465 Reply by YERZMYEY

(28 replies, posted in Other Vintage Computers & Consoles)

Well, yes - it's a ZX81 with 16Kb of RAM.

Theoretically it should be possible to get beeper sound from it (not as complicated as from ZX Spectrum 'though, as far as I know), however I have never managed to hear the sound (not EAR, but MIC port).

The sound from the port is SO silent that actually impossible to hear. I don't know if my ZX81 is broken (but I tested 2 issues - and nothing) or maybe it was typical for ZX81. But in this case - how the hell they were able to save programs on tape????

There are several "music" demos with one channel only. And I heard them only from emulator.

Maybe if somebody wrote any beeper engine for the machine (or port one from Spectrum into ZX81) then it would be good for music. But You have to test Your MIC port if You hear anything with SAVE "name" command, at all.

Maybe Shiru could port his Huby engine into ZX81 but I actually don't know if there is a point, because I really hear nothing from my ZX81s.

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466 Reply by YERZMYEY

(7 replies, posted in Releases)

"There can be only one". Bit. wink

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467 Reply by YERZMYEY

(23 replies, posted in Releases)

For instance - the HivelyTracker: does it require some additional sound-card to get 12 channels on Amiga?
Good job anyway.

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468 Reply by YERZMYEY

(23 replies, posted in Releases)

Good one.
Although I don't hide I'd gladly hear some Syphus' album made entirely on Amiga + some technical blah in TXT.

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469 Reply by YERZMYEY

(13 replies, posted in Past Events)

Some short video relating the gig as well as entire 8bit meeting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAYa0NfR7uw

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470 Reply by YERZMYEY

(13 replies, posted in Past Events)

Shit, dude You're like Shakespeare - I didn't understand a word. wink
Greetz. wink

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471 Reply by YERZMYEY

(13 replies, posted in Past Events)

Thx. smile

Well, I don't know if anybody will record it. It is possible, I suppose.

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472 Reply by YERZMYEY

(13 replies, posted in Past Events)

Come guys. Might be fun. (Or not, if I will be drunk too much. As usual. Hm.)


Analog: Pokey will be present there too. Believe me. wink



Ovenrake: Well, it's perfectly normal country. Like any other else. Also, You have the same currency like in the most of Europe. And people are more interested in pointless fun. smile Which I like the most, hahaha.



Irrlichtproject: We will talk on the place. Hm. Possibly, who knows.
By the way - do You know about the newest ZX48 NINE-CHANNELS ENGINE?????? smile

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473 Topic by YERZMYEY

(13 replies, posted in Past Events)

AY-RIDERS: concert in Slovak Republic

date: 18. o3. 2o11

hour: 22:00 (more/less)

location: EUROPE/SLOVAKIA/TRENCIN/HORNA SUCA - Kulturny dom (Culture house)

MAP: http://tiny.pl/hdh3v


The event will be within FOREVER 8-bit party, for owners of:
ZX Spectrum,
Atari,
Commodore 64,
Amstrad CPC
and others.
http://forever.zeroteam.sk/info.php

Byez,
Yerz

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474 Topic by YERZMYEY

(1 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Hehe, I found on YouTube a really good ZX Spectrum chiptune
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUboNIsMvsg
being a cover of "Triple Baka" Japanese pop funny song. smile

PS: Original is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRQTZC3uNW4 and actually it's very 'chiptunish' itself.

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475 Reply by YERZMYEY

(12 replies, posted in Atari)

akira^8GB wrote:

Do these work on an XE Game System too?

Yes, but You'd must have a keyboard for it.

My friend has XEGS with all those modifications (in a way he has also a SoundBoard because he's a betatester). Works very good for him.

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476 Reply by YERZMYEY

(12 replies, posted in Atari)

SoundBoard isn't actually ready yet, and _maybe_ it could be ready at the end of this year.

It will have 16 digital channels in 8bit quality (maybe with filters possibility), plus some synthesizer (maybe FM) plus Pokey's emulator.

Now they're trying to make a SID-play on it.

Seems like 8Mb of RAM will be on-board.

Ah - and what's important: small usage of the computer's main CPU will be required.

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477 Reply by YERZMYEY

(12 replies, posted in Commodore Computers)

Well yes - that's another problem.
There were 2 kinds of Amiga samplers.
WITH volume-setting potentiometer and WITHOUT. I have both however I was using the one with the potentiometer.
You will have to play sounds not too loud (because of distortion) and not too silent (because then the sample might be more silent than 8bit noise, heh).
It should be possible to do, after several attempts. smile
Good luck!!!!

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478 Reply by YERZMYEY

(12 replies, posted in Commodore Computers)

PULSELOOPER wrote:
RG wrote:

You could sample directly into Octamed; does Protracker sample direct?

I tried to sample directly into Octamed, but the monitoring sounded like shit. Don't know why.

That's not so obvious, Pulse.
When You press "MONITOR" it sounds crap. But then You should start sampling and test the sample. It will sound OK somehow.

In this way, after several experiments You will be able to set up a proper volume and sample sounds by Yourself and Your Amiga only.

Another weird thing: it will be possible such samples (not coming from PC but made on Amiga itself) will not work on other "small/oldschool" computers.

For instance samples for some Atari 800XL music I made in 1994 on Amiga 500. They don't work properly on the XL, although all other songs (with samples make on PC) work OK on the Atari.

Ah well, just a curioristy anyway.

Greetz to Brazil.
Y

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479 Reply by YERZMYEY

(7 replies, posted in Atari)

Akira: thx again. wink
I know it was a joke, I slowly start to recognize those new emoticons, like XD hehehe. (I know, I'm old wink ).
Also You're 100% right about the Amiga's chiptunes. smile

Ant1: Thanx, man.
Well, yes - Falcon also has AY, like ST (Japanese version of course, slightly different than ST/e but with no differences on sound). Sadly You can't mix it in real time with fully powerful samples-engines. Actually it's a pity, You're right.
Also, Falcon can make synthetic (chiptune-like too) sounds in the way like Akira described in relation to Amiga (in a way). 505 used to make music with it and AceTracker (thanx God that 505 didn't abandoned Falcon).

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480 Reply by YERZMYEY

(7 replies, posted in Atari)

Pulselooper: thx dude. smile

Akira, I thought it sounds like Amiga. wink Well - 2,5 Amigas. wink
Anywayz - that's why I put it here as another curiosity of Atari machines, and not to music section (which would be stupid of course). wink

All: Well, actually Akira gave me material to think of. What I mean is - loads of people make so-called "fake-bit" - music sounding like chiptunes but on modern machines (with huge source files).
By the way, I have nothing against such music, actually I pretty like it too.

So - technically such music (but made on Atari Falcon) would be fakebit too.
On the other hand, it would be made on really old and oldschool machine, released in 1992 (so older than tons of GameBoys wink ).
Then - would it be fakebit or not? wink

Anyway probably one day I will make some micromusic on Falcon too, heh. wink
(Then Akira will eat me smile ).

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