![]() The technology behind the YM2612 stretches back even further. A further stripped down version based on these home computer chips was made to be mass produced alongside the Mega Drive. ![]() Yamaha had already been developing synth chips for home computers and arcade cabinets. Computers and consoles didn’t have the storage space for sound files in the 80’s, instead they had sound cards with built in synthesisers that played music data ‘live’. But did you know Yamaha played the backing music for Sonic the Hedgehog, Michael Jackson, and Ecco the Dolphin? One of the lesser known facts of Yamaha’s history is it made the sound card that powered the Sega Mega Drive.Įvery Sega Mega Drive had a YM2612 chip inside, a tiny FM synthesiser developed by Yamaha. ![]() Yamaha instruments are used by many famous artists. ![]()
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