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  • Basic and AY musicis it possible to play an ay-music in background while a basic program is running?

    ... work like that - the 128k BASIC play routines are not designed to ... used in that way - they play a note for a specific ... - although this is a fairly basic one. The actual interrupt routine ...
    cyborg cyborg February 2003 Sinclair Basic
  • Basic and AY musicis it possible to play an ay-music in background while a basic program is running?

    ... like that - the 128k BASIC play routines are not designed to ... [/quote]

    So :)? Convert PLAY note into a sequence of ... . Turn off note. Interpret next PLAY command.

    Do ... your own. Preprocess the PLAY string into something suitable for ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous February 2003 Sinclair Basic
  • ANN: midi2ay 0.1Well, here's the MIDI-to-AY converter I promised. I've named it "midi2ay" (original name eh?) [url="http://es.geocities.com/qllaria/midi2ay/midi2ay-…

    ... wrote:
    Right, had a play, and I like it. It ... .tap file code return to Basic after play?
    [/quote]
    ... know much about returning to BASIC from an assembly program (at ... /> Another solution would be the BASIC PLAY output feature I mentioned earlier ...
    cascarria cascarria December 2005 Development
  • Spellbound musicThe other day I was surprised to notice that the music in the game [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0004744"]Spellbound[/URL] i…

    ... was made with the 128 basic PLAY command ... also weird that the ...
    XTM of TMG XTM of TMG October 2008 Games
  • Spellbound musicThe other day I was surprised to notice that the music in the game [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0004744"]Spellbound[/URL] i…

    ... was made with the 128 basic PLAY command...[/QUOTE]
    Yep, exactly ...
    Patrik Rak Patrik Rak October 2008 Games
  • is ay2midi possibleIs it possible to convert Ay files to midi as im working on a project and would like to use a zx game sound but the program i'm using does not recogn…

    ... only be at a very basic level, and certainly won't ... for simple things like 128K Basic PLAY tunes, but of course at ...
    gasman gasman December 2009 Hardware
  • 128k musicThis has probably been asked before but I'm going to ask again (just because I can :razz: ) I was playing OutRun2sp on my Xbox360 the other night an…

    ... an AY chip it will play, otherwise it'll stay silent ... written in machine code - the Basic PLAY statement doesn't exist on ...
    gasman gasman January 2010 Games
  • Usr 0I have noted there are some games / applications / demos which have to be loaded in USR 0 mode on a 128K Machine ("Randomize USR 0" in 128K BASIC the…

    It doesn't retain all 128k features. You lose the 128 basic PLAY and SPECTRUM commands. Programs that have them will not work.

    I've been a bit pre-occupied with my speccy conversion of Fire, haven't got around to it yet.
    FrankT FrankT January 2010 Hardware
  • Crap games that you fondly rememberCant remember if this ones been done before tbh, but we always have classic games threads so heres one slightly different :P what crapper games do yo…

    ... this thread. I used to play that quite a lot, but ... with it nowadays. Still, the basic play mechanic of getting into a ...
    joefish joefish June 2010 Games
  • Upgrading the Humble Spectrum 128 +2 (Grey)Hello there my fellow WoS'ers I am at a subtle in-pass in my wants for one of my +2 motherboards. I received this mobo, DOA in a job lot from fleab…

    ... the Spectrum SE. The 128 BASIC PLAY command supports MIDI. There was ...
    chev chev May 2011 Hardware
  • Anyone knows how these work?[url]http://www.crumblenet.co.uk/keyb/rpacks.html[/url] I don't know if Casio keyboards were popular in the U.K. I grew up with a Casio PT-82 and al…

    ... to control any midi keyboard. Play tunes, make instrument changes. You ... control any midi keyboard using basic play commands i'm sure.
    marmite marmite June 2012 Hardware
  • ESXDOS v0.8.0 released (with NMI Browser)Hello, To celebrate the speccy's 30th birthday, here's the latest version of ESXDOS for DivIDE users. The full changelog is too long to post here, s…

    ... support using the original 128 BASIC syntax. That is, anything using ... .

    2) Virtual PLAY support. A .play command that takes the ... same syntax as the 128 BASIC PLAY command.

    With these ... good reason to use 128 BASIC.
    chev chev July 2012 Announcements
  • ESXDOS v0.8.0 released (with NMI Browser)Hello, To celebrate the speccy's 30th birthday, here's the latest version of ESXDOS for DivIDE users. The full changelog is too long to post here, s…

    ... support using the original 128 BASIC syntax. That is, anything ... aowen;637776]2) Virtual PLAY support. A .play command that takes the ... as the 128 BASIC PLAY command.[/QUOTE]
    The .play command can be ... since anyone would make a .play command, at least make ...
    Encarnado Encarnado July 2012 Announcements
  • Ay Real Time Synthetizer SoftwareSpectlemen and Spectladies!It's been a long time that I'd like to ask this.... I ask thee to create a new musical software for our ZX Spectrum machi…

    ... good start. I presume the BASIC PLAY routine does some magic that ...
    toadstool toadstool November 2012 Development
  • "8-Bit Bach" up-to-dateNot brand new, but after a long time I did notice of little errors during the performance of several tracks inside the program that I have to fix the…

    ... /> If there was a 128 basic play to vortex tracker 2 converter ...
    FrankT FrankT December 2013 Brand new software
  • 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…

    ... was to be able to play on a real keyboard and ... chip (internal or external) could play. I thought MIDI was the ... MIDI compared to the 128K BASIC Play command (it's like comparing ...
    zxbruno zxbruno February 2017 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • +2 grey booting in 48k modeI have been doing some research here after reading in spanish magazine microhobby a modification that allows the +2 to boot straight into 48k mode: …

    ... switched to 48K mode via Basic and the few I tried ... just entering SPECTRUM in 128K Basic really I suppose.

