Not as much as someone not recognizing square wave sound with 50% duty cycle as beeper sound. ;-) duh-duh-tshhh-de-duh-duh-tshhh-de... Alright, you have a point, because Follin's "beeper" tunes (like Chronos or Agent X) sound actually way more sophisticated than this.
The reason this is better than the Atari ST version is that this is the AY chip (3+1 channels), _plus_ the origin Spectrum beeper (for the "noise wash"). Outstanding.
@SoundInterfaceDriver Oh sure, I just added the MP3 zip in the video description. I actually had it up on the FTP all this time but never remembered to link it, go figure! There's no FLAC version because I save that for hardware rips (I figure the bitrate I use for MP3s is good enough for the emulated stuff)-- this was sampled with MicroSpeccy. :)
No, not 8-bit. This was 1-bit. The zx spectrum "sound chip" (that was technically just a beeper) was only 1-bit, and only capable of producing one note at once. The reason you can hear multiple notes at once is because you could make it sound polyphonic by switching out one tone with another very quickly so that it seems that there is more than one note being played at once.
@@salsaandbrwx1449 Ace Austin isn't wrong about the beeper, but none of that applies here. This isn't a beeper song, it uses the AY-3-8910 soundchip in the ZX Spectrum 128 and newer models.
Absolutely no way on earth this the ZX Spectrum! Maybe the CPC 464/6128. Not because the Spectrum could not do this, but it's in Stereo, which the ZX Spectrum was not.
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this is how people now make their music in famitracker and he makes it in 1988
So true😂😂
what?
@@benjaminzuniga5750 he meant that Tim Follin was ahead of his time.
A lot of famitracker stuff I have seen uses the expansion chips, Tim only had the internal sound chip of the nes and he could make it sing
on a 3 channels system
This song gives me nostalgia for a game I never played from an era I never lived in.
80s jpop does the same thing to me. Sorta reminding me of similar games and music I did grow up hearing.
Anemoia
Welcome back for the first time
damn!
this tune just makes me feel like i'm actualy sitting in the storm vehicle, driving over the city at high speeds.
source for profile picture?
@@MichaelEhrmantraut12 lisa the painful
This is 8bit late 70s psychedelic prog rock.
because it is
What prog song does this track remind you of?
It sounds like drum and bass to me lol
this song is so great
And I'd say he still is!
@@RaposaCadeladefinitely
Brilliant! Always loved Tim Follin's music on the Speccy, whether it was with the AY chip or the single channel beeper. The man was an f'n genius!
The beginning of this song reminds me of the ending for Link's Awakening
After just a few seconds I instantly recognized the genius himself. Of course it had to be Folin. Who else would write music like that
Not as much as someone not recognizing square wave sound with 50% duty cycle as beeper sound. ;-)
duh-duh-tshhh-de-duh-duh-tshhh-de...
Alright, you have a point, because Follin's "beeper" tunes (like Chronos or Agent X) sound actually way more sophisticated than this.
The reason this is better than the Atari ST version is that this is the AY chip (3+1 channels), _plus_ the origin Spectrum beeper (for the "noise wash"). Outstanding.
The Beeper was not used in this version either.
Yeah, the ZX used the AY as well!
holy shit, this just sounds like a fearofdark track..
Yeah your right! I think it's clear FoD took some inspiration from Tim Follin.
funnily enough i just found out about his music today
Why does this feel more like something you'd hear on the Game Boy?
because that also primarily generates square waves
The opening bars really hit some Link's Awakening vibes.
You mean anything from Code Master games in the NES era lol...
I know this game went in the 80s but I feel a lot of Blitz Lunar vibes from this, i don't know why.
@SoundInterfaceDriver
Oh sure, I just added the MP3 zip in the video description. I actually had it up on the FTP all this time but never remembered to link it, go figure! There's no FLAC version because I save that for hardware rips (I figure the bitrate I use for MP3s is good enough for the emulated stuff)-- this was sampled with MicroSpeccy. :)
Definitive version of this game's title screen imo
Wait, what about the Amiga version?
@@jezgomezamiga has the off beat bell sample for most of the song
@therangersrule68 This was done with the AY chip, not the beeper.
BLANK BANSHEE!!!!
THEY SHOULDA MADE A WHOLE ALBUM OF HIS GAMING BANGERS
0:40 - 0:51
Goes hard af
I wish it repeated instead of just playing once xD
Play this at 50 % speed and prepare to be amazed.
Much better quality :D
Thanks for uploading :D
Sucks that this is only the title screen music and not the in-game music
KIWIBRO64 Yeah, most European computer games were like that.
Woah Stereo!
The AY is basically like having 3 beepers...
Good mythical ytpmv
yo what, did 8-bit music really sound this good?
No, not 8-bit. This was 1-bit. The zx spectrum "sound chip" (that was technically just a beeper) was only 1-bit, and only capable of producing one note at once. The reason you can hear multiple notes at once is because you could make it sound polyphonic by switching out one tone with another very quickly so that it seems that there is more than one note being played at once.
@@rabolli1030 oh my, never heard of "1bit". Thanks ralsei
@@salsaandbrwx1449 Ace Austin isn't wrong about the beeper, but none of that applies here. This isn't a beeper song, it uses the AY-3-8910 soundchip in the ZX Spectrum 128 and newer models.
LEDZXSH Storm
(Lazer Enchanced Destruction of ZX Spectrum SoundChip).
The beginning sequence reminds me of Zelda - Link's Awakening
@MacWii
Added, thanks man!
Sounds like sonic R music
Absolutely no way on earth this the ZX Spectrum! Maybe the CPC 464/6128. Not because the Spectrum could not do this, but it's in Stereo, which the ZX Spectrum was not.
its the emulator giving stereo sound
AY was a stereo! ;)
You can easily modify a spectrum with an AY chip and make it stereo. It is bascily the same idea as the CPC did (from the factory) with the same chip.
did someone wake the Wind Fish?
dan deacon esque
Bleep bleep type beat
same guy as glider rider? must be :)
cool
That was David Whittaker
how is a beeper able to do this?
This used the AY chip
this sounds like a jarvis9999 track lmao