C64

The Commodore 64 ("C64") sound is characterized by its SID chip;

  • 3 tone generators (voices)
  • 4 forms of waves (sawtooth, triangle, rectangle pulse width modulation, (white) noise)
  • 3 amplitude modulator, until 48 dB
  • 3 envelope generators
  • Synchronization of the oscillators
  • Ring modulation
  • Programmable filters (low pass, bandpass, high pass)