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A Music Synthesizer Architecture that Integrates a Specialized DSP Core and a 16-Bit Microprocessor on a Single Chip

This paper describes an integrated-circuit architecture for music synthesis applications. This architecture combines a specialized high-performance RISC-based digital signal processor and a 16-bit CISC-based microprocessor on a single chip. A unique memory management approach allows the DSP and the microprocessor to share the same external memory. A 56-voice synthesizer with effects processing can be implemented using this chip with one external DRAM and a DAC.

Authors: Deforeit, Chris; Heckroth, Jim
Affiliations: Dream S.A. Semur-en-Auxois, France ; Crystal Semiconductor Corp., Austin, TX(See document for exact affiliation information.)
AES Convention:98 (February 1995) Paper Number:3958 Import into BibTeX
Subject:Electronic Music and Musical Instrument Acoustics

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