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  • Digitised speech using the AY chip?I remember reading somewhere that the AY chip could produce better quality digitised speech than the 48k sampling methods, is there any truth to this…

    ... 4-bit sampled instruments on AY:
    [youtube]2yuTusrb1Xc[/youtube ... output on an msx with AY chip[/URL]. [URL="http ... />

    Edit: oops "digitized speech." Well they're cracking tunes ... same kind of clarity with speech with the right processing.[/ ...
    The Starglider The Starglider October 2014 Development
  • Banked memory running slower?I've just compiled a TAP which includes bank6, it loads ok, but the routines that are paged in run slightly slower. The Z80 snapshot has no such pro…

    ... doesnt suffer, its the AY music and speech thats paged in from ...
    daveysludge daveysludge October 2014 Development
  • List of games with speech?Has there been a thread yet, listing all the games with speech ? (without Currah) I can remember how impressed I was the first time I heard my Spect…

    Auf Weidersehen Monty - 128k version has lots of AY speech samples.

    D.
    Dunny Dunny August 2015 Games
  • Why were there no SN76489-based sound interfaces for the Speccy?I’ve been wondering for a while now why there were no SN76489-based sound interfaces for the Spectrum. Does anyone here have an explanation? There…

    ... ZX81 forum wrote a speech program for the AY and ZX81 I ...
    moggy moggy October 2015 Hardware
  • Star Wars with sound?Has anyone done a mod of 'Star Wars' to put in sound? (preferably AY) I was reading an interview with vector grafix in the latest 'retro Gamer' mag…

    Yes well a 128K AY version with speech would be a worthwhile update
    Rebelstar Rebelstar December 2015 New game ideas
  • Star Wars with sound?Has anyone done a mod of 'Star Wars' to put in sound? (preferably AY) I was reading an interview with vector grafix in the latest 'retro Gamer' mag…

    [quote="Rebelstar;842805"]Yes well a 128K AY version with speech would be a worthwhile update[/quote]

    That would be amazing !!
    retromad retromad December 2015 New game ideas
  • Which peripheral listened on port $9f from back in 1984 (Chuckie Egg related)Hi Apologies if this is in the wrong section, please feel free to move it to the correct one if so. I've been looking through the Chuckie Egg c…

    ... know about, is just an AY sound chip and a joystick ... />
    'Fuller Orator' is a speech synthesiser:
    http://www.worldofspectrum ...
    joefish joefish March 2016 Hardware
  • Which peripheral listened on port $9f from back in 1984 (Chuckie Egg related)Hi Apologies if this is in the wrong section, please feel free to move it to the correct one if so. I've been looking through the Chuckie Egg c…

    ... , I thought the box had speech too. Perhaps it isn't ... else. Spectaculator does the AY chip but not speech.

    I ...
    kenwonders kenwonders March 2016 Hardware
  • The best emulator for the ZX81?Hi everyone, could you please recommend me an emulator for the ZX81 which is good and easy? Thanks!

    ... promising.
    I still prefer AY sound on Zesarux, at least ... cleaner.
    Also, synchronization with 50Hz LCD screen is slightly better ...
    Pegaz Pegaz May 2016 Emulators
  • The best emulator for the ZX81?Hi everyone, could you please recommend me an emulator for the ZX81 which is good and easy? Thanks!

    ... promising.
    I still prefer AY sound on Zesarux, at least ... cleaner.
    Also, synchronization with 50Hz LCD screen is slightly better ... br />
    The thing about AY is that it shouldn't ... all very subjective and the AY implementation in Zesarux as far ...
    moggy moggy May 2016 Emulators
  • AY Sound Effects from WAVI'm wondering if someone has crossed this bridge already. There are a bunch of sampled sound effects in wav form that need converting to the AY ch…

    ... to emulate the currah-speech with AY.
    Althoug Currah ... speech. is the databank of currah convertable to an ay ... back to back to make speech. I don't know ... if the speech chip does any modulation ... came out of an AY chip so theoretically this ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous October 2016 Development
  • Sound adviceHappy New Year everyone! I want to write some more Spectrum games this year and I want to improve the sounds in my games. Can anyone recommend a "qui…

    ... were automatically converted to ay using the tool described here ... time. (Check out the speech synthesis attempt at the top ... the midi player and ay wav effects player are ... a music tracker for ay but it is also ... supposed to do ay effects somehow. I don ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous January 2017 Development
  • Sound adviceHappy New Year everyone! I want to write some more Spectrum games this year and I want to improve the sounds in my games. Can anyone recommend a "qui…

    ... with. I like the sampled speech stuff. Is there a tool ... like Beepola but for the AY sound chip instead that I ...
    ivanb303 ivanb303 January 2017 Development
  • Sound adviceHappy New Year everyone! I want to write some more Spectrum games this year and I want to improve the sounds in my games. Can anyone recommend a "qui…

    ... with. I like the sampled speech stuff. Is there a ... Beepola but for the AY sound chip instead that ... many music trackers for the AY chip. On the spectrum ... audio can go on an ay chip:

    https ... computer and playing through the ay chip but the same ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous January 2017 Development
  • c64 .sid player coming soon to specy 128!!!c64 .sid player coming soon to specy 128!!! the first old version uses only square waves, 4 years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CKt9noxA7s…

