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  • how can I get PLAY sounds on channels B & C ?As far as I know, command M specifies the playing channel, but for some reason I only get sound on channel A. I mean: - command 'PLAY "M1a"' is work…

    ... audible
    - command 'PLAY "M4a"' does not output ... Noise channels |
    | |-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----|
    | | A | B | C | A | B | C |
    |--------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----|
    | Number | 1 | ...
    secarica secarica October 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • Adventure A,B,C,D,E,etcDoes anyone have any info on how this whole "Adventure A,B,etc" series came about? One of the first games I ever played on the ol' speccy was Planet…

    ... on how this whole "Adventure A,B,etc" series came about?
    A) with me mate. I ... knew they done an Adventure B, but was never that ... fussed as they were both a bit pants.

    ... actually used to scare me a bit - lots to do ...
    Tobo Tobo August 2007 Games
  • BEEP & PLAY jingles in BASIC sourceI've been digging through the +3 manual and checking out the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/ZXSpectrum128+3Manual/chapter8pt19.html"]great musi…

    ... [CODE] 10 LET a$="Y1T100O2(((1CCg$b))(($E$E$b$D))((FFC$E ... amp;&(9EGF7b5CD))"
    50 PLAY a$,b$,c$,d$[/CODE]

    ... a$=t$+"O4cCcCgGgG"
    20 LET b$="O6CaCe$bd$bD"
    30 PLAY a$,b ... $[/CODE]

    if you're making a very ...
    Dock Dock June 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • SpecBAS gets asynchronous BEEP and PLAYHey guys - been a while. SpecBAS recently got update to v0.1234 which has brought with it the ability to issue BEEPs asynchronously - they no long…

    ... You can also use PLAY now too. PLAY a$,b$,c$ ASYNC - where ASYNC ... is optional of course - will play ... because now you can play as many channels as ... you can't specify a bitmask for unlimited ... it uses the new PLAY to do chimes and ...
    Dunny Dunny May 2022 Updates
  • Help With AY Music Program in BASICHi, last year I started writing a BASIC program for making and recording AY Music. I thought it would be easier than learning how to use Soundtracker…

    ... :

    [b]1. The keyboard scans multiple ... :)

    [b]Controls - most are on screen ... 's' saves.[/b]

    [u][b]Dropbox Download:[/b][/u]
    b"+x,y: REM Custom C for Channel ... To be part of a play command, octave needs to ...
    RetroPhase2014 RetroPhase2014 December 2015 Sinclair Basic
  • Has anyone ever heard Spectrum MIDI?Simple question: has anyone ever heard MIDI controlled by a Spectrum? This seemed to be one of the major features added by the Speccy 128, which eve…

    ... ever heard MIDI controlled by a Spectrum?
    This seemed ... to recall you could write PLAY "a","b","c",... up to 8 channels, ... Westcott linking up a bunch of separate Speccies to play a chorus.
    a guitar and playing an A flat?
    ...
    equinox equinox March 2020 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • AgentX2 RemixingI`ve started to remix AgentX2 and need some help with the drums. Anyone care to add the drum track to [url=http://www.franksmusic.homecall.co.uk/spe…

    ... solo,

    10 PLAY "O3g&G&g ... just,

    10 PLAY "O3(g&G& ... b$="O5(N3&&DD&&#aa&&C#a ... &&#aa)"
    30 LET c$="O5(N3 ... br /> 40 PLAY a$,b$,c$
    (The D D played with a# C)?
    [QUOTE ...
    FrankT FrankT July 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • A bit of info from a +3 manualHi eveyone I wonder if someone can save my sanity, I am after a bit of info out of the manual, The part I am after is under sounds, There is a paragr…

    ... [CODE]10 LET a$="Y1T100O2(((1CCg$b))(($E$E$b$D))((FFC$E ... ))((GGDF))))"
    20 LET b$="Y2O5N&&&& ... ;C$bfG)"
    30 LET c$="Y3O4((3C& ... amp;)C&1CCDD(3$ ... ;&(9EGF7b5CD))"
    50 PLAY a$,b$,c$,d$[/CODE]
    icabod icabod December 2007 Sinclair Basic
  • Announce: BASin r14b availableHere's the fix mentioned earlier for those of you that either are too lazy to update your OS (XP SP2 has been out aaaaages, Arjun!) or even junk that…

