452 Ocarina on VGA
452 : Ocarina on VGA
- Author: Bahri Berkant İçöz
- Description: Play Ocarina on the VGA with Gamepad
- GitHub repository
- Open in 3D viewer
- Open in VGA Playground
- Clock: 25175000 Hz
Tiny Ocarina VGA Song
This project is a small VGA/audio ocarina interface made for a TinyTapeout for The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D on Nintendo 3DS. It draws a simple rectangle-based ocarina (yep its not pixel art, I manually drew it, by hand, with topleft corner to bottomright corner), plays square-wave notes, and shows a lightweight song sheet on a music staff.
External hardware
- VGA Pmod
- Audio Pmod
- Gamepad Pmod and gamepad
Main Features
- Five main playable buttons:
A,X,Y,L,R( we don't likeB>:( ) - D-pad pitch modifier
- 3 built-in song sheets
- 6-note history display
Controls
| Button | Action |
|---|---|
A |
Play high D row note |
X |
Play B row note |
Y |
Play A row note |
L |
Play low D row note |
R |
Play F row note |
| D-pad | Modify played pitch only |
Start |
Cycle selected song helper |
Select |
Clear note history |
The D-pad changes onlt the audio pitch. The staff location is based only on the main button: A, X, Y, L, or R.
Base Note Mapping
| Button | Base pitch | Staff position |
|---|---|---|
A |
D5 | Highest row |
X |
B4 | Second row |
Y |
A4 | Middle row |
R |
F4 | Lower row |
L |
D4 | Lowest row |
D-Pad Pitch Modifiers
The D-pad creates extra pitches while keeping the same visual row. I found this online hopefully they are faithfull to the game. sAlso Hopefully I assigned correct frequencies.
| Main button | D-pad modifier | Played pitch |
|---|---|---|
A |
none | D5 |
A |
Down | C#5 |
A |
Up | D#5 |
Y |
none | A4 |
Y |
Down | G#4 |
Y |
Up | A#4 |
X |
none | B4 |
X |
Up | C5 |
L |
none | D4 |
L |
Down | C#4 |
L |
Up | D#4 |
R |
none | F4 |
R |
Down | E4 |
R |
Up | F#4 |
Song Helper
The song helper shows the selected 6-note pattern on the staff. It does not check whether the player is correct. It only displays the target notes and the recent note history.
Start cycles through the three available songs.
| Slot | Song | Sequence |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Zelda's Lullaby | X A Y X A Y |
| 1 | Song of Time | Y L R Y L R |
| 2 | Epona's Song | A X Y A X Y |
| 3 | Empty | Play what YOU want |
Or you can play your own songs.
IO
| # | Input | Output | Bidirectional |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | R1 | ||
| 1 | G1 | ||
| 2 | B1 | ||
| 3 | VSync | ||
| 4 | gamepad_pmod | R0 | |
| 5 | gamepad_pmod | G0 | |
| 6 | gamepad_pmod | B0 | |
| 7 | HSync | pwm Sound |