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  • Tape not loading - ideasI have two spectrum 48k rubbers. The tape drive is one that has a data mode and a ph mode. The data mode overrides the volume control. Prior to last…

    ... bud, press play on the tape recorder and rub all the ... this setting does varie from tape to tape. When you tune this ... with the tape recorder internally that is maybe generating a buzz or ...
    +2MAN +2MAN June 2007 Hardware
  • External tape player into +2AMy tape player keeps acting up on my beloved :roll: +2A, tried cleaners and adjusting the head. No luck. Is there any way of connecting an external …

    ... my sound card instead of tape for ZX. I had ... could also make a small amplifier of your own using ... U] you could use any amplifier, just do not set ... face the consequences. With any amplifier I also mean direct output ... it is not high power amplifier (1 watt or 2 ...
    ZX64 ZX64 July 2007 Hardware
  • Tape LeadsWhere's the best and/or cheapest place to get tape leads? I got hold of a Spectrum with no leads at all, and in my eagerness to get it up and runnin…

    ... you select "CD" on the Amplifier.

    Quite a few ... original Spectrum cassette lead, but tape a couple together and you ...
    Phu Phu August 2007 Hardware
  • Revisiting Old VinylI was just listening to Dark & Long (Dark Train) by Underworld. I think this is the first time I played the record since last century. :o What an aw…

    ... from your amplifier's REC output (that goes to a tape deck ...
    DEATH DEATH August 2007 Chit chat
  • Zx Spectrum +2 Datacorder - Discman To Car Cassette Tape AdapterHas anyone tried using a discman to cassette adapter on a ZX Spectrum +2 datacorder and loaded games with a CD or direct from a PC Soundcard?

    ... the internal cable of Tape recorder. In that case ... its control current from the tape motor lines. The contact ... white wire) of the tape recorder in case the motor ... out because the play amplifier of tape provides noise even if ... tape is off.
    ...
    ingo ingo October 2007 Hardware
  • Fastest Baud Rate On A Loader ?Following on (sort of!) from the thread about the best loading.... Which game(s) had the fastest (highest baud rate) ? I seem to remember a couple …

    ... the case of a tape player is that the ... signal coming off the tape is tiny and therefore ... it had passed through the amplifier, quite possibly so much ... . In fact, the way tape heads work mean that there ... , the physics of the tape-to-head transfer mean it ...
    Laser Laser October 2007 Games
  • .TZX to TapeHy, I&#180;ve been trying to transfer some games that I have in .TZX format to a real tape. I downloaded Taper, opened the game file, connected the …

    ... on the tape deck? Or line in on my amplifier (as you ... the MIC connection of my tape deck... Important questions... And, the ...
    georgedb georgedb December 2007 Hardware
  • .TZX to TapeHy, I&#180;ve been trying to transfer some games that I have in .TZX format to a real tape. I downloaded Taper, opened the game file, connected the …

    ... on the tape deck? Or line in on my amplifier (as you ... the MIC connection of my tape deck... Important questions... And, the ...
    Gods Gods December 2007 Hardware
  • Turntable recommedationsI'd like to buy a good turntable for old records I've got. I've just been listening to crackly ol' "Who's Next" and I want to hear Roger Adultery's f…

    ... .

    Technics amplifier (?30),
    Technics tape deck (?19)
    Denon ... tape deck (?10)
    Pioneer ...
    chaosmongers chaosmongers January 2008 Chit chat
  • Buzzy Crackles in my Speaker and loss of USB HD.I have recently been hearing intermittent electrical interference in the build in speakers of my monitor which are not connected as the sound goes to…

    Although I hear the buzz on the monitor speakers they ... as the audio out. The amplifier is selected with the speakers ...
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk January 2008 Chit chat
  • Bandersnatch ... what if.I just watched [strike][U][COLOR="Blue"]Commercial Breaks[/COLOR][/U][/strike] (again :rolleyes: ) and am wondering how it might have changed or revo…

    ... and the rest loaded from tape. Despite all this hardware crash ... and creating some sort of buzz? It's more than likely ...
    Zagreb Zagreb April 2008 Games
  • how do you listen to speccy music/audio? mono/stereo? thru the hifi?hi all i was just wondering what kind of setup people are using when they are using their speccy, emulated or otherwise. when i'm making AY music, i…

    ... the resistor to fix the amplifier stage). When I'm using ... TV card, I have the tape cable plugged into the computer ...
    guesser guesser May 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • +3 Audio hates me with a passionHihi Since nobody seemed to have a spare +3B board, I've been trying to replace the audio entirely, aiming for a speaker inside the machine Since p…

    ... connected a small LM386 based amplifier direct to chip.

    tape socket I get (very loud ...
    FrankT FrankT June 2008 Hardware
  • ANN: SpecEmu 2.7Go get it kids! [url]http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mark.woodmass/specemu.html[/url] :p

    ... opening animation (the one with buzz sound and noisy screen). I ... />
    4. Work on the tape browser dammit! it's most ...
    Arda Arda November 2008 Emulators
  • ANN: SpecEmu 2.7Go get it kids! [url]http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mark.woodmass/specemu.html[/url] :p

