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  • Beepola v1.08 AvailableA new version of Beepoa, v1.08, is now available for download from:- [url]http://freestuff.grok.co.uk/beepola/[/url] (1.76MB zipped exe, no installe…

    ... think stef took some very basic routines from someone's msx ... , and shiru's AY sound effects program.[/QUOTE]That is a ...
    Timmy Timmy January 2014 Announcements
  • Game loopJust working on my first ever Spectrum game, and am struggling to work out what the game-loop should look like. I've got interrupts enabled (mode 2)…

    ... for producing sound effects, etc?[/QUOTE]

    The basic principle is ...
    Hikaru Hikaru January 2014 Development
  • Crap Games On The ZX Spectrum : Double Dragon[youtube]RGpEC9Z5dPU[/youtube]

    ... wasn't clear.
    The volume level on your voice seemed ... went on, but the sound effects from the game stayed at ...
    slenkar slenkar January 2014 Games
  • Crap Games On The ZX Spectrum : Double Dragon[youtube]RGpEC9Z5dPU[/youtube]

    ... wasn't clear.
    The volume level on your voice seemed ... went on, but the sound effects from the game stayed at ...
    Maroc's Other Projection Maroc's Other Projection January 2014 Games
  • Graphics: What is the point of ...... actually, let me apologize for such a stupid vague thread title, I so wanted to avoid this but the whole sentence I wanted to write is just way t…

    ... "gigascreen" (two screen) effects in modern demomaking, and although ... about this type of effects solely on emulator previews, ... very unrealistic, unless few basic requirements have been satisfied. ... way specific to gigascreen effects. They will also enable ...
    introspec introspec February 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Pentagon floating bus timingI wanted to take a little break from working on the ZXDS UI yesterday, so I added support for Pentagon timing instead, so I can finally enjoy the lik…

    ... mentioned "Rage"; "OSCOSS" has several effects with the same precision; I ... intos that have the same basic accuracy. I actually meant for ... had time to get the basic facts together.

    I ...
    introspec introspec March 2014 Emulators
  • Help with 1-bit sampled soundHi all, I've been sent over this way from the CPC Wiki forums as you guys may be able to help me more specifically with a programming query. Firstly…

    ... Sharp. For things like sound effects, they are usually played for ... output one waveform for each volume level and one of those ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous March 2014 Development
  • Help with 1-bit sampled soundHi all, I've been sent over this way from the CPC Wiki forums as you guys may be able to help me more specifically with a programming query. Firstly…

    ... at the other second order effects above, this is something that ... is possible to generate a volume table for the three channels ... on the Atari ST (the volume table was circulated many years ... way to transition from one volume level to another. Their sample ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous March 2014 Development
  • Clashbasher a new interface to reduce colour clashI've been working on this for a while now. [IMG]http://markamy.uwclub.net/cauldron.JPG[/IMG] Basicly its an add on for a 48k spectrum, which reinte…

    ... :-)
    It's written in basic with the plot routines from ... .

    I wrote the basic part by refrencing this pseudocode ... Atic Atac to see what effects will be useful.

    basic rom plot routine can be ...
    Basher Basher March 2014 Hardware
  • How did you learn to code on the Spectrum?Got to be honest, as much as I wish I did, I don't know anything about programming. I had a Spectrum (+2 and then +2B) when I was a kid, and my prog…

    ... , having learnt a bit of BASIC 'back in the day', and ...
    - printing text
    - sound effects

    But you can ...
    Morkin Morkin March 2014 Development
  • FZX: a new standard format and driver for proportional fonts[B]FZX[/B] is a very compact and efficient (although extremely flexible and powerful) standard format to create new fonts for the ZX-Spectrum. It sup…

    ... if they want inside ZX Basic.[/QUOTE]

    IMHO it ... routine should have no side effects.
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas March 2014 Brand new software
  • FZX: a new standard format and driver for proportional fonts[B]FZX[/B] is a very compact and efficient (although extremely flexible and powerful) standard format to create new fonts for the ZX-Spectrum. It sup…

    ... have no side effects.[/QUOTE]

    Boriel basic is not just ... get sdcc which, like boriel basic, uses IX as a framepointer ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous March 2014 Brand new software
  • AFX Sound Effects DatabaseGentlemen, I'm converting some games from ColecoVision to MSX (sorry, not 100% ZX Spectrum related, but...) and in some cases, I'll need to completel…

    ... AY", "VTX" and "WAV file (volume only)")... Of the various options ... and occasionally the AY sound effects too... Using AYEmul, you ... games) that contain some sound effects however, so it might ... riffs often make good sound effects... By loading them into Vortex ...
    kgmcneil kgmcneil April 2014 Development
  • The official CSSCGC 2014 threadJust to announce that the comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition 2014 is now open. It's home for the year will be; [url]http://www.mykeweb.co.uk/c…

    Very polished entry! Move over Kerbal Space Program!
    I particularly like the text print and ping sound effects. Is that really done in BASIC?
    Kweepa Kweepa April 2014 Games
  • New bicolour game: El Stompo.Phew! Finally finished my first game using Einar's fantastic Nirvana engine. [B]El Stompo.[/B] [IMG]http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n608/davey…

    ... equivalent of the raster-sky effects, which are achieved on the ... could do multi-colour border effects in BASIC. To be honest, it ... time doing screen multi-colour effects. I picked an arcade puzzle ... with a 48K beeper sound-effects engine in [I]Buzzsaw+[/I ...
    joefish joefish April 2014 Brand new software
  • Popular Computing WeeklyHope someone can help me, I've been typing in a whole heap of early Type-ins for the Amstrad CPC 464 and have typed in a program, though it's not wor…

