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  • ZX meets Atmos[URL="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SINCLAIR-ZX-SPECTRUM-2-GREY-128K-CUSTOM/171109564816?_trksid=p2047675.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D333005%26algo%3DRIC.FIT%2…

    ... to sort out the sound (beeper louder than ay thing) or put in one ... to work with anything other than a genuine rom)
    BiNMaN BiNMaN August 2013 Hardware
  • 48k titles you wished had AY tunesFollowing the GAMES for Spectrum48+AY_interface & Paperboy remake threads, it's got me thinking about those games that were lacking either a 128k mod…

    ... first I thought it was AY, it was only the volume ... the way, all my 128 models have beeper sound louder than AY. Strange.

    AY tunes. In fact I remember ... to the 48K version with AY sound?
    Mister Beep Mister Beep April 2010 Games
  • 48k titles you wished had AY tunesFollowing the GAMES for Spectrum48+AY_interface & Paperboy remake threads, it's got me thinking about those games that were lacking either a 128k mod…

    ... the way, all my 128 models have beeper sound louder than AY. Strange. [/QUOTE]
    than SCART (we didn't have ... SCART then). Did the 128 have a beeper or was it also ...
    Alien 8 Alien 8 April 2010 Games
  • Spectrum 128 sound, but no musichi everyone my 128k speccy sounds only as a 48 k ,the music is not working anymore, any ideas?

    ... , because this is used for AY output. EAR is INPUT of ... with "MIC" to beeper). And do not forget that Beeper is much louder than AY.
    LCD LCD August 2011 Hardware
  • 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…

    ... ZX48 (rubber), of course WITHOUT ay interface, as it would be ... even perfect, I prefer beeper sound than AY if You'd ask me ...
    Yerz Yerz October 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Playing AY sounds with BASIC.Is it possible? If so how? I've seen in one forum a while back mention of using interrupts to play but AFAIK this is machine code only. The goal of …

    ... for converting midi files into beeper music... The original converted midi ... its slightly off topic, being Beeper rather than AY... and being assembly rather ... than Basic... but... well... [*cough*]... [INSERT ...
    kgmcneil kgmcneil May 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Playing AY sounds with BASIC.Is it possible? If so how? I've seen in one forum a while back mention of using interrupts to play but AFAIK this is machine code only. The goal of …

    ... for converting midi files into beeper music... The original converted midi ... its slightly off topic, being Beeper rather than AY... and being assembly rather ... than Basic... but... well... [*cough*]... [INSERT ...
    na_th_an na_th_an May 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Opinion on new 128K only gamesHello, Being new to the WOS community, I am unclear on the attitude towards 128K only software, that is; Is there a strong need to support the 48K m…

    ... engines, all of which are beeper, rather than AY based (and actually surprisingly ... probably want to stick to AY, for ingame music)(Beepola: [ ... on the spectrum itself, rather than the PC... Mr Beep lists ... to make ones life easier than hand coding. One way would ...
    kgmcneil kgmcneil October 2010 New game ideas
  • Spectrum 128k+ Toastrack lower Beeper level?Does anyone know the easiest way of matching the AY and beeper levels? I'm guessing perhaps the easiest thing to do is lower the beeper line rather t…

    ... way of matching the AY and beeper levels? I'm ... do is lower the beeper line rather than the AY?

    ... well track where the beeper comes out of the ... lower the beeper level or raise the AY level? I ... which includes both the AY and Beeper at the right ...
    RobeeeJay RobeeeJay August 2011 Hardware
  • What's going on with the 128 music in Madballs?I always remembered my copy of the (terrible) Madballs having a neat 128k tune, but for a long time now all the TZXs I've been able to find have only…

    ... and regular 128k get the beeper tune, but +2, +2A ... remember getting the 128 music out of my regular toastrack 128 - I ... 2A and +3 get the AY version of the same tune ... +2 gets a completely different AY tune.

