Sound chip
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A sound chip is an integrated circuit (i.e. "chip") designed to produce sound (see chiptune). It might be doing this through digital, analog or mixed-mode electronics. Sound chips normally contain things like oscillators, envelope controllers, samplers, filters and amplifiers.
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Programmable Sound Generators
- Atari
- General Instrument
- General Instrument AY-3-8912 (same as Yamaha YM2149)
- MOS Technology
- Nintendo
- Philips
- Texas Instruments
- Yamaha
- Yamaha YM2149 (same as General Instrument AY-3-8912)
- Yamaha 2 operator FM synthesis (OPL series)
- Yamaha YM3526 and Y8950 (a.k.a. OPL, FM Operator Type-L)
- Yamaha YM3812 (a.k.a. OPL2)
- Yamaha YMF262 (a.k.a. OPL3 - also has 4-operator capabilities)
- Yamaha YM2413 (a.k.a. OPLL)
- Yamaha 4 operator FM synthesis
- Yamaha YM2203 (a.k.a OPN)
- Yamaha YM2612 (a.k.a OPN2)
- Yamaha YM2610 (a.k.a OPNB)
- Yamaha YM2151 (a.k.a OPM)
- Yamaha YM2164 (a.k.a OPP)
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