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  • ZX Soundbooster (AY volume increase on a grey+2)Having dug out my grey+2 and run it through scart I've just noticed (to my horror) how low the ay is in comparison to beeper (+3 has ay and beeper at…

    ... my horror) how low the ay is in comparison to beeper ... beeper at the same volume although the ay is distorted). Never noticed ... a mod to boost the ay output through the sound port ... (apparently the ay and beeper volumes are at ...
    BiNMaN BiNMaN May 2011 Hardware
  • AY volume on 128 SpectrumsHi! I have a 128 toastrack speccy. I think my problem is quite common: the AY soundchip output volume is quite low. To properly hear the tunes or ef…

    ... is quite common: the AY soundchip output volume is quite low. To ... to set up the TV volume a lot...and this is ... (the beeper plays in high volume on the TV).

    Spectrum Spectrum April 2013 Hardware
  • AY volume on original 128k & grey +2 machines questionI loaded up Rick Dangerous tonight on my original grey +2 which reminded me of something that I've been meaning to ask for ages. Why do some games…

    ... & Tiertex) have such low volume on the music on the ...
    Swainy Swainy September 2016 Games
  • Speccy 2010 UpdateI've made myself a to Speccy 2010. In addition to TurboSound (2xAY) it adds SounDrive and Covox support. Supported modes are SounDrive Mode 1, SounDr…

    Gasman:

    > 2) The YM has 32 volume ... accessed through the normal AY volume registers, which are ... Spectrum, he prays to Gasman (also starts with "G ... more or less flat volume level - on the ... /> Yes, the difference between AY and YM 'driven' by ...
    Yerzmyey Yerzmyey October 2011 Announcements
  • How to read AY Registers from M/C?Gentlemen, I will appreciate if you can provide me some details on this, as I could not find info in other sources. I would like to know if it's pos…

    ... dates back to before accurate AY volume tables were widely published so ... anything obviously wrong with its AY output - I'm guessing that ...
    gasman gasman June 2008 Development
  • FMV on +3eOK, so about 6 months ago i posted here that i got full motion video on +3e, with a bunch of scr files called passion. I added the glider rider music…

    ... /> Regarding converting samples for the AY - here's the code I ... , you need to allow for AY volume levels being non-linear, so ... actual measured outputs from the AY. Secondly - and this one really ... the low AY values (which are very close together in volume) are ...
    gasman gasman April 2010 Development
  • New stereo audio board for fitting on AY chip - interested?Hi, I developed a small board that fits on the AY chip inside 128K ZX Spectrums: [IMG]http://www.benophetinternet.nl/hobby/vanmezelf/stereo_audio.j…

    ... : with all of them the AY volume is much lower than the ... beeper volume, and the +2 simply has ... .: I do like Velesofts double-AY solution, but it will cost ...
    bverstee bverstee November 2010 Hardware
  • Speccy 2010 UpdateI've made myself a to Speccy 2010. In addition to TurboSound (2xAY) it adds SounDrive and Covox support. Supported modes are SounDrive Mode 1, SounDr…

    ... be accessed through the normal AY volume registers, which are still only ... ) The YM has a steeper volume curve: in other words, going ... from volume level 15 to 14 (ignoring ... the 'special' volume levels from point 2 above ...
    gasman gasman October 2011 Announcements
  • Wanted : Fully working spectrumLooking for a ZX Spectrum +2 or toast rack with all the cables if possible. I have around ?30 to spend on one so games are not really a must as i ca…

    That's strange. Moreover, it seems that not a few 128s (including my own) have the AY volume slightly - or in some cases noticeably - lower than that of the beeper. +2As are more balanced.
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu April 2012 Wanted
  • 2xAY ?Are there any emulators that support some kind of 2xAY interface, like Turbo Sound?

    ... playing with xpeccy and the AY volume levels are a bit wrong ... . On AY there are only 16 levels ... , the steps between volumes on AY seems to be half what ... 't get as low in volume as it should.