    What ... * that machine plays the AY tune.
    Lee Tonks Lee Tonks July 2014 Games
  • Adding AY music to your plogramI'd like to add some nice tune to my program written in machine code. I am not new to assembler programming but with music programming I have no expe…

    ... ?

    I know that beeper music is very processor absorbing ... anything else when playing beeper music, but AY music is different (it ... AY chip has its own processor? Can we say that Spectrum 128 ...
    Ralf Ralf March 2007 Development
  • ZX Soundbooster (AY volume increase on a grey+2)Having dug out my grey+2 and run it through scart I've just noticed (to my horror) how low the ay is in comparison to beeper (+3 has ay and beeper at…

    ... in comparison to beeper (+3 has ay and beeper at the same volume ... although the ay is distorted ... so long, in fact my toastrack is the same.

    ay and beeper volumes are at the same ...
    BiNMaN BiNMaN May 2011 Hardware
  • Analogue BeeperThere's been a discussion on foro.speccy.org about multichannel beeper stuff, and since I had the camera out and the scope set up, I set about demons…

    ... (and probably why all multichannel beeper music will be electronica), you ... sound), it's also much louder:

    [code]
    ... tones an octave apart, one louder than the other. Note that it ... the Z80 and beeper circuit is better than the AY or SID for ...
    Winston Winston January 2009 Development
  • KempAY and Spectrum +3 queryIve been looking at the KempAY interface. It's the AY38912 chip on a board, which also doubles up as a kempston joystick interface all done in GAL ch…

    ... :
    It is audibly quieter than when using a 48K machine ... lose any non AY sound effects. For example Tetris 128 has sound ... you will not hear beeper effects via AY output of course.
    To hear beeper effects you have ...
    Mister Beep Mister Beep January 2011 Hardware
  • Synth SpeechHi All, Can anyone recommend an easy way to get a *subroutine that I can call in asm that will give a decent sounding phrase? I've had a look at a …

    [QUOTE=aowen;641612]For AY: [url]ftp://ftp. ... ]

    For Beeper: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org ... br /> Ta Andrew, it's Beeper I'm after so have ... are 4-bit signed. Sounds louder than the PWM version.
    ... code above 49152, more than I was hoping. Is ...
    R-Tape R-Tape July 2012 Development
  • Suggested Spectrum model for retro hobbyist?I'm planning on getting myself a Spectrum of some sorts to add one of the most famous 8-bit computers to my retro collection (already have C64, A1200…

    ... 48k has a built in beeper which unless you disconnect will ... look pretty then get the toastrack model. If you want it ... />
    If you want decent AY sound generation "out of the ... can be iffy with the toastrack 128 on account of being so ...
    guesser guesser November 2012 Hardware
  • Suggested Spectrum model for retro hobbyist?I'm planning on getting myself a Spectrum of some sorts to add one of the most famous 8-bit computers to my retro collection (already have C64, A1200…

    ... has a built in beeper which unless you disconnect ...
    If you want decent AY sound generation "out of the ... be iffy with the toastrack 128 on account of being ... br /> Games that have AY sound and bleeper sound ... will work, the AY sound coming from the ...
    emuola emuola November 2012 Hardware
  • Stereo sound to LCD TVI have 23" LCD TV and 2 Speccy - 128 Toast and +3. I have audio in (rgb) input in my TV and use ear output from Speccy. but 1. sound from +3 it is …

    ... TV and 2 Speccy -
    128 Toast and +3.
    I ... audible.
    2. sound from 128 in games it is audible ... connection are still possible for 128 Speccy ?[/QUOTE]

    Volume ... aren't equal: beeper sound is far more loud than AY sounds.
    bverstee bverstee January 2013 Hardware
  • What's going on with the 128 music in Madballs?I always remembered my copy of the (terrible) Madballs having a neat 128k tune, but for a long time now all the TZXs I've been able to find have only…

