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Playing AY musicHi I'm looking for a piece of software to play AY files or beeper files on my 128k toastrack. What is a good place to find those AY files also the ni…
Hi I'm looking for a piece of software to play AY files or beeper files on my 128k toastrack. What is a good place to find those AY files also the nice songs from Yerzmyey :-D -
fastest Sound FX methods in ZX BASIC?Right now I'm doing an alternating footstep sound in my game using this following Beep statement. [code]beep 0.008,-4 + tog+tog+tog+tog : let tog=1-…
... able to get out of BASIC, but it still slows down ... else to do music and sounds from BASIC? My emulator (Spectacular) emulates ... -
Why on earth did I buy...Couldn't see a topic for this, so apologies if it does exist. Aside from games, what did you buy, and put away in a draw the next (or same!) day - …
... you can get pretty good sounds out of it. But I ... 'd have more fun playing the saucepans with wooden spoons - what was ... -
My experience with a ZX Spectrum clone called Elwro 800 JuniorAfter a long break in using this forum (modellrailroading is my main hobby) I'm back and want to tell something about an interesting ZX Spectrum clon…
... boot up into BASIC that was highly compatible with ZX Spectrum's ... BASIC (difference were the polish ... use. There are no prints with BASIC's keywords, so to use ... it with ZX spectrum's BASIC a printed paper hint ... -
20+ years of X128!Hard to believe, but it's true! I was inspired by Gerton Lunter's Z80 (which I had used for years) and I wanted to make my own Spectrum emulator. …
... early releases of X128, with their examples of DOS interrupts ... first one capable of playing AY speech and samples properly ... constant rewrites took hold, with the first Windows version created ... it has been periodically updated with emulation of odd hardware. ... -
The influence of school.I was having a think about school this morning and realised what an influence it was on me with regards to computers. I was never a big fan of school…
... remember getting home playing games or writing BASIC thinking I could ... way :).
However with more adult and sober thoughts ... systems, expanding my knowledge with just a couple of years ... too interested in hanging out with a teenager. There were ... -
Interrupt routineI have been trying to create an interrupt routine for playing AY music in the background but cant seem to get anything working. I have a music rou…
... create an interrupt routine for playing AY music in the background but ... in bank 6 that plays with 49158 and toggled on/off ... with 49152.
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playing ay music using interruptsi seem to remember there is a way to play ay music using interrupts. (i.e. play music while you are typing, editing listings, running another program…
i seem to remember there is a way to play ay music using interrupts. (i.e. play music while you are typing, editing listings, running another program, etc, in the background.) what is the simplest way of doing this? -
DCP Interpacks - New Old Stock Still Available (Limited)!We rarely see New Old Stock of interfaces for ZX Spectrum appear - Never mind Still being on sale from the 1980's! https://dl.dropboxusercontent.c…
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You could explore Robotics with your Spectrum, employ Smart Home ... most Arduino sensors - all with BASIC programs and one of these ... things could be explored. With a little more advanced software ... .R. based Theramin (via AY, should be possible VIA beeper ... -
New BASIC game ANILLOS DE SATURNO (SATURN RINGS)Hi All I made this game ONLY WITH BASIC, for the contest bytemaniacos 2020 that you can look here https://www.bytemaniacos.com/?page_id=3639 …
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Only works with the 48K ROM
Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…
... of not quite crap Spectrum BASIC games on one hand ... slightest bit interested in playing other persons basic games. I was ... fun. Playing other persons crappy basic games isn't fun. (With the ... Take your buddhist bullcrap teachings with you when you enter nirvana ...Spectrum musichello, I was wondering if anyone had released some kind of music sequencing software for the spectrum? if so, can anyone point me in a direction of …
Allthough the Ay has its plus points (the ... Im hoping to come up with my own spectrum synth/sequencer ... making a lot of progress with basic, but I probably wont be ... sure he's fed up with spectrum geeks bothering him.Transferring From Emulator Back To SpectrumI have windows xp and a soundblaster live card... what is the best way to transfer from an emulator file to cassette because everytime i've tried it …
... no CD audio is playing and CD audio is ... I started to record sounds with my new computer using ... end, I disabled all Windows sounds
and did ... not listen to any sounds which could affect the ... use a different cable, maybe with gold connections?
Accelerated SpectrumsIs it possible to slip a different, faster, Zilog processor into a standard 48K speccy or +3. If so what would happen?
... input would be fuxored.
AY output would be fuxored.
AY as before. The first two ... display - you might get away with BASIC working correctly as far as ...I just registered to ask one questionGive me 10 (or more reasons) about why is it exactly that it was better to have a Spectrum instead of a Commodore back in the eighties. And why do yo…
... master mixer, collecting all sounds with a single input device ... nother one to start with virtualy no gaps ... whether it's the AY driving a small speaker ...
