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Even if you didn't grow up in the '80s, there's a good chance an old retro sound chip feels a bit nostalgic to you. One creative owner has examined their own chip and, with the help of recording equipment and reading of spectrograms, has managed to approximate the sound of a bird call, jackhammer, pedestrian crossing, and a sports whistle. It's all quite magical in a"squint and you'll see it" kind of way.
The original creator picks out the most important bands of frequency to emulate the sound and has reprogrammed the sound chip to take in that frequency. Each frequency can be assigned a number which correlates to one on the board and then can input the results from the spectrogram. Of course, you won't get the real bird sounds on it, but instead a register of notes approximating the original melody but it manages to grasp the glissando of a bird well, which is to say the way in which it moves from one note to the other, in a sliding fashion. It's not quite the same as actually going outside and listening to the birds but it's pretty nonetheless.Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team.
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