Limits of the AGI Sound Format

Limits of the AGI Sound Format

by Nick Sonneveld

Last Updated 4th March, 2002

 

The AGI sound format is modeled around the PCjr's sound chip:

• Three voice channels
• One noise channel
• Define frequencies between the range of 110Hz to 111860Hz
• Noise channel has 3 different frequencies.
• The AGI interpreter has a very limited memory space.
• PC interpreter plays the first channel and ignores the rest.
• Sound resources cannot be discarded without calling a new room in the PC interpreter.