NES Sound: The DMC - Behind the Code

Examination of one sound channel of the NES - the DMC. Analog to digital conversion, PCM, and DPCM are covered. If you would like to support this channel, here is a link to the Displaced Gamers Patreon page - https://www.patreon.com/displacedgamers Twitter: https://twitter.com/DisplacedGamers Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DisplacedGamers/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/displacedgamers/ Music by: https://www.youtube.com/user/HariboOSX https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-PRsIpJXWpg3PtjfQLwiVw 0:00 Intro 1:00 What is Sound? 3:08 From Analog to Digital 5:59 PCM Explanation 7:45 PCM on the NES 10:15 Raw PCM on Register $4011 11:21 DPCM on the NES 12:52 Dwouble Dwibble and Registers $4012 and $4013 18:37 NES DPCM Sample Rate Options 20:56 NES Speech Replacement 21:53 DPCM Instruments 23:26 Sample Length and the Off-by-one Error 26:06 Looping Samples 27:46 A DPCM ROM Modification... 28:33 Journey to Silius Bass Compare 29:56 Thoughts on Bass Change 30:46 Super C and Drums vs Orchestra Hits 32:07 DMC Shortcomings 33:10 Conclusion and Outro #NES #SOUND #SPEECH