twisted electrons AY3 User Manual

user’s manual

Thanks! ...Overview

Thank-you for choosing the AY3! Time to take a break from HI-FI land and enjoy
some good old 8-BIT nostalgia!

The AY3 features two 8912 chips boasting 6 voice polyphony. You can apply
sequences, arpeggiators, noise, envelopes and pitch modulation to each voice
with a click of a button.

Take the video AY3 Tour!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcXeGEhGb5I

About the AY-8912:

The AY-3-8912 and its variants became popular chips in many arcade games, and were used on, among

others, the Intellivision and Vectrex video game consoles and the MSX, Amstrad CPC, Oric 1, Colour

Genie, Elektor TV Games Computer and Sinclair ZX Spectrum 128/+2/+3 home computers as well as the

Mockingboard sound card for the Apple II family.

1- Connectivity & Power

The AY3 features two 1/4” audio outputs, a MIDI input and a power socket

The AY3 is equipped with a bridge rectifier so can be powered by any AC or
DC voltage source between 8v and 15v, 4 between 500mA and 2000mA.

2- Preset load/save

The AY3 can hold 64 presets in 8 banks of 8 presets.

2-1 Load: Press the data wheel down to toggle between preset and bank

mode (displayed above the data wheel). Roll the data wheel to load a preset.

2-2 Save: Hold the data wheel down for 3 seconds to save a preset

(count-down displayed on leds 8 thru 1).