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| author | skal <pascal.massimino@gmail.com> | 2026-02-07 19:22:43 +0100 |
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| committer | skal <pascal.massimino@gmail.com> | 2026-02-07 19:22:43 +0100 |
| commit | 726ae79dd3ba8f368d3a671f371e747c33195edd (patch) | |
| tree | 9fbd250b47853a4b81312ff6baddd307341cb15c /tools/tracker_compiler.cc | |
| parent | 0eef80ccb12ced607b953bf680459028485b9c67 (diff) | |
refactor(audio): Convert tracker to unit-less timing system
Changes tracker timing from beat-based to unit-less system to separate
musical structure from BPM-dependent playback speed.
TIMING CONVENTION:
- 1 unit = 4 beats (by convention)
- Conversion: seconds = units * (4 / BPM) * 60
- At 120 BPM: 1 unit = 2 seconds
BENEFITS:
- Pattern structure independent of BPM
- BPM changes only affect playback speed, not structure
- Easier pattern composition (0.00-1.00 for typical 4-beat pattern)
- Fixes issue where patterns played for 2s instead of expected duration
DATA STRUCTURES (tracker.h):
- TrackerEvent.beat → TrackerEvent.unit_time
- TrackerPattern.num_beats → TrackerPattern.unit_length
- TrackerPatternTrigger.time_sec → TrackerPatternTrigger.unit_time
RUNTIME (tracker.cc):
- Added BEATS_PER_UNIT constant (4.0)
- Convert units to seconds at playback time using BPM
- Pattern remains active for full unit_length duration
- Fixed premature pattern deactivation bug
COMPILER (tracker_compiler.cc):
- Parse LENGTH parameter from PATTERN lines (defaults to 1.0)
- Parse unit_time instead of beat values
- Generate code with unit-less timing
ASSETS:
- test_demo.track: converted to unit-less (8 score triggers)
- music.track: converted to unit-less (all patterns)
- Events: beat/4 conversion (e.g., beat 2.0 → unit 0.50)
- Score: seconds/unit_duration (e.g., 4s → 2.0 units at 120 BPM)
VISUALIZER (track_visualizer/index.html):
- Parse LENGTH parameter and BPM directive
- Convert unit-less time to seconds for rendering
- Update tick positioning to use unit_time
- Display correct pattern durations
DOCUMENTATION (doc/TRACKER.md):
- Added complete .track format specification
- Timing conversion reference table
- Examples with unit-less timing
- Pattern LENGTH parameter documentation
FILES MODIFIED:
- src/audio/tracker.{h,cc} (data structures + runtime conversion)
- tools/tracker_compiler.cc (parser + code generation)
- assets/{test_demo,music}.track (converted to unit-less)
- tools/track_visualizer/index.html (BPM-aware rendering)
- doc/TRACKER.md (format documentation)
- convert_track.py (conversion utility script)
TEST RESULTS:
- test_demo builds and runs correctly
- demo64k builds successfully
- Generated code verified (unit-less values in music_data.cc)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/tracker_compiler.cc')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/tracker_compiler.cc | 25 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/tools/tracker_compiler.cc b/tools/tracker_compiler.cc index 59d4187..314099d 100644 --- a/tools/tracker_compiler.cc +++ b/tools/tracker_compiler.cc @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ struct Sample { }; struct Event { - float beat; + float unit_time; // Unit-less time within pattern std::string sample_name; float volume, pan; }; @@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ struct Event { struct Pattern { std::string name; std::vector<Event> events; + float unit_length; // Pattern duration in units (default 1.0 for 4-beat patterns) }; struct Trigger { @@ -177,6 +178,14 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) { } else if (cmd == "PATTERN") { Pattern p; ss >> p.name; + p.unit_length = 1.0f; // Default: 1 unit = 4 beats + // Check for optional LENGTH parameter + std::string next_token; + if (ss >> next_token) { + if (next_token == "LENGTH") { + ss >> p.unit_length; + } + } current_section = "PATTERN:" + p.name; patterns.push_back(p); pattern_map[p.name] = patterns.size() - 1; @@ -184,18 +193,18 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) { current_section = "SCORE"; } else { if (current_section.rfind("PATTERN:", 0) == 0) { - // Parse event: beat, sample, vol, pan + // Parse event: unit_time, sample, vol, pan Event e; - float beat; + float unit_time; std::stringstream ss2(line); - ss2 >> beat; + ss2 >> unit_time; char comma; ss2 >> comma; std::string sname; ss2 >> sname; if (sname.back() == ',') sname.pop_back(); - e.beat = beat; + e.unit_time = unit_time; e.sample_name = sname; ss2 >> e.volume >> comma >> e.pan; @@ -276,7 +285,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) { // For now, assume sample_map is used for both generated and asset // samples. This will need refinement if asset samples are not in // sample_map directly. - fprintf(out_file, " { %.1ff, %d, %.1ff, %.1ff },\n", e.beat, + fprintf(out_file, " { %.2ff, %d, %.1ff, %.1ff },\n", e.unit_time, sample_map[e.sample_name], e.volume, e.pan); } fprintf(out_file, "};\n"); @@ -285,8 +294,8 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) { fprintf(out_file, "const TrackerPattern g_tracker_patterns[] = {\n"); for (const auto& p : patterns) { - fprintf(out_file, " { PATTERN_EVENTS_%s, %zu, 4.0f }, // %s\n", - p.name.c_str(), p.events.size(), p.name.c_str()); + fprintf(out_file, " { PATTERN_EVENTS_%s, %zu, %.2ff }, // %s\n", + p.name.c_str(), p.events.size(), p.unit_length, p.name.c_str()); } fprintf(out_file, "};\n"); fprintf(out_file, "const uint32_t g_tracker_patterns_count = %zu;\n\n", |
