Motorola

Explore Motorola vintage audio equipment in the Vintage Technology Archive.

Dsp Chip

• DSP56002 — Motorola DSP56002 — the 24-bit fixed-point DSP inside Lexicon's PCM 80, clocked at 40 MHz and feeding its S/PDIF output.

Dsp Processor

• DSP-56001 — Motorola DSP-56001: the 24-bit DSP behind Crown, Orban, Digidesign, and Turtle Beach digital audio gear. 144 dB internal dynamic range.

Processors

• DSP-56009 — Motorola DSP-56009: a 24-bit, 80-MHz audio DSP chip used for Dolby Digital decoding in high-end gear like Krell's, per Audio, Dec 1997.
• DSP56362 — Motorola DSP56362: a 24-bit audio DSP at 100/120 MHz, 3.3V, with on-board surround decoder — the chip inside the Nord Lead 2X.
• EQB-3000 — Motorola EQB-3000: a late-1970s five-band car audio graphic equalizer/booster. Period ads and an Audio test report are the main record.

Other Models

• 56000 — Motorola 56000 DSP chip — the processing engine inside Southworth Mac cards, Peavey DPM 3 and MediaMatrix, and Sonic Solutions NoNOISE.
• 56001 — Motorola 56001 DSP chip — the audio industry's de facto standard DSP, found in NeXT computers, Symetrix DPR-100, Digidesign Sound Tools, and Studer Dyaxis.
• 56002 — Motorola 56002 DSP chip — the co-processor behind the Lexicon PCM-80, Sonic Solutions Multitrack USP, and Peavey MediaMatrix.
• 56004 — Motorola DSP56004 (1992): 24-bit audio DSP with SAI, 40 MHz, 20 MIPS, Dual Harvard architecture. Found in receivers, pro processors, CD transports.
• 56009 — Motorola 56009 — 24-bit, 80 MHz DSP that powered Dolby Digital decoding in B&K, Parasound, Kenwood and Krell gear.
• 56301 — Motorola 56301 DSP chip — documented in late-'90s broadcast and studio gear, including Scott Studios' uncompressed digital audio systems and PCI effects cards.
• 68030 — Motorola 68030 — the 32-bit, 4Gb-addressing microprocessor that powered Mac II workstations and pro audio/video systems of the late '80s and early '90s.