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a question about 48/128k spectrum sound hardwarei have a program for the 48k (ive forgotten what its called) that lets you do 3 channel sound on it. so could it be possible to do 9 channels on a 12…
i have a program for the 48k (ive forgotten what its called) that lets you do 3 channel sound on it. so could it be possible to do 9 channels on a 128k machine using the same method with 1 bit dac in the ay chip?
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ANN: Issue 11 of Sam Revival out now (Sam CoupThe belated issue 11 of Sam Revival magazine is out now. This issue of Sam Revival is an audio special, and the cover CD contains music tracks recor…
... of music created with advanced sound interfaces including the extremely popular ... computer coupled with the best sound hardware can do sonically, then this ... depth at all the extra sound interfaces that have appeared (or ... -
Bands/Singers using Spectrum beat?I remember reading, long ago, about British bands who used Spectrum beats in their songs. I'm not talking about songs with loading noise nor the ZX S…
... AY or any other spectrum sound hardware.
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speccy v's comodore v's bbcThose old enough to remember the playground days when we each had our own little group speccy better than the comodore and the bbc users were all gee…
... the same applies yo surrounding sound etc. (in movies): it should ... camera cuts and therefore abrupt sound pans make everything confusing.
sound hardware. And yet, even Lucasarts moved ... -
And Finally... ZX Spin 0.504Ok, it's the last release for a while - most of the more glaring bugs should be fixed. [url="http://www.zxspin.co.uk/"]http://www.zxspin.co.uk/[/ur…
... 366!), is the lack of sound hardware because it is my work ... -
Most popular new features? I know some people like a spectrum to be emulated as authentically as possible, while others like myself like features which improve the gfx, sound,…
[Emulating hardware that never existed - High Colour count, extra sound, extra memory etc ... Sound turned out to be. Some talented people hacked away at hardware ... a capable, powerful bit of sound hardware... For which the thanks they ... -
"Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]
... the early 80s the video/sound hardware was virtually everything. Look at ... computers ARE their video and sound hardware. -
"Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]
... the early 80s the video/sound hardware was virtually everything. Look at ... computers ARE their video and sound hardware.
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Sorry ... more strongly if I tried. Sound and graphics count for very ... -
"Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]
... its not hard to compare *hardware specifications*.
... wins hands down. Hardware sprites, hardware scrolling (including techniques ... br />
Other Hardware: The 1541 sucks. Tape drives ... to nice graphic and sound hardware. In terms of gaming ... -
"Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]
... thanks to nice graphic and sound hardware. In terms of gaming, this ... more important than graphics or sound.
Both machines have ... emphasis on the graphics and sound than on CPU power is ... -
"Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]
... , karingal wrote:
As for hardware support, this really is a ... judging by the number of hardware devices released for it.[/quote ... kit like samplers or FM sound hardware and more.
Third ... if we're talking amateur hardware hacking, you can't get ... -
Would you buy speccy games if they were made/sold today?Say for some crazy instant that ZX Spectrum came back on the scene bigtime and they started making selling ZX Spectrum versions of the latest games, …
... the same basic graphics and sound hardware. It would be the ZX ... -
MAME on the Spectrum?Yes, I know it's currently AY's job to make ludicrous posts (a position he's filling in very well, until TKRAP returns), but just out of interest, if…
... being possible, given the hardware limitations of the Speccy. ... mind handle the custom video/sound hardware! If you don't ... the SAM hardware (slightly faster CPU, better graphics and sound). I ... reference to how the original hardware works - it's officially ... -
MAME on the Spectrum?Yes, I know it's currently AY's job to make ludicrous posts (a position he's filling in very well, until TKRAP returns), but just out of interest, if…
... being possible, given the hardware limitations of the Speccy. ... mind handle the custom video/sound hardware! If you don't ... the SAM hardware (slightly faster CPU, better graphics and sound). I ... reference to how the original hardware works - it's officially ... -
MP3 loading testsIn a previous thread, Spector says: "The loss of an mp3 file is nothing compared to the loss from an old audio cassette tape. " Dunny says: "Which i…
... loading tones boosted. Obviously our sound hardware wasn't up to the ... -
MP3 loading testsIn a previous thread, Spector says: "The loss of an mp3 file is nothing compared to the loss from an old audio cassette tape. " Dunny says: "Which i…
... loading tones boosted. Obviously our sound hardware wasn't up to the ... playing back near CD quality sound. The Speccy hates this. ... results, you must compress the sound.
