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− | + | '''Dave Warhol''' is a composer, sound designer, and programmer. He played low brass instruments when he was in school. He started working at Mattel Electronics as a audio engineer, game designer and programmer. After being a video game musician and audio engineer for some time, he decided he wanted to make his own company for video games and he founded [[Realtime Associates]] in 1986. Realtime still exists to this day and is still run by David Warhol. He has also won the 12th Annual G.A.N.G. Lifetime Achievement Award. | |
==Music Development== | ==Music Development== | ||
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− | MIDI files are way too large for an 8-bit cartridge for memory footprint, So my processes always read MIDI files, compressed them using very specific 5-bits per-note instructions, and then 3-bits per-duration. So I was able to get a note into 1 byte, instead of a MIDI command which might be 3 bytes for note on, 3 bytes for note off. That’s 6 bytes per note, that’s way too expensive. So I took it all the way down to be 1- | + | MIDI files are way too large for an 8-bit cartridge for memory footprint, So my processes always read MIDI files, compressed them using very specific 5-bits per-note instructions, and then 3-bits per-duration. So I was able to get a note into 1 byte, instead of a MIDI command which might be 3 bytes for note on, 3 bytes for note off. That’s 6 bytes per note, that’s way too expensive. So I took it all the way down to be 1-byte per note on/ note off, except for some patches (that) might’ve required 2 bytes, but yeah, very, very conservative with memory. |
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===SNES=== | ===SNES=== | ||
− | Warhol programmed a sound driver which converted MIDI files to the SNES. The instrument samples were taken from other SNES games. Warhol lent his sound driver to many video game developers, but only his company name was mentioned in those games | + | Warhol programmed a sound driver which converted MIDI files to the SNES. The instrument samples were taken from other SNES games. Warhol lent his sound driver to many video game developers, but only his company name was mentioned in those games. |
==Gameography== | ==Gameography== | ||
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+ | | [[Tony La Russa's Ultimate Baseball (C64)]] | ||
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+ | | Music Driver | ||
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+ | | 1991-??-?? | ||
+ | | [[Tony La Russa's Ultimate Baseball (DOS)]] | ||
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+ | | Music Driver | ||
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| 1992-07-?? | | 1992-07-?? | ||
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| {{Song-Box|01 - Monster Truck Rally - NES - Title Screen.ogg}} | | {{Song-Box|01 - Monster Truck Rally - NES - Title Screen.ogg}} | ||
| Sound Driver, arranged [[George Sanger]]'s music. | | Sound Driver, arranged [[George Sanger]]'s music. | ||
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+ | | 1992-09-?? | ||
+ | | [[Word Zap (GB)]] | ||
+ | | {{Song-Box|01 - Word Zap - GB - Title Theme.ogg}} | ||
+ | | Sound Driver, arranged [[George Sanger]]'s music | ||
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| 1992-09-?? | | 1992-09-?? | ||
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| [[Wordtris (GB)]] | | [[Wordtris (GB)]] | ||
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| Sound Driver, arranged [[Ed Bogas]]'s music. | | Sound Driver, arranged [[Ed Bogas]]'s music. | ||
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| [[Zoop (GB)]] (ズープ) | | [[Zoop (GB)]] (ズープ) | ||
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| Sound Driver Provider | | Sound Driver Provider | ||
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| 1995-??-?? | | 1995-??-?? | ||
| [[Zoop (GG)]] | | [[Zoop (GG)]] | ||
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+ | Sometimes, David was credited by his company's name, '''Realtime Associates'''. | ||
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+ | In the manual for [[The Adventures of Rad Gravity (NES)]], his name is misspelled as "Dave Worhal". In addition, Warhol never actually composed music for this title, but rather arranged [[George Sanger]]'s music. | ||
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[[Category: Foley Artists]] | [[Category: Foley Artists]] | ||
[[Category: Sound Programmers]] | [[Category: Sound Programmers]] | ||
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+ | [[Category:Mattel Electronics Staff]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Realtime Associates Staff]] | ||
+ | [[Category:1959 Births]] |
Revision as of 14:57, 30 June 2022
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Dave Warhol is a composer, sound designer, and programmer. He played low brass instruments when he was in school. He started working at Mattel Electronics as a audio engineer, game designer and programmer. After being a video game musician and audio engineer for some time, he decided he wanted to make his own company for video games and he founded Realtime Associates in 1986. Realtime still exists to this day and is still run by David Warhol. He has also won the 12th Annual G.A.N.G. Lifetime Achievement Award.
Contents
Music Development
Commodore 64
Warhol programmed in assembly, first directly on the C64 using Merlin, and later on an PC using AD2600.
Game Boy
Warhol created a program that converted MIDI files to something that the Game Boy could read. According to one of the composer's at Realtime Associates, it was really touchy in that if a note overlapped another note a little bit in the MIDI file, the song wouldn't play back properly and instead hang on the said note.
Warhol also developed a live interface for controlling the Game Boy's audio with a keyboard. This was utilized to more efficiently test parts and sounds before sequencing or finalizing them. This was something he had also done with the NES, but not until he was part-way through the NES' lifespan. For Game Boy development, this is something he had ready for the first title he worked on.
Genesis / Mega Drive
Warhol composed MIDI files in Cakewalk and converted them to the GEMS sound engine.
Game Gear/Sega Master System
Warhol created a MIDI conversion tool.
NES
Warhol created a program that converted MIDI files to the NES. He would compose his MIDI files in Cakewalk and then use his program to convert said MIDIs to the NES. If another composer at Realtime Associates was behind the music, he would use the same procedure, except he would arrange the composers' MIDI files first before converting them.
Warhol has explained the process in which he was able to convert from MIDI as efficiently as possible:
Before developing his MIDI converter, he worked with sheet music and would program the music in hexadecimal notation. He described this as a "very labor intensive process", and his earliest NES games used this method.
None of his NES music utilizes the 5th audio channel for sample playback, as he was unable to figure out how to use it.
SNES
Warhol programmed a sound driver which converted MIDI files to the SNES. The instrument samples were taken from other SNES games. Warhol lent his sound driver to many video game developers, but only his company name was mentioned in those games.
Gameography
Aliases
Sometimes, David was credited by his company's name, Realtime Associates.
In the manual for The Adventures of Rad Gravity (NES), his name is misspelled as "Dave Worhal". In addition, Warhol never actually composed music for this title, but rather arranged George Sanger's music.
Links
- rtassoc.com - Official.
- mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,341/ - MobyGames.
- facebook.com/dave.warhol - Facebook.
- twitter.com/davidwarhol - Twitter.
- youtube.com/watch?v=WeMseLpbREQ - Video Interview.
- remix64.com/interviews/interview-david-warhol.html - Interview from April 23, 2002.
- vgarc.org/vgarc-originals/interview-with-david-warhol/ - Audio Interview with Text Transcription from December 9, 2016 and June 14, 2017.
- c64.com/?type=4&id=52 - Interview from January 9, 2020.