tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255123609475007074.post8517096665761561597..comments2023-04-27T05:03:09.988-07:00Comments on Nerd Noise Radio: GEEKSPEAK U: "Real" PSG Square vs FM "Fake" Square on the Sega GenesisNerd Noise Radiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15520278083010290801noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255123609475007074.post-54175404356457574852016-10-25T14:04:21.693-07:002016-10-25T14:04:21.693-07:00Hi Russell! Thank you for an excellent response, a...Hi Russell! Thank you for an excellent response, and I'm sorry for noticing it so late. <br /><br />The blog, like all things Nerd Noise Radio had gone dormant. Now as the Twitter page has come back to life and I've recorded the first episode of the upcoming podcast, I'm looking to bring the blog back on-line too. In that process, I discovered your reply!<br /><br />It doesn't surprise me to know the PSG level varies from board to board. What I'm still a little confused by is what it is about the boards that cause the PSG levels to be different, and why seemingly none of the emulators appear to do anything to account for this.<br /><br />As I may or may not have said in the article, what I have is a VA6 which replaced a VA7 that I had been rocking for years. The PSG is noticeably fainter on my VA6 than in emulation, or even on the VA7. <br /><br />When I first started getting seriously into YouTube'ing VGM, I listened to a lot of Genesis/32X, and being quite a lot less savvy back then, I never realized how "off" the videos sounded (because emulation), or that there was this kind of difference between them. So I just took the videos as "sounding proper". So when I first really started listening to these same tracks on the actual Genesis "just for listening's sake", I was startled that the PSG was so quiet and immediately jumped to the conclusion something was wrong with the Genesis....I eventually came to, though. :-)<br /><br />So, outside of Model 3, which Genesis unit "with good audio" would you say is most PSG heavy, without being too much so, and again, what makes this board special so that it is that way?<br /><br />Thanks again, Russell!!! <br /><br />Cheers!Nerd Noise Radiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15520278083010290801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255123609475007074.post-20344084017980764432016-08-30T14:34:44.423-07:002016-08-30T14:34:44.423-07:00One thing to keep in mind, the balance between FM ...One thing to keep in mind, the balance between FM and PSG on real hardware varies quite a bit on different motherboard versions. If the PSG sounds very drowned out, it may be because you have VA2 or VA2.3, which have weak PSG. Some motherboards have pretty strong PSG, though they may still be weaker than most emulators. As far as the doubling in Sonic 2, that puzzled me for a while, but after comparing the sound with the PSG and/or FM disabled, along with the full mix, I noticed that the doubling does in fact produce a chorus like effect. Yeah, you can do chorus with just 2 PSG voices, but it's usually a very strong, thick chorus, due to the tuning limitations of the PSG. Doing it with PSG and FM allows a softer chorus effect.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00845557724998473083noreply@blogger.com