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ON and OFF

by Tufty

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about

A brand new 1-Bit Beeper album by Rich 'Tufty' Hollins

Recorded from real ZX Spectrum hardware.
All the music is synthesized in real time and the album download includes .TAP file to play on a 48K/128K ZX Spectrum or emulator.

youtu.be/4nEfO4Yu7Mg

ZX Spectrum file to play on real hardware here:
df-design.itch.io/on-and-off-zx-spectrum-beeper-album

Bonus tracks included :
Synthetic キスキス
Mech Wars
Beethoven Beeps

Plus 4 extra ZX Spectrum 48k Emulator recordings of tracks 2,5,10,13


Fantastic album art by Trevor Storey

Tracks 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9,11,12,13,14,18 recorded from a real 48k Spectrum
Tracks 5,10,16,17 recorded from a real 128k Spectrum +2B (48k mode)

The album is dedicated to the legendary British inventor Sir Clive Sinclair who invented the ZX Spectrum and sadly passed away this year at the age of 81.

An example of what can be achieved with his iconic machine, where an active community of developers, artists and musicians are still pushing the boundaries 40 years after its release.

The 48K model has no soundchip and can only make a sound by a signal being sent to its speaker to an On or Off state. This drives creativity and requires clever software sound engines to push the machine to its limit to generate the unique sound.

Raw and dirty, the charismatic sound of 1-bit beeper.

This is the follow-up to the successful Spectronica. Over 2 years in the making using the best and most advanced ZX sound engines from Irrlicht Project (utz) and Alex 'Shiru' Semenov.

All tracks were created by Rich 'Tufty' Hollins except guest track 12 which was written by utz and track 15 which was remixed by Graz.

Track 15 is a dark dystopian remix of Spectronica's Electrostatic layering over the original ZX Spectrum beeper track.

Tracks 5 & 8 are based on the tracks I Like It (Take That) and Sleep by Windows (Gary Numan)
Tracks 11 & 13 are based on tracks Good Omens (David Arnold) & Male Stripper (Man 2 Man)
Track 4 is an expansion of a short C64 demo tune by Tim Follin.
Track 7 is based on Daft Punk's Tron Legacy and track 9 is an expansion of the Amiga mod, Revolution.
Bonus track 18 is based on A fifth of Beethoven by Walter Murphy


Beep On.

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released December 10, 2021

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Tufty UK

Rich 'Tufty' Hollins has been interested in making music on the ZX Spectrum and Atari ST since the mid 1980s. Active in the Atari ST demo scene in the early 90s and now in the 1-bit ZX Spectrum and chipmusic scene

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