    ... opening animation (the one with buzz sound and noisy screen). I ... ).
    4. Work on the tape browser dammit! it's most ...
    Tom-Cat Tom-Cat November 2008 Emulators
  • Which Speccy sounds 'best'? ie, differences in AY outputDoes anyone know if there's any noticeable difference in the quality of the sound output on the Speccy models with an AY chip?i'm wondering if there'…

    the audio on the RF signal is always going to be terrible really, you're better off muting the TV and feeding the clean audio (well as clean as you can get on a plus 3, it's fine if you fix the amplifier bug) from the tape socket out to your speakers.
    guesser guesser November 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Which Speccy sounds 'best'? ie, differences in AY outputDoes anyone know if there's any noticeable difference in the quality of the sound output on the Speccy models with an AY chip?i'm wondering if there'…

    ... if you fix the amplifier bug) from the tape socket out to ... /> does the +2 have a tape socket out?? is that the ... AY is wired to the tape socket out anyways? i thought ...
    Lee_dC Lee_dC November 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • How do I create TAP files from audio tapes ?Hi, How do I create TAP files from ZX Spectrum audio tapes on a Linux box ? I'm new here. Better still, what is a good way to digitally record the …

    ... old old Spectrum audio tape and recording it as ... .wav files directly using the tape player.

    I ... " but then get "R - tape loading error". I expect the ... volume on my tape deck needs to be ... works OK with an external amplifier. I have also done ...
    bladerunner bladerunner January 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Using a tape drive for Spectrum +3Could I just use any tape drive? I only have a sony walkman, really. Could this work? Also, how would I load up it up on the +3? Do I just set the ta…

    ... record the sound on your tape desk.

    You could ... sound output with an external amplifier to play the .wav directly ... . It might work without the amplifier but probably won't.
    bladerunner bladerunner February 2009 Hardware
  • Murkwood / Red ShiftI have a tape (no inlay) called "Murkwood" by "Red Shift" 1984 I can't find it listed anywhere, and I wonder if it is an expansion pack for a game a…

    ... ]http://www.exotica.org.uk/~buzz/wos/murkwood_working_part2.wav[/url]
    tape player destroyed it :/ (i purchased ... parts came on a different tape (which I dont have).
    exobuzz exobuzz February 2009 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Murkwood / Red ShiftI have a tape (no inlay) called "Murkwood" by "Red Shift" 1984 I can't find it listed anywhere, and I wonder if it is an expansion pack for a game a…

    audacity project files here for both sides of the tape.

    [url]http://malus.exotica.org.uk/~buzz/wos/Murkwood.tar[/url]
    exobuzz exobuzz February 2009 MIA/STP/SDP
  • +2 datacorder noise eliminationHello :-) I have recently bought a gray +2, and as expected, it is plagued with the "datacorder noise in sound output" problem. I have found a few …

    ... power supply of the amplifier of the tape deck is buffered by ... press any key at the tape deck charging the electrolytic capacitor ...
    ingo ingo March 2009 Hardware
  • Fuller Sound box faulty for the Zx SpectrumBit of a long shot, but anybody got schematics for the fuller sound box, mine works apart from the ear socket, can't load games thr' the supplied ear…

    ... tried saving some program to tape and see if that works ... also has a built-in amplifier, but I'm not sure ...
    Jimmy Jimmy April 2009 Hardware
  • 128K +2 (Grey) no image output.Got an 128K +2 Grey that works in every aspect except no image (neither from RF or RGB), swaped the RF from my 48K+ witch was working well and tested…

    ... line of the cable between tape drive and computer and insert ... way the output of the amplifier is connected only if it ... switch the power to the tape deck on and off as ...
    trellis trellis April 2009 Hardware
  • Tape problem on Plus 2I brought a second hand Plus 2 today for ?3 and it came wiht a copy of Lotus Turbo Challenge. The machine in itself works fine but when I tried to l…

    What type tape recorder you use? New tape recorders have to small signal ... do for myself cable and amplifier to load tap from my ... .
    Other problem, broken old tape, or socket inside spectrum. Bad ...
    zaxon zaxon April 2009 Hardware
  • Getting Tapes from PC to Spectrum?I'm looking for a way to download tape images off the internet, then copy them from PC to a physical cassette, or some way to play them on the Sincla…

    ... you have an hi-fi amplifier).
    Although if you find ... load from anywhere but the tape deck. Again, I appreciate any ...
    Eambo Eambo April 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Build your own Pentagon 1024SLAlexey aka KingOfEvil was so kind to give me an english manual for the Pentagon with most (except for the floppy controller) chips adapted to "wester…

    ... TTL i blw), adding a tape-in port (which requires 1 ... IC) and building a tiny amplifier for the beeper and covox ...
    Shockwav3 Shockwav3 May 2009 Hardware
  • What we gotI moved house and I have setup my Spectrum gear, I was looking at all that I have and was thinking what else do others have in there collection? Ok …

    ... + with interface 2 and Sound amplifier
    Toastrack with Cheetah joystick ... -floppy drive

    Fergerson tape-deck
    Currah Microscpeech (on ...
    Graz Graz May 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Spectrum +2 tape playerHi all, the tape player on my +2 has gone silent on me. There's power getting to it but there doesn't seem to be any sound getting to the computer, e…

    ... =hypostomus;358718]Hi all, the tape player on my +2 has ... I was getting a strange tape delay effect on the loading ... it turned out that the amplifier chip on the Datacorder PCB ... .

    With the Datacorder amplifier down, you should notice that ...
    trellis trellis June 2009 Hardware
  • Spectrum +2 tape playerHi all, the tape player on my +2 has gone silent on me. There's power getting to it but there doesn't seem to be any sound getting to the computer, e…

    ... I can't get the tape player working I've no ... . Looking at the tape player PCB, which is the amplifier chip?
    hypostomus hypostomus June 2009 Hardware
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