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  • Games reset sinclair 48k.I am a relative newbee to these forums and indeed spectrum emulation. I have been acquiring audio such as wavs or mps of games I own and am trying to…

    ... result for a given bit-rate.

    WAVs keep all ... want to replace the traditional tape deck with a CD player ...
    Laser Laser September 2006 Emulators
  • Games reset sinclair 48k.I am a relative newbee to these forums and indeed spectrum emulation. I have been acquiring audio such as wavs or mps of games I own and am trying to…

    ... Size 16.5MB. Effective bit-rate 345kbps.
    Loads perfectly.< ... 7MB. Effective bit-rate 56kbps.
    Tape Loading Error on ... first block.

    MP3 VBR target rate ... Size 14.9MB. Effective bit-rate 312kbps.
    Loads perfectly.< ...
    Laser Laser September 2006 Emulators
  • The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…

    ... and almost as slow as tape and it also had a ... machine loaded/saved at 1500 baud but I bought a disk ...
    JamesD JamesD September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…

    ... bar graphs to show optimal tape signal
    [QUOTE=JamesD]
    baud but I bought a disk ... speccy owners had them on tape whilst C64 owners waited for ... , had a really good introductory tape and manual(The spectrum+'s ...
    BruceNorton BruceNorton September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... sounds. Old beaten up 80s tape recorders did that, especially when ... and record them onto tape via an old tape player like you ... it, just like the old tape players. It's perfect for ... , and I'm getting 3000 baud games to load through it ...
    Spector Spector September 2006 Emulators
  • 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…

    ... and right portions of the tape may have slight differences. When ... played back in a stero tape deck, these differences cause ambiguity ... of cause increase the error rate.

    If you use ... balance controls of said 'posh' tape deck to leave only one ...
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk September 2006 Emulators
  • 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…

    ... and right portions of the tape may have slight differences. When ... played back in a stero tape deck, these differences cause ambiguity ... of cause increase the error rate.

    If you use ... balance controls of said 'posh' tape deck to leave only one ...
    Spector Spector September 2006 Emulators
  • TZX filesI copied a spectrum tape program onto my PC as a .wav file and used a converter to convert it to a .tzx file. The DOS window appeared during conversi…

    ... mono, 11213312 samples.
    | Sampling rate: 44100 Hz (playing time: 04 ... (38988 Bytes)
    End of tape[/FONT]
    zx128k zx128k October 2006 Emulators
  • Tapefix - *unlisted* UtilityWhen I was struggling to fix my *old* tapes, I stumble upon an (shareware) utility called tapefix. The URL is: [url]http://fly.cc.fer.hr/~arsen/tape…

    No I haven't yet. But I'm working on it. I'll put the wave into Soundforge 7 to see what can I do for it.

    Btw. What's the best sampling rate for tape signal editing?
    Arda Arda October 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…

    ... 1.76475MHz and the interrupt rate is 60Hz. For the PAL ... topic. Vortextracker will export a tape image with player and/or ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous November 2006 Games
  • Sam coup? - some questionsHi everyone. Got myself a sam coup&#233; without any kind of cables. I was a bit suspicious about it's working condition. Hooked it to a pc at psu a…

    ... ' file on the original MGT tape that was bundled with the ... did give a poor compatibility rate. Later Emulators were all disk ...
    Quazar Quazar November 2006 Hardware
  • TS2068 - SPECTRUM 48k Compatible Games ListHey guys... Follows the list. These are just the games I tested, there is still a long way ahead... As soon as more games are tested, their names w…

    ... he has a 15% success rate :-) Mine was about 10% or ... disk though so loading from tape like normal might eliminate more ... (supported by the 2068) and tape. It's the latter that ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous December 2006 Games
  • Proper emulation of the basic SAVE command?Most emulators respond to the SAVE command by saving the file to a virtual tape, but without sending the audio to the soundcard. Is there an emulator…

    ... , you will get proper tape noises if you simply neglect ... that...
    Save to tape, read to tape... not much difference, I ... call it 'real tape mode'. Maybe diverse emulators call ... 's picture (with real refresh rate, interlace etc).
    This ...
    piters piters January 2007 Emulators
  • Proper emulation of the basic SAVE command?Most emulators respond to the SAVE command by saving the file to a virtual tape, but without sending the audio to the soundcard. Is there an emulator…

    ... that...
    Save to tape, read to tape... not much difference, I ... call it 'real tape mode'. Maybe diverse emulators call ... 's picture (with real refresh rate, interlace etc).
    This ... question was about saving to tape so why are babbling on ...
    rich_chandler rich_chandler January 2007 Emulators
  • Question about digitized sound and videoI searched the forums and couldn't find the answer, so here it goes. Regarding digitized sound: I remember reading an article long ago about a vid…

    ... do it while loading from tape (but then you'd get ... the sound and the frame rate would be pathetically slow) or ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous January 2007 Development
  • Death of cassetteSome days ago I heard on the radio that only 8000 cassette tapes were sold in Spain during the whole year 2006. It looks like the cassette format is …

