YM2610B Test (Unreal Tournament - Run)
What is the YM2610B? This is the same chip as the YM2610, but with two extra FM channels. From a discussion I saw a while back in a Discord server, when Yamaha made the YM2610 (developed from the YM2608), they disabled FM channels 1 and 4 so that it wouldn't undercut the YM2203 that was still being used for the PC-88 and 98 computers. The chip was notably used in the Neo Geo arcade and home console. At some point, Taito was kind enough to pay Yamaha to get a version of the chip with all 6 FM channels. Thus, the YM2610B was exclusively used by Taito for their arcade systems. I decided to try this chip out by porting this song I originally covered in BambooTracker (a PC-98 tracker). All FM patches I used my original version of this cover were recreated manually. I think this cover sounds a lot better with the percussion from the original song (which was an IT module). Because this is a development build of Furnace, I will share the module to this song on my Discord server once the creator (tildearrow) released the next major version of the program (v0.6): https://discord.gg/u2ErgB3J3J Side note: In Furnace, by default, the SSG channels are labeled "PSG," and the sample channels labeled as "ADPCM-A 1-6" (for the non-variable channels) and "ADPCM-B" (for the channel that allows a variable rate for samples). Since Furnace has the ability to add custom names to the sound channels, I decided to label the aforementioned channels based on how foobar2000's VGMPlay component and in_vgm labels them (in this case, "SSG," "ADPCM 1-6," and "Delta-T").
What is the YM2610B? This is the same chip as the YM2610, but with two extra FM channels. From a discussion I saw a while back in a Discord server, when Yamaha made the YM2610 (developed from the YM2608), they disabled FM channels 1 and 4 so that it wouldn't undercut the YM2203 that was still being used for the PC-88 and 98 computers. The chip was notably used in the Neo Geo arcade and home console. At some point, Taito was kind enough to pay Yamaha to get a version of the chip with all 6 FM channels. Thus, the YM2610B was exclusively used by Taito for their arcade systems. I decided to try this chip out by porting this song I originally covered in BambooTracker (a PC-98 tracker). All FM patches I used my original version of this cover were recreated manually. I think this cover sounds a lot better with the percussion from the original song (which was an IT module). Because this is a development build of Furnace, I will share the module to this song on my Discord server once the creator (tildearrow) released the next major version of the program (v0.6): https://discord.gg/u2ErgB3J3J Side note: In Furnace, by default, the SSG channels are labeled "PSG," and the sample channels labeled as "ADPCM-A 1-6" (for the non-variable channels) and "ADPCM-B" (for the channel that allows a variable rate for samples). Since Furnace has the ability to add custom names to the sound channels, I decided to label the aforementioned channels based on how foobar2000's VGMPlay component and in_vgm labels them (in this case, "SSG," "ADPCM 1-6," and "Delta-T").