YMF262
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| Yamaha YMF262 | |
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| Developer: | Yamaha |
| Released: | 1992-??-?? |
| Type: | Chip |
The Yamaha YMF262, known more colloquially as the OPL3, is a microchip designed to create audio waveforms. It is an improved version of the YM3812 (OPL2) with the following features:
- Twice as many channels (18 instead of 9)
- Simple stereo (hard left, center, or hard right)
- 4 channel sound output
- 4 new waveforms (alternating-sine, "camel"-sine, square, and logarithmic sawtooth)
- 4 oscillator mode, pairing 2 channels together to create up to six 4 oscillator FM voices
- Reduced latency for host-register access (the OPL2 had much longer I/O access delays)
The following sound cards utilized the YMF262:
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Release |
Company |
Device |
| 1992-??-?? | Creative | Sound Blaster Pro 2.0 |
| 1992-??-?? | Ad Lib | AdLib Gold |
| 1992-??-?? | Creative | Sound Blaster 16 |
| 1994-03-?? | Creative | Sound Blaster AWE32 |
This list is meant to be in chronological order, but many release dates are missing.
Emulation Status
The YMF262 has been emulated by DOSBox and MAME.
