About improving the WinUAE Floppy Drive Sound emulation... - Page 3

hal · 07 November 2005, 22:58

hey chippy...
how are you doing ?

wow... it's really been a year since i recorded those samples... you believe that?

seems ? didn't you put it together... you should know

Chipmunk_UK_1 · 07 November 2005, 23:52

Its been a year and a month, wow... time does indeed fly

Who would have guessed

_ThEcRoW · 09 November 2005, 16:15

Use of the catweasel on winuae recreate the "clicks" very well. I drop a few tears when i first heard it with my standard pc drive

iddqd · 21 October 2016, 10:47

Necro-posting!

What was said thus far:

Floppy reading sound should be based on 84+ different samples, rather than just one, as acustics change when the head moves across the disk.
A mono sample recording was made, and shared, all download links are now dead
The WinUAE code was made to support the 84 different samples (I think?), but only one is shipped by defaul, lest the EXE file will be to big.

My questions

Question 1: now, 10 years later, what's the status? Have someone managed to get the different samples in? Or is something similar emulated in software? Looking at /use/share/fs-uae/floppy_sounds/ folder on GNU/Linux, it looks (sounds?) like it's only a few subsets?

Question 2: does anyone have the 84 samples that were made, and posted in this thread 11 years ago?

Question 3: where can I find the source code that makes use of the floppy wav-sounds? I'd like to understand how I'd combine them together.

hal · 21 October 2016, 11:23

hi there.

it's been 11 years and god kmows how many hard drives but i'll see if i have the original samples somewhere.
they may be lost on my end though.
I never conciously archived them :/

as for recapturing the sound...
I always meant to but ended up not doing it since people were mostly fine with the first recording.

edit:
found the old sound package.
http://download.abime.net/zone/drive_sounds.zip

the "loud" files correspond to the 84 track set.
the "st" will be the original sound consisting of the same click over and over.
the clicks were all kept in a single sound file.

if you want I can dig up the old recording equipment and get you a sample of another drive.
I had given the amigas that I used to do this to a computer collector. but I still have my A2000
I just need some free time to dig it up, get it running, get a copy of d-copy (or similar) and get the recording stuff running. I don't have time for this weekend but I might be able to the next one.
what I had back then is long gone. i'm going to have to improvise with what I have now.

john4p · 09 April 2017, 18:27

^ That zip seems to be damaged. Could you reupload please?

DamienD · 09 April 2017, 22:23

Heya john4p,

You can find the file on the EAB File Server under the directory "/TheZone/files".

The file is named "drive_sounds [the floppy emulation sounds from 2004].zip" (as when it transferred over to the server the comments get put into square brackets)

hal · 10 April 2017, 11:06

looks like the sounds were over there the entire time.

http://www.winuae.net/download/

there the sound archive is, with three sound versions:
files named real or a500: a sound library made in 2007
files marked LOUD: the recording I made in 2004
files marked ST: the original monotonic files

john4p · 10 April 2017, 11:09

Nice - thanks Damien & hal!

21 October 2016, 10:47	#44
iddqd Registered User Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Oslo Posts: 90	Necro-posting! What was said thus far: Floppy reading sound should be based on 84+ different samples, rather than just one, as acustics change when the head moves across the disk. A mono sample recording was made, and shared, all download links are now dead The WinUAE code was made to support the 84 different samples (I think?), but only one is shipped by defaul, lest the EXE file will be to big. My questions Question 1: now, 10 years later, what's the status? Have someone managed to get the different samples in? Or is something similar emulated in software? Looking at /use/share/fs-uae/floppy_sounds/ folder on GNU/Linux, it looks (sounds?) like it's only a few subsets? Question 2: does anyone have the 84 samples that were made, and posted in this thread 11 years ago? Question 3: where can I find the source code that makes use of the floppy wav-sounds? I'd like to understand how I'd combine them together.

21 October 2016, 11:23	#45
hal where am i ? Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: akureyri iceland Age: 41 Posts: 187	hi there. it's been 11 years and god kmows how many hard drives but i'll see if i have the original samples somewhere. they may be lost on my end though. I never conciously archived them :/ as for recapturing the sound... I always meant to but ended up not doing it since people were mostly fine with the first recording. edit: found the old sound package. http://download.abime.net/zone/drive_sounds.zip the "loud" files correspond to the 84 track set. the "st" will be the original sound consisting of the same click over and over. the clicks were all kept in a single sound file. if you want I can dig up the old recording equipment and get you a sample of another drive. I had given the amigas that I used to do this to a computer collector. but I still have my A2000 I just need some free time to dig it up, get it running, get a copy of d-copy (or similar) and get the recording stuff running. I don't have time for this weekend but I might be able to the next one. what I had back then is long gone. i'm going to have to improvise with what I have now. Last edited by hal; 21 October 2016 at 12:52.

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07 November 2005, 22:58	#41
hal where am i ? Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: akureyri iceland Age: 41 Posts: 187	hey chippy... how are you doing ? wow... it's really been a year since i recorded those samples... you believe that? seems ? didn't you put it together... you should know

07 November 2005, 23:52	#42
Chipmunk_UK_1 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Royston / UK Age: 48 Posts: 61	Its been a year and a month, wow... time does indeed fly Who would have guessed

09 November 2005, 16:15	#43
_ThEcRoW Amiga NetRunner Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Spain Age: 45 Posts: 941	Use of the catweasel on winuae recreate the "clicks" very well. I drop a few tears when i first heard it with my standard pc drive

09 April 2017, 18:27	#46
john4p Competition Moderator Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Posts: 4,756	^ That zip seems to be damaged. Could you reupload please?

09 April 2017, 22:23	#47
DamienD Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London / Sydney Age: 47 Posts: 20,420	Heya john4p, You can find the file on the EAB File Server under the directory "/TheZone/files". The file is named "drive_sounds [the floppy emulation sounds from 2004].zip" (as when it transferred over to the server the comments get put into square brackets)

10 April 2017, 11:06	#48
hal where am i ? Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: akureyri iceland Age: 41 Posts: 187	looks like the sounds were over there the entire time. http://www.winuae.net/download/ there the sound archive is, with three sound versions: files named real or a500: a sound library made in 2007 files marked LOUD: the recording I made in 2004 files marked ST: the original monotonic files

10 April 2017, 11:09	#49
john4p Competition Moderator Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Posts: 4,756	Nice - thanks Damien & hal!

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