Tag: opl3
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ApOPL3xy Emulator
Last week, I posted about the ApOPL3xy reaching the version 1.0 milestone. This time, I want to discuss the emulator I wrote for it. I think it’s pretty cool. The emulator was initially conceived as a way to run the code on a computer with all the debugging tools that I’m used to having at…
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ApOPL3xy 1.0
It’s been a long journey, but I finally have the ApOPL3xy hardware and software to the point where I can call it version 1.0.
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ApOPL3xy Hardware Design
I’ve been working on designing and building a MIDI synthesizer (called the ApOPL3xy) based on the OPL3 FM synthesis chip and the ATmega1284 microcontroller. I’ve made a couple of posts about it (here and here) and have gotten some good questions from some people about how this or that works under the hood. So, for…
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ApOPL3xy Update – Patches, Omni Mode, and Percussion
I’ve added some new features to the ApOPL3xy synthesizer project I talked about in my last post. Some technical details follow, but first, let’s check out what the new version can do. Specifically, MIDI files can now be played from a computer (or other sequencer) into the ApOPL3xy to be synthesized. […]
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ApOPL3xy – A MIDI OPL3-Based FM Synthesizer
It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything about electronics projects. I have not been idle, however. My current project is finally starting to come together enough to be able to show it off a little. It’s a MIDI synthesizer powered by the Yamaha YMF-262 (a.k.a. OPL3) FM synth chip […]
