snaper disc ryt@last part sim coupe external ram 1-4mb maybe 48 SNA from +D isciple can run at 6mhz press option 2 before you load any on put starion snap just after all the text of the demo or starglider after having docked?dunno wot it does to buzzer border port audio?
I think Dizzy's 1-bit multichannel title song was better executed. Yes, I know that saying anything negative about a Tim Follin song will trigger a holy war, but oh well.
@SuperFartinggirl Yeah this is fantastic, totally unreal for the humble beeper, all it could usually produce is a blip and a blop and a few scratch sounds but Tim Follin came in and totally made it do wonders! Brilliant.
How did they do this, when the Speccy was reknown for only being able to play one sound at a time, with no ability to modulate cutoff frequency or feedback?
@BlindingBlizzard That's what I used to do, put on my Spectrum and run a game solely for the music to help out with homework =) And no problem with the upload, its all part of sharing a passion that's all. =)
@cityside75 Pretty unique for its time, especially for the single channel beeper. One of the most classic pieces of music on the 48K Spectrum and one of Tim Follin's finest works. The man was a genius.
@Otouto72 Yes. Aside from the fact that this is done on a single channer beeper (which just blows my mind), I can't imagine hearing this music in 1987! It was so far ahead of its time...on a beeper!
@cityside75 Definately ahead of its time. They said the beeper could only do so much, no one obviously told Follin that because he done "so much" and much much more.
@cityside75 1987 was the year in which Mega Man and Castlevania were released; Mario was released two years prior and Out Run for Master System was released on 86, so it wasn't "ahead of it's time".
What makes it unbelieavable is that the composition is astronomically astoundingly good and the fact that it's ONLY ONE SOUND CHANNEL.
Oh, and, for those wondering, the multi-channel thing here is virtual. Tim did everything via software coding and mixing. THAT, MY GOOD MAN, IS WHAT I CALL A GENIUS!
I used to have this - and Agent X, which had similar music. I always wondered how it was done. It sounds like one single low-res sample, but it can't be (and if it is, what was it originally performed with?) because it goes on too long.
@ToastyW33N The NES had a five-channel sound chip - the Speccy had a simple PC-style beeper. It must have taken some clever magic to get the illusion of multi-channel sound out of it.
Blown away when I first heard this. Not because I was aware of how limited the ZX Spectrum's soundchip was, but it's a very spacey tune and how well it fits with a shooter. Now that I do know how limited the ZX Spectrum was, it makes me appreciate the tune even more.
@Otouto72 aye those synthesis routines hes using in all these are just amazing, even more so now, they are bursting with life. i like the SID, but the hi-pass sounding synth with long releases is like hearing alien radio or something, its f-in fantastic.
Cool! But I'd love to hear this re-mastered on a SID chip! :D It's a pretty low fidelity sound chip in those old Spectrums - such a great song deserves more....
Very reminiscent of his (equally impressive) later music for Spider-Man & The X-Men on the SNES.
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snaper disc ryt@last part sim coupe external ram 1-4mb maybe 48 SNA from +D isciple can run at 6mhz press option 2 before you load any on put starion snap just after all the text of the demo or starglider after having docked?dunno wot it does to buzzer border port audio?
rogerjowett 2 weeks ago
I think Dizzy's 1-bit multichannel title song was better executed. Yes, I know that saying anything negative about a Tim Follin song will trigger a holy war, but oh well.
Dwedit 3 weeks ago
After listening to it, I gotta say, the part at 0:00-0:15 is what has gotten a hold of me. Very superb music:)
SuperFartinggirl 2 months ago
@SuperFartinggirl Yeah this is fantastic, totally unreal for the humble beeper, all it could usually produce is a blip and a blop and a few scratch sounds but Tim Follin came in and totally made it do wonders! Brilliant.
Otouto72 2 months ago
Absolutely stunning and superb!
Qissimo 2 months ago
@Qissimo Yeah this is fantastic, Tim Follin totally defied limitations in his music.
Otouto72 2 months ago
How did they do this, when the Speccy was reknown for only being able to play one sound at a time, with no ability to modulate cutoff frequency or feedback?
Amazing coding!!
iloveesr 2 months ago
@iloveesr That was Tim Follin for you, he took the single channel beeper and made it do like six things at once, total genius at work.
Otouto72 2 months ago
What's the big fucking deal? Spectrums have always had Yamaha sound chips, and if anything this sounds worse. Disliked.