    ... &&5e"
    50 play a$,b$,c$
    60 let d$="O5N3EFGG1AGFE5E3EFGG1AGFE5D3CDEE1FEDC5b3CDEE1FEDC5b1ba ... &CCC&c&c&aaa&a&f& ... ;e&f5&#ga"
    90 play ... ;&#C#C#C&#C#C#C&#f&&5a"
    130 play g ...
    zxbruno zxbruno May 2008 Emulators
  • Music in 128K BASICI have a pdf of the Spectrum 128K manual with its commands and I'm finding the music section to be a little hard to follow (I accept stupidity on my …

    ... br />
    To play the first line:[CODE]PLAY "ccggaagffeeddc"[/CODE]
    PLAY "5ccggaa7g5ffeedd7c"[/CODE] (if you want ... $+u$+s$+t$
    200 PLAY a$
    [/CODE]

    Now ... c$=r$+r$+s$+t$+u$+u$+s$+t$
    230 PLAY a$,b$,c ...
    Timmy Timmy September 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • how can I get PLAY sounds on channels B & C ?As far as I know, command M specifies the playing channel, but for some reason I only get sound on channel A. I mean: - command 'PLAY "M1a"' is work…

    Thought the play command went like this

    PLAY "A"
    PLAY "","A"
    PLAY "","","A"

    will play A across the 3 channels, so to hear all 3 channels would be

    PLAY "A","B","C"

    wouldn't it
    BiNMaN BiNMaN October 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • A BEEP program I want to make in Basic. Helpful remarks gratefully receivedI want to explore the possibilities of the BEEP command. So I need to be able to try different combos of pitch/duration and sequences of same. I'm tr…

    ... of BASIC, you can do a lot more... There ARE tools ... with the Beeper hardware of a 48k system, like Beepola, for ... BASIC listings like this, to play tunes: eg:

    1 ...
    kgmcneil kgmcneil November 2016 Chit chat
  • MIDI for spectrumI saw another topic for this in search but it didnt get any informative replies. I was looking through a magazine and found some MIDI stuff, keyboar…

    ... socket, similar to a phone socket, but a phone plug would never ... used only PLAY in 128 Basic. Let a$-h$="blah", PLAY a$,b$,c$ etc.
    Midi channel is set in PLAY statement, upto 8 channels can ... midi controller messages via the PLAY statement as well if my ...
    FrankT FrankT February 2017 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • DEC BC/LD A,B/OR C/JP NZ,loopyesterday i saw nice trick:[code] dec bc ld a, b or c jp nz, loop can be replaced (bc starts >255, short jump) by: dec bc inc b djnz loop [/code] …

    yesterday i saw nice trick:[code]

    dec bc
    ld a, b
    or c
    jp nz, loop

    can be replaced (bc starts >255, short jump) by:

    dec bc
    inc b
    djnz loop
    [/code]
    ..nice
    Fikee Fikee February 2005 Development
  • B.C. Bill 1bit tribute art.I love 1-bit monochrome pixel art and a couple of days back I found a few unreleased c64 scraps from 10-15 years ago. Perhaps not anything worth rele…

    ... -bit monochrome pixel art and a couple of days back I ... found a few unreleased c64 scraps from ... making this small tribute to B.C. Bill just for fun. :)
    Ersh Ersh April 2017 Announcements
  • How to write a simple C+asm horizontal scrolling game (Tutorial, z88dk)[b]How to write a simple C/asm horizontal scrolling game[/b] [b]Note:[/b] This tutorial has multiple parts... I am still writing but this first pa…

    [b]How to write a simple C/asm horizontal scrolling game[/b]

    [b]Note ... :[/b] This ... game in tut2.c.

    [b]A) Drawing a scrolling screen[/b]

    Timmy Timmy September 2020 Development
  • How do I avoid BASIC becoming corrupted on returning from a M/C routine?I'm having trouble with my BASIC program becoming corrupted on returning from a m/c routine which sets all the registers (including the shadow regist…

    ... becoming corrupted on returning from a m/c routine which sets all ... or memory locations when calling a m/c routine from BASIC, and ...
    trellis trellis May 2003 Sinclair Basic
  • 100s of games for sale!Dear All In preparation for a move to Manchester, I wish to get rid of the following games as a job lot! The list below should be pretty accurate, …

    ... The Space Mutants (Ocean) (box a bit squashed) ?2, Transylvanian ... Point (Sinclair) 10p, Motos (M.A.D.) 10p, Nightlore (Ricochet) ... + YS Capers 20p, YSCT - Play For Your Life 20p, YSCT ... inlay / instructions

