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whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…
... posting here and occasionally to comp.sys.sinclair because ... 't realise i had to "forsake all others" ... in order to post here.
to AY as a sound chip, simply because ... I believe it, nothing to do ... -
SID vs AY?We've all heard how the music on the C64 was apparently the best thing since sliced bread, and that it beat anything produced on the Spectrum hands d…
... . Is the SID technically superior to the AY? If so, what makes ... /> I have heard some brilliant AY tunes, but I have also ... tunes. There seems to be an annoying edge to some of the ... is due to poor programming, or an inherent property of the AY chip. -
1943 Title MusicHow many of you are familiar with the music on the title screen for the game 1943? It appears to be 3-channel music; when I first got the game all th…
... created by the AY chip. Usually it is easy to tell the difference ... , but not always; especially when the AY ... -
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…
... to me "Fucking hell, I NEED a Spectrum with an AY chip ... purpose I meant, which was AY TRACKING.
... otherwise, if I thought AY was shit or something. ... new composers are putting it to good use. Haven't ... AY composers though, I guess it might be time to ... -
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…
... said to me "Fucking hell, I NEED a Spectrum with an AY chip ... thread called SID vs. AY somewhere but to each his/her own ... that, whatever they did to manipulate the AY that way. It's ... alot more. try Demotopia to download some AY tunes from the Demo ... -
Any Errors?Any errors you feel Sinclair Research or even Amstrad made with the speccy??
Being able to plot at a pixel position = ... the background.
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Amiga MOD on ZX SpectrumWell, there were several question about music matters on WOS lats times, so I decided to describe some of my 'adventures', heheh, with MOD playing on…
... situation, as I was able to hear 'results' of our ... possible on ZX too, to play MODs in such ... , from Amiga500: this time on AY chip.
It ... quality of AY on ProTracker (Atari stops to show moving ... 'cause I'll have to delete them in several days. -
Amiga MOD on ZX SpectrumWell, there were several question about music matters on WOS lats times, so I decided to describe some of my 'adventures', heheh, with MOD playing on…
... Tracker site doesn't seem to entirely agree with the ... entries. (Maybe I need to learn kung-fu first.) I ... sample value to 3 4-bit volumes for the AY chip. We ... averaging four sample values to mix four channels is ... channels by averaging them to get a single 8- ... -
handbook for newbies ?looking at questions what regulary appears on this forum i have an idea. why not to write short book for newbies. if few experienced coders write eac…
... where it has something to do with the AY Chip, that apparently is ... reveal about the AY so it seems he attempted to discover the ...
most books bore you to death starting with an incomprehensible ... way, expecting the reader to make sense of the practiaclly ... -
Basic problems with +3Hi everybody, sometimes ago I bought the ZX Spectrum +3. Currently I have some questions, to verify my thinking. 1. How I can easy copy the ZX Spec…
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USR0 mode looks identical to 48k mode, but it has ... - just by using IN/OUT to the floppy drive controller ports ... ) that it allows programs to use the AY chip for music/fx, but ... like you're the type to just jump straight in and ... -
Basic problems with +3Hi everybody, sometimes ago I bought the ZX Spectrum +3. Currently I have some questions, to verify my thinking. 1. How I can easy copy the ZX Spec…
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I also think (but can't be sure) that it allows programs to use the AY chip for music/fx, but I think that may be the case for 48k mode too.
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Sound DreamJust daydreaming, don't beat me for this, if any of you assembler guru's (especially emulator developers) ever are in need of new ideas, it would be…
... that mp3 is next to useless due to the amount of ... time you'd have to add to the emulation in order ... stick to what it is - at best 15 colours and an AY chip ... . I may change my mind, but I've yet to ... see anything to convince me.
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Sound DreamJust daydreaming, don't beat me for this, if any of you assembler guru's (especially emulator developers) ever are in need of new ideas, it would be…
... to what it is - at best 15 colours and an AY chip ... . I may change my mind, but I've yet to ... see anything to convince me.
... the games. Contrast that to titles on the GBA or ... never had a Spectrum feel to begin with! :)
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Sound DreamJust daydreaming, don't beat me for this, if any of you assembler guru's (especially emulator developers) ever are in need of new ideas, it would be…
... that mp3 is next to useless due to the amount of ... time you'd have to add to the emulation in order ... stick to what it is - at best 15 colours and an AY chip ... . I may change my mind, but I've yet to ... see anything to convince me.
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Sound DreamJust daydreaming, don't beat me for this, if any of you assembler guru's (especially emulator developers) ever are in need of new ideas, it would be…
... played back without significant enhancement to the original hardware.
