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A demonstration of Tim Follin's multichannel 1-bit music for Agent X, recorded directly from ZX Spectrum hardware.
ZX Spectrum 1-bit multichannel music by Tim Follin. Recorded from the real hardware. Yerzmyey says about 1-bit music: Many people think that attaching AY chip into ZX Spectrum was a regress. AY has only 3 channels of sound and pretty simple square wave based synthesis, whereas music generated by Spectrum's native sound-source, the Z80 chip (with help of ULA chip) was expandable to even 8-10, even 12 channels (software mixing) and it was able to generate really interesting envelopes. This music has been written by Tim Follin. I strongly doubt it would sound good on 3 channels only and simple square-wave synthesis. What is interesting, he has never made such great songs for any other music-chip or other platforms. And I say: TIM FOLLIN IS A GENIUS!What people say. Recommended as an incredible example of what can be achieved by treating the ZX Spectrum's 1-bit beeper like a DAC.
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