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  • New version Emulator ZEsarUX-1.0Hi I have uploaded a new version of my Spectrum/ZX80/ZX81 emulator. This is a major stable version, with real timing for all the models and with hi-…

    ... small one, related when using ay chip and one channel has ... & noise together. The output volume in these cases is a ...
    chernandezba chernandezba May 2014 Emulators
  • SampleTracker: does it use envelopes or just PWM?Does SampleTracker accomplish its three channel digital audio via pulse width modulation alone or are envelopes involved? As a thought experiment, I …

    ... no PWM in Sample Tracker, AY can be hacked to act ... it works. In fact, volume on AY has logarithmic scale so direct ... , linear samples are recomputed to AY values. Also, non-linear scale ... ]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AY-3-8912[/url] (god bless ...
    catmeows catmeows May 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • SampleTracker: does it use envelopes or just PWM?Does SampleTracker accomplish its three channel digital audio via pulse width modulation alone or are envelopes involved? As a thought experiment, I …

    Good find. According to the visual representation, volume levels are logarithmic on the SN76489 as well. Looks like it is indeed possible to get results similar to the AY-3-8910 with the SN76489, but it doesn't look implemented in practice.
    Whelkman Whelkman May 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • ProTracker manual/instruction in English?Hello. A friend of mine would like to start making AY music on ZX Spectrum. In this purpose he'd like to have a ProTracker's instruction/guide/manu…

    ... x:

    √ Volume (global gain)
    √ Write ... Copy sample, ornament
    √ Volume transposition
    √ Copy 3 channels ... />
    Frequences cumulation, volume increase/decrease, envelope mask
    AY chips in TurboSound mode ( ...
    Alone Coder Alone Coder July 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Clashbasher a new interface to reduce colour clashI've been working on this for a while now. [IMG]http://markamy.uwclub.net/cauldron.JPG[/IMG] Basicly its an add on for a 48k spectrum, which reinte…

    ... any AY hardware or add AY sound ... aspiration amplitude │ 0..255 │ breath volume: silent..loud, linear │ │
    ... glottal amplitude │ 0..255 │ voice volume: silent..loud, linear │ │
    ... stereo sound with AY sound on one ...
    Basher Basher August 2014 Hardware
  • How to tell a Spectrum +3BAnyone know if there's a way to tell externally (from the case) if a +3 is a +3B? I know about the typing 'Spectrum' once in basic. How rare are th…

    ... some notes through the AY chip at full volume. If it isn ...
    chev chev August 2014 Hardware
  • 1-resistor fix to +3 sound distortion issue - any feedback?I decided - with my Dad's help, since I am little less than a butcher when it comes to soldering - to fix my +3 sound issue. I noticed the less invas…

    ... was the connecting together of AY-3-8912 audio channels A ... the +3. The volume of the 3 AY channels was now louder ...
    rga24 rga24 August 2014 Hardware
  • Making noises with the AYHow do you go about making noises from the AY chip in machine code? I'm wanting to make a pulsating humming noise that increases in volume as you ge…

    ... 3 AY channels to white noise hissing sound, set to volume setting ... core
    LD A,7 ; volume setting 0-15 max!


    ; sets volume for all 3 channels
    HissOff
    LD A,0 ; volume setting 0-15 max!
    MatGubbins MatGubbins October 2014 Development
  • Making noises with the AYHow do you go about making noises from the AY chip in machine code? I'm wanting to make a pulsating humming noise that increases in volume as you ge…

    ... can't be volume controlled, as it uses the AY envelope settings ...
    MatGubbins MatGubbins October 2014 Development
  • Making noises with the AYHow do you go about making noises from the AY chip in machine code? I'm wanting to make a pulsating humming noise that increases in volume as you ge…

    ... This now uses all 3 AY channels for the effect.
    volume (0-15) 16 = use ... DEFB 8,0 ; channel 1, volume (0-15)
    DEFB 9 ... ,0 ; channel 1, volume (0-15)
    DEFB 10 ...
    MatGubbins MatGubbins October 2014 Development
  • 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…

    ... encoded WAV file through the AY, sending only the first 4 ... data through the chip, as volume data.

    It doesn ...
    Timmy Timmy October 2014 Development
  • 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…

    ... remember reading somewhere that the AY chip could produce better quality ... the logarithmic nature of the volume output you can go as ... 4-bit sampled instruments on AY:
    [youtube]2yuTusrb1Xc[/youtube]
    AY chip[/URL]. [URL="http:// ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous October 2014 Development
  • Making noises with the AYHow do you go about making noises from the AY chip in machine code? I'm wanting to make a pulsating humming noise that increases in volume as you ge…

    ... have to pause any AY music while the effect ... thinking that if the AY music was assigned two ... be honest though, this AY stuff has flummoxed me!< ... You can vary their volume individually or apply a ... the volume for you. The complex sounds the AY musicians ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous October 2014 Development
  • 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…

    ... the logarithmic nature of the volume output you can go as ... 4-bit sampled instruments on AY:
    [youtube]2yuTusrb1Xc[/youtube]
    AY chip[/URL]. [URL="http://www ...
    The Starglider The Starglider October 2014 Development
  • Please explain Spectrum FPGA-clones to meI've been using the great ZXDS-emulator on the DS XL so far, which is great. But I kinda missed toying around with hardware. I've tried bidding on a …

