New SEGA MEGADRIVE / GENESIS Vsti EMULATION

ABOUT TO RELEASE F-MDRIVE 2612 VSTi

OUT NOW! at www.alyjameslab.com
This emulation uses a totally new core that I started from scratch a few months ago and was almost fine tuned by ear.
The goal was on one hand to reproduce the hardware distortion of the sega megadrive and features of the YM2612 chip and on the other hand to expand further the original capabilities and create a high resolution processing mode for perfect sound quality.
I tested the not well known CSM "illegal mode" usage, designing custom ROMS to investigate further and finally include a way in FMDRIVE 2612 to use it for modern music production.
All and all the SEGA MEGADRIVE EXTENTED emulation turns out to be a fantastic synth suitable for chip music and FM nostalgic pleasure and also a powerful tool for modern production.

GLOBAL FEATURES

 

WIN 32 VST runs on 32/64Bit Systems and is Multicore Compatible

 

HIGH QUALITY GUI

(Different panels for controls etc...)

 

INSTANT UPDATE FOR ALL CONTROLS

 

FULL MIDI AUTOMATION

With midi learn (right click to assign MIDI)

 

POLY & MONO MODE

with Glide Control

 

DIRECT OUTPUT OR MD1

Headphone Out filtering

 

TWO AUDIO MODELS

HQ and MD1

(Crystal clear and high resolution processing) and MD1 (emulate distortion and low resolution of MD1 model)

YM2612 NATIVE FEATURES

 

4 OPERATORS FM SYNTHESIS

 

PARAMETRIC

Envelope Generator

 

SSG EG

 

LFO AM & PM

 

CH3 SPECIAL MODE

(Different frequencies for each OP) also different key on/off by External Midi channels

 

CSM MODE

(Kind of early vocal synthesis)

 

CH6 DAC MODE

(4 slots to load any PCM WAV files/ auto converted to mono  8/4bit 22/11/8Khz) with selectable start/end points and pitch control

YM2612 EXTENDED FEATURES

 

OVERDRIVE CONTROL

(MD1 MODE, adjust to taste)

 

RATE RATIO CONTROL

(Change the global EG RATE/SPEED from *0.1 to *4 for rapid tweaking/adjustment of the envelopes)

 

GRAPHIC EG

Up to 8 stages /8 stage shapes/custom loop point (aka custom SSG) and sustain point.

 

CUSTOM LFO RATE (for low modulation...)

 

6 LFO SHAPE

Including noise

 

ATTACK & RELEASE

Time for the LFO

 

DT2 (larde detune) PARAMETER from YM2151

 

UNSYNC PMS

(Different settings for each OP)

 

OP FILTER

aka PHASE MODULATION FILTERING

(Reduce the modulation at high frequencies according to the amount of filtering)

 

GLOBAL FM SAMPLE RATE CONTROL

(Skip audio samples)

POLYPHONIC REDUCER

(Kind of increasing the FM bit crushing audio effect according to the number of voice/keys played..)

 

DAC CUSTOM GRAPHIC WAVEFORM

(14 bytes)

DRAW MODE or LFSR

(Random bytes generated, clock divider, sync with host tempo)

 

CSM

Timer A Control by MIDI notes

(Shortest period limit is 1.13636ms note A5)

LOADS & SAVE TFI PATCHES

(Manual or auto load for fast selection)

 

LOAD & SAVE FULL PATCH & BANKS in FXB/FXP

 

CONTROLS THE REAL MEGADRIVE HARDWARE VIA MIDI

(Needed Little Scale GENMDM Midi Device)

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The baby should pop out in a week or two if everything goes well with a proper website.

www.alyjameslab.com

Informative links about the YM2612 chip:
Wiki Yamaha_YM2612
http://www.smspower.org/maxim/Documents/YM2612