furnace/doc/7-systems/c140.md
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Namco C140

the Namco C140 is a 24-channel custom PCM sound chip manufactured jointly by Fujitsu and Namco. it was first used in Namco System 2 arcade family starting in 1987.

this chip features:

  • stereo soft panning
  • accepts either raw 12-bit PCM or 8-bit µ-law compressed PCM samples
  • 21.4 kHz sampling rate

effects

none!

info

this chip uses the C140 instrument editor.

chip config

the following options are available in the Chip Manager window:

  • Banking style: change the sample bank scheme. used for VGM export.
    • Namco System 2: 2MB available for samples.
    • Namco System 21: 4MB available for samples.
    • Raw: 16MB, but not supported by the VGM format!