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Qchan sounding very nice 
Will be interesting to hear how it copes with more bassy engines, as you say
I've just finished recording my entry for DiHalt Lite 2016 from my trusty 48K Spectrum.
There is still something about the sound when listening to the music directly from real hardware (using headphones connected to the mic socket) that can't be truly replicated though imo.
I agree, the real spectrum sound is somehow warmer.
Hi guys
Think today is the last day to submit entries for DiHalt Lite 2016 (unless you are attending).
Hey hey, four ZX Beeper entries so far (I've just uploaded mine)
http://dihalt.org.ru/register_eng.php
Some nice new Beeper tracks on BOTB last night too. Very nice one from MovieMovies1.
http://battleofthebits.org/arena/OHC/2853/
Sounds like a great piece of kit.
Garvalf - would be very interesting to hear a MiST recording of a Mechanistic track. I've still got the raw speccy recordings (without EQ applied) for comparison if you're interested. I've been meaning to record something directly from the Vega for a while but not had chance yet.
Haha
Thanks utz
Cheers Garvalf. Yes maybe a bit Daft Punk sounding too. I like making covers but I'm really trying to compose some original Beeper tracks atm.
The sound was actually just from the .wav export option on Beepola. I put it though the usual EQ and Bass settings I always use on Open MTP. When I get around to recording it from my 48K Speccy I expect the output to have a bit more bass.
Looks good.
Are you getting one of the new versions?
Cheers Garvalf
I wasn't sure if people would have heard the original as I don't think Robbie is very well known outside the UK.
I made this version over 12 months ago and have been using some of the Beepola techniques I learnt (pitch slides / synth FX) in some of my own Qchan tunes since.
Thanks a lot for your comments
Cheers kokkiklhs.
Now you mention it, it does sound a bit like the Axel Foley theme
Happy Christmas Everyone.
Here is a version of the Robbie Williams synth-pop track taken down to 1-bit.
As usual I've used the Qchan sound engine and Beepola, I'm still not totally happy with the drums so may continue to work on it a little and I also haven't had time to record it from real hardware yet.
The original has quite a heavy chiptune feel to it so I thought it was fun to make a Speccy version.
Here is the link:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/112 … liams).mp3
I hope you like it
Hi kokkiklhs
I think it would in theory be possible to play short beeps as the speccy is loading due to the fact there are short gaps in the loading process. I'm not sure if it is possible to turn off the actual loading noise itself on a 48K speccy though??
I remember seeing a demo where graphics are displayed during the loading process by atebit, it's here:
Demo while loading
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ01EDhL0VM
I found these too:
Screen$ music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScKKkVtB2lc
Loading noise tune
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLWEy59lUhc
Thanks a lot for the info Introspec.
I wonder which Odin tunes use this technique.
So, they could potentially sound different on different hardware ?
Cheers Garvalf.
The Beeper sound on the Vega seems very accurate compared to a real Speccy, maybe a bit more 'rough' for the lack of a technical description.
I made the 'Vega-mix' purely to post on the Vega forum as I hoped a few Vega users might like to create some Beeper tunes.
After I posted it on that forum I got this reply from one of the Vega users:
" I'm listening to it, although I'm not currently using the Vega. I'd like to ask if these 1-bit music engines use the dual level output of the speaker (you know the Speccy beeper outputs different levels depending on the combination of MIC and SPK bits from port #FE, working as a rudimentary, non linear 2-bit DAC)"
Is this correct?
When recording from my Speccy 48K there are large differences in sound quality/volume when recording from either the mic or ear sockets. In fact if recording from the mic socket and plugging a lead into ear socket I also get a different sound (particularly noticeable with Qchan) as it is slightly more Bassy and missing some of the very high frequencies.
Any comments guys?
Hi utz
The speech synth is TAVZX (I think). Mister Beep posted the link to the file ages ago. It's a Spanish one so it can be difficult to get the sounds I want, quite often ends up sounding Scottish
After further experimentation it appears that sounds can be selected at three pitches e.g o- o o+ so potentially the speccy can sing a little
OK, the bass line is actually based on Paranoimia by the art of noise
I've made a little sound demo to try on my ZX Spectrum Vega which is basically a slightly different version of my '1-bit Mechanistic' tune with a few new bits of Speech.
There is also a little intro tune (press 1 when the .z80 file is loaded) - an unfinished tune from about a year ago.
Can anyone guess which 80s synthpop tune the bassline is based on ????????
Thanks lvd.
I'll also try to write something for the compo
Welcome aboard, great to see you here
Love your Full Throttle 2 tune. There's a very good recording of included in the ZX music bank.
I played it recently in the retro section in one of my 1-bit radio broadcasts on the wonky FM radio station.
The spectrum related stuff you uploaded to soundcloud is great too
Cheers utz
I'll give it a try when I've got some time.
Btw, does this convertor work with .xm files created with Open MTP or does it have to be milkytracker?
Found this yesterday.
Some very nice Qchan music by Moviemovies1 in the video
Yeah, the wonkyfm site does seem a little strange in that sometimes I also get a blank screen at first (using IE on WIN8 or Safari on IOS), refreshing the page 2 or 3 times seems to work !
WOW !
Very impressive. Thanks a lot introspec
Playlist being repeated again now
It's Back To The Future Day
Wednesday 21 Oct 2015
Here's an hour of old and new (but mainly new) ZX Spectrum Beeper music to mark the occasion.
Yeah, Pixitracker is an interesting app.
I came across this 1-bit album made with it on bandcamp:
Hi Zilog
I've never seen the Didatik M demo tape before either. The music is great, particularly Jan Deak's tune.
Thanks for uploading the .tap
Hi johnl
Welcome aboard, great to see you here
Thanks a lot for the bandcamp support too
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