Yamaha YMF262
The Yamaha YMF262, also known as the OPL3 (OPL is an acronym for FM Operator Type-L), is an FM synthesis sound chip by Yamaha. It is an improved version of the Yamaha YM3812 (OPL2).
The YMF262 was used in many ISA[note 1] sound cards, including the Sound Blaster Pro 2.0, Sound Blaster 16 ASP and AWE family.[1]
The OPL3 generates four channel audio as two 16-bit serial data streams. These data streams are designed as input for the YAC512 DAC.[2]
Notes
- ^ Industry Standard Architecture, an I/O bus standard for IBM-compatible PC motherboards.
References
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- ^ MIDIbox Hardware Platform, OPL3 Module
- ^ YMF262 data sheet, November 1994
External links
- MIDIbox FM, a YMF262-based DIY synthesizer
- Wikipedia:Yamaha YMF262
- OPLx decapsulated (a reverse engineering report)
- PC soundcards which contain or do not contain the YMF262 and YAC512