26 Reply by mark_lyken

(49 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Thanks utz, that's very much appreciated. You may regret saying that though, ha, ha!

My hope is to use native programs and learn some assembly - particularly interested in the assembly side. I have picked up some 2nd hand machine code books but I've found little reference to sound and so am reading the "1 Bit Routine" tutorial with great interest (if little understanding at the moment!).

I spend toooooo much time as it is, editing/making music on a Mac, so I would ideally like to do as much as I can natively with the Speccy, rather than cross platform.

I am very interested in sound design and computer music in general and had been trying to get answers elsewhere about synthesis on the Speccy but with little luck. Finally found some irrlicht tracks, that led me to your videos on youtube and finally here. smile

I have my old ZX and an AY 8912 sound card (which literally arrived this morning).
Figured the beeper sound being output through the mini jack would make things a little easier.

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27 Reply by mark_lyken

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Hi Folks, I think the sound specs are yet to be 100% nailed but it is FPGA (SLX16) and is being billed as "TurboSound Next" with 3x AY-3-8912 + 2 x YM2413 FM (playable in sync) with stereo output. There is chat of a SID being included too which I assumed would cause a riot when I heard about it but was met with a generally favourable response. Expansion port for chip sound cards etc. 1mb of RAM as standard, HDMI, SD CARD (DivMMC). A "Just the Board" version available on the kickstarer for £99 delivered in August which fits in original Speccy case. Fancy cased version delivers in January. I should say I'm just quoting the sound specs I've gleaned from the Next FB group, I have no idea what it takes to implement any of it!

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28 Reply by mark_lyken

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Howdy. My name is Mark and I live in rural Dumfries and Galloway in the South West of Scotland and I make films, music and stuff.

New around these parts and new to making music on the Speccy. Took the long way round to find you guys but glad to be here. Looking forward to reading through the stickies. I imagine I'll find a bunch of answers to my initial burning 1 Bit questions without having to annoy anyone first.

Fun fact, I grew up in Dundee in Scotland and both my parents (and my grandmother) worked at the Timex in the 80's, assembling Spectrums.

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