ZEsarUX Beta 7.2-RC

[chernandezba]

There's not too much clicking when nothing's going on but fastloading, using the menus, or using other programs in the background makes it more noticable. I also get occasional framedrops down to 47fps or so which cause audio dropouts.

Actually I just tried testing again and the silence detector does help by setting the level at the default 0 value when nothing is playing. But typing or playing music do cause clicks.

Thanks
But what I really need is:
-Disable silence detector, I don't want to have it enabled. Reopen the emulator if the setting was enabled
-Volume at 100%
-Select machine 48kb
-Just don't press any key. Just listen. Is there any continuous clicking audio? Or not?

Cheers

[djnzx48]

OK, I tested it and there is no clicking. I only start to get clicking noises if I switch to other windows in the background.

[chernandezba]

OK, I tested it and there is no clicking. I only start to get clicking noises if I switch to other windows in the background.

That's great! Thanks

[PeterJ]

Hi @chernandezba

I've made three recordings which I hope will be of assistance. I can confirm that the silence setting is enabled.

ZEsarUX - PowerUp.mp3 - Shows the handful of clicks that you get when you first start the application with the 48K ROM. As mentioned earlier this is greatly improved now and I don't now consider this to be an issue.

I appreciate you said that you are not looking at audio distortion currently but this may help in the future. I have recorded 15 or 20 seconds of Dan Dare in Fuse and ZEsarUX

DynamiteDan - ZEsarUX.mp3 (Recording started then the file opened)

DynamiteDan - Fuse.mp3 (Recording started then the file opened)

All the files are here.

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/SoundTest/

If we can help with any other testing please let us know.

If other want to record audio then I recommend Total Recorder. The free version lets you download one minute of audio which is fine for my needs.

[chernandezba]

Thanks Peter
I’m going to hear them

But as I said, I need you to test audio having silence detector DISABLED, not enabled. Forget it by now
Thanks

[PeterJ]

Thanks Peter
I’m going to hear them

But as I said, I need you to test audio having silence detector DISABLED, not enabled. Forget it by now
Thanks

Apologies I misread

[chernandezba]

I’ve heard them

I know about the power up sound. It’s related to high cpu use at startup, although I haven’t tested it too much

About comparing with Fuse... there’s no point on doing that. ZEsarUX plays audio at 15 kHz, 8 bit. It has less quality than any other emulator I know. It’s easier for me (15 kHz is the same scanline frequency in speccy) but poor quality. I know that
Also, Fuse adds some audio filters to the playback, and I don’t do that either

About distortion... well anything can be improved and I will do it, if I can . I have a lot of things on the to-do...

[PeterJ]

@chernandezba

I have added an additional file to the folder:

ZEsarUX - PowerUp & Load Game - Silence Detector Not Enabled .mp3

Edited

[PeterJ]

I’ve heard them

I know about the power up sound. It’s related to high cpu use at startup, although I haven’t tested it too much

About comparing with Fuse... there’s no point on doing that. ZEsarUX plays audio at 15 kHz, 8 bit. It has less quality than any other emulator I know. It’s easier for me (15 kHz is the same scanline frequency in speccy) but poor quality. I know that
Also, Fuse adds some audio filters to the playback, and I don’t do that either

About distortion... well anything can be improved and I will do it, if I can . I have a lot of things on the to-do...

Thank you @chernandezba

I will delete the files from the server in one week.

[chernandezba]

@chernandezba

I have added an additional file to the folder:

ZEsarUX - PowerUp & Load Game - Silence Detector Not Enabled .mp3

Edited

Thanks. Perfect, only the startup “clicks” and nothing else
Just to be sure... did you recorded that in Windows?