furnace/doc/7-systems/ga20.md

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# Irem GA20
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it is a 4 channel PCM sound source used by Irem in their arcades in late 1980s and early 1990s, often paired with [Yamaha YM2151](ym2151.md).
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the sound chip itself is rather unremarkable, having 8-bit volume and pitch control and no stereo panning...
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## effects
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none
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let's be honest. Furnace has too many chips and a great portion of them are sample chips that do the same task: playing back samples.
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## info
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this chip uses the [GA20](../4-instrument/ga20.md) instrument type.