walters Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Where can i get Atari sound chips ? How can i trigger the Atari sound chips waveforms? What are the names of the Atari sound chips inside the Atari consoles please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerosquare Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 (edited) Where can i get Atari sound chips ? Take a look at Best Electronics (their IC page is here) Edited February 20, 2006 by Zerosquare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 POKEY is the most famous of Atari's sound chips. It is resident in every 8-bit computer and 5200 console, and onboard some 7800 cartridges. It's also in many Atari arcade games from the early-mid 1980's. TIA generates the sound (and video) inside the 2600, and is also in the 7800. The sound from TIA is much like a primative version of POKEY. POKEY doesn't natively generate waveforms, only square waves, but has "distortion" and "noise" features. Waveforms can be done by software by directly forcing an amplitude level for a voice. The Atari 400/800 Hardware Manual contains detailed descriptions of POKEYs functions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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