Tag: SpecDrum
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Creating TZX files in Python
It’s been just shy of 4 years since I published my post on how to load custom samples into the Cheetah SpecDrum software. At some point in that time the software I used to create my TZX files has disappeared from the internet, so I figured it’s time I learned how TZX files work (or…
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Cheetah SpecDrum 808 Kit
I’ve been playing around with the SpecDrum again and I’ve created another kit for it. You can get 808 sounds any number of ways in 2019 – The TR-8, sample packs, iPhone apps – and now the Cheetah Specdrum. Unfortunately my real SpecDrum isn’t working so well right now, so I’ve had to emulate it.…
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Loading your own samples into the Cheetah SpecDrum
This post was updated on the 2023-05-02 to include a new method of creating SpecDrum TZX files. Matt Back in the 1980s in the UK the Sinclair ZX Spectrum reigned supreme as the king of the home micros. Sure, it didn’t have all of the bells and whistles that other micros of the time had,…