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  • Loading soundIs there a way to kill the loading sound coming from the spectrum during loading but restore the sound when playing a game. This would be for a 48K …

    ... have a need to quiet the internal speaker during loading. Our walls ...
    Toxitalk Toxitalk June 2007 Hardware
  • Did you ever annoy someone with Speccy sounds?... or with any other video/computer game sound effects? I remember in Starquake, there were those small "holes" at the side of a wall that would th…

    [QUOTE=RND;257153]ahh another tic tok lover![/QUOTE]

    well when its quiet...and especially with the tape recorder hooked up to play the sound out the speaker could you not love the tic toc tic toc sound ALL day long :)
    mel the bell mel the bell March 2008 Games
  • Spectrum beep volumesDid the earliar pre 1982 Spectrum 16/48k have a quieter beep than post 1982 models ? I seem to recall modifying my original Spectrum and fitting a j…

    Yes, issue two sound was very quiet. Later issue numbers use a ZTX450 transistor to drive the speaker, rather than just the ULA
    DEATH DEATH February 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Spectrum beep volumesDid the earliar pre 1982 Spectrum 16/48k have a quieter beep than post 1982 models ? I seem to recall modifying my original Spectrum and fitting a j…

    [QUOTE=DEATH;334120]Yes, issue two sound was very quiet. Later issue numbers use a ZTX450 transistor to drive the speaker, rather than just the ULA[/QUOTE]

    My question answered, thanks....
    Chris A Chris A February 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Machine Code Routine of the weekHow about a thread that has a routine each week that is in [B]assembly language[/B] and is also described in great detail what the hell is going on …

    ... the 4th bit controlled the speaker, but the CSS FAQ (48K ... , and EAR also controls the speaker. It says the two are ... to tape, the Spectrum was quiet - or was it that plugging ... lead into MIC disabled the speaker? And if there was a ...
    joefish joefish April 2009 Development
  • +2A ear socketI am new to the wos forums but have played spectrums for many years ;). I was hoping someone could help me because i have a spare +2A which I would l…

    ... point now where very distorted quiet sound gets through to the ... from it to my pc speaker output socket. anyone know why ...
    rustyredline rustyredline November 2009 Hardware
  • Audio Output questionHi :) Im planning on connecting my original 48k to a monitor with composite video. Now this monitor also has an audio input , i have used it with B…

    ... there as well as the speaker (and it doesn't require ... 48K Spectrum, the internal speaker being rather quiet. I gather that I ...
    Alien 8 Alien 8 March 2010 Hardware
  • Which reset method on ZX 48K?What reset method is correct on issue 3b ZX 48K: One wire to R68 and one to C27 (Manual from ZX Spectrum +) or One wire to Pin 26 from CPU and one …

    ... salvage a small speaker from an old PC speaker or similar. This ... something because the internal speaker is too quiet, and like I said ...
    Alien 8 Alien 8 March 2010 Hardware
  • Audio Output questionHi :) Im planning on connecting my original 48k to a monitor with composite video. Now this monitor also has an audio input , i have used it with B…

    ... 48K Spectrum, the internal speaker being rather quiet. I gather that I ...
    Mister Beep Mister Beep March 2010 Hardware
  • Audio Output questionHi :) Im planning on connecting my original 48k to a monitor with composite video. Now this monitor also has an audio input , i have used it with B…

    ... 48K Spectrum, the internal speaker being rather quiet. I gather that I ...
    Alien 8 Alien 8 March 2010 Hardware
  • Cant DecideI have had a lot of spectrums in my time from the 16k to the +3 and as we all know they all have flaws. I am thinking about buying another and wanted…

    ... full size spacebar)
    * Better speaker
    * Quiet loading

    The ...
    chev chev July 2010 Hardware
  • My new 48k machine dead?Hi, I just recently acquired a 48k Spectrum, however my RF cable has gone missing so I cant test it properly :( In the meantime however I plugged the…

    ... through the speccy's internal speaker as I press some keys ... /> The speaker may be broken though. Also some ar every quiet. You ...
    Alien 8 Alien 8 October 2010 Hardware
  • How do 3D earphones work?Something I've wondered before is how 3D headphones work. Has anyone ever tried them? To be exact, it's not the earphones that are 3D, it's the littl…

    ... track.

    With surround speaker systems, it's just a ... that gives you 'loud' and 'quiet' spots of sound in front ...
    joefish joefish March 2011 Chit chat
  • Just Got Spectrum +2 grey model off ebay a few problemsFinally decided to get a real Spectrum after catching up on a load of games on emulators I missed in my earlier years due to having a C64 and Atari 8…

    ... then the Spectrum is too quiet to hear unless close to ... player is router to the speaker, even when the tape player ...
    Muzer Muzer June 2011 Hardware
  • Variable resistorI have a problem with my speakers - the treble is much much too quiet in comparison to the bass. Or you could say, the bass is much to loud for the r…

    ... the signal transmitted to the speaker. A resistor does not do ... of the driver and the speaker. Typically (I guess) it is ... ohm output impedance and the speaker and 8 ohm input impedance ... the energy delivered to the speaker (it will be more quiet).
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous August 2011 Chit chat
  • New Software for iPhone: Speccy TapeHi, I've just got the message from Apple that it has been accepted so..... Speccy Tape is a simple utility that converts your device into cassette…

