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speccy soundI know this sounds a bit vauge but can anyone explain to me why the music on some 48K games was so amazing and so much better than the usual beeper s…
... a second to the Z80 chip to tell it to stop what ... the Z80 refrences to talk to the hardware it ... current induces an electromagnet to change direction. It's ... the AY chip can work in a similar way to the ... to create music on the 48K beeper (frankly having an AY chip ... -
Sound on Spectrum / AtariIf I'm not mistaken, the AY chip on Spectrum and Atari ST are the same. I saw some games on Atari and I must say that sound on it was pretty nice. My…
... have an AY chip.
I would suggest you to try out ... the spectrum 128k, which had AY.
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Anyone Recognizes This Loader?Hi there! I live in Argentina. I have a -dead by now- CZ Spectrum (a ZX clone made by an argentinian company, Czerweny, which used to make... Excell…
... memory dump from 24576 to 65535 to tape - the ... /> Once everything was saved to tape, a custom bit of ... game could be converted to microdrive or tape.
It was possible to add small machine code routines ... games that accessed the AY chip in 48k mode.
The Good, the Bad & the UglyWhich games, in your opinion, were better on the Commode 64 and Amsad CPC than the Speccy? And vice-versa? I ask because I believe that many Speccy g…
... for sound production but the AY chip was very popular and very ... good chip - it produced a clean sound ... I've heard sounds similar to 48k beeper stuff at it ...Some \"newbie\" questions about the Spectrum +2I bought a +2 last week. I had never owned any of the 128k Spectrums before, nor seen them in action. I have a couple of questions; 1) Do all 128k …
... is what allows access to the extra RAM on ... page locked mode. The AY chip is still acessable however as ... is why the ability to disable paging was included in ... MISTAKE. Many games had to be arranged around all ... games were a nightmare to use on anything other ...Spectrum musichello, I was wondering if anyone had released some kind of music sequencing software for the spectrum? if so, can anyone point me in a direction of …
... beeper if you know how to program it properly. A case ... be done by the AY chip - just listen to the dismal sound on ...Spectrum musichello, I was wondering if anyone had released some kind of music sequencing software for the spectrum? if so, can anyone point me in a direction of …
The AY chip is nothing like a true FM synth chip.
... used to modulate the frequency of another (the carrier). The AY chip simply ... the values of certain registers to produce each channel's output ... all of that, go listen to what some of the demo ...Game On exhibition- EdinburghI was there today and it was highly enjoyable. The game I enjoyed playing the most was IK+ on the C64- fantastic! The sprites look so close to Karate…
... put on headphones and listened to choice cuts from eighties games ... BEEPer ones too. I listened to track 1..."Ping Pong": a ... "180" there which was the AY chip, but I was furious that ... arguably the best AY tune ever made, "Knight Tyme ...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…
Add this line to the original source code:
ORG 40000
Recompile and save binary.
Boot Spin. Specify address to load as 40000. Go!
No idea bout the AY chip mate!printer port redirect to (Windows) system printerIs there any emulator (+2A/+3 compatible) that can be configured to output the, say, parallel printer port to the Windows system port ? The default o…
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This value passed to the port determines pen and ... (through AY chip), or parallel (port #0FFD)), which has nothing to do with ...printer port redirect to (Windows) system printerIs there any emulator (+2A/+3 compatible) that can be configured to output the, say, parallel printer port to the Windows system port ? The default o…
... (through AY chip), or parallel (port #0FFD)), which has nothing to do with ... if luck - I'm going to emulate the ZX Printer, not ...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!
... requirement, id like to tell them to stuff photoshop, ... AY can hold its own against the Sid chip anyday [I]( listen to ... canned because it was to have spectrum compatibility ... would be unfair to compare it to higher end ... almost makes me ashamd to ay i use an Amiga ...VOTE FOR SPECTRUM!!!!!Hi there! Which comp has the best music? Go and VOTE for ZX SPECTRUM (withought logging this time, so it's easier). This is the link: [url="http:/…
... I wouln't know how to place it wrt the C64 ... more popular,, however. I think AY music would probably beat SID ... it wouldn't be bad to have, in the WoS database ... if a game uses the AY chip at all. (I believe ... but I wouldn't want to be quoted on this... :) )VOTE FOR SPECTRUM!!!!!Hi there! Which comp has the best music? Go and VOTE for ZX SPECTRUM (withought logging this time, so it's easier). This is the link: [url="http:/…
... 48k games which use the AY chip when loaded on a 128 ... or more notes in order to create the impression of > ... sound!
