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NEBULA FIGHT by Mister Beep [web] & Shiru & Trixs [web]

****30th Anniversary of ZX Spectrum 48K****

ôNebula Fightö music-collection by MISTER BEEP with coding by SHIRU and graphic by TRIXS. 
(C) 01.2012. 
The program works on every ZX Spectrum, of course starting from classic Spectrum48. 

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DO NOT USE EMULATORS!!! THEIR BEEPER'S EMULATION SUCKS AND DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A REAL MACHINE AT ALL. 
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Info: 
Press keys 1-0 and A-D for music. 
All songs have been composed by me (Mister Beep). Coding by Shiru. Graphic by Trixs. 

This demo has been made to show how diverse Spectrum48 sounds. Therefore I used many various beeper engines, with various sounding, possibilities etc. As a music instrument, Spectrum48 has limitless abilities, and every engine sounds different, which is unparalleled in comparison to other 8-bit computers. That's because all the music is actually generated by Spectrum's CPU - Z80 chip - that produces all sounds and sends them into beeper and audio-out connector of ZX Spectrum (the æMICÆ jack-port) through 1-bit transducer û ULA chip. 
Sometimes it does it better, sometimes - worse. ;) ôNebula Fightö or ôGreetings to C64ö prove that SID-like sound is possible to obtain on Z80 (Phaser-1 engine). On the other hand, the "Noise" series songs for instance have been made on Huby engine, constructed especially for ZX-game designers (outcome file is very small and doesn't take too much of precious RAM) and this one makes - indeed - a lot of _noises_, which is audible. :) 
Anyway, all used here engines have been written or restored for contemporary usage by Shiru. ThatÆs why this demo is actually dedicated to him. ;) Also thanks a lot to Trixs for his excellent graphic.

Most of the songs in MP3 (recorded from real hardware) are downloadable here: 
http://www.kittenrock.co.uk/?p=384

17 January 2012
MISTER BEEP
http://mister_beep.republika.pl/
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