Tsukasa Masuko (NES Driver)
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Tsukasa Masuko is an unofficial name of the sound driver used at Atlus. It was programmed by Tsukasa Masuko, who originally composed music and sound effects for their games, but when Hirohiko Takayama, among other composers joined, Masuko started to do less and less audio work for them.
According to Hirohiko Takayama, music was entered in hexadecimal code on a PC, though he would make his compositions with his keyboards.
Masuko says he still has the source code to his sound driver, but he hasn't released it yet. Tsukasa also programmed Atlus' Game Boy sound driver.
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Release History
The first game to use Masuko's driver was the Japan-exclusive title Ginga Denshou for the Famicom Disk System peripheral. The last game to use his sound driver, also Japan-exclusive was Chiisana Obake: Acchi Socchi Kocchi. Later versions of Masuko's driver utilized triangle drums with the noise channel, making his driver sound similar to the Follin brothers' NES music. According to Masuko, this was coincidental, as he doesn't know about the Follins.
Output
Tsukasa Masuko's NES sound driver outputs to the RP2A03 and RP2C33 for the Disk System games he worked on. His driver is most notable for its triangle+noise drums (resembling the Follin brothers' NES music.) and the echo effect, caused by playing the second square channel a dotted eighth note after the first square channel, as well as a quieter instrument. The driver is also known for utilizing the Namco 163 sound technology, being the only sound driver to utilize all eight channels. According to Masuko, it wasn't too hard implementing the Namco 163 sound into his driver.
Games
Technical
Frequency Registers
RP2A03
B-7 = 0E A#7 = 0F A-7 = 10 G#7 = 11 G-7 = 12 F#7 = 13 F-7 = 14 E-7 = 15 D#7 = 16 D-7 = 18 C#7 = 19 C-7 = 1B B-6 = 1C A#6 = 1E A-6 = 20 G#6 = 22 G-6 = 24 F#6 = 26 F-6 = 28 E-6 = 2A D#6 = 2D D-6 = 30 C#6 = 32 C-6 = 35 B-5 = 39 A#5 = 3C A-5 = 40 G#5 = 43 G-5 = 47 F#5 = 4C F-5 = 50 E-5 = 55 D#5 = 5A D-5 = 5F C#5 = 65 C-5 = 6B B-4 = 71 A#4 = 78 A-4 = 7F G#4 = 87 G-4 = 8F F#4 = 97 F-4 = A0 E-4 = AA D#4 = B4 D-4 = BE C#4 = CA C-4 = D6 B-3 = E2 A#3 = F0 A-3 = FE G#3 = 10D G-3 = 11D F#3 = 12E F-3 = 140 E-3 = 153 D#3 = 168 D-3 = 17D C#3 = 194 C-3 = 1AC B-2 = 1C5 A#2 = 1E0 A-2 = 1FC G#2 = 21B G-2 = 23B F#2 = 25D F-2 = 281 E-2 = 2A7 D#2 = 2CF D-2 = 2FA C#2 = 327 C-2 = 357 B-1 = 38A A#1 = 3C0 A-1 = 3F9 G#1 = 435 G-1 = 475 F#1 = 4B9 F-1 = 501 E-1 = 54D D#1 = 59E D-1 = 5F4 C#1 = 64E C-1 = 6AE
N163
A-7 = 3C6B0 G#7 = 3906E G-7 = 35D39 F#7 = 32CE2 F-7 = 2FF43 E-7 = 2D433 D#7 = 2AB8D D-7 = 28530 C#7 = 260FA C-7 = 23ECC B-6 = 21E89 A#6 = 20016 A-6 = 1E358 G#6 = 1C837 G-6 = 1AE9C F#6 = 19671 F-6 = 17FA1 E-6 = 16A19 D#6 = 155C7 D-6 = 14298 C#6 = 1307D C-6 = 11F66 B-5 = 10F44 A#5 = 1000D A-5 = F1AC G#5 = E41C G-5 = D74E F#5 = CB39 F-5 = BFD1 E-5 = B50D D#5 = AAE3 D-5 = A14C C#5 = 983E C-5 = 8FB3 B-4 = 87A2 A#4 = 8005 A-4 = 78D6 G#4 = 720E G-4 = 6BA7 F#4 = 659C F-4 = 5FE8 E-4 = 5A86 D#4 = 5572 D-4 = 50A6 C#4 = 4C1F C-4 = 47DA B-3 = 43D1 A#3 = 4003 A-3 = 3C6B G#3 = 3907 G-3 = 35D4 F#3 = 32CE F-3 = 2FF4 E-3 = 2D43 D#3 = 2AB9 D-3 = 2853 C#3 = 2610 C-3 = 23EC B-2 = 21E9 A#2 = 2001 A-2 = 1E36 G#2 = 1C83 G-2 = 1AE9 F#2 = 1967 F-2 = 17FA E-2 = 16A2 D#2 = 155C D-2 = 1429 C#2 = 1308 C-2 = 11F6 B-1 = 10F4 A#1 = 1001 A-1 = F1B G#1 = E42 G-1 = D75 F#1 = CD4 F-1 = BFD E-1 = B51 D#1 = AAE D-1 = A15 C#1 = 984 C-1 = 8FB B-0 = 87A A#0 = 800 A-0 = 78D G#0 = 721 G-0 = 6BA F#0 = 65A F-0 = 5FF E-0 = 5A8 D#0 = 557 D-0 = 50A C#0 = 4C2 C-0 = 47E
