EBT is a tiny, minimalistic, yet quite powerful chiptune-like music editor with a tracker interface, originally developed for the ESPboy portable DIY but it also works on any ESPboy handheld platform. The source code is portable, so it may be available on other platforms as well. Currently it features an SDL port, so it can run on a regular desktop PC as well, sharing the same data format, so the song and instrument files are easily transferable between the devices.
- 4 channels polyphony
- Speed control with an automatic shuffle
- Up to 128 order list positions with per-pattern transpose support
- Up to 128 instruments controlled via simple set of parameters
- 64 waveforms
- 4 volume levels
- Slide up/down and modulation (vibrato) effects
- Fixed pitch option
- Up to 160 single-channel patterns
- Up to 32 rows per pattern
- Up to 2 effects per a pattern row
- Arpeggio with variable speed
- Slides up and down
- Portamento (slide to a note)
- Waveform and phase control
- Speed control
- Stereo support
- A range of sound output devices supported
- Play option removed from SONG screen
- Name and author fields are added to the song file, can be set from the SONG screen
- Squeeze function added to optimize song data
- Some waveforms tuned up to match the original wtbeep, to allow easy conversion between two
- Stereo panning reworked a bit, allowing 9 positions left-to-right instead of 3
- Default panning settings are added
- An option to swap the LFT/RGT buttons
- A crash course section added into the manual
- Two cursor colors swapped to make it more visible with blinking off
- Play/Stop info line is only shown while the RGT button is held down
- 32 extra waveforms added, including various noise and modulation effects
- Sound synthesizer and music player separated into two independent entities
- A standalone player code that stores data in the program memory
- Hardware-specific:
- LovyanGFX display library supported
- 2.0 inch TFT display support (ST7789V) for a custom built EBTboy
- SDL build specific:
- Irrelevant config options such as sound output device are not displayed
- 128x128 and 240x340 modes support, with 8x8 and 15x16 fonts
- Main control keys are remapped
- Direct keyboard support added, for entering numbers, letters, and better navigation
A variety of the sound output options. The EBT now supports the built-in speaker via sigma-delta modulation, an external mono via SDM, a stereo PWM (was it ever done on the ESP8266?), and stereo via i2s DAC module. Check I2S DAC module connection schematic here.
- Install Arduino IDE https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software
- Install the WeMos D1 mini ESP866 board to your Arduino IDE https://www.instructables.com/Wemos-ESP8266-Getting-Started-Guide-Wemos-101/
- Install all the libs for ESPboy from here https://github.com/ESPboy-edu/ESPboy_ArduinoIDE_Libraries
- Select the "LOLIN(WEMOS) D1 R2 & mini" board in the Arduino IDE and compile this code
IMPORTANT! if you are using/updating original TFTeSPI library you have to edit or replace usersetup.h file in the TFTeSPI folder in your Arduino libraries collection according to this https://github.com/ESPboy-edu/ESPboy_ArduinoIDE_Libraries/blob/master/TFT_eSPI-master/User_Setup.h