Sega SATURN Device Manual Supplement

Sega SATURN Device Manual Supplement

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  • Page 1 Any functionally equivalent hardware/software can be used instead. 7. SEGA will not be held responsible for any damage to the user that may result from accidents or any other reasons during operation of the user’s equipment, or programs according to this document.
  • Page 2 SEGA SATURN Sound T ools Manual Supplement • SEGA SATURN Sound Tools Manual V1.27 11/15/94 • SATURN Sound Driver System Interface V3.02 12/1/94 • SATURN Sound Simulator Manual V2.10 11/15/94 Doc. # ST-198-R1-121594 © 1994-95 SEGA. All Rights Reserved.
  • Page 3 Developer Technical Support Manager at the address below. Please make more copies of this form if more space is needed. Thank you. General Information: Your Name Phone ST-198-R1-121594 Document number Date SEGA SATURN Sound Tools Manual Supplement Document name Corrections: Chpt. pg. # Correction Questions/comments: Where to send your corrections:...
  • Page 4 REFERENCES In translating/creating this document, certain technical words and/or phrases were interpreted with the assistance of the technical literature listed below. Dictionary of Science and Engineering, 350,000 words, 3rd Edition Inter Press Tokyo, Japan 1990 Computer Dictionary Kyoritsu Publishing Co., LTD. Tokyo, Japan 1978 IBM Dictionary of Computing...
  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Contents SEGA Custom Sound Processor (SCSP) ............2 SEGA SATURN Sound Box (Model M) ............3 Sound Development Tools and Library Provided by SEGA ......4 Functions of the Wave Editor ................. 5 Functions of the Tone Editor ................5 Functions of the DSP Linker ................
  • Page 6: Sega Custom Sound Processor (Scsp)

    1. SEGA Custom Sound Processor (SCSP) 1. Overview · The clock speed of the SCSP chip is 22.58 MHz. · The playback sampling frequency is 44.1 kHz. · DMA is built in. 2. Generator · PCM waveforms can be assigned individually to the 32 slots (oscillators) separately.
  • Page 7: Sega Saturn Sound Box (Model M)

    SH2. 2. SEGA SATURN Sound Box (Model M) The SEGA SATURN Sound Box (Model M) has two sets of MIDI IN, OUT and THRU ports and a SCSI port, so it may be operated like a commercially available MIDI sound module.
  • Page 8: Sound Development Tools And Library Provided By Sega

    · Installation guide and ReadMe file explaining the use of the development board diagnostics program. · Sample demo tune In addition to the resources above, manuals such as this one are provided by SEGA. The SCSI firmware and the development board diagnostics program are supplied as ROMs on the development board.
  • Page 9: Functions Of The Wave Editor

    · Graphical editing of a 5-parameter envelope. · Effect send level, effect return level and pan/mixer settings for 16 channels. · Ability to edit a maximum of up to 128 layers and 128 voices. SEGA SATURN Sound Tools Manual Supplement...
  • Page 10: Functions Of The Dsp Linker

    6. Functions of the DSP Linker · The following are the standard DSP effects: Reverb ER (Early Reflection) Delay Pitch Shift Chorus Flanger Symphonic (type of chorus) Surround (type of reverb) Voice Canceler Auto Pan Phaser Distortion Filter (high-pass, low-pass, band-pass) Dynamic Filter Parametric EQ Mixer (2 input, 3 input, 4 input, 8 input)
  • Page 11: List Of Midi Channel Messages Supported By Sound Driver Version 1.27

    Since this indicates amplitude attenuation and is not a scaling factor, use caution. The volume control functions even if issued during a note on event, but depending on the waveform, there may be some hardware-based noise (clicks, pops) due to the difference in volume. SEGA SATURN Sound Tools Manual Supplement...
  • Page 12 Supported: 0AH PAN pot Rewrites the layer parameter of all applicable voice numbers in the tone DIPAN bank ( ) that is set for each MIDI channel. SCSP.BIN The normal default fixed position is the pan setting of the original voice data. When a MIDI program change is issued, the pan control data of the applicable MIDI channel become invalid.
  • Page 13 The channel number corresponds to , and of the sound EFREG0--15 EXTS0 source DSP block. Supported: 5BH Effect Change Supported: 7BH Channel Note Off SEGA SATURN Sound Tools Manual Supplement...
  • Page 14: List Of Midi System Messages Supported By Sound Driver Version 1.27

    * When a system reset [=$FF] MIDI system message or a System Exclusive reset is received, the sound target program starts up. System Exclusive Command Table Command $00: Data Dump Request Saturn ← External $01: Set Data Saturn ← External $02: Acknowledge Saturn ←→ External $03: Not Acknowledged Saturn ←→...
  • Page 15: Sound Driver Cpu Execution Times

    Interrupts for BGM decompression (normally flashes) in progress. LED 4: Ignore LED 5: Ignore LED 6: Ignore LED 7: MIDI input from MIDI-IN2 on the board. LED 8: MIDI input from MIDI-IN1 on the board. SEGA SATURN Sound Tools Manual Supplement...
  • Page 16 Also, flashing of the other LED’s when the LED 1 is off indicates the following errors (if continuously on, then either the SCSI interface is being used or the SCSI driver has halted). LED No. Description 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 - - - - - - 0 0 YM3802(MIDI-1) IRQ vector error - - - - - 0 - -...
  • Page 17: Precautions For The Dsp Linker Version 1.11

    12. Precautions for the Sound Simulator · Place in the same folder as SndSimulator. Also, do SYSTBL.TSK SDDRV.TSK not change the names of these files. SEGA SATURN Sound Tools Manual Supplement...
  • Page 18: Precautions For The Tone Editor Version 1.13 And

    13. Precautions for the Tone Editor Version 1.13 and Sound Driver Version 1.27 · Only the poly mode is not supported. Do not use the mono mode since it has a playback bug. · PORTAMENTO TIME and VOLBIAS in the voice window do not function. ·...
  • Page 19: Precautions For The Wave Editor Version 1.13

    In the case of single-shot playback samples in which a loop is not used, be sure to set loop start to 1 and end point to the same value as the sample size. SEGA SATURN Sound Tools Manual Supplement...
  • Page 20: Problems With Sound Playback Control

    (songs, SE) by means of playback control numbers. Refer to the SATURN Sound Driver System Interface manual for details.

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