MISTER BEEP MICROMUSIC CHIPTUNE LO-TEK LOW-TECH TIMEX ZX SPECTRUM SINCLAIR 1-BIT MUSIC

THE SOFTWARE

Here you can take a look on the software I use.

Everything's written by great coders and it works on TIMEX COMPUTER 2048 (48Kb of RAM).

3 channels, no drums – only tones.

2 channels and not the best drums.

3 channels with really cool drums. Additionaly it has envelopes, non-editable ‘though.

Until now the best in my collection.

You can use 2 channels of tones. The prog has been equipped in drums (you can edit their envelopes)

but when drums are playing, nothing more can play.

Tone/noise generator. This util has no sequencer, it’s made especially for generating

various interesting tones.

Simply – 1 bit speech synthesizer (!!!).

SoundCom S-Synth (C) 80s

Another 1-bit speech synthesizer!! :)

One more tone/noise generator. Also this util has no sequencer as it’s made especially for generating

various interesting tones.

As you can guess – it’s a 1-bit sampler.

Timex has audio IN connection built-in, so it doesn’t need any additional hardware for sampling.

It’s enough to load program like this one and… simply sample! ;)

Although it has no drums (only tones), this program makes from one BEEPER’s channel – 8 channels!!!!

Its sequencer is a bit similar to Roland TB-303’s sequencer, hehe…

One more interesting tone/noise generator.

You can play in real-time your instruments on Timex’ keyboard.

Theoretically it’s impossible to make any envelopes, delays and stuff in case of one-bit sound.

Surprisingly this program allows to make them. Also it has 3 channels (including editable drums / noises).

The problem is, false notes and detuning are everywhere in the prog. Whatta pity.

This is a new version of above prog but with corrected music-engine and with user-friendly interface (at last!)

Like above, you can use volumes, envelopes, delays, and everything is in 3 channels plus editable drums / noises.

No detune if you use both tone channels at once. Many thanks to Shiru! He's GREAT!

This is a very powerful modern BEEPER utility!

Believe or not: real ONE BIT SAMPLES, real digital music from BEEPER!!!

MOD for BEEPER? Almost. :) This tracker has 3 digital channels, it supports ‘D/A 8BIT’ sound-card for ZX/TIMEX,

or regular AY chip (then you have 4-bit sound),

but if you have only ZX/TIMEX with 48Kb of RAM and BEEPER – it STILL WORKS NORMALLY! (With 1-bit quality of course).

You can make MOD-like music for your ZX/TC 48Kb and BEEPER!!

1-channel program that is able to generate various drum-like noices and put them into an on-board sequencer.

The next 1-channel and 1-bit drum-sequencer but much, much better than previous one (which was Drum Machine).

AE-DRUMS has nicer graphic interface, far better sequencer and also much better synthetized drum-sounds.

This program has only one channel but it is the strongest and the best sound-synthesizer for TIMEX/SPECTRUM ever made (at least until now), working with many fine envelopes and 8 steps of volume (still in 1-bit!!). It has also powerful sequencer capable to run in real-time too. Undoubtedly a masterpiece of coding.

A program for real old-school fans of BEEPER sound - only one channel, only square wave. :)

Actually it shows nothing on the screen so I let you see a fragment of its code. ;)

An incredible cross-platform 1-bit "Beepola" tracker appeared (by Ccowley), emulating ZX Spectrum's BEEPER on Windows. The tracker uses an original BEEPER engine from "Fire Fly" (different than the one from Orfeus!!) but also engines from The Music Studio, The Music Box and Phaser1 (an excellent tracker by Shiru). It can export BEEPER songs to native