Re: A2 Music and Sound FAQ v1.2

[jamesb@ecst.csuchico.edu (James L Brookes)]

In article <2nhjer$9f7@news.iastate.edu>, Ian Schmidt <irsman@iastate.edu>
wrote:
[M.Spector wrote]
>>	The Commodore 64 used what was known as the "SID" chip for music
>>and sound synthesis. It was also only capable of 3 independant tones/voices,
>>not 4.
>
>Yeah, the Huang-meister caught me on this one :)

To set the record *really* straight, the SID actually has three tone
generators *and* one white-noise generator.  Not quite four voices, but
not exactly three either :-)

>Ian Schmidt / irsman@iastate.edu / irsman@cs.iastate.edu
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