A sound chip is an integrated circuit (i. Microchipsjpg|right|thumb|200px|Microchips ( EPROM memory with a transparent window showing the integrated circuit inside e. "chip") designed to produce sound (see chiptune). Sound' is Vibration transmitted through a Solid, Liquid, or Gas; particularly sound means those vibrations composed of Frequencies A chiptune, or chip music, is music written in sound formats where all the sounds are synthesized in realtime by a computer or Video game console Sound chip It might be doing this through digital, analog or mixed-mode electronics. A digital system uses discrete (discontinuous values usually but not always Symbolized Numerically (hence called "digital" to represent information for An analog or analogue signal is any continuous signal for which the time varying feature (variable of the signal is a representation of some other A mixed-signal Integrated circuit combines Analog circuits, used for analog signal processing with Digital signal processing (DSP circuits on a single Electronics refers to the flow of charge (moving Electrons through Nonmetal conductors (mainly Semiconductors, whereas electrical Sound chips normally contain things like oscillators, envelope controllers, samplers, filters and amplifiers. An electronic oscillator is an Electronic circuit that produces a repetitive electronic signal often a Sine wave or a Square wave. In Signal processing, sampling is the reduction of a Continuous signal to a Discrete signal. Electronic filters are Electronic circuits which perform Signal processing functions specifically intended to remove unwanted signal components and/or enhance wanted An electronic amplifier is a device for increasing the power and/or Amplitude of a signal.
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Programmable Sound Generators
- Atari
- General Instrument
- General Instrument AY-3-8910 (same as Yamaha YM2149)
- MOS Technology
- Nintendo
- Philips
- Texas Instruments
- Texas Instruments SN76477
- Texas Instruments SN76489
- Yamaha
- Yamaha YM2149 (same as General Instrument AY-3-8910)
- Yamaha 2 operator FM synthesis (OPL series)
- Yamaha YM3526 and Y8950 (a. A Programmable Sound Generator is a Sound chip that generates sound waves by synthesizing multiple basic waveforms and often some kind of noise generator (all controlled Atari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. General Instrument (GI was an Electronics Manufacturer based in Chicago, IL specializing in Semiconductors and Cable television AY-3-8910 is a 3-voice Programmable Sound Generator (PSG designed by General Instrument, initially for use with their 16-bit CP1610 or one of the PIC1650 series MOS Technology Inc, also known as CSG (Commodore Semiconductor Group, was a semiconductor design and fabrication company based in Norristown Pennsylvania The VIC (Video Interface Chip, specifically known as the MOS Technology 6560 ( NTSC version / 6561 ( PAL version is the Integrated The MOS Technology 6581/8580 SID (Sound Interface Device was the built-in Programmable Sound Generator chip of Commodore 's CBM-II, The 7360 Text Editing Device ( TED) was an Integrated circuit made by MOS Technology Inc is a Multinational corporation headquartered in Kyoto Japan founded on The Ricoh 2A03 or RP2A03 ( NTSC version / Ricoh 2A07 or RP2A07 ( PAL version is the 8-bit Microprocessor in Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV ( Royal Philips Electronics Inc. Texas Instruments ( better known in the electronics industry (and popularly as TI, is an American company based in Dallas, Texas, USA The SN76489 Digital Complex Sound Generator (DCSG is a TTL -compatible Programmable Sound Generator chip from Texas Instruments. AY-3-8910 is a 3-voice Programmable Sound Generator (PSG designed by General Instrument, initially for use with their 16-bit CP1610 or one of the PIC1650 series A 220 Hz carrier tone modulated by a 440 Hz modulating tone with The YM3526, better known as OPL (for "FM Op erator Type L " is a Sound chip that was manufactured by Yamaha. k. a. OPL, FM Operator Type-L)
- Yamaha YM3812 (a. The Yamaha YM3812 also known as the OPL2 (OPL is an Acronym for FM Operator Type-L) is a Sound chip (i k. a. OPL2) Used in AdLib and Sound Blaster
- Yamaha YMF262 (a. This page is about the (now defunct sound card company named Ad Lib — not to be mistaken with the software company Adlib Software or Adlib Information systems. The Sound Blaster family of Sound cards was for many years the De facto standard for audio on the IBM PC compatible System platform, before PC The Yamaha YMF262, also known as the OPL3 (OPL is an Acronym for FM Operator Type-L) is an FM synthesis Sound chip. k. a. OPL3 - also has 4-operator capabilities)
- Yamaha YMF278 (a. k. a. OPL4) Used in Moonsound
- Yamaha YM2413 (a. Moonsound was the name of a Sound card released for the MSX home-computer system at the Tilburg computer fair in 1995 The YM2413, also called OPLL is a cost-reduced Sound chip manufactured by Yamaha Corporation and based on their YM3812 (OPL2 k. a. OPLL)
- Yamaha 4 operator FM synthesis
- Yamaha YM2203 (a. A 220 Hz carrier tone modulated by a 440 Hz modulating tone with k. a OPN)
- Yamaha YM2612 (a. YM2612, aka OPN2, is a six-channel sound synthesizer IC, or Sound chip, produced by Yamaha. k. a OPN2)
- Yamaha YM2610 (a. k. a OPNB)
- Yamaha YM2151 (a. The Yamaha YM2151, also known as the OP-M (FM Operator Type-M is a Sound chip in the YM2100 family. k. a OPM)
- Yamaha YM2164 (a. k. a OPP)
Pulse-code modulation (Sample based)
- MOS Technology 8364 "Paula"
- Sony SPC700
- National LMC 1992
See also
External links
- Sound generators of the 1980s home computers - Has a list of chips, pictures, datasheets, etc. A sampler is an electronic musical instrument closely related to a Synthesizer. The Original Chip Set ( OCS) was a Chipset used in the earliest Commodore Amiga computers and defined the Amiga's graphics and sound capabilities is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest Media conglomerates with The Sony SPC700 is the 8-bit sound chip designed by Ken Kutaragi and used in the Super Famicom / Super Nintendo Entertainment System Video A sound card (also known as an audio card is a Computer Expansion card that facilitates the input and output of audio signals to/from a computer under
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