    ... there multiple versions of the toastrack 128 ROM? i.e. is ... machine could play the 128 tune because it has ... I get the 'second' AY tune. Once I've played ... to get the AY equivalent of the beeper tune. In your ... of how it chooses which AY tune to play? :)
    ...
    Lee Tonks Lee Tonks July 2014 Games
  • Pics of your Speccy set-up?Had a look and can't seem to find a thread on this. - Be interesting to see pic(s) of everyone's "go-to" Speccy, the one that they use regulary. I'…

    ... runs properly 48/128/Pentagon programs. Sound: Beeper and one AY. That's ... BUT - the compatibility is higher than other non-British models I ... in Portugal nor my Spectrum 128+ commissioned in Spain - and ... would be nice, the second AY for TurboSound, some better ...
    Yerzmyey Yerzmyey October 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • MISTER BEEP - new album with ZX musicHi, normally I don't like my tunes too much :) but this time I would like to proudly present to ZX universum: MISTER BEEP - "A thousand furious b…

    ... made on ZX Spectrum 48K (beeper).
    Published by Italian netlabel ... Shiru programmed several totally new BEEPER engines: they were highly powerful ... of volume: one channel is louder than another. With clever composing you ...
    Mister Beep Mister Beep April 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • ZX Spectrum 128k Heatsink RGB behaviourHello, this is George from Greece. I have an 128k+ (Heatsink) and i use the rgb cable i bought from ebay on a 1084st monitor. As the monitor does …

    ... . Most times the effects sound louder than the sound. Is it something ... modded, this is my first 128.

    George ...
    gbabatsis1976 gbabatsis1976 March 2012 Hardware
  • Getting absolutely no video from a 128+I'm trying to get a friend's toastrack 128 to show video and I'm not having any luck. I'm in the US, so I don't have access to any TVs that can take …

    ... to get a friend's toastrack 128 to show video and I ...
    papa_november papa_november April 2012 Hardware
  • ZX Spectrum music remixes/coversOK this may have been covered before but are there any sites where there are re-mixes/covers of Speccy game music? By this I mean versions recorded …

    ... /or virtual instrumentation rather than AY versions of a beeper tune.

    beeper limitations. ([URL="http://www.worldofspectrum ...
    Jimmo Jimmo September 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Covox interfaceI was listening Hooy's latest product "Astral Combat", then program allowed me to change output device between beeper, ay and covox. As I listen thro…

    ... to change output device between beeper, ay and covox. As I listen ... is it really sound better than ay/beeper as a digital output device ...
    Arda Arda April 2013 Hardware
  • The Spectrum In EuropeWhat are the differences between Speccys in Europe and the UK? ie would a British 48K work in France or Italy, and vice versa?

    ... so quiet! The BEEPer is about 20 times louder than it, so there ...
    Spector Spector June 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Anyone got a copy of 'Z80 for primates'?This Z80 lark isnt easy, in fact it makes me feel very much like Washoe the chimp trying to learn learn sign language, I just dont think I've got the…

    ... />
    The beeper and the AY do not access memory ... them.
    The beeper is controlled by port ... two registers, which are AY chip registers. You access ... The AY works in a far more complex way than the beeper. ... of player routine rather than simply do X,Y ...
    cyborg cyborg November 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Spectrum and it's rivals...This has no doubt been posted and debated many times before, across hundreds of messages boards and across hundreds of playgrounds before that, but h…

    ... me, the SID is better than AY without question - it had a ... could have both because the BEEPer acted as a fourth channel ...
    Spector Spector January 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Spectrum v Amiga : The Final starts.The final has begun, just in case you didn't know. The old Speccy is getting a bit of a kicking at the moment, so get those votes in!

    ... can combine the beeper and underrated AY and demonstrate fantastic ... the right hands the AY can hold its own ... the rights to other than the Spectrum compatibility mode, ... always feel the beeper is better than the stupid pc ... makes me ashamd to ay i use an Amiga ...
    Amigo Amigo April 2003 Games
  • Speccy AY versus 64 SIDWhich is best?

    ... merely a nostalgia trip. The AY does not bring back many ... /> The BEEPer was actually good for sound FX, better than AY in many ...
    Spector Spector September 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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