ZX SPECTRUM 48k AY DIGITAL MUSIC (1996) - more. ;)

ZX Spectrum was in some ways similar to Amiga 500. Samples (digital sounds) were used in ZX games/demos since 80s. In 1992 apeared first tracker fully operating on samples (like Amiga 500) and it was called simply Sample-Tracker. It can play digital music with AY chip or Z80 chip (beeper) in both cases with 3 channels of AY sound (so-called ZX-MOD).

As You can see, not too much movement on da screen while playing: it's because for better quality of sound all CPU's powers (3,5 Mhz only!!) go for music-procedure.

However ZX Spectrum is one of few 8-bit computers capable (while playing 3-channel digital music) to show since early 90s full-screen pictures and additional moving effects, like scrolls or analyzers.

Worth to mention, lately, in 2008 appeared a trick on C64, to play 1 or 2 channels of digital sound (sounding like four) with software mixing (in "Vicious Sid" demo). Nice trick however that's completelly different technique.

This is another tune from Interama's demo Magic Show made in 1996 for ZX Spectrum 48Kb with AY interface (also can work on Spectrum 128K of course).

MORE INFOS & DOWNLOADS: http://zxspectrum48.i-demo.pl/

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Music

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• zx
• spectrum
• 48k
• ay
• sound
• digital
• music
• amiga
• 500
• sample
• magic
• show
• 1996
• interama

[zacskou]

I downloaded Magic Show, but did not found this tune (and pic). When i press return at the T3 part, it quits.

How can i get to this part?

And how can i prevent that it automatically skips to part 2 when the scroll ends at part 1? I would like to listen over the intro music. :)

BTW, will you upload the second part's first music to utube? It's like Bach's Toccata in '80 disco style. It rocks! :)

[yerzmyey]

@zacskou Erm. Maybe You have a wrong file? The first part is intro (crap because it's not possible to skip it), then a part with blinking 'disco' lights. "ENTER" is to leave it. Then You have a part with Terminator picture + scroll + digital music (very good). ENTER to leave. Next part is with hi-fi SONY stuff. ENTER to leave. And then You have THIS part which I recorded for YouTube.

Use Spectrum48 with AY or Spectrum128 but load via "usr 0".

[zacskou]

@yerzmyey : I downloaded the file from the link in this video.

When i press enter at the terminator part, it quits.

I have no real spectrum. :(

I use Fuse emulator. How can i load a tape and tell it the USR 0 command?

[yerzmyey]

@zacskou So probably You load it with 128 BASIC. Which is bad. If You use 128K Spectrum, then do:

128 BASIC [ENTER}

usr0 [ENTER}

LOAD "" [ENTER}

And that's all. :)

if You need anything more then visit: WOS forum

[zacskou]

@yerzmyey : Yes, that worked. :) Thanks! This demo rocks!

Probably you were right, Fuse tried to load it with 128 basic and thats why the program exited after the T3 part.

BTW, on the same page, i found your music collection. Since i love your music, i downloaded it and checked out some of your pieces, they are great! (of course i will hear the whole tape, when i'll get some time)

And that fat, bald, fart thurstered superman with beer is way beyond hillarious. XDDD

Keep ridin the AY! ;)

[yerzmyey]

@zacskou Thanx a lot, man! :)

And the "superman" has been made by Hellboj, heh. ;)

Greetz!!

[yerzmyey]

@zacskou Changed. :)

PS: Thanks for Your kind words, by the way. :)

[zacskou]

"However ZX Spectrum is the only 8-bit computer capable (while playing 3-channel digital music) to show since early 90s full-screen pictures and additional moving effects, like scrolls or analyzers."

Enterprise computers has the ability to play samples from hardware.

watch?v=MOPnCRmnBuo

And recently a C64 scener group wrote a demo, wich plays a 8 bit 4 channel music and does some screen effects too.

watch?v=Y6mXLxUZvzg

Independently of these, this music rulez and Spectrum rulez! :)

[Abrimaal]

In Basic it's simple to write a routine scrolling text by one character (8x8 pixels). If you would like to write in Basic a scroll by 1 pixel, the program would contain a lot of Poke and Peek instructions and the scrolling the most probably wouldn't be smooth. Using asm some coders can write routines displaying many scrolls running smoothly at various speed and in various size.

[yerzmyey]

This one is not mine, like I wrote, however - sure thing: congratz for the composer and for the machine of course. :)