Sega Mega Drive Synthesizer

[Mslwte]

Holy shit

youtu.be/V0kq0yCTpNE

[Críoch]

Yes. Fucking wild stuff lol

Sounds mighty!

[Lost to the Void]

That's nuts.

[jordanneke]

I can barely use synths properly, yet alone understand how the fuck to build one.

Impressive!

[2latuile]

I can barely use synths properly, yet alone understand how the fuck to build one.

Impressive!

Well actually the synth itself is already built into the sega so the guy mainly built a controler for it. But that's already impressive indeed

[borg]

That was not only funny and cool, as always with LMNC, but it sounded very impressive!
Just had a look... You can find consoles for 25-50€ easily, a midi port can be bought for 80$, a BCR2000, I have two laying around...

[Mslwte]

That was not only funny and cool, as always with LMNC, but it sounded very impressive!
Just had a look... You can find consoles for 25-50€ easily, a midi port can be bought for 80$, a BCR2000, I have two laying around...

I also had a look around and there are diy kit synths and all sorts if you want to go down the road. It would be very accessible.

[terryfalafel]

That sounds genuinely good. A lot grittier than the PreenFM2 ive got.

Might look a bit more into this...

[Lost to the Void]

That sounds genuinely good. A lot grittier than the PreenFM2 ive got.

Might look a bit more into this...

Ooh, how is the preenfm2?
I really want an FM for the live set, and it seems like a great option, wanted one for a while.
I`ll mainly be using it for evolving drones and pads.

[Revaron]

Can't have this discussion without mentioning the Streets of Rage series and in particular number 2 - some all time classic video game music made on that chip. But wow, the LMNC bloke is going next level here, that's awesome. He's awesome. Pretty sure the chip is in fact a Yamaha one. Turning it modular... Respect.

[ozias_leduc]

i LOVE this!

one of my favourite eurorack modules is based on the OPL3 yamaha chip which was used in old Adlib / Soundblaster sound cards. It's quite similar to the Sega Megadrive Yamaha chip which is the OPN2. They're both dirty bois


youtu.be/wCUhrrtwxz0

[terryfalafel]

That sounds genuinely good. A lot grittier than the PreenFM2 ive got.

Might look a bit more into this...

Ooh, how is the preenfm2?
I really want an FM for the live set, and it seems like a great option, wanted one for a while.
I`ll mainly be using it for evolving drones and pads.

I think it's great. I did the DIY kit and had it running within about 3 hours of opening the box. You also have soldering experience right? It's not a beginner project but it's easily doable for someone with some experience.

All the sounds are there and for me, the sound quality is great. It's slightly fiddly to use (little screen and buttons) but could be expanded with a hardware controller for live use. There's a software configurator doobery to expose the controls in your daw which was a pain to use in its earlier iterations but is much better now I believe.

For the money it's a no brainer imo. The developer is really active on his forum and updates are still coming out for it.

I got the metal case to go with it which I'd say is a good bet compared to the laser cut acrylic cases.

I'm on my phone so that's the short version. If you have any more questions, let me know!