    ... you can select the sample rate i.e. default is 44 ... you can drop the sample rate to a qurter that and ... car - mine only has a tape player, but mostly I have ...
    dekh dekh February 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • New Spectrum Game! Cannon BubbleAs some of you already know, our new game "Cannon Bubble" is available to download in our web page! Go get it and don't forget to tell us what you th…

    ... a version running at 1500 baud so that should be more ... hacked copy) and while the tape versions seem to do some ...
    StuBruise StuBruise March 2007 Games
  • SpeedloadersWhen was the first time they came out and who invented them. What was the general speccy user's and media reaction to them? Would be nice to have a …

    ... it was done after the tape block in question had finished ... adding more overhead. At 1200 baud on one of BT's ...
    Winston Winston April 2007 Games
  • Tap MusicYou've probably noted this [url]http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=30929[/url] . A music made from the typical ZX tape loading noise by psb/hallowee…

    ... block to tape...
    Amazing what 22128 bytes at 1350 baud can ...
    netraider netraider June 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • GUIDE: How to convert TZXs to LOSSLESS low bitrate MP3s (56, 64 and 80 kbps)I posted this to comp.sys.sinclair last year, but it didn't get a single reply. Which annoyed me a bit. Since some people here seem to be intereste…

    ... so, would using low bit rate MP3 not be clipping off ... the Sync Bits and high baud hyperload.

    I've ... -bit mono 44.1K sample rate as a rule. I know ...
    BloodBaz BloodBaz July 2007 Hardware
  • Codies CD packDoes anyone remember Codemasters CD pack of 30 games from around '89? If so was this the only release of its kind on the spectrum or was there more C…

    ... speed they achieved with a tape recorder was 6000 bauds.
    baud speed to give the capacity ...
    Zup Zup August 2007 Games
  • Emulation vs SpecApologies if this is an old thread, what does anyone think is the best - playing spectrum games through emulation or on a real speccy? I feel it's b…

    ... that fiddling with volume levels. Tape based computers would never catch ... sync'd with the refresh rate (50hz v 60hz) and so ...
    dmsmith dmsmith August 2007 Games
  • Work In ProgressHi folks, Many people ask what is in the pipeline to avoid sourcing tapes/disks/carts that we've either already dumped or have as WIP. They may rem…

    ... 2 Mentor Software
    SD5 - Tape to Microdrive Utility Kobrahsoft
    Spectrum / 64 Tape Computing Nr 0 Aackosoft
    Tape Utility Lerm Software
    Tasword ... 28 Video Spectrum
    Wage Rate Analysis PBW
    Which? Tax ...
    ADJB ADJB October 2007 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Your help needed![FONT=Arial]there are [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/neededscreens.html"]a number of titles[/URL] (146) that still lack an in-game scre…

    ... have files missing within the tape, or maybe a missing companion ... tape.

    A small number ... succeed with. But alas my rate of uploads is about to ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn October 2007 Games
  • More Weird People in the News...[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/7131532.stm[/url] Now what the heck was this guy actually doing to get himself in this po…

    ... include:

    0898 cheap rate
    He's got a ... as well as an analog tape echo (WEM Copycat type thing ...
    chaosmongers chaosmongers December 2007 Chit chat
  • unheralded classic games...(in your opinion, of course.) [U]Kane[/U] great cowboy adventure game in 4 stages, I used to play this all the time. 1. shoot birds down (presumabl…

    I really loved "Confuzion". It even had music on the B side of the tape. YS didn't really rate Confuzion, but I found it very playable and with decent graphics.
    Winston Winston December 2007 Games
  • How can I join two or more .rzx files?Dear All, I'm trying to find away to record an 'Action Replay' file in multiple sessions, i.e. so I can do a long adverture in multiple sessions. I…

    ... Spin.

    Spin supports tape multiload games but I never ... pray everything goes well :) Success rate in Spin is imo about ...
    Ralf Ralf January 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Spectrum Dead On Arrival StatsDr. Rupe, who worked at Sinclair Research at the time, sees parallels with Microsoft and the XBox saga [url]http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000…

    ... too. My digital-8 tape video recorder gets strapped to ... ultimately have a higher failure rate than non-moving, a ... 't have the fatality rate of xbox 360 parts. ... br />
    The failure rate of the xbox 360 DVD ... with the expected failure rate of DVD drives...and ...
    Winston Winston January 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Daley Thompson's gamesChoose a game. On my opinion, although Decathlon was the first, Super Test has a wide variety of challenges (from pistol shoot to penalties...), and…

    Decathlon. Mainly for the skills it taught me in perfecting the absolute accuracy needed in controlling the volume on my tape player....I think that game has a 1 in 5 success rate of loading.
    beanz beanz January 2008 Games
  • ** Two Forthcoming Cronosoft Releases **Here's a couple of taster screenshots of forthcoming releases, coming very soon: SHOOT-EM-UP DESIGNER [url]http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b253/c…

    ... find one for changing the rate at which the enemies are ... the release date for the tape been announced?
    Spector Spector February 2008 Games
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