    BASIC, PLAY, RS232 serial port, RAM disk ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK September 2017 Hardware
  • Bytemaniacos.com 2006 BASIC Games compo - lot of games to play!All games for 2006 Bytemaniacos.com BASIC Games compo ready to play: [url]http://www.bytemaniacos.com/html/basic2006.html[/url] you can download al…

    ... 2006 Bytemaniacos.com BASIC Games compo ready to play:

    [url ...
    radastan radastan January 2007 Games
  • SoftPLAY: Use the PLAY command from 48 BASICNow you don't need 128 BASIC to use the [B]PLAY[/B] command. Just use [B]PRINT #8;[/B] instead. [url]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/15659782/So…

    Now you don't need 128 BASIC to use the [B]PLAY[/B] command. Just use [B]PRINT #8;[/B] instead.

    [url]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/15659782/SoftPLAY.tap[/url]
    chev chev October 2013 Brand new software
  • 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…

    ... ;&&(9EGF7b5CD))"
    50 PLAY a$,b$,c$,d$[/CODE ... $="O6CaCe$bd$bD"
    30 PLAY a$,b$[/CODE]

    BASIC program (akin to the CSSCGC ... use when making pure source BASIC games?
    Dock Dock June 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • Spectrum PLAY demo's in BasicWas not really sure on which category to post it in nor a better title. Summary is simply is there a list of various tunes/music listings ? By this …

    ... 's rather something in Basic using the PLAY command if possible...
    spider spider October 2017 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Basic and AY musicis it possible to play an ay-music in background while a basic program is running?

    is it possible to play an ay-music in background while a basic program is running?
    Arda Arda January 2003 Sinclair Basic
  • Sinclair Basic compiler for PC?I know we all can use BASin to play for a while in a little window. But... What about creating a 80x86 EXE program from scratch using Sinclair Basic…

    ... all can use BASin to play for a while in a ... program from scratch using Sinclair Basic? You know, the ATTR(), LET ... plan to do) any Sinclair BASIC compiler for the '86 range ...
    Marcelo Marcelo September 2003 Sinclair Basic
  • IN command in BASIC to read keyboardThis weekend on a Sinclair meeting we had some BASIC-games using IN to control the character. The maker of the game assumed that the result of an IN …

    ... Sinclair meeting we had some BASIC-games using IN to control ... 191, making it impossible to play it on ANY Spectrum.
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP September 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • The BASIC ISRFirst of all, excuse me if my blatant ignorance about this topic makes me write some nonsense :) The thing is that I'm finishing a game in mixed BAS…

    ... in mixed BASIC and Compiled BASIC (the pure BASIC part is ... forth, the Compiled BASIC part is the game ... music file. Playing it from BASIC is easy:

    play: IF INKEY$="" THEN GOTO ... call to RANDOMIZE USR play so the player updates ...
    na_th_an na_th_an November 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • Play abc files in 128K mode?I was reading a tutorial on the abc music file format, and it seems the txt file has information that might allow a simple conversion from .abc to st…

    ... to strings for the Play command in 128K mode ...
    Same scale in 128K Basic:

    cdefgAB
    Play command.

    Basic to abc format
    ... tools... Import .ABC to 128K Basic. :)

    ...
    zxbruno zxbruno May 2008 Development
  • CellularBasicPro - enhanced BASIC interpreter for mobile phones and devicesDownload location : [url]http://code.google.com/p/cellularbasicpro/downloads/list[/url] Features of cellularBasicPro include : - Extensive mathem…

    ... /> - Beep function.
    - Load and play mp3 sounds in the background ... and Functions support.
    - Large BASIC programs support.

    CellularBasicPro ...
    yossik yossik August 2009 Announcements
  • Playing AY sounds with BASIC.Is it possible? If so how? I've seen in one forum a while back mention of using interrupts to play but AFAIK this is machine code only. The goal of …

    ... mention of using interrupts to play but AFAIK this is machine ... Image to ZX Spec to play a small tune between images ... probably have some sort of basic sequencer display to arrange the ...
    brownb2 brownb2 May 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Basic EditorWould this make sense or serve any purpose for anyone here? On the iPhone/iPad a Basic editor where you can write your basic code while on the go an…

    ... On the iPhone/iPad a Basic editor where you can ... have the facility to play it via a tap ... trying to write a basic compiler as the keyboard ... view. So a plain Basic interpreter that checks for syntax ... , tokenizes and runs BASIC programs. Also looking for ...
    OZApps OZApps October 2010 Sinclair Basic
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