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  • 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…

    ... some pretty spectacular Spectrum 128 AY soundtracks, and even the beeper ... think? Was the SID chip better than the AY chip. Was it ...
    monty.mole monty.mole February 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Why are there no Speccy tune remixe(r)s?In the past, I made a couple of posts on this boards which hinted at the whole SLAY Radio/remix.kwed/C64 audio thingy which is mostly breadbox relate…

    ... opinion the AY is not on par with the SID. But please ... , we had this discussion SID vs. AY already, let's not turn ... /> Is it due to the SID chip which was there for ...
    XTM of TMG XTM of TMG July 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The War between the Machines!I grew up with the C64, and I spent far too many hours with it. I also made the Lemon64 website. To me, the charm about Spectrum, MSX, C64 or any ot…

    ... may remember the annual CSS vs CSC flame wars - they used ... , processor speed, opcode microcoding issues, SID vs AY etc etc

    It ...
    BN^2 BN^2 January 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... . There's good SID music, there's good AY music. I heard ... coming out of the AY that a SID can't do, ever ... . There's another thread called SID vs. AY somewhere but to each his ... names ) people made the AY sound like SID. In my opinion it ...
    Sadako Sadako March 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Whats your all time favourite 8 bit soundtrack?For me,has to be Monty on the Run c64 by Rob Hubbard. Complete use of the sid to its potential,well composed and Hubbard through and through.

    ... played through an emulator or SID player, including that one. The ... to a 128k so the AY doesn't play any part ... but not turning this into SID vs AY, SID always does it for me ... fair, I always thought the AY was better at drum sounds ...
    Fizza Fizza October 2014 Chit chat
  • 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…

    ... /> You compare the SID to colour and AY to black and white ... such stark contrast in the SID and AY.

    A far ... better analogy would be say, Technicolour vs ...
    cyborg cyborg February 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • A good site with Z80 ZX Spectrum 48K tunesI found this good site; [url]http://z80.e-demo.pl/[/url] ; I listened to a few tunes yet, and I am [B]AMAZED![/B][B]To me it sounds WAY BETTER THAN A…

    ... WAY BETTER THAN ANY C64 SID OR AY 128K TUNES![/B]I ... (using software mixing) better than SID or AY tunes?!

    Couldn ...
    m1omg m1omg May 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • For those who load TAPE games off Minidisc...I think a few of you guys use an MD device to load games onto their speccies... I want to do the same, but I was wondering... did any of you guys tri…

    ... stuff like:

    *SID music
    *AY music
    *Computer tapes ...
    Akira Akira September 2002 Games
  • 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…

    Why do some people in here say that the AY chip sounds better than the sid? The AY came strait out of the Amstrad cpc464 and in my opinion that sound chip sucked. bow down to the mighty Sid!
    zuko1 zuko1 August 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... that the AY chip sounds better than the sid? The AY came strait ... to the mighty Sid!
    [/quote]

    the AY was implemented ... are great tunes for the sid but the majority of 8bit ... roll ( raw ) ... the sid always sounds, like the sid.

    also ...
    Amigo Amigo August 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... beeper, whether it's the AY driving a small speaker (ie ... ) inside a computer or the SID driving a small speaker (ie ... beeper.

    The SID and AY can only do a pale ... about hardware sprites and the sid. Hardware sprites are crutches for ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous August 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ...
    The SID can SOUND JUST LIKE THE AY EASILY BY USING ... be simply reproduced using the SID.

    My ... a good symth like the SID). The AY *is* inferior to ... the SID - the Pokey is also ... is also inferior to the SID - The TB303 can't ...
    b00mzi11a b00mzi11a October 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... /> The SID can SOUND JUST LIKE THE AY EASILY BY USING ... be simply reproduced using the SID.



    SID is able to sound ... good symth like the SID). The AY *is* inferior to ... the SID - the Pokey is ...
    Sharopolis Sharopolis October 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Speccy SID Sound RumourI heard somewhere that theres a demo that has The 128 Speccy playing SID quality music... If this is true.... Woah!!! (Robb says 'Wow' To these spect…

    Am I the only one here who really doesn't like the twangy sound of the SID?

    Compare the SID and AY versions of the Treasure Island Dizzy theme tune and you'll see what I mean.
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone November 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…

    ... recently saying how I preferred SID to AY as a sound chip ...
    Spector Spector February 2004 Games
  • Retro Gamer issue 4It's now out (a few days early by my reckoning), with the news that it's now monthly!!! Pity the CD's a bag of shite though. [ This Message was edi…

    i really like the SID. i can't say i like all the music in general, SID or AY. I have to say though that I like the sound of the AY better. I guess it's just more in harmony with my sensibilities.
    Sadako Sadako May 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Which ZX Spectrum 48K game-music is the best?Hi there. I got an idea I could ask here about the topic like above. What do you think? C64 fans made a ranking of their beloved songs from games…

    ... br />
    The SID has 3 channels, not 4 ... the sound of the AY, you prefer the SID.

