romeorose Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 (edited) I've played it a few times here in North Austin, Texas at Pinballz arcade. Edited January 11, 2016 by romeorose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brunzopolis Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 That is very, very cool, Blackjacker! Would love to see a vid, if you are able to do that.I imagine the amount of work involved would indeed, be great. So cool that you are doing this.Way late, but here's an in-progress video from a couple days ago. A horrible video, actually - with my iPhone balanced on the machine and the glass still on, so there's all kinds of glare. You really can't see much so thankfully this video's all about the audio.Most of the music is pretty much sorted out, except for Gilby and Duff modes (they share a music background track, and Gilby mode then runs the motorcycle noise on top of that - I'm still trying to sort the best way to handle those two modes.) SFX and callouts are a work in progress, but I'm definitely closer to being finished than being started.Getting proper, quality tracks in the machine TRANSFORMS the playing experience. It really is a different machine with the PinSound board installed.Video's at the bottom - it's kinda long (12 mins) so here's a cheat sheet to the major music/SFX points. Starts from power-off, so you can see/hear the PinSound boot process.0:20 boot.wav starts0:36 background civil war0:39 mode start - matt0:48 encore1:15 add band member1:24 tick tock1:30 mode start - slash1:39 kickback (car rev)2:21 coma is lit2:33 mode start - gilby3:11 add band member3:14 mode start - coma3:59 extra ball awarded4:24 add band member4:48 extra ball start4:54 mode start - snakepit5:06 add band member5:54 mode start - dizzy ramps6:28 mode start - duff7:06 mode start - axl 3 ball8:06 mystery8:14 mode start - riot9:57 add band member via trigger (no trigger sound)11:37 match sequence - new chick laugh and "oh dude" voice11:43 game over outro music That's so fucking rad, Blackjacker.So the music files themselves that you put on the pinsound board...are they just mp3's? Does the pinsound board have like a flashdrive on it or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoke Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Played it last weekend in an arcade in NH. It's so hard to find decent arcades nowadays, but I love going to them. I forgot how hard Donkey Kong, Jr is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjflyer Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 It used to be at the Silverball Museum in Asbury Park, NJ across from the Stone Pony on the boardwalk. Not sure if it's still there. As of last year it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
estrangedtwat Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 I've played it a few times here in North Austin, Texas at Pinballz arcade.Holy shit....we have a celebrity in our midst!!Remember when this guy went viral for being such an enormous fucking douchebag?Show us your giant gleaming white fake teeth!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackjacker Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 That's so fucking rad, Blackjacker.So the music files themselves that you put on the pinsound board...are they just mp3's? Does the pinsound board have like a flashdrive on it or something?Yep. WAV files, and the PinSound board has a USB socket - edit the audio on the PC, plug the drive into the PinSound, play a game and see what you've fucked up and what works, then pop the drive back into the PC for another round of edits.Lots of iteration, and trial-and-error, but playtesting is the only way to really see what works and doesn't. I originally had the bright idea that Axl's "We go on stage around 9" line from Brownstone would be perfect in place of the 'woosh' sound that's played when you hit the "Add Band Member" lane and get another guy on-stage. And it was! Perfect length, and thematically it couldn't be a better fit. But after 3-4 times hearing it it was easy to see how it would drive you fucking crazy hearing that every time you got someone onstage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brunzopolis Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 That's so fucking rad, Blackjacker.So the music files themselves that you put on the pinsound board...are they just mp3's? Does the pinsound board have like a flashdrive on it or something?Yep. WAV files, and the PinSound board has a USB socket - edit the audio on the PC, plug the drive into the PinSound, play a game and see what you've fucked up and what works, then pop the drive back into the PC for another round of edits.Lots of iteration, and trial-and-error, but playtesting is the only way to really see what works and doesn't. I originally had the bright idea that Axl's "We go on stage around 9" line from Brownstone would be perfect in place of the 'woosh' sound that's played when you hit the "Add Band Member" lane and get another guy on-stage. And it was! Perfect length, and thematically it couldn't be a better fit. But after 3-4 times hearing it it was easy to see how it would drive you fucking crazy hearing that every time you got someone onstage.What about speakers? Do people upgrade speakers on pins? I imagine the originals maybe didn't need to be very good since the audio was so crummy, or no? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackjacker Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 That's so fucking rad, Blackjacker.So the music files themselves that you put on the pinsound board...are they just mp3's? Does the pinsound board have like a flashdrive on it or something?Yep. WAV files, and the PinSound board has a USB socket - edit the audio on the PC, plug the drive into the PinSound, play a game and see what you've fucked up and what works, then pop the drive back into the PC for another round of edits.Lots of iteration, and trial-and-error, but playtesting is the only way to really see what works and doesn't. I originally had the bright idea that Axl's "We go on stage around 9" line from Brownstone would be perfect in place of the 'woosh' sound that's played when you hit the "Add Band Member" lane and get another guy on-stage. And it was! Perfect length, and thematically it couldn't be a better fit. But after 3-4 times hearing it it was easy to see how it would drive you fucking crazy hearing that every time you got someone onstage.What about speakers? Do people upgrade speakers on pins? I imagine the originals maybe didn't need to be very good since the audio was so crummy, or no?Oh sure. I have a set from Flipper Fidelity in mine - replaces both backbox speakers and the cabinet speaker. And I have a powered subwoofer connected as well.The stock speakers are pretty awful. You're right - they didn't have to be too great, since the audio quality was abysmal to begin with, but they really were super-cheap paper cone speakers. And remember, those are over 20 years old now, and many of these machines were in 'hostile' environments for much of their lives.Some people buy their own individual replacement speaker components, but Pinball Pro and Flipper Fidelity both sell comparable kits that include the three speakers, crossover, and volume controls, and you can also get them without the additional volume control and crossover (which is what I did) since the PinSound board takes care of those functions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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