ZX Spectrum System Tour: Sound
ZX Spectrum System Tour: Sound Leave a reply Now that the shooting gallery is done and dusted, it’s time to turn to a piece of our initial tour of the ZX Spectrum that has been left untouched: sound. There isn’t a whole lot new here compared to what has come before on other platforms, but that in turn means that the core principles of our solutions to it arrive pre-baked; we’ll just have to add the Spectrum-specific frosting. The mainline Spectrum systems offer two sound options: A 1-bit beeper under software control.
- ▪ZX Spectrum System Tour: Sound Leave a reply Now that the shooting gallery is done and dusted, it’s time to turn to a piece of our initial tour of the ZX Spectrum that has been left untouched: sound.
- ▪There isn’t a whole lot new here compared to what has come before on other platforms, but that in turn means that the core principles of our solutions to it arrive pre-baked; we’ll just have to add the Spectrum-specific frosting.
- ▪The mainline Spectrum systems offer two sound options: A 1-bit beeper under software control.
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ZX Spectrum System Tour: Sound Leave a reply Now that the shooting gallery is done and dusted, it’s time to turn to a piece of our initial tour of the ZX Spectrum that has been left untouched: sound. There isn’t a whole lot new here compared to what has come before on other platforms, but that in turn means that the core principles of our solutions to it arrive pre-baked; we’ll just have to add the Spectrum-specific frosting. The mainline Spectrum systems offer two sound options: A 1-bit beeper under software control. This is present on all systems, and the underlying hardware is not unlike what we saw on the Apple II or the PC speaker.
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