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by Aly James
Tue May 21, 2013 5:41 am
Forum: Sound
Topic: New Documentation: An authoritative reference on the YM2612
Replies: 865
Views: 2353456

Regarding the "ladder effect emulation" Something that might help on my last post on this page.. :)
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by Aly James
Tue May 21, 2013 5:31 am
Forum: Sound
Topic: FMDrive VST / YM2612 + Extended Vsti (Some News!)
Replies: 35
Views: 41899

and how did you implemented the characteristic DAC "distorsion" ? Some more infos :) This basically what gives me the best results, thinking about what could happen between MOL and MOR and the sign bit thing..and the same behavior his observed on the hardware. Here is a digital emulation. The pulse...
by Aly James
Mon May 20, 2013 11:35 am
Forum: Sound
Topic: FMDrive VST / YM2612 + Extended Vsti (Some News!)
Replies: 35
Views: 41899

On a personal point of view, I prefer the sound with the "bug" it gives a very personal sound to the YM2612 and it can be use creatively :) I have just checked the F1SR..the formant thing kind of remind me the CSM mode, without the need to program formants... ^^ Today I have made a tribute to Yuzo k...
by Aly James
Sun May 19, 2013 11:12 am
Forum: Sound
Topic: FMDrive VST / YM2612 + Extended Vsti (Some News!)
Replies: 35
Views: 41899

Something interesting I forgot to tell (but might not be new for you ^^) is when I set the output of a channel to "mute", B4H LEFT&RIGHT bit==0; Playing some notes here do not play silence but the same line as normal except (center) already distorted from the start and at a lower volume. The very la...
by Aly James
Fri May 17, 2013 2:00 am
Forum: Sound
Topic: FMDrive VST / YM2612 + Extended Vsti (Some News!)
Replies: 35
Views: 41899

EDIT :Information added to the YM2612 sticky doc...
Maybe you might also have to take in account the internal noise witch IIRC output some frequencies around 50 and 100hz when played an A 220hz for example, that might cross modulate something too.., even when no operator are keyed on.

Cheers
by Aly James
Wed May 15, 2013 10:34 pm
Forum: Sound
Topic: FMDrive VST / YM2612 + Extended Vsti (Some News!)
Replies: 35
Views: 41899

wow, the fact you got a professional MD music composer using your program is really impressive 8) from the soundcloud recordings you posted, i must say emulation sounds quite good , how are you filtering the digital output exactly (high pass, low pass, etc) ? and how did you implemented the charact...
by Aly James
Wed May 15, 2013 8:31 pm
Forum: Sound
Topic: FMDrive VST / YM2612 + Extended Vsti (Some News!)
Replies: 35
Views: 41899

SOME NEW LINKS:

Basic CSM test on the hardware during the dev process:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... PRMF-1qe3s

Comparison and audio on soundclound
http://soundcloud.com/alyjameslab
by Aly James
Wed May 15, 2013 8:19 pm
Forum: Sound
Topic: FMDrive VST / YM2612 + Extended Vsti (Some News!)
Replies: 35
Views: 41899

http://www.alyjameslab.com/tutorials/yuzo_on_fmdrive.png I am proud to announce that the Legendary composer Yuzo Koshiro (SOR, Revenge of Shinobi etc...) is now a proud FMDRIVE User! The fun story is that he tells me that he tried to donate for FMDRIVE the day he saw it on the news but was kind of ...
by Aly James
Sun Apr 21, 2013 12:53 am
Forum: Sound
Topic: FMDrive VST / YM2612 + Extended Vsti (Some News!)
Replies: 35
Views: 41899

Just donated! I look forward to some YM2612 VSTi goodness :D ValleyBell told me he will work on updating VGM2MIDI in a few weeks to add the CC conversions, so that's a thing to look forward to in the future as well :) Greeeaaaaaaat for the CC!! I have updated the first post with video links :) PREV...
by Aly James
Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:32 am
Forum: Megadrive/Genesis
Topic: Cycle accurate Mega Drive emulation: Exodus coming in April!
Replies: 106
Views: 79166

Great! What are the debug features regarding the YM2612 ? I always like to watch those registers moving :) besides The only last thing I would need would be a VGM to MIDI that will also output MIDI control changes for the registers...it will be so nice with my fmdrive vst...anyway NEMESIS your work ...
by Aly James
Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:22 am
Forum: Sound
Topic: FMDrive VST / YM2612 + Extended Vsti (Some News!)
Replies: 35
Views: 41899

Description edited, I just finished the 45 pages manual. :)
by Aly James
Thu Apr 04, 2013 4:15 am
Forum: Sound
Topic: FMDrive VST / YM2612 + Extended Vsti (Some News!)
Replies: 35
Views: 41899

Wow seems to have very good.works here :P I have a question , you talk about export with real hardware compatibility, is this include a specific sgdk driver? ( with can control both pcm and fm )? Thanks! Thanks, I just enhanced the DAC custom waveform with an LFSR that generate random bytes... tast...
by Aly James
Tue Apr 02, 2013 10:13 am
Forum: Sound
Topic: FMDrive VST / YM2612 + Extended Vsti (Some News!)
Replies: 35
Views: 41899

It's finally being released! ^_____^ Welcome to these forums, guy, and I hope the FMDRIVE becomes successful for you :) Thanks :) , I just wanted to add another tool for the SEGA MEGADRIVE/GENESIS lovers and also extend the instrument to a broader audience. If there is any interest I may add suppor...
by Aly James
Mon Apr 01, 2013 2:48 am
Forum: Sound
Topic: FMDrive VST / YM2612 + Extended Vsti (Some News!)
Replies: 35
Views: 41899

FMDrive VST / YM2612 + Extended Vsti (Some News!)

EDIT: FMDRIVE is a VST SYNTH based on the SEGA GENESIS/MEGADRIVE FM sound chip it contains a ton of features that makes it easier to program than before and covers every particularity of the chip like: PCM, SSG EG, Special & CSM mode, Optional Model 1 distortion (ladder effect) and even some circuit...