STAR TIP 2

by Tim Follin

from Your Sinclair #20 (Aug.1987) - "Program Pitstop"

[files STARTIP2.*]



This amazing three-channel sound routine

is the product of the versatile musical

talent of Tim Follin, the man behind the

tunes on Mastertronic's Agent X, and

Firebird's spectacular Sentinel. If you

thought these were the corkiest sonics

you've heard on any Speccy game, you'll

be thrilled to atoms over this chunk of

machine code music!



Tim is currently working on a brilliant

new routine for 6-channel sound with

chorus bass, 128K snare drum, echo on /

off / delay time, portamento, and full

ADSR! This fabby routine is to appear on

a brand new game called Red 5, by Peter

Gough, so keep a look out for it in the

near future.



Method



The code begins at 40000 and is a mere

1340 bytes long. First CLEAR 39999, then

LOAD "" CODE. To hear the tune, simply

RANDOMIZE USR 40000. Any key breaks.



Note: Tim has asked us to say that

although he doesn't mind you using the

tune in your own programs, he does

retain copyright on it, so it can't be

used for commercial games.



Hex Dump



Type the following hex dump into the hex

loader and save as SAVE "TUNE" CODE

40000,1340. Good luck!