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Re: Music format for Mockingboard

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Date	2012-09-05 12:55 -0700
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Subject	Re: Music format for Mockingboard
From	aiiadict@gmail.com

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On Wednesday, September 5, 2012 8:07:57 AM UTC-7, BLuRry wrote:
> The spectrum AY replayer was based on the VBL frequency, so it only uses a few hundred cycles every 1/60th of a second.  That's pretty light, especially compared to the overhead of speaker sound.  

That sounds promising for having music in the background with my game..
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> As such, there is no midi-to-AY conversion software.  Even if there were, the result might not be what you wanted.  ;-)

What is a good AY editor?  So any music played through the chip was entered using software designed specifically for that chip?

Rich

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Music format for Mockingboard BLuRry <brendan.robert@gmail.com> - 2012-09-04 19:19 -0700
  Re: Music format for Mockingboard aiiadict@gmail.com - 2012-09-05 07:47 -0700
    Re: Music format for Mockingboard BLuRry <brendan.robert@gmail.com> - 2012-09-05 08:07 -0700
      Re: Music format for Mockingboard aiiadict@gmail.com - 2012-09-05 12:55 -0700
        Re: Music format for Mockingboard Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2012-09-06 00:19 -0500

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