The SID and AY can only do a pale ... limited range of complex sounds *without cpu intervention*. ...New SpeccyDo you think someone should go about creating a new spectrum computer? I'm talking about a spectrum compatible (not an emulator) with the capabiliti…
... that most ay tunes are pretty awful, with only a ... I've heard from the ay.
The screaming, ... beeper rocks, whilst the ay sounds bland, nearly as bland ... , the AY could be capable of some nice sounds, I ... course doing fancy stuff with the ay would use up ...i want to start writing my own gamesi want to start writing my own games but have no idea how. is there any downloadable dummys guides or some software that teaches u how. the only expe…
... that you are looking at with the idea of creating ... step would be to start with BASIC, really. Then progress to ... frankly what you could do with them seems to be ... I would suggest you go with C++. There are plenty of ... all that hard as it sounds). There is even a ...SID vs AY?We've all heard how the music on the C64 was apparently the best thing since sliced bread, and that it beat anything produced on the Spectrum hands d…
... tune i really like. the AY sounds raw. It's scratchy. ... sh*te that dominates the AY music scene though ).
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the AY can sound even more spectacular with properly sampled instruments ... tracker tunes Alcoholics Anonymous shared with me.
...AY tracking newbieHey everyone, I'm about to embark on tracking for the Spectrum's AY chip. I was interested in knowing some things: 1) Which are the best trackers o…
Well, dunno why he says that, but I find the SID to be very "colourful", you can do lots of stuff with it. Teh AY sounds simpler and rougher.Early Speccy Memories ThreadHiya. Right Ok. I want to start a thread going here and I want to know all about your early days with speccys. I am 31 now. I got involved with spec…
... computers around '83. Later after playing Valhalla, Tranz Am, Horace games ... : seeing Ant Attack (playing was difficult :( ), playing Boulder Dash, playing Lords of Midnight ... Fairlight, creating own little games with Basic etc. Also it was quite ...CPC 464 plus - technical help please.I set up my CPC464plus today. With a cartride inserted, it works. Without a cartridge inserted, it displays just a green screen. I have one cart, …
... one with BASIC/Burnin' Rubber) inserted to do anything except playing other GX ... MEMORY FULL thing is common with older games if you have ... , which was commonly done, along with the 128K upgrade. There are ...About z88dk and autoexecsThis weekend I was playing a little with z88dk C cross Compiler. Amazing tool! I have three questions: 1- Does anybody know how to change the initia…
... /> This weekend I was playing a little with z88dk C cross Compiler ... successfully changed the org address with a "-CarHHHH" where HHHH ... : RANDOMIZE USR 32768' in Basic and press enter. Using the ... z88dk creates a stack frame with parameters pushed onto the stack ...THE best arcade conversion??After thinking about the ZX Club Hypersports and other games such as Flying Shark what do you think is the best arcade conversion. What makes the gra…
Still easily sticking with Ocean/ Imagine I am thinking ... load game. the musci keeps playing and playing. AY driven gameplay.speccy midi control?Is there any software that will allow me to conrtol the speccy sound chip over midi? There are several synth programs but i want to control them via …
mmm... midi to ay sounds interesting. I?m not really ... speccy expert. What exactly is "AY" and does the software for ... plenty of midi interfaces available with a midi in port. Has ...Wanted: Game Ideas!Ok then here goes nothing. I'm a reasonably good programmer, but I'm really no good at coming up with game ideas and graphics. So if any of you have…
... The Great Giana Sisters only with us in it.
with basic physic. while doing this you ... (no. of sprites, size of playing area, amount of space available ...The Chuntey TuneI got bored, so.... [url]http://www.j-one.co.uk/mulder/TheChunteyTune.mp3[/url] The samples say... "Chuntey" "Wanna cuppa tea?" "R, Tape Loading E…
... ! Is the song using actual AY sounds (apart from the Chase HQ ... , and 2 of the other sounds from the default Soundtracker tune ... , although a synth playing a square wave sounds just as authentic. I ...Game: the GEM machineHi all, I'm moving this game discussion from the Wanted: Game Ideas! thread to here, so we can concentrate on just the game. Any comments/suggestio…
... -channel AY music and 1-channel AY sounds, how about 3-channel AY music ... would be coming from an AY channel.
I don ... drop the AY music, but you still have your beeper sounds.
with different themes.
3 ...Game: the GEM machineHi all, I'm moving this game discussion from the Wanted: Game Ideas! thread to here, so we can concentrate on just the game. Any comments/suggestio…
... -channel AY music and 1-channel AY sounds, how about 3-channel AY music ... beeper to produce any sound with it, so its always going ... cycle dedicated to doing something with the beeper, which is probably ... /> i'll just stick with the 2-channel AY for now, until ...Question about digitized sound and videoI searched the forums and couldn't find the answer, so here it goes. Regarding digitized sound: I remember reading an article long ago about a vid…
... here's the same clip with Spectrum digitized sound, but I ... /> Sounds 1-bit? You can go 4-bit with the AY, or with some ...