    FrankT FrankT July 2012 Emulators
  • Need repair advice - noviceHello, does anyone know where I can get a professional to rejuvenate my 128 heatsink model? I know nothing of electronics and can't solder for toffee…

    ... />
    That's normal. The AY chip sound is much quieter ... /> But you can improve the AY volume a bit by trying one ... balance with the AY volume. *This will not increase the AY volume, but will ... pin 5 of IC38. The AY will still be quieter than ...
    pkersey pkersey August 2012 Hardware
  • common 128k sound issueHi all, I have got the Speccy bug again, big time! (it comes from time to time) and I'm messing around with my collection of hardware (and buying mo…

    ... an aside, the reason the AY volume varies on the 128 and ... circuit which amplifies the three AY channels before they are summed ... so the gain of the AY channels varies with different transistors ... others. It's not the AY that's varying between machines ...
    rga24 rga24 May 2013 Hardware
  • SAMPLE-TRACKER vast INSTRUCTION with screensHi, I wrote it mainly for CrashNicker and other 1-bit / Beeper users, but I suppose it could be also useful for every lo-fi musician (YM/AY chip, Co…

    ... out by only modifying the AY-volume output.

    So basically ... the other AY calls as well. If it's volume only there ... a simple patch for existing AY-engines looks more appealing than ... engine can only uses the AY volume commands to play songs. Anything ...
    Timmy Timmy January 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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
  • 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…

    ... same, except there are 32 volume version for each sample type ... created 3x192 elements volume tables (for AY, and YM), volume values of each ... which is written to 3 AY volume register.

    [quote="merman ...
    Geco Geco March 2017 Announcements
  • AY musicThis is a format I'm proposing for an AY music player. If anyone can see any problems or anywhere it can be improved please say so. An AY music form…

    ... data for AY instrument
    4 Volume Control - 4bit master volume control ... , set fade rate - Channel volume control
    5 Pitch Bend ... 4bit depth - change channel volume over time linearly up/down ... sign
    1byte - 4bit volume, , sampling rate (the rate ...
    cyborg cyborg October 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • AY RIDERS - new project for SpeccyJust in case You don't know 'bout it yet. here is the text: Do You like chiptunes? Do You like Speccy? Do You like AY????????? So take a look HE…

    ... they agreed.

    AY RIDERS is a music project ... to all chiptune-maniax. AY RIDERS is a brother-project ...



    AY RIDERS are:

    YERZMYEY ... ;#150; CZECH

    GASMAN
    NATIONALITY &#150; ENGLISH ...
    Yerz Yerz December 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • AY RIDERS - new project for SpeccyJust in case You don't know 'bout it yet. here is the text: Do You like chiptunes? Do You like Speccy? Do You like AY????????? So take a look H…

    ... they agreed.

    AY RIDERS is a music project ... to all chiptune-maniax. AY RIDERS is a brother- ...



    AY RIDERS are:

    YERZMYEY ... /> NATIONALITY - CZECH

    GASMAN
    NATIONALITY - ENGLISH

    Yerz Yerz December 2002 Announcements
  • NEW ZX-STUFF FROM 'AY RIDERS' bandI proudly present to You new album of 'AY RIDERS' ZX SPECTRUM chiptune-band: "DO YOU REMEMBER?" AY RIDERS Play World Hits You will find there famou…

    ... to You new album of 'AY RIDERS' ZX SPECTRUM chiptune-band ... />
    "DO YOU REMEMBER?"
    AY RIDERS Play World Hits

    DO YOU REMEMBER?
    AY RIDERS play world hits
    25. Gasman: Incantations 3 (orig. MIKE OLDFIELD ...
    Yerz Yerz April 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • NEW ZX DEMO (for AY fans)OK then. Here is the first AY-RIDERS' album, but this time in a version of zx-demo. [url="http://hooyprogram.republika.pl/uradult.zip"]http://hooy…

    ... />
    Here is the first AY-RIDERS' album, but this time ... : all.
    Rest of stuff: Gasman (the smart guy).
    Special ...
    Yerz Yerz February 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Next step in MIDI to AY conversionI e-mailed the author of MID2AY with a few questions. While I wait for a reply, I would like to expose my ideas. There should be a better way to conv…

    ... Andrew Owen's posts
    Gasman's posts
    [url ... /> -Assign channel a to AY-channel b
    -Export ... .TZX with player and AY data...)
    -Select channel ... same time (like Gasman and the AY Riders did), we ... style tracker for the AY, the output generated by ...
    zxbruno zxbruno May 2008 Development
  • tunes that would sound good on an AY chipI love gasman's AY renditions of popular songs, like disco 2000 and video killed the radio star, but what other songs do you think would work well on…

