b-knox
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austin, tx not Detroit no mo

ZX Spectrum Beeper Battle Info

The first generation of ZX Spectrum, which wasn't popular here in the States, had a single coil speaker with one-bit audio capacity.  Fast forward almost 30 years, the hackers have found a few ways to deliver tuned polyphonic sound.  Is it pretty?  Not exactly!
That won't stop Battle of the Bits from adding this console to it's roster of formats.

Beepola seems to be the tracker of choice.
I think your other options are using Spectrum software in emulation or on the real deal. 
More format info here.

7 days to go!  big_smile

tacticalbread
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))<>((

sweet, if I can manage to find some creativity, I am so in on this.

b-knox
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austin, tx not Detroit no mo

http://battleofthebits.org/arena/Battle … r+Speaker/

Nine tracks up so far!

infradead
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Tacoma WA

heart

boomlinde
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Sweden

There, now I'm in, too smile

Battle Lava
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Doris Clawford Theme rocks

So does The MOS ZX48

Sweet, I'm checking out everything now.  I realize I never visit BOTB.

Last edited by Battle Lava (Nov 1, 2010 9:49 pm)

EBOT
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venezuela ccs

mister beep would be happy. great compo

Jellica
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England

I should submit something so no one else has to come last.

irrlichtproject
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Nomad's Land

fuckyes jellica on zx beeper that would be awesome

Jellica
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England

mmm i doubt im going to learn Beepola and make a track that I'm happy with in 7 days!

ha sorry i was being sarky cos i dont make progrock/metal, so i will come last! smile

µB
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A gray world of dread

I'd like to do something, but I'm swamped with work atm hmm

b-knox
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austin, tx not Detroit no mo

We got 21 tracks and a few hours left.  Good stuff!!  big_smile

http://battleofthebits.org/arena/Battle … r+Speaker/

irrlichtproject
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Nomad's Land

yeah, thanx again for timing this so perfectly that i had no chance to participate!

b-knox
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austin, tx not Detroit no mo

yeah, thanx again for waiting until the submission time is over to say something instead of asking me to extend it!

BotB is an open community.  Community works through communication.  Passive aggressive, after-the-fact behaviour doesn't help anyone.  Next time, come to IRC and ask for puke7 or talk to any of the ops and they will relay the message.

Last edited by b-knox (Nov 10, 2010 6:56 pm)

Subterrestrial
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The Hollow Earth

Anyway.... great compilation, I really enjoyed listening to this!

MISTER BEEP
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PL

So maybe something active-aggressive.

b-knox wrote:

had a single coil speaker with one-bit audio capacity.  Fast forward almost 30 years, the hackers have found a few ways to deliver tuned polyphonic sound.

I wonder why before posting such a text you don't ask about technical matters anybody who has any knowledge. First software with polyphonic sound appeared not 30 years after releasing ZX48 but 3 years after the date.
Finally, the 8-channels editor appeared just 6 years after ZX48's releasing. Not 30.

Such desinformation only annoys me.


At least the sent songs were cool, mostly.

Last edited by MISTER BEEP (Dec 3, 2010 12:37 pm)