The sound chip, named Paula, supports four sound channels ( two for the left speaker and two for the right ) with 8-bit resolution for each channel and a 6-bit volume control per channel.

Paula can read directly from the system's RAM, using direct memory access ( DMA ), making sound playback without CPU intervention possible.

The sound and floppy controller chip, Paula, remained unchanged from the OCS design.

Paula is primarily the audio chip, with 4 independent hardware-mixed 8-bit PCM sound channels, each of which supports 65 volume levels ( no sound to maximum volume ) and sample rates from roughly 20 Hz to almost 29 kHz.

Paula has four DMA-driven 8-bit PCM sample sound channels.

The first trackers supported only four channels of 8-bit PCM samples, a limitation derived from the Amiga's Paula audio chipset and the commonplace 8SVX format used to store sampled sound.

In January of 2002, CNN executives were embarrassed to find out an on-air promotion that was not approved by top executives was being aired that called Paula Zahn " sexy " and included the sound of a zipper.

Paula joined Genesis's band Psychic TV in 1983, playing drums and creating sound collages.

The style and sound of the album was compared to that of Beyoncé, Paula Abdul and Jennifer Lopez by several critics, as well as Britney Spears, Aaliyah and Ashanti.

Jim Farber of Entertainment Weekly felt that the songs from It's About Time " sound like they fell off a Paula Abdul album ".

However, there was probably no other Amiga game released in 1986 that utilized the capabilities of Amiga's Paula sound chip like The Pawn did.

QSound logo as shown on Paula Abdul's Spellbound ( Paula Abdul album ) | Spellbound album CD. QSound is the original name for a positional three-dimensional ( 3D ) sound processing algorithm from QSound Labs that creates 3D audio effects from multiple monophonic sources and sums the outputs to two channels for presentation over regular stereo speakers.

The Paula chip includes logic for audio playback, floppy disk drive control and serial port input / output.

* Paula is a similarly contrived contraction of Ports, Audio and UART, and coincidentally the chip designer's girlfriend.

The MOS Technology 8364 Paula chip featured four independent 8-bit D / A converters.

Mexican Commodore Francisco de Paula Lopez, a naval veteran, was recalled for his failure to defeat a smaller and out-gunned force and was court-martialed.

The chipset which gave the Amiga its unique graphics features consists of three main " custom " chips ; Agnus, Denise, and Paula.

The Amiga contains an analog low-pass filter ( reconstruction filter ) which is external to Paula.

On Amiga 1000 ( and first Amiga 500 and Amiga 2000 model ), the power LED had no relation to the filter's status, a wire needed to be manually soldered between pins on the sound chip to disable the filter.

* Sound: TIA video and sound chip, same as the 2600.

** Optional POKEY sound chip on cartridge for improved sounds.

To ensure software developers had an economical means of producing better sound than TIA, GCC had originally planned to make a low-cost, high performance sound chip, GUMBY, which could also be placed in 7800 cartridges to enhance its sound capabilities further.

When operating in “ 2600 ” mode to play Atari 2600 titles, the 7800 uses a Television Interface Adapter ( TIA ) chip to generate graphics and sound.

Other early forms include " chipmuck " and " chipminck ," and in the 1830s they were also referred to as " chip squirrels ," probably in reference to the sound they make.

The ColecoVision contains the same CPU and graphics chip as the MSX and Sega SG-1000 / SC-3000 but the MSX contains a different sound chip, the AY-3-8910.

ColecoVision shares the same CPU and a sound chip with Sega Master System, also a similar but inferior graphics chip.

# Telstar Colortron ( model 6135, 1978 ): Four Pong variants, in color, built in sound, fixed paddles, uses AY-3-8510 chip.

It even offered, via an additional AY-3-8910 sound chip inside the ECS module and an optional 49-key Music Synthesizer keyboard, the possibility of turning the Intellivision into a multi-voice synthesizer which could be used to play or learn music.

A sound chip is always included on the motherboard, to allow sound output without the need for any extra components.

The Apple IIGS used a digital sound chip designed for the Ensoniq Mirage synthesizer, and later models used a custom sound system and upgraded processors, which drove other companies to improve their own offerings.

A custom video chipset allowed the system to display 4, 096 colors and 380 individual sprites onscreen simultaneously, while the onboard Yamaha YM2610 sound chip gave the system 15 channels of sound with seven channels reserved specifically for digital sound effects.

Thanks to a well-designed set of chips designed by MOS Technology, the Commodore 64, ( also referred to as C64 ), possessed remarkable sound and graphics for its time and is often credited with starting the computer demo scene.

The Original Chip Set ( OCS ) was a chipset used in the earliest Commodore Amiga computers and defined the Amiga's graphics and sound capabilities.

The first Worms game featured darker tones than later Worms games, with more realistic effects for weapons rather than cartoon-style effects, and the ambient sound of a battlefield. It subsequently evolved into a full commercial game, renamed Worms, available initially only for the Commodore Amiga computer.

Crack intros became more sophisticated on more advanced systems such as the Commodore Amiga and Atari ST, as well as some IBM PC clone systems with sound cards.

The better manufacturing technology in the 8580 used in the later revisions of Commodore 64C and the Commodore 128DCR caused the bias to almost entirely disappear, causing the digitized sound samples to become very quiet.

The Commodore 64, the first 64-kB computer to sell for under, was another salvo in the price war but it was far more expensive to make than the VIC-20 because it used discrete chips for video, sound, and I / O.

It used the same chipset and 6510 CPU as the Commodore 64, the same SID sound chip, and compatible ROM cartridge architecture so that MAX cartridges will work in the C-64.

The VIC ( Video Interface Chip ), specifically known as the MOS Technology 6560 ( NTSC version ) / 6561 ( PAL version ), is the integrated circuit chip responsible for generating video graphics and sound in the Commodore VIC-20 home computer.

The standard Apple II machines never had particularly good sound, especially when compared to competitors like the SID chip-enabled Commodore 64.

* MOS Technology SID, the Sound Interface Device ( built-in sound chip ) used in the Commodore CBM-II, Commodore 64 and Commodore 128 home computers

Locomotive BASIC compared to the Commodore 64's BASIC ( Commodore BASIC ), which had no dedicated commands for graphics or sound, allowed doing pretty much anything that was within the standard capabilities of the machine.

The home computer Commodore 64 released in 1982 was capable of early forms of filtering effects, different types of waveforms and eventually the ability to play 4-bit samples on a fourth sound channel.

The heavy use of the Commodore 64's SID sound chip makes their sound instantly recognizable.

Martin Galway ( born 3 January 1966, Belfast, Northern Ireland ) is one of the best known composers of chiptune video game music for the Commodore 64 sound chip, the SID soundchip, and for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum.

OctaMED is a popular sound tracker for the Commodore Amiga, written by Teijo Kinnunen.

The first computer to feature a digital sound processor was the Commodore Amiga released in 1985.

The Elektron SidStation is a musical synthesizer sound module, built around the MOS Technology SID mixed-mode synthesizer chip originally used in the Commodore 64 home computer.

The sound of SidStation is, of course, very similar to that of the original Commodore 64.

Andy William Farrell of The Australian Commodore Review said the game " has excellent graphics and sound, and not unlike the original version, is a lot of fun to play ", giving the game a rating of 92 out of 100.

His work showcased the potential of the Commodore 64's sound hardware and provided many examples of how appropriate music can improve the gaming experience.