What about adding a General Sound emulation into PLD? What formats are currently supported with Sprinter?

We have not any plan about support GS in PLD. Only some of new Spectrum games use GS.
And Sprinter has sound system with not bad features (16 bit sound, 8KHz-44Khz).
Today sound system of Sprinter support format of Covox sound system. Also it has mode of Covox with 512 byte buffer.



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16 bit sound is not bad, but when computer plays on DAC, all other processes must stop!
Not only a few games support GS, their number will rise soon, because it is easy to made a Amiga MOD and add it to a game, so it IS a step into future.
I can't imagine GS in a PLD, but maybe a ISA-8 version of GS can be developed? Or can be ZX BUS addes directly onto mainboard or indirectly via a ISA-8>ZXBUS convertor for easy connection Spectrum hardware (such as GS, any interfaces etc)?

Music coprocessor is very good device, certainly.
But CPU will be not so busy with usage Covox with buffer.
Anyway we have the information which can help to creating ISA-8>ZXBUS convertor. We have not plan to manufacture this device but we can publish all information after test with modern mainboard. If it will be interesting for Sprinter users...



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I think about implementing a mod-tracker for Sprinter. I want that it will play MOD and STM files. I can do it under GNU General Public License. What do you think about this idea?

"16 bit sound is not bad, but when computer plays on DAC, all other processes must stop!
Not only a few games support GS, their number will rise soon, because it is easy to made a Amiga MOD and add it to a game, so it IS a step into future. "
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YES!! I completely agree with it. There is more and more games and other progs with GS music/fx.
GS is very important in ZX world.

Greetz,
Yerzmyey

Maybe producers of Sprinter could make and publish some schemes of interface:
Sprinter <=> GS

??????

Cu,
Yerz

"I think about implementing a mod-tracker for Sprinter. I want that it will play MOD and STM files. I can do it under GNU General Public License. What do you think about this idea?"
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Although there is a mod-tracker for Speccy, so everybody could make MODs on Sprinter in ZX mode, BUT -
first, I think there should be more and more progs for ZX
second, Your tracker could be better than the old one,
as Sprinter is much faster in its the best mode, so music-making could be more easy.
So Your idea is good.

Yerz

Do you have real GS on your real Spectrum?
Or you told about GS in emulators?

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Our convertor ISA-ZX bus was used with old mainboard Sp97. We need test this device with Sp2000.
And I think we should know how many users has real GS or other devices which can use ZX bus.

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