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NES Architecture: the APU

March 25, 2022 by kevin81

Let’s talk about sound. The NES’ audio processing unit (or APU for short) to be exact. How does it work and what is it capable of doing?

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Categories NES architecture Tags apu, dpcm, noise, pulse, sound, triangle

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