    ... is because I was using BASIC 1.1, the original ... program was written in BASIC 1.0, so there maybe ... )=0 THEN k=1:' **** VOLUME ENVELOPE
    740 IF INKEY ... /> 1590 '
    1600 REM ******** PRINT VOLUME ENVELOPE CONTROLS **********
    1610 '
    CP/M User CP/M User June 2014 Chit chat
  • Fixing my old ZX Spectrum 48K issue 4AHi Guys, I trying to fix my old Spectrum 48K. Looks like my dad used a wrong power supply as the ULA had a bit missing and so did the 7805. So I rep…

    ... a very slight change in volume and the Spectrum will "loose ... . If you can program in BASIC, write a program to fill ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK July 2014 Hardware
  • Fixing my old ZX Spectrum 48K issue 4AHi Guys, I trying to fix my old Spectrum 48K. Looks like my dad used a wrong power supply as the ULA had a bit missing and so did the 7805. So I rep…

    ... a very slight change in volume and the Spectrum will "loose ... . If you can program in BASIC, write a program to fill ...
    Brian Brian July 2014 Hardware
  • ProTracker manual/instruction in English?Hello. A friend of mine would like to start making AY music on ZX Spectrum. In this purpose he'd like to have a ProTracker's instruction/guide/manu…

    ... x:

    √ Volume (global gain)
    √ Write ... Copy sample, ornament
    √ Volume transposition
    √ Copy 3 channels ... />
    Frequences cumulation, volume increase/decrease, envelope mask
    Setups are in basic block:
    5d3b, 5d3c ...
    Alone Coder Alone Coder July 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • A new full-screen bicolor engine called NIRVANA[I]OK, there's something I need to clarify first: Nowadays if you write [B]"multicolor"[/B] everyone assumes it refers to "multicolor 8x1" (an attri…

    ... time for some cool dynamic effects!

    [QUOTE=Einar Saukas ... z88dk and Boriel's ZX BASIC interfaces yet. I believe you ...
    DenisGrachev DenisGrachev August 2014 Brand new software
  • Why no PLOT, etc. on bottom two lines?I was pondering if there was any way to get PLOT, etc. to address the full screen from BASIC without having to write a few lines of assembler to bypa…

    ... version of the pleasingly compact BASIC routine from post#7. I ... a display file address; the BASIC does it in a single ... as it has no side effects (ie. compared to RANDOMIZE, LET ...
    [/code]

    Original BASIC version:
    [code]
    4 ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny August 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • Elite Dangerous: The origin story[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujlufM-XQsI[/url] Here's a nostalgic trip back to the original elite and some information on the new version, to…

    ... 'flowed' better overall. The sound effects were really good too, the ... would increase and decrease in volume was excellent.

    The ...
    Retrobrothers Retrobrothers August 2014 Games
  • Spectrum 48k ProblemsHi all Got my 48k today but it's playing up abit... First time i turn it on it was like this: [IMG]http://s26.postimg.org/hlg9d3f3d/IMG_20140830_…

    ... my PC's output max volume... here is the result: [url ... 's audio driver has any effects or equalisation settings. It might ...
    Zorn Zorn September 2014 Hardware
  • Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…

    ... />
    So almost every BASIC game (or game loaded from ... I don't think BASIC games will use page 7 ... will crash BASIC programs), but ERBE used BASIC loaders on ... will crash or have noticeable effects.

    [b] ... side 1 has a BASIC loader and it's ...
    Zup Zup October 2014 Games
  • 128 fontWhat happens when you change the font in 128 mode? I have a new font saved at 60000 with 23606 and 23607 poked with 96 and 233. The characters can b…

    ... in while a BASIC program is running so the effects don't ...
    balford balford October 2014 Development
  • Making noises with the AYHow do you go about making noises from the AY chip in machine code? I'm wanting to make a pulsating humming noise that increases in volume as you ge…

    ... -- one for individual sound effects and one for banks of ... .

    The individual effects are played over several interrupts ... You can vary their volume individually or apply a single ... The envelope automatically shapes the volume for you. The complex ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous October 2014 Development
  • Underated Speccy GamesThey say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but which Speccy games do you consider underated and in need of some much love. I'll start the ball r…

    ... atmosphere. Even the basic 'blink', 'blop', 'schffraz' sound effects fit the 'when ...
    Maroc's Other Projection Maroc's Other Projection October 2014 Games
  • What do you do for a living?In another thread ([url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=49352[/url]) Karingal said: [QUOTE=karingal;801168]Funnily enough wh…

    ... any type should know the basic law of getting a project ... because of the knock on effects. This also stops people bleating ...
    ADJB ADJB November 2014 Chit chat
  • +2 Grey - low 128k sound volumeI'm trying to revive my old grey +2.... First problem was a faulty RF signal, so I bought a SCART cable from Retro Computer Shack on e-bay (it's the…

    ... ) and change the volume using a short BASIC program which alternately "PLAY ...
    Spirantho Spirantho December 2014 Hardware
  • Early thoughts about creating a text adventureSo I always wanted to create my own ZX Spectrum text adventure. I tried looking at PAWs and GAC, but frankly I'm probably too stupid to use them. I…

    ... code or BASIC. Some adventures used this to add special effects or ...
    Strident Strident December 2014 Development
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