APU registers

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The following memory-mapped registers are used by the NES APU. They are write-only except $4015 which is read/write. Unused registers aren't listed.

For Famicom expansion audio registers, see also: Expansion audio

Address 7654.3210 Function
Pulse 1 channel (write)
$4000 DDLC NNNN Duty, loop envelope/disable length counter, constant volume, envelope period/volume
$4001 EPPP NSSS Sweep unit: enabled, period, negative, shift count
$4002 LLLL LLLL Timer low
$4003 LLLL LHHH Length counter load, timer high (also resets duty and starts envelope)
 
Pulse 2 channel (write)
$4004 DDLC NNNN Duty, loop envelope/disable length counter, constant volume, envelope period/volume
$4005 EPPP NSSS Sweep unit: enabled, period, negative, shift count
$4006 LLLL LLLL Timer low
$4007 LLLL LHHH Length counter load, timer high (also resets duty and starts envelope)
 
Triangle channel (write)
$4008 CRRR RRRR Length counter disable/linear counter control, linear counter reload value
$400A LLLL LLLL Timer low
$400B LLLL LHHH Length counter load, timer high (also reloads linear counter)
 
Noise channel (write)
$400C --LC NNNN Loop envelope/disable length counter, constant volume, envelope period/volume
$400E L--- PPPP Loop noise, noise period
$400F LLLL L--- Length counter load (also starts envelope)
 
DMC channel (write)
$4010 IL-- FFFF IRQ enable, loop sample, frequency index
$4011 -DDD DDDD Direct load
$4012 AAAA AAAA Sample address %11AAAAAA.AA000000
$4013 LLLL LLLL Sample length %0000LLLL.LLLL0001
 
$4015 ---D NT21 Control: DMC enable, length counter enables: noise, triangle, pulse 2, pulse 1 (write)
$4015 IF-D NT21 Status: DMC interrupt, frame interrupt, length counter status: noise, triangle, pulse 2, pulse 1 (read)
$4017 SD-- ---- Frame counter: 5-frame sequence, disable frame interrupt (write)