
12 or 13 (pure medium tone)
14 (low rumble)
15 (loud rumble)
Atari tone 3 (AUDC)
Piano Options
12-TET
Tuning method
A4 frequency (Hz)
Transpose (cents)
Microtones per key
Tuning Threshold (cents)
Result Options
Gradient
♯♭
as rows
Scroll
Fixed 88 Keys
Stretch Fit
Reload Defaults
Synthesizer
Instrument
Piano
Atari TIA
Tone - triangle
Tone - square
Tone - sawtooth
Tone - sine
Scale
Piano note scale
TIA note scale
Polyphony
Enable key velocity
Note: TIA instrument cannot play Piano note scale.
Volume -/+
Midi Inputs (listening to all devices & channels)
(none detected)
Re-Scan
Midi outputs
(none detected)
MIDI may not be enabled by default. Try approving permissions or using another browser.
Sustain requires a sustain pedal or sustain button.
If devices don't update after insertion/removal, press Re-Scan or restart the browser. There may be a several second delay.
Keep this page open only once otherwise multiple instances will compete for the devices.
Sine and triangle tones may be inaudible for low octaves.
News & Updates
Version 0.5 released. Updates include:
New layout
Multiple selectable Atari tones
MIDI and Mouse as instruments
Sustain pedal (TODO)
Atari TIA sound emulation (TODO)
Note distribution charts
Music Theory
My list of Music Theory resources relevant to Atari Music Explorer:
Alfred's Adult All-In-One Course: Lesson-Theory-Technic: Level 1
Quintessential piano lesson book
Lets Play Piano Methods
Demonstrations of pieces in Alfred's All-In-One course
Why are there no black notes in these gaps?
Why Does Music Only Use 12 Different Notes?
12 tone equal temperment (12-TET)
Why pianos and guitars aren't really in tune
Equal temperment (12-TET) is not perfect tuning
Pythagorean tuning
Stacking perfect fifths
The Geometry of Consonance: Music and Mathematics
Five (important) musical properties
The Circle of Fifths for SONGWRITING
Visualizing the circle of fifths, chords, and modes.
MODES: How to Understand & Actually Use Them
Relating modes to the underlying major scale versus a rotation of its parent scale
How to voice lead a chord progression
Modes of Minor and other Scales | Maths and Music
Thinking about modes mathematically
New Horizons in Music: Polyrhythms
Pitch and rhythm are the same thing
This piece only has ONE note...
Proof you can keep it simple
Piano key frequencies
Note Table
Emulator
Audio
Start Audio
Audio is paused.
Info
Total tuned:
0
Cent range:
0
Avg cents:
0
|
0
|
Note Freq:
(waiting)
Cents over Atari pitch
Cents over piano key
Tuned Notes
Major Chords
Major Scales
Minor Chords
Minor Scales
Cadences
Console