Compression reduces ... will feel the drop in sound, hear the increase in ... -
Mayhem Accelerator - Prototype Complete [Sam CoupI am now pleased to announce that on the 8th June the prototype of the Mayhem Accelerator was finally completed. With work on the accelerator start…
... games that use the same hardware isn't there, I ... Z80 (2 stacks, big-endian, hardware mult, Etc.) - that even ... the Williams games used separate hardware for sound, with another 6809(ish ... blitters. They still had separate sound hardware though.
A ... -
Spritual successor to the Speccy1988-1995 - Atari ST/STe/Falcon 1995-2000 - ? hmmm ? 2000-2006 - Playstation 2 with a keyboard 2007- ?
... to the Spectrum as the hardware did next to nothing, so ... adding specialist graphics and digitized sound hardware though.
Definitely not ... -
Spritual successor to the Speccy1988-1995 - Atari ST/STe/Falcon 1995-2000 - ? hmmm ? 2000-2006 - Playstation 2 with a keyboard 2007- ?
... software rather than (possible) hardware upgrades. Have to support ... and even with new hardware that's no guarantee that ... external memory, speech synth, other sound hardware... . I had to make sure ... a gamble designing new hardware, especially with the costs ... -
Speccy vs C64 vs Amstrad - Make your vote count![url]http://www.retrofusiononline.com/fusion/[/url] You know it makes sense. We're winning at the moment, too... D.
... as vastly superior graphics and sound hardware. The original Atari 800 was ... -
Speccy vs C64 vs Amstrad - Make your vote count![url]http://www.retrofusiononline.com/fusion/[/url] You know it makes sense. We're winning at the moment, too... D.
... as vastly superior graphics and sound hardware. The original Atari 800 was ... with canceled software was canceled hardware and they got rid of ... made their own mistakes. The hardware was rushed to market and ... -
The new GP2Xpectrum releases threadYeah, I know the thread title isn't exactly too original, but I've decided that just one post to hold all updates makes more sense than a lot of smal…
... [b]does[/b] recover the sound. My speculation is that some ... ?) are assuming something about the sound hardware when they start up which ... program to initialise all the sound hardware or the previous one to ... -
The new GP2Xpectrum releases threadYeah, I know the thread title isn't exactly too original, but I've decided that just one post to hold all updates makes more sense than a lot of smal…
... ?) are assuming something about the sound hardware when they start up which ... of 0.B), and the sound functions are different, but I ... -
how is real spectrum used?I have just downloaded real spectrum for use on my win XP. I have read the info but still have got problems. 1) If I remove the 128k rom there is a…
... with IRQs on legacy DOS sound hardware, and old video modes etc ... -
Loading games on Timex Computer 2048I've tried some tools published here in this site to try and load games in a Timex Computer 2048 (Spectrum clone) via my portable PC sound card, but …
... 'm sure that the mac sound hardware is basically the same as ... -
How to load tzx files into REAL spectrumI have 2 zx spectrum computers, and have been trying to load tzx files into them. I have used several programs to convert them to wav files and them …
... mixer that came with the sound hardware on your PC). Quite often ... -
ANN: Spectaculator 7Spectaculator 7 is now available! More information is available in the [URL="http://www.spectaculator.com/news?ref=wos"]news section[/URL] on the web…
... system, when I set ' hardware sound acceleration to full ' in the ... Live! produces a scratchy sound only in Spectaculator, any ... ) I have to set hardware acceleration to basic, which however ... now, I change the sound hardware acceleration every time I run ... -
Why did the QL fail?Browsing some old magazines: an advert appeared for the QL, 128k of ram and 32 bit processor etc...also very cheap compared to other similar spec com…
... the capability (more colour, decent sound, hardware scrolling/sprites etc.) it would ... -
An idea for a possible(?) new interfaceDue to the Spectrum's processor speed and the way the ULA works, there are a couple things (among others) that are difficult to do: -Gigascreen or a…
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On the subject of sound, mcleod_ideafix's DIY "Specdrum" interface ... like the PCM device that sound cards for a PC have ... with something else while the sound hardware empties the buffer. This is ... it" if it has a sound card. The Z80 doesn't ... -
An idea for a possible(?) new interfaceDue to the Spectrum's processor speed and the way the ULA works, there are a couple things (among others) that are difficult to do: -Gigascreen or a…
... 394568]On the subject of sound(...) So you write your waveform ... with something else while the sound hardware empties the buffer. [/QUOTE] ... brainwave, would be a nice hardware experiment too. Then the next ... Hongkong, and the actual sound was made by air coming ...
