Hello all,
the other day I decided I was fed up with the hum from the audio out on my NES and set about mooching the internet for resolutions.
I found quite a few sites detailing mods to tap the NES audio directly from the chip. However this did require using the Wayback machine and trawling forums...
This mod, for those who don't know, separates the 2 pulse channels onto one output and the triangle, noise and sample onto the other. Its not really 'stereo' but it is certainly beneficial for NES musos.
All credit goes to the original people who did this mod. However I just wanted to save electronics dummies like myself a bit of time and collect all the info into one little guide:
http://www.alone-music.co.uk/?p=681
Like I said, its for noobs, I think anyone with a bit of electronics experience would be able to do this with their eyes closed.
(disclaimer: don't solder with your eyes closed)
I have to say as a big fan of the NES sound, the mod is very very simple and really effective, the hum is gone and having the bass and noise on a separate output makes it easy to get a big fat bass boost on my mixer.