My favourite AY tune of all time? That ... would have to by Barry Leitch's Xenophobe ...The Good, the Bad & the UglyWhich games, in your opinion, were better on the Commode 64 and Amsad CPC than the Speccy? And vice-versa? I ask because I believe that many Speccy g…
... sound production but the AY chip was very popular and ... very good chip - it produced a ... 've heard sounds similar to 48k beeper stuff at ... Gray's Driller tune, to name but a very, ... think it sounds similar to 48K beeper music at ... won't know what to say.Tales of hate and despair in 8-bitsThis topic seeks to shed some light on one of the most obscure questions a spectrum user can ask. Why do we hate Commodore?
... of the Spectrum had an AY chip, joystick connectors, a cartridge ... what those programming wizards managed to squeeze out of the ... . I've grown accustomed to high resolution monochrome types with ... seems C64 folk grew to prefer colour to the detail. The C64 ...AY vs YMDoes anyone know the exact differences between the AY-3-8192 and the YM chip used in some Russian models ?
The AY chip gives a much better noise channel IMO. It has much more 'squelch' and depth to it than the YM.Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…
... it possible to send out sounds through both the AY chip and the ... is, have music through the AY chip and sounds effects through the ... , mix music through both AY and beeper to make it sound like ...Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…
... it possible to send out sounds through both the AY chip and the ... is, have music through the AY chip and sounds effects through the ... mix music through both AY and beeper to make it sound like ... possible to use the beeper for sound effects & use the AY chip ...Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…
hmm... i won't say I understood everything you said cyborg, but from what I have understood, it would seem that in 128K mode, it would be better to let the AY chip do the music and the beeper the sound effects for best performance eh?I just registered to ask one questionGive me 10 (or more reasons) about why is it exactly that it was better to have a Spectrum instead of a Commodore back in the eighties. And why do yo…
Why do some people in here say that the AY chip sounds better than the sid? The AY came strait out of the Amstrad cpc464 and in my opinion that sound chip sucked. bow down to the mighty Sid!I just registered to ask one questionGive me 10 (or more reasons) about why is it exactly that it was better to have a Spectrum instead of a Commodore back in the eighties. And why do yo…
Yeah, that SID chip really scrapes my brain when ... suffers from a bad signal-to-noise ratio and there's ... />
The AY chip is more "tolerant" - it's easier to make acceptable ... opinion, this is because the AY chip uses squarewaves, and most C64 ...I just registered to ask one questionGive me 10 (or more reasons) about why is it exactly that it was better to have a Spectrum instead of a Commodore back in the eighties. And why do yo…
... in here say that the AY chip sounds better than the ... sid? The AY came strait out of the ... opinion that sound chip sucked. bow down to the mighty Sid ... !
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the AY ... the majority of 8bit chip music i like is ...I just registered to ask one questionGive me 10 (or more reasons) about why is it exactly that it was better to have a Spectrum instead of a Commodore back in the eighties. And why do yo…
Thankyou Yerz.
I listened to the track A tapestry of ... beeper music or is the AY chip used in conjuction with it ... i take my hat off to the spectrum.
Credit where ... is due, it's incredible to think that the speccy could ...Sync-buzzer, interrupts and general confusionBeen wittering on about this in the Misc group, but thought it was best discussed here. Basically been trying to recreate the Sid-Sound effect from A…
... be a good introduction to Z80 asm + the AY chip for me. I ... , and thats given me something to mess around with for the ...Sync-buzzer, interrupts and general confusionBeen wittering on about this in the Misc group, but thought it was best discussed here. Basically been trying to recreate the Sid-Sound effect from A…
... 16:06, b00mzi11a wrote:
AY chip for me. I have been ... , and thats given me something to mess around with for the ...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…
... was very very crap compared to the C64. THe speccy ... memory and a decent sound-chip to compete with the best ... of us who still like to see the boundaries pushed - ... but it isn't that to me either. Being into ... is rubbish in itself. The AY chip just feels like an add ...Broken ZX Spectrum + (48k)Hi! I just got a ZX Spectrum + from a friend. He said it was working around 8 years ago when he put it into the cellar. It was in great condition - …
Yeah, it could be anything ULA, ROM, RAM...or a combination of them.
It took me 8 months of tinkering with my 128k+ to find that it was a faulty AY sound chip. Thanks to Gary who had a spare AY chip :)
t+3 Distorted audio fix?I found a page on the Web a while ago which explained how to fix the "flaw" on the +3 circuit board which causes the sound from the AY chip to be hor…
... +3!! With the horridly distorted AY chip! Seen as I am useless ... iron anyone wanna get paid to do the +3b conversion on ...AY tracking newbieHey everyone, I'm about to embark on tracking for the Spectrum's AY chip. I was interested in knowing some things: 1) Which are the best trackers o…
... too? (this one has the AY chip as well, but probably tehse ... .
But if You want to use tape (or anything different ... TR-DOS) You will have to use Sound Tracker or SQ ... found a 3.5" diskdrive to connect to my +3 yet.
