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								# Namco C140
  
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								the Namco C140 is a 24-channel custom PCM sound chip manufactured jointly by Fujitsu and Namco. it was first used in Namco System 2 arcade family starting in 1987.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								this chip features:
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								-  stereo soft panning 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								-  accepts either raw 12-bit PCM or 8-bit µ-law compressed PCM samples 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								-  21.4 kHz sampling rate 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								## effects
  
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								none!
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								## info
  
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								this chip uses the [C140 ](../4-instrument/c140.md ) instrument editor.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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								## chip config
  
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								the following options are available in the Chip Manager window:
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								-  **Banking style**: change the sample bank scheme. used for VGM export. 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								  -  Namco System 2: 2MB available for samples.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								  -  Namco System 21: 4MB available for samples.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							
							
								  -  Raw: 16MB, but not supported by the VGM format!