... Fictionation. If someone wants to improve graphics of a game ... include a WAV or MP3 to AY Frequency table converter. As ... no point to make a conversion to a sound chip that would ... -
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…
... on making music with the AY chip for quite some time now ... best choice for AY emulation, but it will have to do for ... -
16k/48k Sound FXI am now moving on from graphiocs to trying to build up a library of sound fx to be used with a 16k/48k Spectrum. Does anyone have any example m/cod…
... routine which produces very much AY-like white noise - as it ... uses a very similar algorithm to an AY chip :)
Changing the ...
Unlike using the AY chip though, this one sucks up ... -
Soundtracker HelpSo, I downloaded Soundtracker (by Pentagram and featured in YS 11.92) and I trying to figure out what is going on. I've just spent the last hour and …
... ornament, you need to put F as the digit ... waves generated internally by the AY chip) - the remaining two digits are ... />
You'll be pleased to know that I've started ... -
COVOX works?My Sprinter "simulates" a COVOX soundcard at port 4Fh, but I don't know how to use it! Can anyone explain to me the process of programming it? (To be…
... program fragment. You have to remember that sound is caused ... br />
The AY chip creates square wave tones. To simulate that, you ... cycle like the C64 SID chip can create. The frequency ... 3.14..., V = volume = 0 to 255.
Musical instruments ... -
Sound distortion on +2/+3Hi all, this is my first ever posting, so please be gentle! I have two +2s and a +3(all second-hand but in vgc) and the AY output on all three is ver…
I tried to fix the sound fault on ... at all :(
I managed to *slightly* improve the sound, but ... the audio directly off the AY-3-8912 output pins and ... ) AY chip - only the AY sound came through.
I've come to ... -
Ultimate PollIt seems that most people like giving their profiles/opinions, so here's another one... see if I can make a poll out of it :) (some questions may ha…
... with BETA disk interface and AY chip
2. Best Software ... Codemasters
8. Best 'AY' music in a Speccy game ... -Review is my best! Hope to scan it and translate into ... -
EmuZWin 2.5.0.1Version 2.5 Release 1.0 (10-Jun-2004): a lot of changes and fixes in ??? Map Builder ??? GFX Editor ??? Loading & Saving ??? Sound & Video ?? Speed…
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[-] Problem fixed with restoring AY chip state when .EZX-file loaded ... .
[-] When switched to another app or to another interface dialog emulation ... emulator desides more smart when to stop gigascreen effect.
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AmericaI've been wondering, was the Spectrum released in America? Was it popular? Are there Spectrum games that were made in America? There must be a few A…
... it as garbage. Prior to this most buyers were ... is also in place to allow DMA to work properly.
... use print#, input#, etc to communicate with smart peripherals. I ... Nevertheless, the four display modes, AY chip, cartridge dock, two joysticks and ... -
Interrupts details questionSuppose I am writing a game and I want to use interrupts to measure time, draw the screen without flicker, maybe to poll keyboard etc. What kinds of …
... has to access the memory(16384-23296) from the chip, ... but what if the CPU needs to access ... sec ULA (a custom chip who cares about keyboard, ... is enabled, processor jumps to interrupt routine (TIME: 0 ... same page (that means write to memory, read memory ... -
If there's ONE thing that......frustrated you about the spectrum when you were a kid (not now) what would it have been? 1) The attribute colour problem 2) The sound 3) The size…
... a 128k machine and the AY chip kept me happy.
to expect that they would take ... longer to load.
Parky, are ... -
building a computerFor some reason having come of age (25 last feburary) I've begun to get the itch to build my on computer, i.e. from scratch, not plug together pc par…
... of math or physics to get things to work. And, as ... integration = ~50 transistors on a chip) circuits that perform specific logic ... certain bus sequences to read from memory or write to an i/o ... peripheral. Your logic needs to decode ... -
Programming Sound EffectsHi guys, Have decided, probably due in some way to my midlife crisis, to tart up and re-release (or even just re-lease) the old 48K Speccy games I w…
... the beeper or the AY chip. Without being fancy, ... samples through the AY chip. If you want to be fancy, ... bit samples through the AY chip (see the topic ... plays samples through the AY chip (sounds 4 bit) or ... shapes available from the AY. Keeping the noise ... -
Programming Sound EffectsHi guys, Have decided, probably due in some way to my midlife crisis, to tart up and re-release (or even just re-lease) the old 48K Speccy games I w…
... will stick to full or min position.
The AY chip can ... do 16 static positions (4 bits) as compared to the ... ) and the AY can make the diaphragm stick to one of those ... . It truly is easier to use the AY chip for this sort of ... -
Didaktik M (ZX Spectrum clone selling)Here is an offer to buy ZX Spectrum clone ( DIDAKTIK M ) from Slovakia, basic info: 100% functionality, Kempston & Sinclair joysticks connectors, tap…
... to (I dont know if anyone does nowadays) insert an AY chip ... and extend the memory from 48k to 128k. ... But the AY can be ... (?) interface which has the AY chip in it) which you ... can connect (you have to connect an interface before ...