    SID sounds 'thicker' than the AY? The AY sounds ... really thin in most cases compared to the SID ... . The AY seems too quiet.
    Spector Spector March 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • favourite in-game musicwhat's peoples favourite in-game speccy tunes? Midnight resistance is the clear winner for me, followed by Robocop, Bionic Commando, Moon Strike, Tar…

    ... had gotten the 128k speccy/AY chip earlier - the Monty On ... -bit home computer game tunes, SID and AY versions alike) and since ...
    XTM of TMG XTM of TMG March 2008 Games
  • Specdrum 3 W.I.PIts a new app so i needed a new thread sorry :) I am sorry i have been neglecting this site and i have been working hard on Specdrum 3 Honest i hav…

    ... tunes (played by the AY-chip). I think this ... />
    -Midi to .AY conversion - Doesn't have to ... 3-channel .AY tune.

    -Sid to .AY conversion - If ... a Spectrum can play SID tunes, with limitations, ... and that way more SID tunes could be converted.< ...
    zxbruno zxbruno April 2008 Announcements
  • What can I use to rip AY tunes?Because I really like the music from Dragonia, but it isn't in the AY archive. Does anybody know of a program that I can extract it with? [SIZE="1"…

    ... we want a nice, perfect AY rip we have to look ... be similar programs for the SID and AY chips. Granted, it basically ...
    Lockett Lockett May 2008 Emulators
  • Specdrum 3 W.I.PIts a new app so i needed a new thread sorry :) I am sorry i have been neglecting this site and i have been working hard on Specdrum 3 Honest i hav…

    [QUOTE=zxbruno;264095]-Sid to .AY conversion - If you ... that a Spectrum can play SID tunes, with limitations, ... and that way more SID tunes could be converted.[/ ... &file=article&sid=1630&mode=thread ... ST tunes not SID tunes, but with a SID voice.
    ...
    FrankT FrankT July 2008 Announcements
  • Speccy AY-3-8910 vs. C64 SID ChipI thought I'd open this up for debate. Having owned both a C64 and a Speccy +2, my vote goes to the SID Chip; it is by far the superior sound synthe…

    As far as sound goes, I prefer SID to AY. Musically, I tend to prefer AY to SID whenever there is a choice.

    On a sidenote, I was rather shocked to learn that so many games had completely different music on C64 and ZX.
    pepak pepak August 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Speccy AY-3-8910 vs. C64 SID ChipI thought I'd open this up for debate. Having owned both a C64 and a Speccy +2, my vote goes to the SID Chip; it is by far the superior sound synthe…

    SID V AY is a bit like asking ... the C64.

    The AY in the Spectrum was driven ... the one that drove the SID chip. The C64 had a ... Spectrum can do with the AY yet. Most Spectrum music is ... you can write to the AY registers whenever you feel like ...
    Code Monkey Code Monkey August 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Speccy vs C64: Enduro RacerJust seen a video of the commode version of Enduro Racer, what a pile of cack: [youtube]kZVNLX6OxwU[/youtube] Speccy version: [youtube]ouKg6LeXkD…

    ... both platforms (well, besides that SID beats AY/beeper in *average* ): head ...
    Fikee Fikee October 2009 Chit chat
  • Do you think they'll be pissed?I'm not sure if this is in the right forum. It just went up. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpfM0hNmukM"]Silkworm Intro Music Battle - Who Wi…

    I prefer the AY version, the SID version just sounds too lo- ... the year of the SID and AY, the AY had been around for ... 128K Spectrum came out (the AY was found for example in ... or so).

    The SID has to be recognised as ... that sound better on the SID.
    Winston Winston July 2010 Chit chat
  • Playing SID music on AY??Hello. Some time ago, with occasion of another thread, I was asking about possibility of making a very certain thing - a SID emulator for Spectrum …

    ... only, and not (noticeable) better. SID files playing is maybe possible ... use of passively playing existing SID tunes? It is like to ... was also dreaming of connecting SID to ZX, but purely with ... having some tracker directly for SID and AY together, and then we ...
    Hood Hood November 2010 Development
  • Cheetah Midi interface for ZX SpectrumHi, does anyone know how to get this hardware? [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/hardware/feat36.html"]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/hardware/fe…

    ... how it is to port SID to AY as well follin used ... or mac to control the AY though , to do "punch" mode ...
    fog fog February 2012 Wanted
  • Playing SID music on AY??Hello. Some time ago, with occasion of another thread, I was asking about possibility of making a very certain thing - a SID emulator for Spectrum …

    Other 8bit machines has SID player for AY. In other words: they can ... play *.SID files. Why ... www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/demos/sid-player-on-cpc-128k/msg36310 ... needs SID board. The software sons for other machines emulate SID on AY.
    RockRiver RockRiver May 2012 Development
  • Playing SID music on AY??Hello. Some time ago, with occasion of another thread, I was asking about possibility of making a very certain thing - a SID emulator for Spectrum …

    ... sons for other machines emulate SID on AY.[/QUOTE]

    ... That's not SID emulation. That's ... notes and noise on the AY using an adapted version ... t sound anything like a SID, and because it's ... sounds worse than most AY tunes.
    chev chev May 2012 Development
  • Playing SID music on AY??Hello. Some time ago, with occasion of another thread, I was asking about possibility of making a very certain thing - a SID emulator for Spectrum …

    ... see if it's a SID write. In some cases ... enough to just sample the SID locations after each frame ... need the pre-buffering of SID data anymore. Quite how ... to play [i]some[/i] SID tunes on a 128K+ ( ... /> That still leaves the SID to AY mapping, but you can ...
    obo obo May 2012 Development
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