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MEA8000
,/* CPC Speech Synthesisers */
The MEA8000 is a Speech Synthesizer chip. It contains a Voice Generator similar to that used in the [[SP0256]] speech chip. However, unlike the SP0256, it doesn't contain a built-in microprocessor, nor built-in ROM.
To output an allophone, one must send one (or usually more) 32bit packet(s) to the chip. This is making it more complicated to use than the SP0256 (which needs only one 8bit value per allophone). On the other hand, it's making the MEA8000 more flexible: The SP0256 contains predefined allophones (usually the -AL2 english allophone set), whilst the MEA8000 can be freely used with different allophone sets (english, french, other languages) , different intonations (eg. raise the pitch to pronounce questions), or even as general purpose sound processor, (ie. to produce music or explosions, etc.sound effects). == Technical == * [[MEA8000 I/O Ports and Pinouts]]* [[MEA8000 Voice Generator]]* [[MEA8000 Unknown Details]]
== CPC Speech Synthesisers ==
* [[TMPI speech synthetizer]] ([[MEA8000]] based)
* [[Software Speech Synthesizers]] (Software based)
* [[LambdaSpeak]] covers all the others
== Speech Example Examples == The French song ''Clair de la lune'' sung by a MEA8000 chip
* [[Media:Clair de la luneParole_et_micros_-_TO8_-_Direct_recording.mp3|French song by MEA8000]] - Direct sound recording of a MEA8000 chip (mp3) (Recorded on a Thomson TO8)
== Misc ==
* [[MEA8000 on PC Printer Port]] - DIY (French) (for PCs) (does NOT work on CPCs)
== Documentation Datasheets ==
== Weblinks ==
[[Category:Programming]] [[Category:HardwareMusic and sound]][[Category:Electronic Component]]