Playing SNDH on YM2149
This is the sequel of the Streaming music to YM2149 post. After playing YM chip tunes on the YM2149, I wanted to take profit from the super large database of SNDH files available online, by being able to play these tunes on my YM2149. This has been possible with the …
more ...Streaming music to YM2149F
To follow-up on my previous blog post about driving a YM2149F chip with an Arduino, I wrote an Arduino firmware that can be used together with a PC side Python script to send music to the YM2149F. All the code is available in the ym2149-streamer repository on GitHub.
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more ...Driving YM2149F sound chip with an Arduino
A few months ago, I had the opportunity to get a Yamaha YM2149F chip. This chip is basically a clone of General Instrument's AY-3-8910, "a 3 voices programmable sound generator" widely used in the 80's in many arcade games and home computers (including the Atari ST and Amstrad CPC).
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