Subj : AY Sound Music format
To   : All
From : Technobi
Date : Fri Jan 11 2019 10:52:12

Hello All,

from my early Spectrum days I always wanted to
record and capture the music computer plays.
I waited minutes and recorded seconds. After
the process I had a cassette full of music
that's currently called chiptunes.

I found there are still people actively composing
in Spectrum trackers. And I'm glad about it.

When I used ZX I used it mainly for gamin. So the
knowledge of assembler never really caught me.

But after some time I'm thinking about capturing
some of my favorite tunes. What I went to is the
AY files. And now my path ends. From what I understand
the AY sound files are assembler instructions for
the music chip. Isn't it?

In the optimal case I would like to convert the
AY file to the MIDI one. Exactly note by note.

What options do I have to decode the AY file?
Is there any format, specification that would
unify it? Or it's rather each file different
format?

Thank You in advance for any hint on this topic

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