Sound chip

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.

Programmable Sound Generators

*Atari
**POKEY
*General Instrument
**General Instrument AY-3-8910 (same as Yamaha YM2149)
*MOS Technology
**MOS Technology 6560 / 6561 "VIC"
**MOS Technology 6581 / 8580 "SID"
**MOS Technology 7360 / 8360 "TED"
*Nintendo
**Nintendo 2A03
*Philips
**Philips SAA 1099
*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.k.a. OPL, "FM Operator Type-L")
***Yamaha YM3812 (a.k.a. OPL2) Used in AdLib and Sound Blaster
***Yamaha YMF262 (a.k.a. OPL3 - also has 4-operator capabilities)
***Yamaha YMF278 (a.k.a. OPL4) Used in Moonsound
***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)

Pulse-code modulation (Sample based)

**MOS Technology 8364 "Paula"
**Sony SPC700
**National LMC 1992

ee also

*Sound card

External links

* [http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~rga24/computer/music/ Sound generators of the 1980s home computers] - Has a list of chips, pictures, datasheets, etc.