    I love gasman's AY renditions of popular songs, like ... would work well on an AY chip.

    my suggestions ...
    guesser guesser November 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • AY interface - How many possibilities?Currently the newest AY interface available for sale gives 16K and 48K owners a chance to add AY sound to their Speccy, but (correct me if I'm wrong)…

    ... of Air' uploaded by Gasman to YouTube. The AY chip wou
    AY, TS2068 AY, alternate AY port config, etc), a ... their computer but the only AY interfaces that were released for ... an external version of the AY interface which uses 128K ...
    zxbruno zxbruno October 2009 Hardware
  • Most touching AY music on a Speccy?Speccy music composers have shown us that the the AY chip can do much more than it originally was meant for. There are many tunes that I like and adm…

    ... many different types of good AY stuff out there, but ... so many years of AY music, it looks like ... t possible to make the AY sound exactly like that, ... of samples and "standard" AY music? Someone will probably want ... score tracks, a style Gasman once referred to as ' ...
    zxbruno zxbruno May 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • New stereo audio board for fitting on AY chip - interested?Hi, I developed a small board that fits on the AY chip inside 128K ZX Spectrums: [IMG]http://www.benophetinternet.nl/hobby/vanmezelf/stereo_audio.j…

    ... board that fits on the AY chip inside 128K ZX Spectrums ... distortion, and with a good volume.
    It also takes the ...
    bverstee bverstee August 2010 Hardware
  • New AY-RIDERS album: "ATARIDERS". ;)Hi, _________________________ AY-RIDERS: "ATARIDERS" EP album. (C) 2010 by AY-RIDERS. DOWNLOAD: [url]http://ay-riders.speccy.cz/007.htm[/url] This…

    ... br />
    (C) 2010 by AY-RIDERS.

    DOWNLOAD: [ ... url]http://ay-riders.speccy.cz/007.htm ... Atari800 (Richard Munns)
    05. Gasman - Self Test ZX Remix, Atari800 ... />

    [img]http://ay-riders.speccy.cz/img/007cover ...
    Yerzmyey Yerzmyey August 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • General Questions Ay Music / Chip Music and maybe Music itselfLately, one of my c64 oriented friend made a tutorial about goat tracker (a c64 sid tracker) and talked about oscilator, adsr, and filters and how th…

    ... those aspects also apply for AY chip. For example, tutorial ... wave. As I read Gasman's sound tracker tutorial I ... see that AY chip also has envelopes, ... Also sid got filters, do AY have them, I don' ... do we control adsr on AY? what are the differences ...
    Arda Arda January 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • ZX81, AY, samples, SpecAY, AY files, etc.With the appearance of 3 different AY interfaces for the ZX81 in the past 6 months, I wonder... Is it possible to make the ZX81 "speak" or play digi…

    ... the appearance of 3 different AY interfaces for the ZX81 in ... "speak" or play digitised samples? Gasman's sample pack requires the ... or other software which uses AY samples also has this uncontended ... the only differences between the AY used on Spectrums and the ...
    zxbruno zxbruno August 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • AY-interface for ZX81 (at last ;) )Hi, it exists finally ;) - compatible with the most standard one - ZonX. [url]http://www.sellmyretro.com/offer/details/Brand_New_Sinclair_ZX81_MrX_A…

    ... the ZX81 play sounds using AY Sound interfaces, and also to ... AY Sound Design Tool - this allows you to set the frequency, volume ... ZXpand Sound Player - simply copy AY files (PT3 format files) into ... playing sounds direct to the AY interface, using BASIC
    ...
    Yerzmyey Yerzmyey February 2012 Hardware
  • AY-3-8912 emulationI am trying to improve the emulation of the AY-3-8912 in FBZX wii. I studied the code of some emulators and read some documents. I would like to be…

    ... is 1/(256*envelop_period) of AY-3-8912 frequency
    ... 1/(16*tone_period) of AY-3-8912 frequency
    ... is 1/(16*noise_period) of AY-3-8912 frequency
    ... can be modulated changing the volume.
    8 ) If ... Other information are in the AY-3-8912 manual (30- ...
    Oibaf Oibaf June 2012 Emulators
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