[flame]Pardon, ale nienawiść do kolorów z innych platform u niektórych userów Atari jest wręcz chorobliwa :P Komiksów też nie dasz, bo oczojebne? ;) [/flame] Paleta ZX jest właśnie fajnie komiksowa/psychodeliczna.

Ostatnio edytowany przez Nitro (2011-04-11 14:58:51)

Ale ja nic nie mam do kolorow jako takich, wrecz zgadzam sie z twierdzeniem ze Atari ma marne kolory (slynny czerwony). Nie jestem atarowskim szowinistą. Faktycznie nie lubie stylistyki ZX przez te slynne kolorowe kwadraty - kiedy postac nachodzi na jakis przedmiot to nagle 1/4 bohatera zmienia kolor. Jak to pierwszy raz zobaczylem to myslalem ze ten komputer jest zepsuty ;)
Ale to nie ma nic do rzeczy: pisalem tylko o doborze barw w tej grze! Przeciez to wyglada jakby autor postawil sobie za punkt honoru uzycie tylu ilu sie tylko da, nie myslac czy ma to sens. I dokladnie wyszla jakas graficzna psychodelia z disco polo :P
Dla mnie Draconus na Atari w 4 kolorach wyglada graficznie lepiej niz Cray 5.

Choc oczywiscie w gre typu Cybernoid (a na taka mi ta wyglada) tez bym chetnie pogral na Atari...

Kto z gumiakowców na party gumiakowe do Żywca?
Oprócz Dely'ego, bo Dely musi być. Bez Dely'ego nie będziemy w ogóle zaczynać. Przesiedzimy 3 dni w ciszy i o suchym pysku.

Objętość pomieszczeń ograniczona.

O w mordę... A może być elwro 800 mały (junior) bez zasilacza? Może się uda toto uruchomić...
Ale zaraz, zaraz... Tyle kilosów (hmm, 20 za Żywiec?) jechać i siedzieć o suchym pysku... To nie wypada... ;P A zresztą teraz i tak $$ brak...

Ostatnio edytowany przez Sikor (2011-04-13 20:10:43)

Innuendo: napiszę Ci na priva, bo warunki tam są bardzo... 'męskie'.
Tj. brót smrut i óbustfo.

Sikor: a Ty co, Spectrum używasz??? Nic nie wiem o tym??

XXL: Jak najbardziej. Pytania na mail.

Sikor: Ty tam już byłeś, to wiesz, jak to wygląda. Niestety od tamtej pory nic się nie zmieniło.
Wciąż nie ma na przykład MEBLI. :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
Bo co do pieniędzy, to akurat coś by się załatwiło na miejscu. Snujemy tu pewne plany z Hellbojem.

Ostatnio edytowany przez YERZMYEY/HOOY-PROGRAM (2011-04-13 21:24:23)

Yo,

nowy album ZX Spectrum - http://tiny.pl/hd3m7

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MISTER BEEP - "A thousand furious bees"
(C) 2010-2011
1-bit multichannel chiptunes made on ZX Spectrum 48K (beeper).

Tracklist:
01. MISTER BEEP - Psionic activity
02. MISTER BEEP - Love Quest
03. MISTER BEEP - White-hot iron
04. MISTER BEEP - Bee-Droids attack!
05. MISTER BEEP - Galactic coursing
06. MISTER BEEP - Carry out your duty!
07. MISTER BEEP - The ninth fighter-ship
08. MISTER BEEP - The prince’s return
09. MISTER BEEP - A thousand furious bees
10. MISTER BEEP - Spring is coming

Total time: 34:44 min.
All recorded from REAL HARDWARE.

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Hi there.

After my previous minimal chiptune album - 2 channels only - I decided to make on my ZX Spectrum 48Kb something as developed as possible with the machine. I must admit I'm pretty proud to give you my the newest album containing 10 multichannel 1-bit chiptunes, having from 5 to 9 channels.

Original idea was to make 6-channels chiptunes playing from 2 synchronized Spectrums (3 channels from each ZX, using Special FX engine).
I managed to make 4 such songs but meanwhile it appeared that Shiru programmed several totally new BEEPER engines: they were highly powerful and capable of playing even NINE channels from a single ZX Spectrum 48K.

Therefore finally you can find here:
- 4 stereo songs made on two synchronized Spectrums (Special FX engine, 2 x 3 channels)
- 5 mono songs coming from a single Spectrum (Octode engine; 9 channels)
- 1 mono song coming from a single Spectrum (QChan engine, 5 channels).

Like I used to say, mostly I don't make actual chiptunes - I just make music on a soundchip. :)
Hence, generally this album is in art-rock style (called 'progressive rock' sometimes), because the most well-known gamesongs from 80s from Spectrum48 were kept in this genre, and they have been written mostly by Tim Follin.
Anyways. Because of that, I would like to dedicate my album to Tim Follin, as he was the best 1-bit musician on ZX Spectrum 48K in 80s.

Z80 chip can actually generate whichever sound however ZX fans prefer mostly the characteristic Follin's sound (hard to stand for other 8bit computers' users :) :) ) and because we have a lot of accessible channels, our chiptunes remind mostly something like a furious swarm of hornets or bees. ;)
Now you can guess where the title came from. ;)
And believe me, real ZX48 fans would have _never_ exchanged 'Z80 swarm' sound to anything else. :)

From the 'technical' side..
Normally 1-bit sound from ZX consists only of a square (more/less) wave tone without any volumes, without any white noises - simply just beeps. However we use various software-synthesizers called "sound engines". Technical details about the engines are as follows:
- SpecialFX gives me 2 channels of tones + one track of drums. It is PWM-synthesis based (PulseWidthModulation) and it has various envelopes, setup of drums and 2 steps of volume: one channel is louder than another. With clever composing you can get even delays and echoes, which is normally impossible on 1bit sound. This engine keeps tempo perfectly, so I was able to synchronize two ZX Spectrums and have more channels + stereo.
- QChan gives 4 channels of tones + one track of drums. Its possibilities are in general similar to the above engine however it's more powerful because - except mentioned envelopes - it has almost twice more channels and also more steps of volume (16 - you can chose from them to place the volumes for every tone-channel).
- Octode is the most powerful 1-bit engine contemporary. It gives 8 channels of tones + one track of drums. 9 channels is a huge effort for Spectrum's Z80 CPU, so the engine can make detunes sometimes. It's not easy to compose music without false notes here, however it is possible. It has an additional feature - tunning command E5x. It changes the notes' frequency and can be used for achieving more interesting 'fat' instruments. I use it often as it gives me some slightly detuned pads, like from analogue synthesizers.

Huge thanks go to contemporary programmists making new 1-bit software (or hacking the old one) for ZX composing: Shiru, Ccowley, XXL, FrankT.
Also to the classic programmer - Jonathan 'Joffa' Smith (R.I.P.) - who designed Special FX engine.
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Enjoy the swarm. 
You have been stung.
MISTER BEEP
04.2011.
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Hehe, dzięki :)
jakkolwiek AY 9 kanałów nie pociągnie, muza oczywiście leci z beepera.
Pozdrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

... po Yerzmyeyu przyszedł komornik i wycisnął jeszcze 2 szklanki.

Płytka fajna. Okładka wypas.

Rozumiem, że musiałbym mieć 16kB żeby to odpalić?

Hororus: tak. Prawie nikt nie robiniczego na 1K. Należy brać to pod uwagę przy ewentualnym zakupie sprzętu.

Sikor: no więc właśnie - nawet nie myślałem, że to może być tak szybkie.