The unchosen rote of Yamaha SD-1(YMF825)

[GTR3QQ]

it's a bit late in the game, but just to show what're possibilities of SD-1 .
What might have been if the SD-1 was selected.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xSVBzL1pGs

[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xSVBzL1pGs[/yt]

why did the Yamaha axed it.....

[GTR3QQ]

of course it was a slim chance for x16 ever to use it.

[BruceRMcF]

of course it was a slim chance for x16 ever to use it.

Yes, replacing a fairly widely used "new-old stock" chip with an obscure new chip kind of needs the new chip to be readily available. If the obscure new production part is hard to get and will be going out of production soon, it's not really solving the problem of availability of the sound chip.