AY-3-8910/12 Emulator version 1.4 Release 3 Ay_Emul.exe is AY-3-8910/12 (ZX Spectrum's Sound Chip) Emulator for Windows 95. Emulator converts all outing to this chip to digital sound (or WAV-files). Source of outing can to be get from following files: 1) *.OUT - OUT-files, was created by 'Z80 v3.02 or v3.03' ZX Spectrum Emulator for PC by G.A.Lunter. 2) *.ZXAY - ZXAY-files, was converted from OUT-files. 3) *.ZX50 - ZX50-files, was converted from OUT-files, syncronized with Speccy's interrupt frequency. 4) *.STC - files was created by Sound Tracker Song Compiler 1.2 (ZX Spectrum Musical Editor) without play routine. 5) *.ZXS - STC analog, this files comes from ZXMUS.EXE Vesrion 1.02 Beta by Super Dima from Kaluga 6) *.ASC - files was created by ASM (ZX Spectrum Musical Editor) without play routine. 7) *.YM - files of ST-Sound YM2149 Emulator by Arnaud Carre (Leonard/ OXYGENE). YM3, YM3b and YM5 subtypes are supported. 8) *.VTX - files of V_Soft Vortex AY/YM Chip Emulator by Roman Scherbakov (V_Soft). 9) *.PSG - files of 'x128' Speccy Emulator by James McKey and 'fMSX' MSX Emulator by Marat Fayzulin or Marcel de Cogel. Supported outing to AY/YM chip only. 10) *.STP - files was created by Sound Tracker Pro (ZX Spectrum Musical Editor) without play routine. 11) *.PT2 - files was created by Pro Tracker v2.xx (ZX Spectrum Musical Editor) without play routine. 12) *.PT3 - files was created by Pro Tracker v3.xx (ZX Spectrum Musical Editor) without play routine. 13) *.PT1 - files was created by Pro Tracker v1.xx (ZX Spectrum Musical Editor) without play routine. 14) *.PSC - files was created by Pro Sound Creator (ZX Spectrum Musical Editor) without play routine. 15) *.FTC - files was created by Fast Tracker (ZX Spectrum Musical Editor) without play routine. 16) *.FLS - files was created by Flash Tracker (ZX Spectrum Musical Editor) without play routine. Also, Emulator can to search for any type modules in any given files. Emulator can take parameters from command line: AY_Emul.exe[ filename][ /key][ /key] Some available keys are lr set interface language to Russian le set interface language to English sXXXXX set sample rate to XXXXX (11025,22050,44100) zXXXXX Z80 CPU frequency yXXXXX AY/YM chip clock frequency nXXXXX set interrupt frequency aUUU Amplitude Analizer (UUU - on or off) fUUU Spectrum Analizer (UUU - on or off) op Optimization for perfomance oq Optimization for quality ri Idle priority class rn Normal priority class rh High priority class For running with English interface type AY_Emul.exe /le or check 'English' option in 'Lang' menu. AY-3-8910/12 Emulator version 1.4 Release 3 is freeware, use it at own risk. Author: S.V.Bulba, Russia, Khabarovsk. E-mail: vorobey@eol.ru Copyright: (c)1999 S.V.Bulba Please, send me your comments and wishes. S.V.Bulba 12-23-99 PS I need information about YM6 file format. Please, send it me if you have any!