16 Dec
2004
16 Dec
'04
4:54 p.m.
On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 12:39:32 -0800, Brad Fuller <brad(a)sonaural.com> wrote:
Count
me in on one who likes FM. You can do a lot with FM, even with 4
operators. We used the YM2151 - a Yamaha 4 operator FM chip -- in many
of our games at Atari (from 1984 to maybe 1994) Using a single 1MHz
6502 to feed the YM2151 - only 8 monophonic channels; still a milestone
in arcade sound. And I think most of them sound pretty good.
A lot of experimenting to get interesting sounds... but ,that's the fun
part.
brad
I still have my DX-7 but all the voices in it got blown away with some
editor I tried out maybe 5 years ago. Sicne then it jsut sits. I need
to try reloading it one of these days. I kept it for the feel of the
keyboard. Very different from my Studio Logic controller.
- Mark