Date   : Fri, 21 May 2004 08:35:33 -0700 (PDT)
From   : Charles Ripperton <charlesripperton@...>
Subject: Re: Sound wave representation / Goldie Lookin' Chain

> > Yep, thats correct. You will need to set the pitch to its highest
> > value, which is so ridiculously high that nobody can actually hear
> > it. This causes a "half position" on the speaker cone, which can
> > then be varied by adjusting the attentuation values (the chip
> > works inversely, having 0 as "full volume" and 15 as
> > "infinite attentuation").
> 
> In terms of nybbles :-
> 
> 0000="full volume"
> .
> .
> .
> 1111="infinite attentuation"
> 
> 
> I'm not sure I follow, since in my mind there are two 'full volume'
> values (i.e. maximum positive, and maximum negative amplitudes)?
> 
> Am I asking a silly question? :/ :)


Hi all,

Could someone clear up that question, please? How are 'two' volumes
(the negative and the positive) described in nybbles?

Thanks,
Charles



On a totally unrelated point, it might interest the list that our
beloved Beeb gets a mention in the lyrics to the mirthful song
"Half-Man Half-Machine" by tongue-in-cheek Welsh blingsters
Goldie Lookin' Chain.

#
"I'm not like other people you might see or you might know.
/
I made love to a BBC Micro!"
#



Disturbing use of the Tube, no doubt! ;P



       
               
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