    ... circuit which induces a back voltage into the circuit. This is ... the unlike poles, minimizing the volume they occupy and therefore the ... out into space, increasing the volume they occupy and therefore increasing ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous November 2014 Hardware
  • +2 Grey - low 128k sound volumeI'm trying to revive my old grey +2.... First problem was a faulty RF signal, so I bought a SCART cable from Retro Computer Shack on e-bay (it's the…

    ... found that the AY sound was incredibly low in volume. On all ...
    schombi schombi December 2014 Hardware
  • +2 Grey - low 128k sound volumeI'm trying to revive my old grey +2.... First problem was a faulty RF signal, so I bought a SCART cable from Retro Computer Shack on e-bay (it's the…

    ... them had such low sound volume. I always used the Retrocomputershack ... Beeper and R37 for the AY.
    schombi schombi December 2014 Hardware
  • Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …

    ... -bit sampled music on the AY was done on the ST ... more recent times on the AY on the msx. Being done ... of the z80 machines with AY chip:

    [youtube]_L6V60wuRvo ... channels leads to a logarithmic volume curve.

    [quote]
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous December 2014 Games
  • Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …

    ... Vicious SID demo and this AY demo, but frankly, ... able to just set a volume level, you have to ... more advanced YM2149F, than Spectrum AY) into this discussion.
    ... cpu to poke the ay to generate custom sounds. ... SID notes mixed in with AY.


    ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous December 2014 Games
  • problems with a 48k[url]http://imgur.com/lpGfjik[/url] Hi WOS. Its my first post here. I have know about this site for a quite good time, but didnt had the will to con…

    ... 're expected to turn the volume to zero.[/QUOTE]

    voltage lines are correct, as when ...
    Spirantho Spirantho January 2015 Hardware
  • 48k noise problem..Hi guys, I need some hardware advice with my old 48k. The machine is VERY noisy - I've fixed the video noise by performing the 'composite' mod, but …

    ... the volume down.

    The coil that does the voltage conversion ... often than not, not enough volume for the Spectrum. You may ... sound card settings, pump the volume to max...

    When ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK January 2015 Hardware
  • ZXMAK2Hi everyone, I'm glad to present you the latest version of my emulator - ZXMAK2 :) There are a lot of changes were made since the last topic about t…

    Can you add the option for stereo or mono AY? Stereo AY is ok if you can adjust individual channel volume and panning. But the real Sinclair and Amstrad models were mono.

    Cheers.
    FrankT FrankT January 2015 Emulators
  • ZXMAK2Hi everyone, I'm glad to present you the latest version of my emulator - ZXMAK2 :) There are a lot of changes were made since the last topic about t…

    ... mono AY? Stereo AY is ok if you can adjust individual channel volume ...
    ZXMAK ZXMAK January 2015 Emulators
  • Spectrum sound emulationI noticed that there is a huge difference in sound quality between different emulated games. For example in a game like Fairlight, the sounds is clea…

    ... is to lower the beeper volume a little as it often ... bit loud compared to the AY sounds.
    Lee Tonks Lee Tonks February 2015 Emulators
  • AYFX .afb files<p>I've been creating sound effects using AYFX v 0.4.&nbsp;How do you go about implementing these files into .asm to use in a game?</p><p>I cant make…

    ... changes.

    bit0..3 Volume
    bit4 Disable T
    AY registers, by checking noise
    volume
    value as last frame ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2015 Development
  • Back into the scene and having problems !Hi Guys,<br><br>After a few years away from the retro scene, I'm back with an Atari 800XL, A C64 and - best of all arrived today, a lovely little 48K…

    ... cannot produce a loud enough volume (voltage output) for ZX Spectrums. So ... first crank up all the volume/levels.

    Secondly, the ... of levels, sometimes if the volume is not quite right some ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK June 2015 Hardware
  • 128k toast rack diagnosisHi - I recently won a 128K toast rack, and have got a Retroleum smart card. I've tried a couple of games and all seems fine...-ish.<div><br></div><di…

    Excellent. Most likely your Speccy is absolutely fine.

    By the way, the low AY volume on toastracks is normal, it can be solved if you know how to solder by replacing one resistor though.

    B
    balford balford June 2015 Hardware
  • ZX Spectrum issue 2 has only blue tintsRecently I've bought a 16k speccy and ran into some issues with it. Faulty keyboard, broken caps, no stable frequency, faulty lower RAM chip, it bein…

    ... off (where you can) any volume limiter on the player. Maybe ... . Use maximum, or near maximum volume. Note that some players are ... to produce a high enough voltage, the Spectrum will attempt to ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK August 2015 Hardware
  • 128 +2 grey, no video but still beepsGot a grey 128 from ebay, im using a 48k spectrum powers supply, all voltages seem ok. I cant get compostie video using the normal mod or from the 8…

    ... better.
    if i remove voltage from pin 16, it reverts ... />
    Looking forward to the ay sound on the speccy grey
    Level20 Level20 February 2016 Hardware
  • Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …

    ... motorway is okay when the volume of traffic is low. But ... capacity means reduced voltage loss. Which reduces the voltage fluctuations that the ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK February 2016 Hardware
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