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How Music Was Made On Super Nintendo

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Graphics and audioHistory and cultureRetro computingAudio and DSP

An explanation of how the Super Nintendo's SPC700 sound chip used wavetable synthesis and clever engineering to produce its iconic audio.

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What people say. Recommended as an interesting look at how game developers worked around severe hardware limitations to create music.

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This is even more prevalent in game design. Check out how music was created on the super Nintendo link to this video