Yamaha YM2610

Yamaha YM2610

YM2610, aka OPNB, is a fifteen-channel sound chip developed by Yamaha. It's a member of Yamaha's OPN family of FM synthesis chips, and related to the YM2608. It was most notably used in SNK's Neo Geo arcade and home game systems, along with other arcade game systems.

The YM2610 has the following features:

  • Four concurrent FM channels (voices), four operators per channel
  • Three SSG channels
  • One programmable noise channel
  • ADPCM-A: Six ADPCM channels, 18.5kHz sampling rate
  • ADPCM-B: One ADPCM channel, 1.8–55.5kHz sampling rate
  • Two interval timers
  • A low frequency oscillator (LFO)

The YM2610 was used in conjunction with a YM3016 stereo DAC.

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