And makes me want to collect Yamaha synths based solely on chip sets! Check out this comprehensive list of Yamaha chips/feature sets that someone has begun to put together. How cool is that! I love learning new things. YM2414 - found in the purely magical Yamaha TX81Z, which is what gave it the ability to choose from 8 different wave forms rather than just using 4-OP sine waves. YM2409 and YM2412 - used in the Yamaha TX16W, Yamaha's first sampler YM2154 - made for the Yamaha RX-15 drum machine, apparently for the PCM sounds of the rhythm samples. The 2151 was Yamaha's first single-chip FM sound generator that could be found in the DX-21, DX-27 and DX-100, and interestingly also found its way into many non-Yamaha products such as arcade games and pinball machines, and even a few of Sharp's home computers.īut, the Korg 707 and DS-8's multi-midi support required slightly more enhanced abilities, and that's where the enhanced YM2164 chip shines.Ī bit more digging, and I quickly realized that quite a few other Yamaha chips exist. ![]() Now, putting aside the amazingly interesting fact that Korg used Yamaha's chips in the first place, I did some research into the chip itself, and quickly learned its actually an "enhanced" YM2151 chip (aka OPM or FM Operator Type-M chip). ![]() ![]() The chip could be found in the DS-8 as well as the Korg 707, along with a few Yamaha synths from the time period.
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