    ... this work on 128 Spectrum? AY and beeper, to get the ... 'dirt'?[/quote]
    Only AY will be used, and the ... set 10KHz interrupt, so the 50Hz control interrupt stops the digi ...
    Geco Geco February 2017 Announcements
  • c64 .sid player coming soon to specy 128!!!c64 .sid player coming soon to specy 128!!! the first old version uses only square waves, 4 years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CKt9noxA7s…

    ... like it's interleaving AY envelopes with AY buzzer.[/quote]

    50Hz interrupt is not going to ... you know this is an AY chip or no? :D
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous February 2017 Announcements
  • In-game AY music and sound effectsI'm currently working on various aspects of a Spectrum game and thinking now about the sound side of things. I know you can use a utility like Vortex…

    ... have more than one AY chip, of which an ... (or equivalent) to the AY chip. You can stop ... .

    For AY sound effects, you can use ... important new tool is the 50Hz frequency synthesizer (for lack ... channels of the AY played back at 50Hz like any other ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous March 2017 Development
  • In-game AY music and sound effectsI'm currently working on various aspects of a Spectrum game and thinking now about the sound side of things. I know you can use a utility like Vortex…

    ... techniques.

    Which other AY players provide source, if any ... important new tool is the 50Hz frequency synthesizer[/quote]
    Is ... step in VTII always = one 50Hz frame, when Speed = 1?
    colonel32 colonel32 March 2017 Development
  • In-game AY music and sound effectsI'm currently working on various aspects of a Spectrum game and thinking now about the sound side of things. I know you can use a utility like Vortex…

    ... colonel32;901403"]
    Which other AY players provide source, if any ... important new tool is the 50Hz frequency synthesizer[/quote]
    ... the contents of the whole AY-buffer block once by yourself ... it to write the whole AY state).

    [quote]< ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous March 2017 Development
  • Send in the ClonesPlease name all the Spectrum clones out there ( I would say I need it back on my desk in 5 minutes , but I will be a bit more generous in this case!…

    ... } for European market with PAL (50Hz) video, custom ULA supporting additional ... , monochrome hires with 512x192 pixels), AY sound chip, 2 joystick ports ... , monochrome hires with 512x192 pixels), AY sound chip, 2 joystick ports ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas March 2017 Hardware
  • improvements to gameshello while i playing a few spectrum games,i thought how better some games would be better with an improvement:- automania-128k tune,less grating t…

    [quote="Graz;237426"]Some AY music or effects in StarWars ... far too short.
    - Digitised speech like the arcade version
    retrogod retrogod April 2017 Games
  • ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter Launchedhttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1835143999/zx-spectrum-next

    Saw the 3 AY test on YT. Does this ... have things like AY music with good quality digitised speech? Or is ... was with one AY chip only. Since digitised speech and samples sound ...
    zxbruno zxbruno May 2017 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Can emulators run 'accelerated' like Spectrum NextI saw a video of the Spectrum Next running games in 'accelerated' mode (7Hz) -- Hard Drivin' was one of the examples. This gave a smoother framerate …

    ... by frame rate) kept at 50Hz. Unfortunately it looks like Fuse ... to beeper audio rather than AY. We already know the beeper ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2017 Emulators
  • Can emulators run 'accelerated' like Spectrum NextI saw a video of the Spectrum Next running games in 'accelerated' mode (7Hz) -- Hard Drivin' was one of the examples. This gave a smoother framerate …

    ... by frame rate) kept at 50Hz. Unfortunately it looks like Fuse ... to beeper audio rather than AY. We already know the beeper ... with a 128k game with AY sound. The sound is definitely ...
    jops jops May 2017 Emulators
  • Interrupts, 16k Spectrums and snowI'm writing something for the 16k Spectrum and I want to use interrupts. The avilable documentation doesn't seem clear enough for me to figure out ho…

    ... writing a demo. A solid 50hz update is a requirement.
    AY for music.. I'm not ...
    evilpaul evilpaul August 2017 Development
  • Should I sell my +2A?The +2A was the last Spectrum I bought and to be honest I never gave it much use :| Unlike the 48k, 48+ and +2 grey on which I have played many ga…

    ... reliable data corder, better beeper/AY audio balance, etc. Oh, it ... +2A and compare the sampled speech in the beginning. ;)
    Ast_A_Moore Ast_A_Moore September 2017 Hardware
  • Some questions about the Timex TC2048/TC2068I have been doing some research about the specs of these 2 machines but I suppose it would be better to ask for advice in the forum since I have neve…

    ... whereas the tc2068/tc2048 were 50Hz machines so the ts2068 will ... two joysticks read through the ay chip). Aside from the small ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous January 2018 Hardware
  • Some questions about the Timex TC2048/TC2068I have been doing some research about the specs of these 2 machines but I suppose it would be better to ask for advice in the forum since I have neve…

    ... whereas the tc2068/tc2048 were 50Hz machines so the ts2068 will ... two joysticks read through the ay chip). Aside from the small ...
    Black_Cat Black_Cat January 2018 Hardware
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