AY38910 music on Amstrad CPC6128 MYM files YM

NOTE: I know the sound quality is bad - this video is only intended to show the Amstrad actually playing the tunes.

See my other videos for some samples of AY38910 music.

I got fed up of listening to retro computer music on my PC using an emulator so I decided to investigate playing tunes through my Amstrad CPC6128. This video is the result.

I downloaded the tunes from an MYM music archive online.

I used CPCloader software to create a *.dsk image containing the files and used CPCDISKXP to write the image to a 3.5" floppy disk using my PC

The player is called MYMCPC and needs to be loaded on the Amstrad.

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Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Amstrad
• Sinclair
• CPC
• 6128
• 464
• 664
• plus
• AY
• 38910
• music
• retro
• MSX
• Atari
• ST

[VintageJunior]

Is that the original monitor? If yes, what's the thing sitting under it?

[retrozoneorg]

@VintageJunior Yes it is. The thing under it is the Amstrad "MP3" add on which allows you to watch TV on your Amstrad Monitor!

[khisanth75]

How did you connect the 3.5" disk drive to the amstrad? i could do with doing that myself :)

[retrozoneorg]

The information on how to connect a Floppy Disk drive to the CPC6128 is on my website in the projects section.

Google "fit a 3.5" floppy to CPC6128" and click the third link down

[cyb3rphr33k]

that's a nice setup you got there... what tapecorder do you use? i just have a stupid walkman :(

[retrozoneorg]

Just one of the old style cassette players - needs to have a "REM" socket to work with the Amstrad. You can pick them up for £5-6 on ebay. Just search for cassette player.

[Pedritocalifornia]

I love Amstrad sounds!!

[recklessness1987]

ha ha ha awesome

[MrKolva]

Very good ;)

[TheZeldacrazy]

it sounds really cute :D

[bonde07]

Hello :)

I like this music - it's superb (nostalgia:) - please give me name this musicpack or link were I may download this??? Greetings

[BilisNegra]

@retrozoneorg Yes!!! a REM socket... I had completely forgotten the existence of that... Far back in my childhood...

[BilisNegra]

@retrozoneorg Until very recently... when analog tv dissapeared¡¡¡!!!

[SNK038]

@VintageJunior, I think the CPC's powersupplies were built into the monitors so you always had to use the original monitor's with most of the CPC line.

[Pedritocalifornia]

does this melody belong to an Amstrad CPC game?

[CoolDudeClem]

Wow that's awesome, I have those very same songs on my computer somewhere as YM files, but hearing it play back on the original hardware is soooooooooo much cooler than using an emulator, i wish i could do that.

[OBSysteme]

this is nice, we need more like this, adds diversity because most videos out there are about the C64

[LeeBondo]

I have almost the same setup to you but i dont know how to get the amstrad to read the 3.5inch floppy drive, i plug it in and i know its right as i brought it with the drive and lead but dont know what commands i should use, i also have a mouse and dot matrix printer but wouldnt even begin to know what do with them lol...