Foebane72 4 months ago
@Foebane72 Nope, the first few models of the Spectrum only had a single channel beeper. They only added the AY chip since the Spectrum 128.
Enderu666 4 months ago
@Foebane72 nice job idiots!!
now we know exactly who to blame for the SINGLE DISLIKE
ColorRobo 2 months ago
@Foebane72 butthurt lolzoids
ChainsawGutsFuck 1 month ago
Only Follin could make music like this. Thank you Tim.
rasamahamasahama 5 months ago
@rasamahamasahama Yeah Follin was amazing, such a genius of a composer.
Otouto72 5 months ago
I use to load this game just to listen to this when i got home from school while doing my homework. Gave me chills listening to it again.
Thanks!
BlindingBlizzard 9 months ago
@BlindingBlizzard That's what I used to do, put on my Spectrum and run a game solely for the music to help out with homework =) And no problem with the upload, its all part of sharing a passion that's all. =)
Otouto72 9 months ago
ARGH
HOW DOES FOLLIN FUCKING DO IT
RavingKunaiX 10 months ago
@RavingKunaiX Good question! =) The man was a genius.
Otouto72 9 months ago
what this made in fl studio or something
xJT94x 10 months ago
Wow
cityside75 1 year ago
@cityside75 Pretty unique for its time, especially for the single channel beeper. One of the most classic pieces of music on the 48K Spectrum and one of Tim Follin's finest works. The man was a genius.
Otouto72 1 year ago
@Otouto72 Yes. Aside from the fact that this is done on a single channer beeper (which just blows my mind), I can't imagine hearing this music in 1987! It was so far ahead of its time...on a beeper!
cityside75 1 year ago
@cityside75 Definately ahead of its time. They said the beeper could only do so much, no one obviously told Follin that because he done "so much" and much much more.
Otouto72 1 year ago
@cityside75 1987 was the year in which Mega Man and Castlevania were released; Mario was released two years prior and Out Run for Master System was released on 86, so it wasn't "ahead of it's time".
What makes it unbelieavable is that the composition is astronomically astoundingly good and the fact that it's ONLY ONE SOUND CHANNEL.
Oh, and, for those wondering, the multi-channel thing here is virtual. Tim did everything via software coding and mixing. THAT, MY GOOD MAN, IS WHAT I CALL A GENIUS!
SpiralPegasus 9 months ago 6
I used to have this - and Agent X, which had similar music. I always wondered how it was done. It sounds like one single low-res sample, but it can't be (and if it is, what was it originally performed with?) because it goes on too long.
AshleyMarkPomeroy 1 year ago
@AshleyMarkPomeroy I think the only person who could answer that is Tim Follin himself! Such a master! Such a legend!
Otouto72 1 year ago
@AshleyMarkPomeroy
Sound synthesis?
What else would it be, lmao, do you think NES music are samples too?
ToastyW33N 1 year ago
@ToastyW33N The NES had a five-channel sound chip - the Speccy had a simple PC-style beeper. It must have taken some clever magic to get the illusion of multi-channel sound out of it.
AshleyMarkPomeroy 1 year ago
@AshleyMarkPomeroy
There are several channels.
ToastyW33N 1 year ago
@AshleyMarkPomeroy
Software mixing?
SgtThom 1 year ago
Blown away when I first heard this. Not because I was aware of how limited the ZX Spectrum's soundchip was, but it's a very spacey tune and how well it fits with a shooter. Now that I do know how limited the ZX Spectrum was, it makes me appreciate the tune even more.
RossIrving 1 year ago
@RossIrving Yeah the beeper was very limited but Tim Follin made the most of it!
Otouto72 1 year ago
this sounds absolutely brilliant !, never mind your SID'S, listen to that ! really stunning
ZXAmiga64 1 year ago
@ZXAmiga64 Lol, you can't beat the Speccy music, especially from Tim Follin. The man was a genius!
Otouto72 1 year ago 3
@Otouto72 aye those synthesis routines hes using in all these are just amazing, even more so now, they are bursting with life. i like the SID, but the hi-pass sounding synth with long releases is like hearing alien radio or something, its f-in fantastic.
ZXAmiga64 1 year ago
Cool! But I'd love to hear this re-mastered on a SID chip! :D It's a pretty low fidelity sound chip in those old Spectrums - such a great song deserves more....
TimTrimT 2 years ago