    ... />
    The volume is very quiet! My app, ZxCam, makes much ... . iPhone 4 has a mono speaker. so there is internal circuit ... you can hear *something* via speaker. But due useage of this ...
    poopi poopi October 2011 Announcements
  • which zx-spectrum games uses 1bit sound samples?hi! I'm looking for zx-spectrum games using 1bit sound samples. Compairing with msx, which has far less games available than zx-spectrum, there are f…

    ... should make the carrier hum quiet enough on a real machine ... 4-bit mods through the speaker and it will be doing ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous October 2011 Games
  • which zx-spectrum games uses 1bit sound samples?hi! I'm looking for zx-spectrum games using 1bit sound samples. Compairing with msx, which has far less games available than zx-spectrum, there are f…

    ... should make the carrier hum quiet enough on a real ... 4-bit mods through the speaker and it will be ... which is OUTing to the speaker is still running at ... the values sent to the speaker for a single sample at ... states are spent with the speaker at a set value ...
    PrinceGaz PrinceGaz October 2011 Games
  • Intermittent sound cutting outHello, I'm resurrecting an old rubber key spectrum. Originally it had no sound at all, diode D9 was blown, I replaced it with one from my other dead …

    ... now, internal speaker is still a bit on the quiet side, can ... 't be fekked replacing the speaker, I ...
    beelzebubbles beelzebubbles May 2012 Hardware
  • Ear + Mic bits behaviour in relation to beeper outputHave just read [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showpost.php?p=348953&postcount=38]this old post of Joefish's [/url] in the development for…

    ... pin 28 (which drives the speaker).

    When EAR is ... low to actually drive the speaker.

    On the other ... and toggling MIC produces a quiet beep (there is only about ...
    Jon Needle Jon Needle June 2012 Emulators
  • Dedicated Spectrum Emulation Machine Based on Raspberry PiI've mentioned this in another thread, so I thought I'd give it a thread of its own. I've wanted to build a dedicated Spectrum emulator for a long t…

    ... instead.

    Switchable internal speaker; was going to have the ... of TV sound or internal speaker like on the original Spectrum ... wired up a speaker, but it was too quiet without amplification, and ...
    Jamesbeat Jamesbeat October 2012 Emulators
  • Born again Speccy user with problemsHello all, Firstly I'd like to say a big hello - this is my first post! When I was 8 or 9 or so my dad bought a ZX Spectrum 48K and a whole bunch o…

    ... whether or not the speccy speaker worked during saving. It ... some sound - but very quiet. Almost too quiet...

    So ... work when saving. The speccy speaker works otherwise when sending BEEP ... - why does my speccy speaker work when doing BEEP commands ...
    namtip namtip January 2014 Hardware
  • Spectrum games you liked to play whilst pissed :)Spectrum games you liked to play whilst pissed... So back in the day, when you enjoyed getting drunk (you blimin piss heads !) what was your favour…

    ... .

    I had PC speaker as sound only so the ... where either absent or very quiet and crappy(don't remember ...
    Ralf Ralf February 2014 Games
  • anyone know about soundbars?Hi all I am trying to get a soundbar but I know nothing about them and was hoping someone here could help. I have a digital projector at one end of…

    ... ? That would be a Bluetooth speaker..not a 3ft long bar ... watching were still kind of quiet with the TV volume all ...
    beanz beanz January 2015 Chit chat
  • Weird crashing problemOK, got an odd (to me anyway!) problem. 16k Spectrum, appears to work fine, it starts up, go to load a game (Trans Am, Cookie, Jetpac etc), the game …

    ... /> (3) then right click the speaker on the task bar to ... upwards if it is too quiet until things work.

    MatGubbins MatGubbins October 2015 Hardware
  • 1-Bit Sound AccuracyI'm hoping someone can give this snapshot a try on a real machine (just press enter to start the music): https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6XhJJ33xp…

    ... don't think recording the speaker is going to give ... has three sound options, TV Speaker, Beeper and unfiltered. I'm ... trying to emulate the 48K speaker you have to compare ... it to a speaker at some point. :) Though ... it should be annoyingly quiet.
    RobeeeJay RobeeeJay October 2015 Development
  • 1-Bit Sound AccuracyI'm hoping someone can give this snapshot a try on a real machine (just press enter to start the music): https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6XhJJ33xp…

    ... echos. Still amazes me how quiet the Speccy was.[/quote]
    speaker:
    [img]http://members.iinet ... a characteristic of the circuit/speaker rather than dependant on the ... is coming out of the speaker vs what the underlying sound ...
    Fred Fred October 2015 Development
  • 1-Bit Sound AccuracyI'm hoping someone can give this snapshot a try on a real machine (just press enter to start the music): https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6XhJJ33xp…

    ... trying to emulate the 48K speaker you have to compare it ... to a speaker at some point. :) Though you ... accuracy it should be annoyingly quiet.[/quote]

    Issue 1 ...
    FrankT FrankT October 2015 Development
  • Not bored with the Boards.Going through some old tapes stored rather badly I came across an unlikely item that that I must have stored away quickly with other low grade items …

    ... panacea ( quiet hissing and popping noises from the Speccy speaker are not ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio April 2017 Hardware
  • Is it not possible to play music whilst playing a game on the 48k Spectrum?I know it can play some sort of weak beep music whilst playing a game (Kung Fu Master or Manic Miner for example) but why isn't it possible to actual…

    ... actually has to tell the speaker to 'move in', 'move out ... 0 or 1 to the speaker. Now this is good enough ... but it would be very quiet, as it may only be ...
    joefish joefish November 2017 Games
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