    A,b,c?. lift off (Longman Software) 10p ...
    wadsterboy wadsterboy September 2004 Sales
  • ANN - ZXSoftware UpdateHi folks, A few titles have been updated and added. Enjoy, ADJB 3D Snooker Zeppelin Games 4 Game Pack - No 2 Atlantis 4 Most Cute Alternative So…

    ... Alternative Software Ltd
    a,b,c... Lift-Off Longman Software
    Lunar Jetman Ultimate Play the Game
    Lynchmob ... Ltd
    Pssst Ultimate Play the Game
    Pyjamarama ... Tranz Am (Swedish Edition) Ultimate Play the Game
    Treasure Island ...
    ADJB ADJB November 2005 Announcements
  • +A/B scart cableHiya, does anyone use a scart cable on their +A/B or +3 Spectrum? I did for ages and it looked fantastic up until a year ago when i got a new TV and …

    Hiya, does anyone use a scart cable on their +A/B or +3 Spectrum ... it looked fantastic up until a year ago when i got ... a new TV and the TV ... you think another cable from a different person (off ebay) would ...
    BuzzySounds BuzzySounds November 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • catching eggs - old electronic gameas first I sholud mention I ?m not sure if this was the right forum to put... but well, it?s not chit-chat, it?s an oldskool game hit sooooo.... excu…

    ... other stuff) we only could play in socialism,
    those games ... only wieving parade, not really a bonus anyway.

    controls ... by type of the game: A, B, C = slow- normal - fast

    I bet you?ll spend a lotta time with this, or ...
    de Vandemar Croup de Vandemar Croup October 2008 Games
  • Spectrum +2 A/B ManualsHi, please can anyone tell me what the manual for the black +2 looked like (black/grey) and how many pages etc. also what differences there are, if s…

    ... the +2 Grey and +2 A/B Black models.
    Jack_Leather Jack_Leather April 2009 Hardware
  • Speccy +2 A/B adviceHi!, Just got myself a working +2 A/B? (black one) and was after a few tips. Connected via a new SCART lead on a little old 14" TV, it looks gre…

    Hi!,
    Just got myself a working +2 A/B? (black one) and was ... after a few tips.
    Connected via a ... new SCART lead on a little old 14 ... , the last time I had a 'real' ZX Spectrum was back ...
    fatboy fatboy April 2009 Hardware
  • Great ideas for comp.sys.sinclair crap games compo games that you will never programJust thought I'd start this thread with a few ideas for csscgc 2009 games that I've come up with, but will - if I'm being honest - never get round to…

    ... br /> In this game you play a blind man who's decided ... You go for a meal in a top restaurant and ... underground pit fighting establishment, a drug den or somewhere ... pick a meal and a drink from the kitchen. Choose a,b,c ... or d. You end up eating either 1. a ...
    BigBadMick BigBadMick June 2009 Games
  • Would you play a game called...?As Partridge once said, "It's just an idea" so. . . Rooster Booster - In which you play a Rooster (starts out on a farm, ends up in Space). There's…

    ... - In which you play a Rooster (starts out on a farm, ends up ... ) - In which you play a Moose (and maybe a Mouse). In a Hoose.
    play a Pheasant, you play. . .something else.

    martynneillson martynneillson January 2012 New game ideas
  • New WIP from Kabuto Factory: A.R.C.O.S.Hi everybody! After a long time in silence (...you know, life and its commitments...), we're coming back with new WIP for Speccy: A.R.C.O.S., a new …

    Hi everybody!

    After a long time in silence (...you ... new WIP for Speccy: A.R.C.O.S., a new "brick'em ... [/url]

    Here goes a screenshot ;)

    [IMG]http ...
    Baron Ashler Baron Ashler February 2012 Brand new software
  • A "bit" of a curiosityHaving to use a bit of m/code to do the AND in that key check function, I was prompted to revisit the "AND,XOR,OR,...for BASIC" topic and came up wit…

    ... REM a = val1 = 1st number
    b = val2 = 2nd number
    c = opcode ... />
    llll DEF FN b(a,b,c,d,g,v)=g:
    a/2): LET bb2=INT (b/2):
    LET ... a-ba2*2: LET bb=b-bb2*2:
    LET a=ba2: LET b ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny June 2012 Sinclair Basic
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