Wally1 Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 (edited) just making a little conversation; in my humble opinion the ST sound chip is quite crisp and clean sounding! especially considering the fact that it only has 3 voices, but nevertheless can produce some amazing music and effects! i daresay i like it better than Pokey... anyway everybody take it light! Edited February 23, 2019 by Wally1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christos Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Pokey is more metalluc sounding and it is amazing in sound effects. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzip Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Can't say I'm a fan of that chip, I wasn't loving ST sound until I got my STe Pokey is more metalluc sounding and it is amazing in sound effects. Pokey definitely has a harsher sound, but nowadays that makes it sound more distinctive among the "chiptune" generation of chips 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fedepede04 Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 i do think that the YM2149 have a very clean sound and that's probably one of it only forces also that it have full 8 octave (output freq around 125khz) but the chip is it self is very simple so if you want it to sound any special you need to soft code the chip, and that takes process power(can take a lot). the most complex synth chip in home computers was the Sid in the C64 and the Yamaha FM chip found in the MSX2. but i would also say that the Pokey is more complex that the YM2149 because you could distortion the output wave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fedepede04 Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 btw here is an example of some YM2149 sound, from my old Atari ST editor that i am giving a overhaul 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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