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The rigs we've created for chipsynth MD's emulation.

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HardwareGraphics and audioEmbedded systemsRetro computingAudio and DSP

David Viens demonstrates the custom hardware test rigs built to accurately measure and emulate the Sega Genesis YM2612 sound chip.

*Get chipsynth MD here plogue.com/products/chipsynth-md.html *More info on MDFourier junkerhq.net/MDFourier Custom electronic test rigs were built and designed by me. Actual testing and reverse engineering was done by Hubert Lamontagne (youtube.com/channel/UCefg2OJ7Ls17Z8eONifR4iA) and myself at Plogue over a period of years. Tracks used: Pocaille - Something must be done. This is something. Therefore we must do it Apoplexia - Vega Genesis From the official chipsynth MD launch album toycompany.bandcamp.com/album/chipsynth-md-songs

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What people say. Recommended as an impressive look into the extreme hardware reverse-engineering effort required to perfectly emulate retro sound chips.

dimaturaon Hacker News • Recommends

On “Recreating the Sounds of the ’90s with a YM3812 Synthesizer”

I'm an FM junkie and own various pieces of gear based on old yamaha FM chips, as well as actual yamaha FM keyboards. I think the various emulations out there are actually pretty good, and I have to admit I'd probably have a tough time with blind A/B tests. Probably the most noticeable (and sought after) out of the "lo-fi" effects is the ladder distortion effect on the old Sega megadrive YM2612 chips. I own a MegaFM synth with one of those and I do love the sound. I'm not sure if most emulators actually try to emulate it, but the plogue chipsynth MD plugin does. The creator has a really cool video on it link to this video .
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On “Nuked-MD-FPGA – accurate Sega Genesis re-implementation based on decapped chips”

chipsynth MD is a musician-targeted emulator of the MegaDrive's sound chips; one of the authors goes into the difficulty of recreating things at link to this video (From memory: they sourced a variant of the sound chip with digital output, characterized the DAC that way, then built a test suite to compare emulator behavior with a real chip)
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On “Chipsynth C64 is an emulation of the SID so good, it can replace hardware”

I have the Chipsynth MD, which is a Sega Mega Drive (aka Genesis) based synth from Plogue and it's one of my favorite plug-in synths. It's pretty remarkable how much it nails the sounds from those games. This video shows some insight into the development process: link to this video
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